Oil spills, sabotage and theft prompt £3bn sale but group still faces legal cases relating to pollution
Shell has struck a deal to sell some of its onshore oil and gas fields in the Niger delta amid rising concern about oil spills, sabotage and industrial-scale theft from Nigerian wells and pipelines of up to 150,000 barrels a day.
Last summer a Shell review raised the possibility of scaling down operations in Nigeria and the company is poised to sell four fields and a pipeline for what some believe could be $5bn (£3bn).