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December, 2009:

HOW SHELL PLANNED TO DECEIVE BILL O’REILLY OF FOX NEWS

By John Donovan

Printed below is an email sent today to Mr Bill O’Reilly, presenter of The O’Reilly Factor at Fox News. It concerns Shell’s controversial plans in Iran, which will financially support the current fanatical Iranian regime.

From: John Donovan <[email protected]>
Date: 15 December 2009 11:17:42 GMT
To: [email protected]
Subject: HOW SHELL AND ITS LAWYERS PLANNED TO DECEIVE BILL O’REILLY

Hello Mr. O’Reilly

Apologies that this email is not short and pithy. The subject is deadly serious and deserves proper explanation. Shell managers and lawyers on two continents plotted to deceive you over the background context of me bringing to your attention, the oil giants plans to do business with the fanatical regime in Iran, which supplies munitions that kill and maim our brave soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

I am sure you are well aware that the high and mighty tremble when they learn of any interest by you in their affairs. I have proof that this also applies to the multinational giant that Forbes says is the worlds largest company, Royal Dutch Shell Plc. read more

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Increased need for plant jobs

Dec 14, 2009: The Beaumont Enterprise

The largest prospect in Southeast Texas is at the Motiva Enterprises refinery, which plans to hire eight major contractors to build its $7 billion refinery expansion — perhaps as early as the first three months of 2010.

That would be about a year after Motiva completed what it called a “cost review” of the project as the price of oil dropped and worldwide demand for refined product slackened. Still, Motiva kept bringing in the major pieces of equipment for the expansion.

Those contractors will have hired a construction work force of about 6,500 by mid-2010, said Nick Smallwood, Motiva’s expansion project director, told The Enterprise in an e-mailed statement. read more

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Chevron: Strikes Natural Gas In Carnarvon Basin, Australia

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: DECEMBER 14, 2009

SYDNEY (Dow Jones)–Chevron Corp. (CVX) said Tuesday that an exploration well had struck natural gas in the Carnarvon basin offshore Western Australia state.

Chevron said results from the Satyr-1 well, drilled in a water depth of more than 1,000 meters, indicated approximately 130 meters of net gas pay.

The deepwater discovery supports the long-term growth plans for the Gorgon liquefied natural gas project, Chevron said.

Chevron is the operator of the WA-374-P permit area where the latest discovery was made. Units of Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSB) and ExxonMobil Corp. (XOM) each have 25% interests in the license. read more

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Iraq win gives Shell a boost

FINANCIAL TIMES

Majnoon win gives Shell a boost

By Carola Hoyos, Chief energy correspondent

Published: December 14 2009 20:54 | Last updated: December 14 2009 20:54

EXTRACTS

Royal Dutch Shell, in particular, is counting its blessing…

Shell, out of all of its peers, is struggling most to step up its production as old, profitable fields decline and new reserves are proving increasingly difficult to secure.

Moreover, the Anglo-Dutch oil group carries a very large extra burden. Shell has to fill the void left in 2004 when it was forced to cut its proved reserves by about a quarter after realising the company should never have booked those reserves with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the US regulator, in the first place. read more

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Exxon Mobil to buy XTO Energy for $31 billion

ASSOCIATED PRESS

By MARK WILLIAMS (AP) –

Exxon Mobil will buy XTO Energy in an all-stock deal worth $31 billion as the oil giant moved aggressively Monday to capitalize on the growing supply of natural gas at home.

The deal could signal a new rush to own natural gas assets by major integrated producers, and perhaps the start of a significant consolidation in the energy industry.

“Exxon is the group leader and it sets the trend. I would expect more acquisitions in the next three to six months,” said Fadel Gheit, senior energy analyst for Oppenheimer. “Who that will be is the $64,000 question.” read more

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Groups to dig deep for Nigerian leases

Financial Times

By Tom Burgis in Lagos

Published: December 13 2009 22:58 | Last updated: December 13 2009 22:58

Three of the world’s biggest oil companies are poised to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to hold on to prime concessions in Nigeria following keen Chinese interest in the planet’s 10th richest crude reserves.

