Shell agrees compensation after Pakistan oil tanker tragedy

Thursday, 13 July 2017 07:00

The oil industry company Shell has agreed on compensation numbers after the oil tanker tragedy in Pakistan which killed more than 200 people last month.

The company has been held responsible for the explosion in Ahmedpur East.

Shell is to pay a fine worth Rs. 10m to the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) and Rs. 1m each to the families of over 20 people killed in the blaze.

It is believed Rs. 500,000 will be paid to each family of those injured in the incident.

At least 217 people were killed and many injured in an explosion after local villagers had gathered to collect fuel spilling from an overturned tanker on a highway.

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