Crude (2009 film) Crude (2009 film) Crude is a 2009 American documentary film directed and produced by Joe Berlinger. It follows a two-year portion of an ongoing class action lawsuit against the Chevron Corporation in Ecuador. The film follows the progress during 2006 and 2007 of a $27 billion legal case brought against the Chevron Corporation following the drilling of the Lago Agrio oil field, a case described by activists as an "Amazon Chernobyl". The plaintiffs of the class action lawsuit are 30,000 Ecuadorians living in the Amazonian rainforest who claim their ancestral homeland has been polluted by the oil industry. In addition
MTN $5.2 billion fine in the country. The reduced fine must be paid within a period of three years. The telecommunication company also promised to list its stock on the Nigeria Stock Exchange. According to Premium Times, Ferdi said that "MTN will pay the NCC the sum of N330 billion in full and final settlement of the fine in line with an agreed payment plan,". In line with the agreement, the last tranche of the bill will be paid on 31 May 2019. The minister of communication in Nigeria, Adebayo Shittu, confirmed the payment of $254 million, the first tranche of the three-installments settlement