ExxonMobil, the largest US oil group, is to pay a “signature bonus” of as much as $600m after securing a new 20-year lease to three blocks it has operated for four decades and which currently produce 580,000 barrels a day, people familiar with the situation said. read more

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Woodside May Seek Up to A$3 Bln From Rights Issue, Review Says

BLOOMBERG.COM

By Tim Smith

Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) — Woodside Petroleum Ltd. plans to seek as much as A$3 billion ($2.7 billion) from a rights issue as early as today to fund its liquefied natural gas expansion plans, the Australian Financial Review reported, citing sources.

Royal Dutch Shell Plc, which owns 34 percent of Woodside, plans to support the offer, which is expected to be handled by Citigroup Inc., UBS AG and Credit Suisse Group AG, the newspaper said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Tim Smith in Sydney at [email protected] read more

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OIL GIANTS SHELL AND BP DUMP ASSETS

Times Online

OIL GIANTS DUMP ASSETS

The Sunday Times

Business Digest read more

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John Donovan Royal Dutch Shell postings Nov/Dec 2009

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Kuwait says has alternatives for China refinery- oil min

KUWAIT, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Kuwait has an "alternative" investor for its joint venture China refinery with Sinopec (600028.SS) if Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) pulled out from the project, the country's oil minister said on Sunday.

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U.S. firms lag in bids for Iraqi oil

Iraq has the third-largest proven crude reserves in the world, but the country remains perilous; it suffers from chronic corruption and acrimonious politics that have prevented the passing of new laws to regulate the sector. European firms made a strong showing. Royal Dutch Shell, Italy's Eni, British Petroleum and Norway's Statoil got deals.

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Shell, Lukoil to Join Iraqi Top Producers Based on Winning Bids

Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc and OAO Lukoil will join BP Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp. among Iraq’s top oil producers based on their pledges in winning bids this weekend as the country auctioned 28 percent of its crude assets.

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Being a Shell critic is potentially a very dangerous pursuit

johnBy John Donovan (left)

After being described in a recent Reuters article as a prominent Shell critic, it seemed sensible to check out on Google how other Shell critics have fared. Are there any risks involved, other than the obvious – litigation?

The Google results are not reassuring.

The headline of one article says “Shell critic’s boat sunk off Rossport“. Pat O’Donnell, an outspoken critic of the Shell Corrib gas pipeline project in Ireland, claimed that his fishing boat was boarded by a group of four masked armed men who scuttled the vessel. O’Donnell said that he was in fear of his life. Fortunately I don’t have a boat. read more

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Nigerian President’s Absence Stymies Foreign Firms

The government of President Umaru Yar'Adua said this week that Nigeria's leader, undergoing treatment for a heart condition in Saudi Arabia, was responding to treatment, addressing weeks of speculation about his health. "It is only his doctor that can determine or say when he will come back," Information Minister Dora Akunyili told reporters. The news left many foreign firms here, including U.S. oil company Chevron Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC, in limbo as key oil licenses are set to expire.

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Shell Oil about to begin drilling in Alaska

This drilling will take place in a sensitive ecosystem, home to one-tenth of the world’s polar bears, who are already suffering and dying as a result of climate change. What will happen to them if there’s an oil spill? Shell can’t prove that it can clean up a spill in the extreme weather conditions of the Arctic Ocean.

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Shell, Essar Aim To Close Refineries Deal By Christmas -Sources

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

December 11, 2009

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Essar Oil Ltd. (500134.BY) aims to agree terms for the purchase of three European refineries from Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) before Christmas, two people familiar with the matter told Dow Jones Newswires Friday.

Shell and Essar aimed to conclude negotiations by Nov. 30, but had to extend that deadline. Progress toward a deal has been slower than expected and there is still some due diligence work to complete, said one person. A price for the transaction isn’t yet agreed, the person added. read more

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Shell-Petronas win Iraq’s Majnoon oil deal

December 11, 2009 By The Associated Press SINAN SALAHEDDIN (Associated Press Writer)

BAGHDAD (AP) — A consortium led by European oil giant Shell has won the rights to develop Iraq’s giant Majnoon oil field, an almost 13 billion barrel behemoth that is the largest on offer in the country’s second international oil auction.

Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani said Friday that Shell and Malaysia’s state-run oil company, Petronas, beat out another consortium grouping France’s… read more

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Shell-led group wins Iraq Majnoon oilfield deal

REUTERS

BAGHDAD, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) and partner Petronas of Malaysia won a deal to develop Iraq’s super-giant Majnoon oilfield on Friday, said Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, in the country’s second bidding round since the 2003 U.S. invasion.

The companies proposed a per-barrel fee of $1.39 and a plateau production target of 1.8 million barrels per day, (bpd) compared to a current level of 46,000 bpd.

France’s Total (TOTF.PA) had also bid for the Majnoon field, which has estimated reserves of 12.6 billion barrels of oil. read more

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Shell Exec: Haven’t Gotten OK For China Refinery JV With Qatar,PetroChina

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSB) hasn't received official approval to build a refinery and petrochemical complex with Qatar Petroleum International and PetroChina (PTR) yet, a senior company executive said Friday.

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British groups vie for Iraq oil and gas contracts

Three British companies — BP, Cairn Energy and BG Group — are among the bidders, alongside companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, Total and Gazprom. Competition is expected to be fierce and the groups were reluctant to reveal which fields they wanted.

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Shell spying globally on its own employees

CAS

Shell General Business Principles

We are judged by how we act – our reputation is upheld by how we live up to our core values honesty, integrity and respect for people. Our eight Business Principles are based on these core values and indicate how we promote trust, openness, teamwork and professionalism, and pride in what we do.

The above text is the web page heading on shell.com: “Shell General Business Principles

Shell trumpets about its respect for people. We assume this is also meant to include Shell employees.  Shell says it promotes openness. read more

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Big Oil Jumps for Licenses in Iraq

Foreign oil executives are flocking to Iraq as it prepares to open some of its untapped oil assets to Western oil companies, undeterred by a string of attacks Tuesday that killed more than 120 people.

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Gas station case reaches high court

Cynthia Karol at her Pleasant Street Auto Center. (Staff photo by Mike George)

BY RICK FOSTER SUN CHRONICLE STAFF
Thursday, December 10, 2009 1:56 AM EST

Local owner among plaintiffs in lawsuit

ATTLEBORO – A David-and-Goliath legal battle pitting a local service station owner against an international oil company has finally reached all the way to the Supreme Court.

Cynthia Karol, owner of Pleasant Auto Center and a former Shell service station operator, is one of eight Shell franchisees who will get their day in court Jan. 19, when the nine justices will hear oral arguments. read more

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RECENT TOP ROYAL DUTCH SHELL ARTICLES

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Essar’s Shell acquisition may cost $1.2 billion

Ruias-controlled Essar Oil (EOL) is looking to seal a deal with Royal Dutch Shell at $1-1.2 billion (between Rs 4,670 and 5,600 crore) for acquiring the global petroleum giant’s three refineries in Europe. EOL has presented its valuation of assets to the Shell management and the negotiations are on verge of completion, said banking sources close to the development.

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Shell – First million barrels of oil from ultra-deep water off Brazil

Shell is the operator with a 50% share with partners Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) holding 35% and India’s ONGC Campos Ltda. 15%.

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Total Joins Tullow, Shell In Oil Block

Last month, Shell agreed to buy a 33 percent stake in the block from Tullow, which will remain the project operator.

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StanChart extends $1 bn credit line to Essar Oil

Standard Chartered Bank has extended a $1-billion (Rs 4,600 crore) line of credit to Essar Oil to part-finance its acquisition of Royal Dutch Shell’s refinery assets in Europe, a senior banker told ET NOW, as the Indian company moves closer to sealing a deal estimated to be worth over $2 billion.

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Big Oil Worries About The Next Boom

Rather the worry is that oil and gas companies, Schlumberger included, that cut hundreds of staff when prices plunged, won't have enough hands on deck to develop new resources fast enough when demand growth returns.

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A service to our Dutch visitors…

Dear Mr Donovan

This link is now making the rounds in the Shell community. It is a link to a magazine for graduates (Intermediair) and widely read by the elite in NL. I think it warrants publishing, even if it is in Dutch. A service to all your Dutch readers…. They can read this stuff and then read and/or contribute to the real truth on your website….

