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CTV News
26-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Shell denies reports that the energy giant is in talks to take over BP
This is the Shell Oil logo in front of a Shell gas station in Pittsburgh,, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) LONDON — British oil giant Shell on Thursday denied media reports that it is in talks to buy rival BP. The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday said Shell was holding 'early stage talks,″ to acquire BP, citing people familiar with the matter. 'In response to recent media speculation Shell wishes to clarify that it has not been actively considering making an offer for BP and confirms it has not made an approach to, and no talks have taken place with, BP with regards to a possible offer,' Shell said in a statement to the London Stock Exchange. Shell has repeatedly denied speculation that it was considering a takeover of its smaller rival BP, saying it was focused on streamlining and simplifying its own business. Some analysts have suggested BP would be an attractive takeover after a plan to shift its focus to renewable energy, which was abandoned earlier this year, left its shares undervalued in comparison to other oil companies. BP has also struggled to recover from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, which killed 17 workers and forced the company to pay billions of dollars for environmental damage in the Gulf of Mexico. The Associated Press
BBC News
13-06-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
'Wetin we want na make goment clear dem, no be pardon' – Reactions follow presidential pardon for Ogoni 9
Esther Kiobel, wife of one of di Ogoni Nine, Barinem Kiobel say she thank President Tinubu say e don take di first step to give justice to di 'Ogoni 9'. She tok dis one afta Nigeria president Bola Tinubu for im independence day speech, grant presidential pardon to di famous Ogoni nine wey dem execute under di military rule of Lat e General Sani Abacha. Her tok follow di many reactions wey don follow di National honours and Presidential pardon wey Oga Tinubu grant grant on Thursday. Kiobel say e don reach many decades wey she don dey fight for justice for her husband and she believe say dis tin wey di President don do na a way forward. "I don dey fight for am [my husband] to dey exonerated becos di Abacha goment in collaboration wit Shell Oil kill dem. So I know say e don take long but I believe say justice go surely come to pass." Madam Kiobel say she go like make di Nigerian goment retry dat case as dem as families of di Ogoni 9 go through a lot and survive by di grace of God. "I dey alive becos na God dey keep me and my husband spirit sef dey help to keep me to make sure say we get justice becos e no commit any crime. Dat tin na injustice but we need justice." Kiobel widow say many nights she don shed tears for her bed wen she remember how most of di women die, plenti pipo die for dis cause and her husband life wey also bin dey cut short bifor im time. So justice to clear dia name naim dem want. 'Ogoni 9' na a group of nine activists from di Ogoni region of Rivers State for southern Nigeria, wey opposed di operating practices of di Royal Dutch Shell oil corporation for di Niger Delta region. Di military goment for Nigeria bin arrest and set up a special tribunal against dem for murders of four Ogoni chiefs - Albert Badey, Edward Kobani, Samuel Orage and Theophilus Orage, wey dem kill for Gokana. R. Boele, Ogoni. Social activist and head of di Movement for di Survival of di Ogoni People (MOSOP), Ken Saro-Wiwa, alongside eight of im fellow leaders - Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbooko, Paul Levera, Felix Nuate, Baribor Bera, Barinem Kiobel, and John Kpuine—bin dey on trial under accuse say na dem incite di murder of di four Ogoni chiefs and na on 10 November 1995 di Nigerian Goment execute dem by hanging for Port Harcourt Prison. On democracy day June 12, 2025, Nigeria President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during a speech to a joint session of di National Assembly, grant Presidential pardon on di Ogoni Nine and confer on dem Posthumous National awards. 'Dem dey pardon pesin wey dey innocent?' Ogoni activist, Fegalo Nsuke say di act by di President na di first time any Nigerian President don acknowledge say a crime bin dey committed against di Ogoni Nine and so e praise di action of di President in giving dem such acknowledgement and granting dem a presidential pardon and national honours. "President Tinubu make a bold step wey I think suppose dey help us towards achieving a good healing process. Since 1995 when dis executions take place, no Nigerian President don admit say a wrongdoing bin happen. I must admit say yesterday President Tinubu don admit say dat na injustice and e go further to grant a state pardon." Fegalo Nsuke say while dem appreciate di goodwill of di president, a state pardon na sometin wey dem dey give pipo wey commit an offense and from all available information, di Ogoni Nine dey innocent as such dem wonder wetin di state pardon dey for. Oga Nsuke say wetin dem dey ask for na say beyond giving National honours on di Ogoni Nine, dem go like make di federal goment commission an enquiry into the trial process as dem insist say di decision to kill Ken Saro-Wiwa bin dey taken even bifor dem establish di tribunal. "Dat tribunal bin dey established primarily to kill Ken Saro-Wiwa becos im challenge di system wey bin dey exploit di Ogoni pipo and oda parts of di Niger Delta at di time and so di goment decide to kill am and in dat process, eight odas come fall victims. Also, environmental rights defender Celestine Akpobari say a pardon dey given to somebodi wey commit an offense. "Wetin di Ogoni pipo and human rights community dey ask for na exoneration. So I bin dey expect Mr President to set up a judicial panel of enquiry to do a review of dat kangaroo trial wey sentenced Ken to death. I bin dey expect say dat go happen and from dia dem go dey exonerated completely."
