© Ed Kashi/2004
Oil-soaked workers take a break from cleaning up a spill at an abandoned Shell Petroleum Development Company well in Oloibiri, Niger Delta. Wellhead 14 was closed in 1977 but has been leaking for years, and in June of 2004 it finally released an oil spill of over 20,000 barrels of crude. Workers subcontracted by Shell Oil Company clean it up.
© Ed Kashi/2004
A woman peeks out of her doorway in the remote town of Sangana in the Niger Delta. Graffiti on the corrugated metal wall reads "Trust Nobody."
© Ed Kashi/2004
A Shell worker holds a machete during a cleanup operation of an oil spill at an abandoned Shell Petroleum Development Company well in Oloibiri, while disgruntled locals watch. Wellhead 14 was closed in 1977 but has been leaking for years, and in June of 2004 it finally released an oil spill of over 20,000 barrels of crude. Workers subcontracted by Shell Oil Company clean it up.