I just read it and it is politically quite correct. Several people who were interviewed did not want their name in the article.

http://www.intermediair.nl/epaper/2009/49/index.html#/ read more

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Dark Side of a Natural Gas Boom

DIMOCK, Pa. — Victoria Switzer dreamed of a peaceful retirement in these Appalachian hills. Instead, she is coping with a big problem after a nearby natural gas well contaminated her family’s drinking water with high levels of methane.

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Motiva shuts Texas refinery unit after blast

Reuters

Tue Dec 8, 2009 1:39pm EST

HOUSTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – A hydrogen plant operated by Praxair Inc (PX.N) at Motiva Enterprises’s 285,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery was shut on Tuesday after an explosion, according to a Praxair spokeswoman.

No injuries were reported among Praxair employees after the blast, said Susan Szita-Gore, company spokeswoman.

“I understand it was a pretty big bang,” Szita-Gore said.

No injuries were reported among Motiva employees following the malfucntion, which was reported to Port Arthur police and fire departments. read more

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Complete and utter disarray at Royal Dutch Shell

By John Donovan

The current out of control situation for Shell in relation to the website royaldutchshellplc.com speaks volumes about the laughable incompetence of its senior management and Shell’s army of in-house and external lawyers.

First we have the extraordinary endorsement by Shell of the website in an email sent to Fox News..

“John and Alfred Donovan well known in UK / Hague. They perceive Shell played them and so have made it their mission to embarrass, belittle and criticize Shell, which they do quite well. Their website, royaldutchsellplc.com is an excellent source of group news and comment and I recommend it far above what our own group internal comms puts out.” read more

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Leaked Shell appointments list Upstream Americas

By John Donovan

Today we publish a leaked Shell appointments list for Upstream Americas containing several hundred additional names of Shell employees.

All will be added to our Shell employee email database so that we can communicate directly from time to time with Shell employees.

We were concerned that the global publicity about Shell’s industrial espionage – so called “invisible” operations against us – might stem or stop the flow of leaked information. In fact, it has actually increased. read more

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Shell Alaska Chukchi drill plan has conditional ok

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec 7 (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday approved, with conditions, Royal Dutch Shell Plc's (RDSa.L) plan to drill the first wells in two decades in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast.

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Shell IT espionage and dirty tricks

By John Donovan

The significance of a counter-measures team set up by Shell in March 2007 is now becoming clearer. We only became aware of it due to a Shell internal email dated 9 March 2007 released to us as a result of an application to Shell under the Data Protection Act.

Days later, on 21 March 2007, Shell initiated an IT project to “monitor internal e-mails from Shell servers globally to Donovan and is also monitoring web traffic to determine internal traffic to their website”. The relevant Shell internal email states: “There is history of several former employees taking internal laundry to Donovan also, internal e-mails have appeared on his website.” read more

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Big Oil Behind Copenhagen Climate Scam

Shell Oil and British Petroleum express their vehement support for a global carbon tax in “Copenhagen Communique”

EXTRACTS

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Monday, December 7, 2009

The big irony behind top globalists descending on Copenhagen in luxury private jets and stretch limos is not just the fact that their own behavior completely contradicts their self-righteous hyperbole about CO2 emissions, but that their propaganda is vehemently supported by the very same big oil interests they accuse climate skeptics of pandering to. read more

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Age and racial discrimination alleged in Shell jobs restructuring

By John Donovan

The allegations of racism at Shell made by this Shell insider (name and email address supplied to us) comes as no great surprise bearing in mind the way Shell employees in Malaysia and Ethiopia have been treated.

POSTING ON SHELL BLOG BY A SHELL INSIDER “Fred” on Dec 7th, 2009 at 8:36 pm

I fully agree with rockdude1950 since I have been observing all this from the sidelines and also find myself in that position.

Having been with Shell for 31 years (and being 55) I find that my performance has for the first time in my career deteriorated from high to below average in the short space of 6 months. I have also been unsuccessful in obtaining a position at EC-1 to EC-3 level. read more

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Shell pays $37b for Niger Delta development

FOLLOWING the Federal Government directive that multinational oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region should dedicate three per cent of their earnings to fast-track development in the region, the Royal Dutch oil firm, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has commenced the payment of $37 billion to federal coffer.

