Shell to pay €15 million to Nigerian farmers over oil pollution

Shell oil and gas terminal Niger Delta

Shell's major oil and gas terminal on Bonny Island in southern Nigeria's Niger Delta.  PHOTO | PIUS UTOMI EKPEI | AFP

The Hague

A Dutch appeals court ruled last year, following 13 years of legal battles, that Shell's Nigerian branch must pay out for a series of leaks and that the parent company must install new pipeline equipment to prevent further devastating spills.