Shell faces $3.6-billion fine over oil spill amid fresh court ruling

Nigeria's Federal High Court has upheld a $3.6-billion fine imposed on Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Co. related to the December 2011 Bonga Field oil spill, Punch reported. The court ordered Shell Nigeria to pay the fine to the country's National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency. Shell Nigeria had filed a lawsuit challenging the agency's powers to impose levies or fines over oil spills.

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