In 2024, Shell recorded operational spills of some 1,230 metric tons, compared with around 2,000 metric tons spilled due to sabotage. This was an increase compared to the previous year. The company indicates that all of its sabotage spills were related to its operations in Nigeria. In 2008 and 2009, equipment failure and criminal activity resulted in the company's most significant oil spills, when around 30,000 metric tons of oil flooded the Niger Delta swamps.
Volume of operational and sabotage spills of Shell from 2007 to 2024
(in 1,000 metric tons)
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