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World Service,01 Jan 2002,28 mins
Shell: Oil, The Environment and Indigenous People
Inside The Global GiantsAvailable for over a year
Life inside Shell, the global oil giant. Profits in 2001 were $21 billion, but it needs to find new revenue streams, so it's now looking to extract oil from sands in Alberta, Canada - but will the gamble pay off? The show talks to Neil Camarta, Senior Vice President for Oil Sands in Canada, about the process and looks at the social and environmental impacts. It also looks at Shell's treatment of the Ogoni tribe in Nigeria and negotiations with indigenous people in Canada. Picture: Oil barrels, Credit: Getty Images
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