Victims of apartheid who are suing 23 leading multinational corporations in American courts on the grounds that the companies collaborated with the policy have been given clearance to take their case forward.
May 13th, 2008:
Shell a defendant in apartheid lawsuit given permission to proceed by US Supreme Court
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Bad Moody: Anglo American Chairman gets an earful at Dal environmental lecture
Because of his work at Shell and the ensuing allegations of collaborating with Nigeria's military to murder environmental activists, Moody-Stuart was featured in the popular documentary The Corporation---he served tea to radical environmentalists as they protested on his front lawn.?
US court allows apartheid claims to proceed against BP, ExxonMobil and others
The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for a lawsuit against major international companies accused of aiding South Africa's apartheid system.
Former Shell Group Chairman, Sir Mark Moody-Stuart
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, chairman of AngloAmerican, is also the former head of Shell Oil's Nigerian operations
As much as 1.4 million barrels a day of Nigerian output lost in April
As much as 1.4 million barrels a day of Nigerian output was closed in April after attacks by militants reduced Royal Dutch Shell Plc's production and Exxon Mobil Corp.'s Nigerian operations were completely halted by industrial action, according to the IEA report.
Shell Malaysia To Invest Big On Offshore Sabah
MIRI, May 13 (Bernama) -- Shell Malaysia Exploration and Production (SMEP) says it is ready to invest a substantial amount for their exploration and production activities particularly in the development of oil wells in deepwater offshore Sabah.
Article by former Shell Exec Paddy Briggs: Another Shell “Business Principle” bites the dust
I naturally asked about this very prominent display and was told how close Shell Oil people in Houston were to the Bushes. Pity you cant help their election campaigns I said cheekily. What makes you think that? my host replied.
Royal Dutch Shell Has Released its 11th Sustainability Report
(CSRwire) May 13, 2008 - Responsible Energy: The Shell Sustainability Report 2007describes the company's ongoing efforts to meet the global energy challenge that can be summed up as more energy, less CO2.
Big Oil set to invest $25 billion in Brazil
International oil companies, such as Statoil SA of Norway and Royal Dutch Shell PLC, are set to invest $25 billion in Brazil in the coming years, according to Brazil's industry association for foreign oil companies.
Brazil's state oil company discovered what some geologists consider one of the biggest global oil strikes in the past 20 years in the Tupi field beneath rock, sand and salt at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
Kashagan Delays May Lead to New Fines
The consortium, which includes Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC, has proposed postponing the start of production to 2012-13 from 2011, Kazakh Energy Minister Sauat Mynbayev said Monday, according to the Interfax news agency. "We're trying to come to an agreement again," he said.
expected acquisition of outsourcing giant EDS
EDS has revenue around $20 billion a year and has a roster of giant clients including General Motors and Royal Dutch Shell.
Further delays likely at Kazakh oil field
The project's consortium, which includes Royal Dutch Shell, Eni, Total and ExxonMobil, wants to push back the start of the 13bn-barrel field for at least another year, Kazakh ministry officials said yesterday.
only this weekend, Royal Dutch Shell pulled out of an Iranian gas project
Resources close to home look ever more tempting to western energy companies at a time of rising resource nationalism - only this weekend, Royal Dutch Shell pulled out of an Iranian gas project.
£17m fine against Royal Dutch Shell in 2004, the watchdog’s largest to date, for market abuse
It is dwarfed by the £17m fine against Royal Dutch Shell in 2004, the watchdog's largest to date, for market abuse.
As Gazprom Goes, So Goes Russia
In transactions involving both Shell and BP, Mr. Putin met directly with corporate executives. For a time, Kremlinologists thought that he might segue into the chairmans job at Gazprom; executives say Mr. Putin, a former spy, shows a keen interest in the oil and gas business.
Shell’s withdrawal from the Thames Estuary wind farm project
Daily Telegraph Letters: Wind and snow
Both Shell and BP employ significant engineering and planning resources to determine viable business opportunities for their companies. So the withdrawal of Shell from the Thames Estuary wind farm project and BP’s stated lack of interest in wind turbines strongly endorse Christopher Booker’s assertions (May 4) that wind turbines are not an economic or reliable way to produce electricity.
Bruce Tait, Hythe, Kent
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/05/11/nosplit/dt1101.xml
Bet of the day
The Times
May 13, 2008
In the know
Bet of the day
Has the oil price gone too far? BetsForTraders.com offers odds of 2-1 that BPs share price, up 6½p at 619½p, will fall below 605p in five market days. Bets on BP and Shell have been the most popular so far, the bookie for traders reports. With 76 per cent of clients betting on BPs price falling, does it mean that oils relentless rise is coming to an end?
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/article3920115.ece
Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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