After decades of being challenged by local and foreign industry watchers, the Shell...yesterday announced that it has signed a contract...for a pipeline system that will gather associated gas from being flared...“This is an extremely important project for SPDC in terms of our commitment to ending routine gas flaring...” the company said in a statement yesterday. However, Phillip Jakpor, media officer of Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria, doubts the sincerity of the oil company...“Shell cannot be trusted to tell the truth on matters of flare out...“They have consistently breached our deadlines since 1984 and even their self imposed deadlines with impunity, so we do not believe their lies on ending flares,” Mr. Jakpor said. [Also refers to Saipem Contracting, Ciuci Consulting, Daewoo, Oando, Nigerian Agip Oil Company (joint venture Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Eni, ConocoPhillips)].