August 19th, 2007:

August 19, 2007: 11:30 AM EST

BUENOS AIRES (Dow Jones)-The Argentine government’s price controllers are seeking arrest warrants for top executives at the local unit of Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN), apparently on the grounds that the company has failed to adequately supply the local fuels market, Argentine daily La Nacion reported Sunday.

Government and company officials weren’t immediately available for comment amid the long weekend. Monday is a national holiday.

The apparent request, made to a judge by the government’s price control point man, Commerce Secretary Guillermo Moreno, comes after a string of government measures against Shell that began in March 2005, when President Nestor Kirchner called on Argentines to boycott Shell stations for lifting prices, a move followed by the local unit of Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM). read more

Fortune Teller: Royal Dutch/Shell spent decades pioneering a system of scenario planning called TINA (There Is No Alternative) to anticipate dramatic changes in the world.Now your company can come up with its own TINA.

From: FastCompany.com | June 2002 | By: Ian Wylie

Betty Sue Flowers, editor of the Shell scenarios, says that every organization could benefit from having its own TINA. “Sit down and ask, What are the predetermined elements in my business? Where is the TINA? There is no alternative — just saying it elicits alternatives that people may not have thought about before. TINA gets you out of the box that you’ve put yourself in.” read more

Published: Aug 18, 2007

THE Royal Bank of Scotland is at the centre of the climate change crisis because of its funding of the aviation, oil and gas industries, campaigners claim. They say its investment in fossil fuels last year involved 44 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.

The bank is also accused of threatening to displace communities in the Niger Delta in Africa by working to source funding for a massive gas project involving Shell.

EXTRACT: Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Saturday that it’s watching the progress of Hurricane Dean, adding that it has suspended 10,000 barrels a day of oil and 15 million cubic feet of natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico.

Associated Press
August 19, 2007 1:23 a.m.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Alarmed tourists jammed Caribbean airports for flights out of Hurricane Dean’s path Saturday as the monster storm began sweeping past the Dominican Republic and Haiti and threatened to engulf Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. read more

By KATIE HAFNER
Published: August 19, 2007

Last year a Wikipedia visitor edited the entry for the SeaWorld theme parks to change all mentions of “orcas” to “killer whales,” insisting that this was a more accurate name for the species.

There was another, unexplained edit: a paragraph about criticism of SeaWorld’s “lack of respect toward its orcas” disappeared. Both changes, it turns out, originated at a computer at Anheuser-Busch, SeaWorld’s owner.

Dozens of similar examples of insider editing came to light last week through WikiScanner, a new Web site that traces the source of millions of changes to Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia that anyone can edit. read more

HOUSTON, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — With hurricane season here, Shell Oil Products US and Motiva Enterprises LLC are encouraging consumers to prepare for potential evacuations and do their part to maximize fuel supply. During a hurricane, temporary and sporadic supply interruptions may be unavoidable; however Shell and Motiva have put many systems in place from the offshore rigs to the retail stations to better maintain consistent supply of gasoline for consumers. There are also steps that consumers can take during a Hurricane Watch to prepare their car, stretch their fuel and help maintain supply during a crisis. read more

By TOM GIAMBRONI Journal Staff Writer

LISBON — Sunday, August 19, 2007 — Time: 3:22:56 AM EST

The Shell Oil Co. is among other companies being sued by a Von Roll employee injured in an August 2005 explosion at the East Liverpool hazardous waste incinerator.

The personal injury lawsuit was filed earlier this month in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court by Jimmie L. Jones II, South Front Street, Negley. Also listed as a plaintiff is Casey Jones.

The lawsuit was filed against the Shell Oil Co. and four other Shell entities, two transportation companies, and Von Roll America, the East Liverpool hazardous waste incinerator for whom Mr. Jones worked. It was formerly known as Waste Technologies Industries. read more

EXTRACT: Oil companies continue production in the rest of the delta, making Nigeria the fifth-largest supplier of oil to the United States. But here in Ogoniland, residents ran Shell out in 1993, leaving behind the pipeline and the pollution. 

The Associated Press

KEGBARA DERE, Nigeria: The fire burned strong for 45 days and 45 nights, blanketing the village with ash and torching the young cassava plants in Ada Baniba’s field. As she weeded, the flames flared out of the leaking oil pipeline behind her. read more

By JEANNETTE J. LEE
ANCHORAGE, Alaska

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Royal Dutch Shell PLC must further postpone plans for exploratory oil drilling off the northern coast of Alaska.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also indicated that environmental and Alaska Native groups have a good chance of prevailing in their effort to keep the energy giant out of the Beaufort Sea.

Petitioners, including the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission and the Center for Biological Diversity, have “raised serious questions and demonstrated that the balance of hardships tips sharply in their favor,” the ruling said. read more

By Amol Rajan

Two environmental groups have accused the British Government of covertly sponsoring Royal Dutch Shell’s Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project off east Russia, which they say is causing major environmental damage and threatening a rare species of whale.

WWF and The Corner House say the Government is seeking judicial review of what they claim is crucial financial support for a project which does not meet official standards on conservation.

Their criticism is focused on a decision by the Export Credit Guarantee Department (ECGD) in March 2004, just months after the beginning of the Sakhalin-2 development, to offer $1bn (£500m) in guarantees to the project to cover the work of two British sub-contractors. read more