Royal Dutch Shell does not see its upstream oil operations in Nigeria as compatible with its strategy to become a net-zero energy business, chief executive Ben van Beurden said at the supermajor’s annual general meeting on Tuesday. “The balance of risks and rewards associated with our onshore portfolio is no longer compatible with our strategic ambitions,” van Beurden told shareholders, as carried by Bloomberg . “We cannot solve community problems in the Niger Delta,” said the top executive at Shell, which has encountered numerous problems in Nigeria’s onshore in recent years, including oil theft and pipeline sabotage, as well as lawsuits brought up by local communities over oil spills. Shell has launched talks with the Nigerian government on how to proceed with its onshore operations in OPEC’s largest African oil producer, van Beurden said, without specifying whether or when Shell would want to divest its oil assets in Nigeria. […]