Environmental group Friends of the Earth Netherlands urged Royal Dutch Petroleum to have an independent investigation into the quality of its oil pipelines in the South African city of Durban. Friends of the Earth activist Paul de Clerck said millions of litres of gasoline had leaked from the pipelines in a series of incidents over the past two years...Royal Dutch Petroleum president Jeroen van der Veer acknowledged there had been oil leaks and Shell Chairman Watts urged communities which felt they had suffered health problems due to Shell pipelines to get in touch with the group.