Shell Petroleum Development Company
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Shell Petroleum Development Company is a major oil exploration and production subsidiary of Shell operating in Nigeria, long associated with environmental and human rights controversies in the Niger Delta.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shell Petroleum Development Company canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2677420 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Shell Petroleum Development Company Context triple: [Ogoni people, struggleTarget, Shell Petroleum Development Company]
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A.
Petroleum Group
The Petroleum Group is a specialist division of the Geological Society of London focused on the study and professional exchange of knowledge related to petroleum geoscience and hydrocarbon exploration.
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B.
Sinclair Oil Corporation
Sinclair Oil Corporation is an American petroleum company best known for its dinosaur logo and network of gas stations and refineries across the United States.
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C.
Iraq Petroleum Company
The Iraq Petroleum Company was a major British-dominated oil consortium that controlled much of the early oil exploration and production in Iraq and the Middle East during the 20th century.
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D.
Gulf Oil
Gulf Oil was a major American oil company and petroleum brand that played a prominent role in the global energy industry throughout much of the 20th century.
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E.
Arabian American Oil Company
Arabian American Oil Company was the original name of Saudi Aramco, the state-owned Saudi petroleum and natural gas company that became one of the world’s largest energy producers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Shell Petroleum Development Company Target entity description: Shell Petroleum Development Company is a major oil exploration and production subsidiary of Shell operating in Nigeria, long associated with environmental and human rights controversies in the Niger Delta.
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A.
Petroleum Group
The Petroleum Group is a specialist division of the Geological Society of London focused on the study and professional exchange of knowledge related to petroleum geoscience and hydrocarbon exploration.
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B.
Sinclair Oil Corporation
Sinclair Oil Corporation is an American petroleum company best known for its dinosaur logo and network of gas stations and refineries across the United States.
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C.
Iraq Petroleum Company
The Iraq Petroleum Company was a major British-dominated oil consortium that controlled much of the early oil exploration and production in Iraq and the Middle East during the 20th century.
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D.
Gulf Oil
Gulf Oil was a major American oil company and petroleum brand that played a prominent role in the global energy industry throughout much of the 20th century.
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E.
Arabian American Oil Company
Arabian American Oil Company was the original name of Saudi Aramco, the state-owned Saudi petroleum and natural gas company that became one of the world’s largest energy producers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil and gas company
ⓘ
subsidiary company ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
Shell Nigeria
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surface form:
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company
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| associatedWith |
Niger Delta environmental issues
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community conflicts in oil-producing areas ⓘ gas flaring in Nigeria ⓘ human rights controversies in the Niger Delta ⓘ oil spills in the Niger Delta ⓘ |
| brandOwner | Shell Nigeria ⓘ |
| businessActivity |
natural gas production
ⓘ
oil exploration ⓘ oil field development ⓘ oil production ⓘ pipeline transportation ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation | Nigeria ⓘ |
| environmentalImpact |
air pollution from gas flaring
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damage to mangrove ecosystems ⓘ oil pollution of land and waterways ⓘ |
| hasControversy |
allegations of complicity in human rights abuses
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allegations of inadequate oil spill cleanup ⓘ criticism from environmental organizations ⓘ disputes over compensation to affected communities ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Port Harcourt ⓘ |
| industry | oil and gas ⓘ |
| involvedIn | joint venture oil operations in Nigeria ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bayelsa State
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Delta State, Nigeria ⓘ
surface form:
Delta State
Rivers State ⓘ |
| majorShareholder |
Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited
ⓘ
surface form:
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Royal Dutch Shell ⓘ
surface form:
Shell plc
|
| operatedBy | Shell Nigeria ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
offshore oil fields
ⓘ
onshore oil fields ⓘ |
| operatesUnder | Nigerian oil and gas regulations ⓘ |
| operationalFocus |
associated gas handling
ⓘ
crude oil production ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Royal Dutch Shell
ⓘ
surface form:
Shell plc
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| partOf |
Shell Nigeria
ⓘ
surface form:
Shell Nigeria operations
|
| primaryRegionOfOperation | Niger Delta ⓘ |
| regulatoryJurisdiction |
Government of Nigeria
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surface form:
Nigerian government
|
| sector | energy ⓘ |
| socialImpact |
displacement of local communities
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livelihood disruption for farming communities ⓘ livelihood disruption for fishing communities ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
environmental litigation in Nigeria
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human rights lawsuits related to the Niger Delta ⓘ international NGO campaigns on environmental justice ⓘ |
| usesBrand | Shell ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Shell Petroleum Development Company Description of subject: Shell Petroleum Development Company is a major oil exploration and production subsidiary of Shell operating in Nigeria, long associated with environmental and human rights controversies in the Niger Delta.
Referenced by (1)
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