The court documents includes records that showed Shell’s senior management in Nigeria continued to warn the company that continued oil production in some areas were risky and posed dangers to surrounding ecosystems.
The BBC reports that it has seen court documents that prove Royal Dutch Shell was informed pipeline networks in certain areas of the Ogoniland needed to be replaced in 2006-two years before pipeline failures, which released an estimated 500, 000 barrels of oil in sensitive wildlife habitats.
The court documents includes records that showed Shell’s senior management in Nigeria continued to warn the company that continued oil production in some areas were risky and posed dangers to surrounding ecosystems.
An estimated 90 square kilometres (35 square miles) are believed to have been contaminated in two separate spills in Bodo, which is located in the Ogoniland region.
Amnesty International has previously interviewed people in the Bodo region, with some reporting unexplained illnesses with symptoms of headaches and eyesight problems.
Many in the region who depended on the environment have reported destruction of livelihoods and the economy due to environmental contamination.
Shell has undergone a trial brought forward by groups from the Ogoniland region but continues to maintain that it was not aware the pipes needed replacement.