The North Sea energy industry was under fire last night for failing to cut the number of oil and gas leaks despite the potential to spark another Piper Alpha-style disaster.
August 14th, 2008:
Storm over major leaks on offshore platforms
Shell chips in with one of its regular cash gifts to buy influence in Brunei
Brunei Shell Petroleum has contributed $120,000...
Shell Texaco merger torpedoed by the Donovan’s?
We often needle Shell management by bringing up our role in the Russian seizure of the Sakhalin-2 project. Our intervention cost Shell billions of dollars. This was at a time before the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko in London when relations with the Putin regime were rather better than today. Frankly, we now prefer Shell management.
We were recently reminded of a role we inadvertently played in scuttling a merger between Shell and Texaco a decade ago. Both oil giants had signed a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ covering the UK and Europe. The Shell Smart scheme was mentioned in the press statement by Shell announcing the merger plan.
Open Letter To Terence Conway, Shell to Sea Campaign
We must all be on our guard when campaigning against such an unscrupulous multinational which spends millions promoting its claimed code of business ethics - honesty, integrity and respect for people - while secretly practising the black arts of deception, infiltration and subversion, in an attempt to crush lawful opposition to its ruthless plans.
FSA fines Credit Suisse £5.6m for deliberate mispricing
The largest fine £17m was issued to Royal Dutch Shell for market abuse. The FSA cited Shell's "unprecedented misconduct" after it mis-stated its reserves.
Shell Suspends Klappan Drilling
Shell Canada has suspended plans for exploratory drilling for coalbed methane in the Klappan region of the Northwest for the rest of 2008.
Shell Malaysia keen to host Eco-marathon
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Oil giant the Royal Dutch Shell plans to bring its prestigious Eco-marathon competition to Asia next year, and its local unit Shell Malaysia is bidding to become the first Asian nation to host the event, Malaysian media reported on Thursday.