That put tremendous pressure on an isolated Shell, which owned the station that leaked the most.

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In its ruling Wednesday, the Hague Civil Court rejected most of a landmark case brought by Nigerian farmers and environmental pressure group Friends of the Earth against Shell, saying the leaking pipelines were was caused by saboteurs, not Shell negligence.

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But one Shell contractor said he still faced pressure to meet production deadlines, which meant somehow dealing with threats to disrupt the flow of oil.

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Like BP, integrated European oil supermajors Total S.A. and Royal Dutch Shell have been weighted down under the pressure, down 16.5 percent and 12 percent, respectively.

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Shell could not resist the governmentb s coercive pressure and went on to comply with the "request" to lower the prices.

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Thomas said that Shell was in favor of cap and trade, which has come under pressure from some politicians in the Republican Party.

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