Corporate Environmental Responsibility and Pollution Control Laws The Case of Oil Spills in the Niger Delta

1. Introduction

2. Oil Spill Prevention, Sanctions, and Payment of Compensations

3. Analysis of Shell’s Oil Spill Environmental Performance Data

4. Managing Oil Spills in the Niger Delta: The Laws, Regulations, and Challenges

5. Regulatory Capture, Revolving Doors, and the Multinational Oil Companies in the Niger Delta

6. Litigating Nigerian Oil Spill Cases in the US, the UK, and the Netherlands

7. Environmental Crime and Corporate Environmental Crime

8. Insights from Some Legal Frameworks for Strengthening Corporate Due Diligence and Accountability

9. Environmental Review of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021 and Suggestions for Improvement

10. Introducing a Failure to Prevent Oil Spill Offence in Nigeria

Biography

Millicent Nwabu Ele is a UK-based law lecturer and academic researcher focusing on corporate environmental responsibility, clean energy, and pollution control laws. She has a PhD in environmental and energy law from University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, and an LL.M from Columbia University School of Law, New York, USA. Before her law degree at University of Nigeria, Nsukka, she read Zoology/Botany/Education at University of Ibadan, Nigeria and taught biology and human physiology for many years. Millicent is well-published in law and has broad legal experience. She has been admitted to practice law in Nigeria and the State of New York, USA.

The link between oil exploration and production, environmental pollution and corporate behaviour has been a long-vexed issue not only in Nigeria but globally. This is a very significant book in this area. It covers a broad spectrum of topics and is a major contribution to laws and policies on oil pollution and clean-up, and a valuable addition to modules on energy and environmental law.

Sotonye Iyoyo, Former General Manager, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC); and Former Acting Executive Secretary, Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Nigeria

This book provides an in-depth, objective analysis and legal perspective of the perennial oil spills and the attendant environmental pollution in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, drawing copious examples from other jurisdictions. It examines the critical role of major sector players, and proffers recommendations to address the challenges. A must read for environmentalists, researchers and policy makers.

Lawerece Chidi Anukam, Former Director-General/Chief Executive, National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Nigeria

 

The enormous environmental damage caused by Shell’s oil spills in Nigeria’s Niger Delta is a classic case of irresponsible performance of multinational oil companies and the failure of host countries in controlling these companies. Millicent Ele’s thorough study of corporate responsibility and pollution control laws regarding the oil spills in Nigeria is a welcome contribution to help understanding the legal challenges in holding multinational oil companies to account – relevant far beyond Nigeria.

Jonas Ebbesson, Professor of environmental law, Stockholm University, Sweden