clean up the environmental destruction caused by oil spills. The suit comes as Shell declared that it made over $30bn in profit from the first three quarters of 2022. Shell says that the spills in questions occurred more than five years ago and were often caused by organized gangs, who caused the spills when illegally siphoning oil from the pipelines. References External links Shell must clean up its act in Nigeria Shell plc subsidiaries Oil and gas companies of Nigeria Companies based in Port Harcourt 1937 establishments in Nigeria Nigerian subsidiaries of foreign companies