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NNPC/Exxon-Shell (OML 133): majors bring in arbitration heavyweight to back their case

ExxonMobil and Shell have decided to play their joker in [...]

Published on 12/02/2019 at 04:30 GMT

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Elizabeth Anne Snodgrass
ExxonMobil
Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
International Chamber of Commerce
Muhammadu Buhari
NNPC
Shell
Three Crowns
Walter Onnoghen

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Rivers State pollution: Shell vs Nigeria arbitration drop explained

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OML 133: appeal hearing for ExxonMobil and Shell in $2.5bn NNPC suit not due before 2021

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Nigerian politics never that far from Exxon/Shell-NNPC conflict

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Shell still needs to play catch-up after BG purchase

As both BP and ExxonMobil take a major bet on the continent, and Total and ENI ramp up their African investments, Shell is nearly the only Western major to be dragging behind. Africa Energy Intelligence examines the Anglo-Dutch major's botched [.

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Baru and Kachikwu in power struggle at NNPC

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Elizabeth Anne Snodgrass
ExxonMobil
Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
International Chamber of Commerce
Muhammadu Buhari
NNPC
Shell
Three Crowns
Walter Onnoghen

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Nigeria
NNPC/Exxon-Shell (OML 133): majors bring in arbitration heavyweight to back their case

Nigeria
Rivers State pollution: Shell vs Nigeria arbitration drop explained

Nigeria
OML 133: appeal hearing for ExxonMobil and Shell in $2.5bn NNPC suit not due before 2021

Nigeria
Malabu/OPL 245 scandal: backed by Three Crowns, ENI opens a new front against Abuja

Nigeria
OML 133: fresh lawyer takes over the Exxon/Shell file against NNPC

Nigeria
Nigerian politics never that far from Exxon/Shell-NNPC conflict

Spotlight | Document | Africa
ExxonMobil plays catch-up to Total and ENI

Spotlight | Africa
Shell still needs to play catch-up after BG purchase

Spotlight | Nigeria
Baru and Kachikwu in power struggle at NNPC