Скачать или смотреть Cryptic File 052: OPL 245 – The Billion-Dollar Deal That Embarrassed Shell & Eni

In 2011, Shell and Eni paid $1.3 billion for OPL 245 – one of Nigeria’s most valuable offshore oil blocks. Within months, over $1 billion had allegedly disappeared into shell companies and secret accounts.
What happens when two of the world’s biggest oil companies pay billions for a Nigerian oil block… and the money seemingly vanishes?
This is the story of OPL 245 – the “billion-dollar deal” that allegedly became one of the biggest corporate corruption scandals in history.
In this Cryptic File, we investigate:
• How former Petroleum Minister Dan Etete allegedly awarded OPL 245 to a company he secretly controlled
• Why Shell and Eni agreed to a $1.3 billion deal – and how $1.1 billion was routed to Malabu Oil & Gas
• The international money trail through London, Switzerland, and Monaco
• Leaked emails where Shell executives allegedly called Etete “a convicted money launderer”… and still moved forward
• The Milan mega-trial that ended with Shell, Eni, and their former executives all acquitted
• And the question that never goes away: if nobody is guilty… where did the money go?
This is Part 2 of the Nigeria Files. For the full picture of how Nigeria’s oil industry became a crime scene, start here:
📁 Nigeria Files playlist:
Watch the full Nigeria Files arc
🔗 Previous: File 051 – Diezani Alison-Madueke: Nigeria’s “Oil Queen”
Watch File 051 here
🔗 Next: Files 053–055 – OPL 245 Shorts:
• The Minister Who Sold Himself an Oil Block
• Where $1.1 Billion Vanished
• The Trial That Cleared Everyone
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