giacimenti petroliferi

On Tuesday 6 February the US law firm Foley Hoag LLP sent a letter to the Italian oil company ENI and to two other companies operating in the energy field, warning them not to start any kind of activity in the maritime areas of the Gaza Strip which constitute the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Palestine, contrary to what was granted by the Ministry of Israeli energy.Humanitarian associations referred to the law firm Al-Haq, At Mezan, and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, supported by the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel Adalah, who in turn sent a letter to Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen.Previously, on October 29, 2023, the Ministry of Energy itself released six licenses for the exploration and exploitation of waters off the Gaza Strip which fall within the "Zone G" of the contract, of which approximately 62% falls within the Palestinian EEZ as outlined in the declaration of 2019, and in accordance with the provisions of United Nations Convention on...

The Supreme Court of London has decided to give voice to continue human rights violations perpetrated on the inhabitants of the Niger River coast by the local supply chain of the multinational oil company Shell.The decision was taken following complaints from over 13,000 farmers and fishermen in the communities of Ogale and Billeper regarding the damage caused by decades of continuous oil extraction in the Nigerian republic.The ruling of the English Court therefore provides for the start of a trial in which, however, the opposing party has already declared that "Shell has no intention of leaving Nigeria", despite the fact that the institutions have ascertained the company's responsibility for the pollution of the territory where it operates.The environmental and human health damage caused by the oil spill have tragically outlined a contamination with roots too deep to be ignored any longer. For over 60 years the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) extracts o...