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July 19th, 2004:

Sydney Morning Herald: Shell eyes Sydney terminal site

Sydney Morning Herald: Shell eyes Sydney terminal site: “potentially forcing thousands of independent service stations to close”

July 19, 2004 – 10:04PM

Petrol giant Shell is in the running to take over a critical Sydney storage facility from fuel importer Trafigura Australia, potentially forcing thousands of independent service stations to close.

Trafigura, an independent petrol wholesaler, may be forced out of its Port Botany terminal in about six weeks, with site owner Vopek refusing to renew the lease.

“We’ve been trying to try to talk to Vopek, who own the terminal, about an extension to their contract or a new contract from September this year, without success,” Trafigura managing director Barrie Jacobsen told ABC TV. read more

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AN OPEN LETTER TO ROYAL DUTCH SHELL GROUP CHAIRMAN JEROEN VAN DER VEER

AN OPEN LETTER TO ROYAL DUTCH SHELL GROUP CHAIRMAN JEROEN VAN DER VEER

18/07/2004

Dear Mr Van der Veer

I am writing to you in my capacity as a member of the Shell Transport and Trading Company plc. I am a long term holder of Shell shares.

Have you seen “The Money Programme” broadcast on BBC2 TV on Thursday evening 15th July called “SHELL SHOCK”? If not, you may wish to know that I have published an unofficial transcript on my website (Shell2004.com) as a facility to parties interested in Shell, including lawyers and the media.

I have also republished on the site the information and documents which were the subject of (1) a High Court Restraining Order (2) threatened committal proceedings against oil reserves whistleblower Dr John Huong by 8 companies in the Royal Dutch Shell Group including a Shell Exploration and Production company. read more

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Curbing Foreign Investment

The Wall Street Journal: Curbing Foreign Investment: “decision… could adversely affect other exploration and production contracts: “A Shell official declined to comment”

By JAMES HOOKWAY

Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

July 19, 2004; Page A9

TAMPAKAN, Philippines — A team of Filipino and Australian miners struck gold several years ago near this drowsy village high in the mountains of the southern Philippines. Better yet, they also found so much copper that the site someday could become one of the largest copper mines in Asia.

But in January — just days after President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo approved a plan to hasten development of the country’s mining industry — Tampakan mine developer Sagittarius Mining Inc. was dealt an unexpected blow: The Supreme Court said the project was illegal because it contravened the Philippines’ constitution. read more

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ThisDayOnline.com: Ethnic Militia: Niger-Delta Youths Denounce Warlord

ThisDayOnline.com: Ethnic Militia: Niger-Delta Youths Denounce Warlord

By Abimbola Akosile

19 July 04

A coalition of Ijaw and Niger-Delta youth groups under the aegis of Congress of Niger Delta Youths (CNDY) have once again denounced Alhaji Asari Dokubo, saying he has for long constituted himself into a nuisance.

In a statement issued yesterday and signed by Comrade Mfom Etukudoh, President, the group claimed its members (Ijaw Youth Congress (IYC), Ijaw National Congress (INC), and Congress of Niger Delta Youths (CNDY), were legitimate vehicles for the promotion of change with the objective to seek, through dialogue, the economic and political development of the people of the Niger Delta. read more

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Los Angeles Times: Militiamen ‘Reclaim’ Oil for Nigerians

Los Angeles Times: Militiamen ‘Reclaim’ Oil for Nigerians:consultants commissioned by Royal Dutch/Shell Group… compare the Delta’s level of violence to the turmoil in Chechnya and Colombia.”

By Michael Peel,

July 19, 2004

The siphoning of crude is part of a complex dispute that highlights a deepening crisis.

LAGOS, Nigeria — At a riverside hide-out in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, a local militia commander, stands near three large barrels and describes how his armed gang takes oil from pipelines, refines it and sells it cheaply to the local people.

Hundreds of barrels of crude at a time are siphoned by members of his militia. Asked if he considers this theft, Dokubo-Asari replies that he is reclaiming for the people what belongs to them. “As far as we are concerned, it’s the Nigerian state that is stealing oil,” he said. read more

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