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July 12th, 2009:

Shell’s Global Safety Day

Brinded’s visit marks Shell’s Global Safety Day, when all Shell staff around the world down tools to renew their commitment to safety and achieving the goal of zero safety incidents at the workplace.

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Mayo resident may inspect location of Shell pipeline

He has also sought an injunction restraining the defendants, Shell EP Ireland, from conducting further works along two specified locations on the pipeline route and restraining the defendants or its agents from videotaping or harassing him at or near Pollathomas.

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What next in a land divided?

The pipe-laying ship, the Solitaire , arrived in what was a massive show of force, surrounded by Garda aqua units, private security boats and the Navy. On land, the approach roads swarmed with more than 200 gardaí and the same number of security men to prevent protesters disrupting the project.

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Enhanced gas claims mostly hot air

We assume you’re asking about Shell Oil’s latest ad campaign, which calls the company’s gasoline “nitrogen enhanced.” Well, like most of the “enhancement offers” that come via e-mail these days, this one should probably be ignored...

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Nigeria Militant Will Accept Amnesty If Okah Is Freed

In an interview late Friday, Busta Rhymes -- a pseudonym for a Nigerian militant, not the American hip-hop artist -- said the oil companies "are not paying us for their security. We are not their slave."

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What a gas

The Sunday Times

// July 12, 2009

Your aptly doctored photos of two of the protagonists in the Shell to Sea campaign in army garb (D-Day: the Mayo landing, Focus, last week) made me laugh.

But maybe the mock-up was appropriate given that in the public mind the battle is over and the end is in sight. D-Day indeed. With the disposition of some of the ringleaders to step aside and let imported young students take the rap, I am reminded of the last days of WWII when boy soldiers were encouraged to take up cudgels.

Credit is due to the government and its agencies for standing firm in the face of threats and intimidation. Spurious claims about safety have long been put to bed. Bring on the gas; too much time has been wasted. read more

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Fool on the drill

The Sunday Times

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The man who handed the Corrib gas field to Shell must be the greatest fool we ever produced. The gas field is worth €45 billion — Russia or Venezuela wouldn’t hand over such a resource. The Corrib gas field will add to Shell’s profits while Ireland is in dire straits.

Mary Corkery-Deane,

Dunmanway, Co Cork

Times Article

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