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Briefing Notes

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The briefing notes cover the operations of the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (Operator of the NNPC /Shell /Total /Agip joint venture), Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), and Shell Nigeria Gas Limited (SNG). All files are PDF and all links open in a new window.

Shell interests in Nigeria

In 2011, the total production from Shell-run operations averaged 974 kilo barrels of oil equivalent per day (kboe/d). Shell also has an interest in Nigeria’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at Bonny,... (PDF, 203 KB)

The Operating Environment

In 2010/2011, there were 237 reported incidents of crude oil theft from SPDC facilities that involved vandalism, spills, fire or arrests (there were 187 in 2009/2010)1 . In 2011, authorities arrested 145 ... (PDF, 191 KB)

Nigerian Content

Our focus is on helping to increase the capacity of Nigerians and Nigerian companies in a range of oil and gas industry activities, from design and engineering, to exploration and drilling. This ... (PDF, 210 KB)

Community Content

Since 2010, SPDC has sponsored ten candidates annually, to three top universities in the United Kingdom— Imperial College London, the University of London and University of Leeds. Under a ... (PDF, 207 KB)

Domestic Gas

SPDC concluded a key gas-to-power supply contract for 90 million standard cubic feet of gas a day (MMscf/d) to the Egbin Power Plant in Lagos State, in 2011, and is currently at advanced stages of ... (PDF, 175 KB)

Improving lives in the Niger Delta

SPDC has contributed about $38 billion to the Nigerian government over the past four years (2007–2011). In addition, the SNEPCo – which manages our offshore business in deepwater – has paid nearly $6 billion ... (PDF, 171 KB)

Gas Flaring

In total, SPDC flaring dropped by more than 60% between 2002 and 2011 from over 0.6 billion cubic feet a day (bcf/d) to about 0.2 bcf/d, and flaring intensity has almost halved in the same period ... (PDF, 188 KB)

Shell Nigeria Gas

In 2011, SNG distributed an average of about 25 million standard cubic feet a day of natural gas produced from the Niger Delta to industries and factories in its areas of operation. Many multinational and local... (PDF, 186 KB)

Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU)

In 2011, a total of 596 projects had been successfully completed through GMoU (including pre-GMoU projects). To date over $79 million has been provided in funding. Nine of the 27 CDBs have grown ... (PDF, 824 KB)

Environmental Performance - oil spills

On average, third party interference has accounted for 74% of all oil spill incidents and 73% of all oil volume spilled from SPDC facilities in the delta over the last five years (2007-2011)... (PDF, 243 KB)

Our Economic Contribution

SPDC has contributed about $38 billion to the government in the past five years (2007– 2011). The Federal Government receives about 95% of the revenue after costs from the SPDC operated ... (PDF, 229 KB)

Bonga Deep Water Project

SNEPCo began to produce oil and gas at Bonga, 120 km offshore Nigeria in the Gulf of Guinea. The project, the country’s first in deepwater, increased Nigeria’s oil capacity by 10%... (PDF, 209 KB)

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Online Report

2011 Sustainability report

Discover more about our performance in the online Sustainability report 2011

Visit the online Shell Sustainability report 2011

Read the Shell Nigeria Briefing Notes

2011 Annual report

Discover our history

Environmental Impact Assessment Report

Learn about our values: honesty, integrity and respect

Gbaran Ubie integrated oil and gas project

Watch the Shell companies in Nigeria: oil theft and spills video on YouTube

A beneficiary of Shell's NiDAR programme describes his efforts to raise awareness of the disease in the Niger Delta.

Illegal oil refining in the Niger Delta

An engineer from Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company describes the importance of safety on a deep-water oil production facility offshore Nigeria.

local content - supporting skills and jobs

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