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Shell CEO Peter Voser pushing for carbon capture and storage

Financial Times: Business leaders call for clear direction

By Ed Crooks in London

Published: December 6 2009 19:41 | Last updated: December 6 2009 19:41

Peter Voser, the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, said a deal needed to recognise the potential of carbon capture and storage, a technology being developed by Shell.

Companies that pioneer the technology “should receive incentives to do so”, he said. “One way to do that would be to award emission allowances for every tonne of CO2 stored underground on the principle that a tonne of CO2 stored underground is as good as a tonne of CO2 avoided through a wind farm.” read more

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Shell talks to sell refineries to India’s Essar ‘going well’: report

Shell in October announced the "exclusive" talks to sell the assets, comprised of Britain's Stanlow refinery in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, and two German facilities in Hamburg and Heide. "The fact that the exclusive negotiations have been extended beyond November shows that the discussions are going well," the paper quoted an unnamed Essar manager as saying.

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Is this our Great Green Hope?

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, for example, is working on a project in the Netherlands, near Barendrecht, and has faced “massive protests,” said Ms. Groenenberg in a telephone interview. Local decision makers quashed the project, but the national government overruled them. The local politicians, she said, may turn to the courts to block Shell’s project.

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Jim Hansen in the same bed as Exxon and Shell?

Strange bedfellows these, strange bedfellows indeed. On one side, curled snugly under the duvet, is Dr James Hansen, one of the earliest and most fierce prophets of climate change, and a man who has previously said that the chief executives of fossil fuel companies ‘should be tried for high crimes against humanity and nature'. Sharing a pillow on the other side are the chief executives of Shell and ExxonMobil, the world's biggest and second-biggest fossil fuel companies (actually biggest and second-biggest companies of any kind), Peter Voser and Rex Tillerson. As they wake up on this, the first morning of the Copenhagen climate summit, what is it that these former foes have found to unite them?

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Nigeria oil reforms could open door to new players

Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total and Chevron, which have dominated Nigeria's energy sector for decades, have criticised the Petroleum Industry Bill saying it could threaten billions of dollars of investment if it goes ahead in its current form.

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Politicians will put the focus on biofuels

...companies such as BP and Royal Dutch Shell, which have bailed out of some unproductive renewable energy sources, are directing most of their environmental attention towards next-generation biofuels designed to alleviate these problems. Shell, for example, is experimenting with cellulosic ethanol made from plant waste such as straw and wood chips and biodiesel made from algae, which can be grown in the sea. However, technologically advanced versions are unlikely to be widespread for another 10 years at least.

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Chevron May ‘Rocket’ Up LNG Production Rankings With Wheatstone

Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Royal Dutch Shell Plc are among those set to boost their share of LNG sales while state-owned energy suppliers grow at a slower rate, he said.

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Iran to finalize talks with Shell, Repsol

Iran is close to finalizing negotiations with Royal Dutch Shell and Repsol concerning their participation in a multi-billion dollar Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Iran.

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Pension deficits return to haunt blue-chips

A study by consultants Lane Clark & Peacock found a massive turnaround in corporate pension accounts. Royal Dutch Shell's scheme saw a surplus of £6.8 billion turned into a deficit of £5.6 billion.

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Age discrimination at Shell: a message directed at Shell Ethics Chief Richard Wiseman

By John Donovan

Interesting that this posting on our Shell Blog, raising the issue of age discrimination in the restructuring process, is directed at Shell veteran Richard Wiseman, the Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer of Royal Dutch Shell Plc who is close to retirement age.

FROM A SHELL INSIDER

A POSTING ON SHELL BLOG BY rockdude1950 on Dec 6th, 2009 at 2:51 pm

Shell encourages anyone with knowledge of activities that go against the company’s code of conduct to step forward and bring those activities to the attention of the Ethics and Compliance manager. The reorganization has provided many examples of actions that violate not just the code of conduct, but the laws of several countries in which Shell operates. I use this way to bring these actions to the attention of the Ethics and Compliance manager since I do fear retribution and a witch hunt, even with all the assurances to the contrary. The violations permeate throughout the process and come down from the high level in the EC. read more

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LEAKED SHELL INTERNAL COMMUNICATION FROM SENIOR EXECS

I appreciate your discretion as to my identity, so I may hopefully keep my job.

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