A humpback whale off the coast of South Africa. Shell’s seismic blasts occur every five seconds, for months at a time, and are louder than a space shuttle launch, according to Greenpeace (Getty) ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. When I read last December that Shell had gotten a court’s approval to commence seismic exploration for oil off the coast of South Africa, my first thought ...

A South African high court on Friday struck down an urgent application brought by environmentalists to stop oil major Royal Dutch Shell starting seismic surveys to explore for petroleum systems off ...

Shell has been forced to halt a controversial offshore seismic survey after a South African court issued an interim indictment against the operation on environmental and constitutional grounds. The ...

A South African high court on Tuesday blocked Shell from conducting seismic testing offshore from South Africa's pristine Wild Coast, in the latest ruling in a case seeking to prevent the oil major ...

A South African court has blocked Shell’s seismic survey along the country’s eastern coastline, handing environmentalists a strong victory against the oil company. The survey aimed to examine a ...

CAPE TOWN, Dec 28 (Reuters) - A South African high court on Tuesday blocked Shell from conducting seismic testing offshore from South Africa's pristine Wild Coast, in the latest ruling in a case ...

Shell had said that it had carried out a thorough "stakeholder analysis" to buttress the survey application. But, said Bloem, the oil giant had failed to consult adequately with small-scale and ...

CAPE TOWN, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A South African high court on Friday struck down an urgent application brought by environmentalists to stop oil major Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L), opens new tab starting ...

A petition by environmentalists, Indigenous groups and fisheries organizations succeeded in temporarily halting oil giant Shell’s plans to conduct seismic surveys off South Africa’s Wild Coast to ...

CAPE TOWN, Dec 28 (Reuters) - A South African high court on Tuesday blocked Shell (RDSa.L), opens new tab from conducting seismic testing offshore from South Africa's pristine Wild Coast, in the ...

Royal Dutch Shell faces a growing campaign against its plans to conduct a seismic survey of potential oil and gas reservoirs off South Africa’s rugged coastline. The standoff is the latest example of ...