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The Royal Dutch Shell revealed in its annual report that, it has paid the Nigerian government $6,397,325.844 as oil production entitlement, taxes, royalties and fees arising from the company’s activities involving oil and gas exploration, development and extraction in the year 2018.

According to the report, a breakdown of the payments received by entities on behalf of the Nigerian government showed the largest chunk of $3,776,418,858 payment went to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as government’s share of oil production from projects operated by Shell.

The Federal Inland Revenue (FIRS) received $1.28bn as taxes. The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on behalf of the government received $358,161,09 as royalties and $895,062,325 as fees while the sum of $81,531,381 was paid to the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC) as fees.

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