The EPC then formed an organisation called the Risk Assessment Forum and approached companies to join. Among the companies that became members were Shell, Elf Aquitaine, ICI and several pharmaceutical companies, including Bayer, Johnson and Johnson, SmithKline Beecham, Solvay and Zeneca.
January 12th, 2010:
Tobacco corporations lobby to hamper passing of EU health laws, say academics
Royal Dutch Shell deceiving itself
Printed below is a Shell internal document from May 2006 which we assume was prepared by Shell in-house lawyers for the misinformation of Shell senior management. It deliberately paints a false picture, probably to protect Richard Wiseman, the former Shell Legal Director...
Call On Royal Dutch Shell to Provide Full Disclosure of its Business Dealings in Iran
In a letter to Peter Voser, the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, wrote: We are writing to call your attention to a very serious issue involving deficiencies in your companys public filings, specifically, your companys ongoing failure to disclose the full nature and extent of Royal Dutch Shell plcs activities in, and risks of doing business with, Iran.
Nigerian Gunmen Kidnap Four Shell Workers in Ambush
By Dulue Mbachu and Tony Tamuno
Jan. 12 (Bloomberg) — Nigerian gunmen kidnapped three Britons and a Colombian working for Royal Dutch Shell Plc during an ambush at Obehi, near the West African nations oil hub of Port Harcourt, police said.
Their police escort was shot dead and the driver was shot and injured, Rita Inoma-Abbey, a police spokeswoman, said in a telephone interview today from Port Harcourt. Weve sent our men after them.
A 2 million naira ($13,250) reward is being offered for information that will assist police with the rescue of the expatriates and arrest of the criminals, she said. The driver is in a critical condition following the attack, which happened at 7:15 a.m. local time while the four were on their way to work, Inoma-Abbey said. No ransom has yet been demanded.
Shell No Longer Looks To Nigeria To Drive Oil Output Growth-CEO
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
JANUARY 12, 2010, 7:34 A.M. ET
LONDON (Dow Jones)–Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) no longer looks to its troubled Nigerian operations to drive growth in its oil and gas output, said Chief Executive Peter Voser in comments posted on the company’s Web site Tuesday.
“Nigeria is still a heartland for Shell, but we no longer depend on it for our growth aspirations,” said Voser. “This gives us more flexibility in deciding when and how to develop oil and gas resources in Nigeria.”
Tough Sanctions May Not Persuade Iran to Quit Nuclear Program
Unity on new penalties will be tough. Major economies such as China rely on Irans crude oil, and many non-U.S. energy companies including Royal Dutch Shell Plc are invested in Iran, which has the worlds second-biggest natural-gas and oil reserves.
Shell’s seven consecutive years of falling oil and gas output
FT: BP overtakes Shell in market capitalisation
By Ed Crooks, Energy Editor
Published: January 11 2010 21:45 | Last updated: January 11 2010 21:45
BP overtook Royal Dutch Shell in market capitalisation for the first time in more than three years on Monday, reflecting the contrasting fortunes of the two rivals for the title of Europes biggest oil company.