‘I Was Responsible for What Was Beneath the Surface – Not Above’

[JusticeInfo.net] Using maps, drilling data, and technical explanations, Alexandre Schneiter, the former CEO of Lundin Oil, tried to distance himself from responsibility for war crimes around Block 5A, an oil extraction site located in a territory that is now in South Sudan. But the prosecutor’s questions were not just about what was beneath the surface, but also about what the company knew – and did – when the civil war raged above the oil fields.

[JusticeInfo.net] Using maps, drilling data, and technical explanations, Alexandre Schneiter, the former CEO of Lundin Oil, tried to distance himself from responsibility for war crimes around Block 5A, an oil extraction site located in a territory that is now in South Sudan. But the prosecutor’s questions were not just about what was beneath the surface, but also about what the company knew – and did – when the civil war raged above the oil fields.