The Yenagoa Division of the Federal High Court on Friday adjourned a suit challenging the divestment by Shell UK PLC from onshore and shallow water assets hitherto operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company to July 22.
The plaintiffs alleged that the divestment by Shell did not follow the stipulated guidelines in the Petroleum Industry Act 2021.
The suit filed by King Bubaraye Dakolo of Ekpetiama Kingdom in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State is also seeking redress and remediation of the cumulative pollution of his domain for 40 years.
The Ekpetiama Kingdom plays host to the Gbarain-Ubie gas plant and Gbarain oilfields in the Yenagoa Local Government Area.
When the case came up for mention, counsel to the plaintiff, Mr Chuks Uhuru, made an ex parte application to grant the plaintiff leave to serve the court summons on Shell UK PLC, the parent company of SPDC, through substituted means.
The trial judge, Justice Ayo Emmanuel, granted the application to serve some of the defendants domiciled in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
Justice Emmanuel adjourned the case to July 22 for the commencement of the hearing.
Listed as defendants in the Suit No. FHC/YNG/CS/81/2025 are Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, Shell Petroleum N.V., Shell UK PLC.
Others are the Attorney General of the Federation, The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, and Renaissance Energy Africa Ltd.
Renaissance Energy Africa, a consortium of indigenous oil firms, in March 2025, acquired the onshore and shallow waters oil and gas assets of SPDC following the divestments by Shell UK PLC, the parent company of SPDC.
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