The rig is due to arrive in Nigeria in late April and will be used to drill wells in Mart's proven but undeveloped Nigerian oil fields. It is fully equipped to operate in the region's complex and ...

Militant youths in Nigeria have freed a group of 99 hostages they seized from a Shell oil rig off the West African nation's coast. Armed youths took control of the offshore facility Thursday night ...

Oil spills on Nigeria's mangroves remain a salient problem, especially as the oil sector expands more and more in Nigeria.

(CNN)-- At least two Americans, two Frenchmen and one Canadian were kidnapped early Monday by an armed group that raided an oil rig ... The rig off the southern coast of Nigeria at Okoro field ...

(CNN)-- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has claimed responsibility for an attack on an oil rig and ... on the Transocean rig off the southern coast of Nigeria at Okoro field.

The company is currently in the midst of a wrongful dismissal lawsuit with a former employee, a safety engineer from London, whom Shell said was fired for poor performance. An interim court ruling ...