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
As Baltimore cleans up its latest Harbor oil spill, here's a look at 10 others
While the long-term effects of Wednesday's 2,000-gallon oil spill in the Baltimore Harbor are unknown, the city's jewel has seen much worse. In August 1975, a Shell Oil barge leaked 135,000 gallons of heavy oil into the water at Wagner's Point in South Baltimore. Five years earlier, the same barge, the Shamrock, discharged 67,000 gallons of black ooze that fouled the harbor and its environs. Fish kills were reported as far away as Riviera Beach, and residents along Rock Creek worked desperately to clean ducks soaked in oil. That spill, in July 1970, was the worst ever to pollute the harbor until the 1975 disaster. Floating muck from the latter spill reached Sollers Point before it was contained by floating booms and siphoned into vacuum trucks for $1.5 million. State officials at the time declared there was 'no evidence of serious environmental damage' caused by the spill. Both accidents were blamed on negligence; workmen fell asleep during the barge's fueling. Wednesday's spill was the 11th reported in the Inner Harbor and the first since 1989. Seven spills occurred in one decade (the 1970s), with three of them in 1970 alone. Six of the accidents befouled the harbor with 2,000 gallons of oil or more. A chronology of the spills: July 1968: A pipe burst at a Humble Oil tank farm at Quail and Boston Streets, leaking 3,500 gallons of oil into the harbor. Sept. 1969: 70,000 gallons of heating oil poured out of a faulty valve at Hess Oil's storage dump in Curtis Bay. About 200 gallons reached the harbor. April 1970: The Army Corps of Engineers found a 4,000-gallon oil spill beneath the Penwood Wharf at Bethlehem Steel's Sparrows Point plant. July 1970: Oil gushed for one hour from vents on an overflowing barge at Shell's marine terminal at Wagner's Point. The slick from the 67,000 gallon spill spread 15 miles. Sept. 1970: More than 500 gallons of heavy, crude oil streamed out of the Aegis Star as the tanker was delivering oil at the American Oil terminal at Wagner's Point. The spill created a slick 1/2 mile long and 1/4 mile wide; the tanker's operators were found at fault. February 1971: 'Mechanical failure' was blamed when a fueling barge discharged 2,000 gallons of oil into the harbor at the Dundalk Marine Terminal. June 1971: At least 1,000 gallons of fuel oil leaked into the harbor after a merchant ship punctured its side while docking at a Canton terminal. The oil was quickly contained. The next day, in an unrelated spill, 2,000 gallons of oil stained a mile of shoreline at the mouth of Stony Creek. The offender was never found. Dec. 1972: While loading fuel from a barge at Locust Point, a Liberian freighter spilled 500 gallons of crude oil into the harbor. The operator of the freighter was fined $6,000. Aug. 1975: In the largest spill in Baltimore history, 135,000 gallons of heavy industrial oil poured from a barge's overflowing tank and into the harbor for two hours after a duty officer nodded off. Most of the oil was recovered. July 1989: Nearly 300 gallons of oil were found in the waters near Harborplace. While a British frigate was berthed there, no blame was ever reported. Have a news tip? Contact Mike Klingaman at jklingaman@ and 410-332-6456.
