Official Documents
Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman Assessment Report, August 2001 (Acrobat pdf 402KB)
IFC Summary of Project Information, April 23, 2001 (IFC website)
Civil Society Analysis
BIC Niger Delta Contractor Revolving Credit Facility Factsheet, updated October 2003 (Acrobat pdf 507 KB)
Shell plays blame-game to avoid responsibility for spill in Niger Delta, Project Underground, October 2002 (Project Underground website)
The Price of Oil, Human Rights Watch, 1999 (HRW website)
Correspondence
CAO letter to ERA noting IFC's updated comments on the conclusions of the CAO report, January 13, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 308 KB)
ERA response to IFC, June 4, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 50 KB)
CAO response and comments about limitations of the CAO mandate, June 6, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 76 KB)
ERA letter of inquiry about project development, November 22, 2002 (Acrobat pdf 15 KB)
CAO response, November 25, 2002 (Acrobat pdf 12 KB)
ERA letter to CAO noting lack of response to October 12 letter, November 7, 2002 (Acrobat pdf 20 KB)
CAO response and proposal for how to explore issues in the complaint, November 18, 2002 (Acrobat pdf 45 KB)
ERA comments on CAO Assessment Report, August 24, 2001 (Acrobat pdf 146 KB)
CAO response to ERA comments, August 30, 2001 (Acrobat pdf 133 KB)
ERA response to August 30 letter and procedural suggestions to the CAO, October 12, 2001 (Acrobat pdf 60 KB)
ERA's complaint to the CAO, June 19, 2001 (Acrobat pdf 305 KB)
Environmental Rights Action notification to CAO of intent to file a complaint, June 18, 2001 (Acrobat pdf 23 KB)
Environmental Rights Action's sign-on letter to World Bank President James Wolfensohn, May 28, 2001 (Acrobat pdf 115 KB)
Press
Bad Apples in a Rotten System: The 10 Worst Corporations of 2002, Multinational Monitor, December 02, 2002 (Multinational Monitor website)
Environmental Justice from the Niger Delta to the World Conference Against Racism, Corpwatch, August 30, 2001 (Corpwatch website)
World Bank's IFC to Fund ‘Risky’ Project Involving Shell in Nigeria, Sustainable Energy and Economy Network, May 2001 (SEEN website)
Useful Web Pages
Essential Action Shell Campaign
Project Underground's collected information on Shell