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December 5, 2014

Nigeria: Shell Oil Spill Damages Niger Delta 
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In Nigeria, the Niger Delta has suffered one of its worst oil spills in
years after nearly 4,000 barrels of crude poured from a Shell pipeline.
Shell has blamed the spill on oil thieves. Environmentalists say the
devastation stretches for miles with dead fish and crabs washing up on
the shoreline.

 

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