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UK court blocks Nigeria oil spill claims against Shell [ Agence France Presse ( AFP )/The Guardian ; January 26, 2017] https://guardian.ng/news/uk-court-blocks-nigeria-spill-claims-against-shell/ Shell wins battle to block cases over oil spills in Niger Delta from being heard in English courts ( ITV News ; January 26, 2017) http://www.itv.com/news/2017-01-26/shell-win-legal-battle-to-block-case-being-heard-in-uk/ Court rules Shell can't be sued in London for Nigeria Oil Spills (Karolin SCHAPS and Libby GEORGE,  Reuters ; January 26, 2017) http://in.reuters.com/article/us-shell-nigeria-court-idINKBN15A1JV N. B.:  For more information concerning Shell Oil Pipeline Spills in the Niger Delta , please refer to my former blogs posts found within "Blog Archives" under the following titles and dates: Nigerian Fishermen continue fight for Ogoniland Oil Spill Clean Up     3/13/2016 Shell Oil Spill Clean Up Failure in the Niger Delta     11/17/2015...

B.C. grants Trans Mountain pipeline environmental approval ( The Canadian Press ; January 11, 2017) U. S. Oil Pipeline News and Information: Patchwork of Dakota Access protests across US encouraged (Blake NICHOLSEN, Associated Press ; January 11, 2017) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7e5dcee8ca904fabae17d4fde1237608/patchwork-dakota-access-protests-across-us-encouraged Pipeline Websites: Pipeline 101:  Where are Liquid Pipelines Located? ( AOPL/API/PHMSA/NAPSR ) http://www.pipeline101.org/where-are-pipelines-located National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS) Public Viewer ( U. S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ) https://www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov/PublicViewer/