UN oil devastation report to be taken 'seriously': Shell

AFP

9 August 2011

UN oil devastation report to be taken 'seriously': Shell

LAGOS — Shell's managing director in Nigeria on Monday pledged the oil giant would take "seriously" a UN study on unprecedented pollution, but reiterated that the company was not to blame for most spills.

"It's important for me to emphasise that we are taking the UNEP report very seriously," Mutiu Sunmonu told AFP in an interview after the UN Environment Programme released the report last week.

"We are looking at it in greater detail. We are taking a comb through the report to see exactly what necessary follow-up actions will be required of SPDC."