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Company Response

4 May 2010

Author:
Mutiu Sunmonu, Managing Director, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria

Shell response re article on gas flaring in Nigeria

Your report on gas flares in Nigeria is inaccurate and completely ignores the information you asked us for...[T]he SPDC joint venture has reduced flaring by some 65% from our operations between 2002-2009. Part of this reduction is because oil production has been shut-in for security concerns, which are well known, and have, of course, also prevented progress on some of our gas gathering projects...The ‘ominous’ new facility you mention as evidence of increased flaring in the Niger Delta is in fact a temporary well test facility for a development that will harness gas and actually reduce flaring overall when it comes on stream soon.