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March, 2011:

Shell sets new oil production target

Reuters Africa

* Sets output target to be 12 pct higher in 2014 than 2010

* Sees 2011-2014 net capital investment of $100 billion

* Targets $1 bln in downstream cost reductions in 2011-12

* Shares down 1.5 pct, sector index down 3.4 pct

Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:18am GMT

By Greg Roumeliotis and Alex Lawler

AMSTERDAM/LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L: Quote) aims to produce 12 percent more oil by 2014 than it did last year, one of the highest growth rates in the industry, and will cut more costs at its refining business, it said on Tuesday.

The Anglo-Dutch group said it will be producing 3.7 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day in 2014 after spending over $100 billion in net capital investment in 2011-14, despite the current volatility in oil prices. read more

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Royal Dutch Shell On Track To Deliver Strategic Targets By 2012

MARCH 15, 2011

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) said Tuesday it is on track to deliver its strategic targets by 2012, namely for a 50-80% increase in cashflow from operations 2009-2012, in $60-$80 oil price and improved Downstream and natural gas environment.

MAIN FACTS:

-For the next wave of growth, to 2020 Shell has have over 30 new projects on the drawing board which will generate new options for the medium term, for the integrated energy company of the future. read more

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Karoo Fracking: Internal Shell communication

Shell SA Country Chairman and CEO Bonang Mohale’s internal communications message to his staff.

“Dear colleagues,

It is widely recognised that natural gas has a critical and positive role to play in meeting South Africa’s and the world’s growing demand for energy.

If successfully developed, natural gas could help to provide the country with a stable, alternative energy source for power generation that is 40% more energy-efficient and emits 50-70% less CO2 than coal.

During a recent first round of public consultations for our proposed Karoo gas exploration project, interested and affected parties were invited to submit comments, questions and concerns to the independent environmental consultant Golder Associates. read more

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Shell joint venture announces an important new oil discovery in deepwater Brunei

The deepwater drilling rig Noble Phoenix The deepwater drilling rig Noble Phoenix

14 March 2011

Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) announced today a significant new oil discovery in the coastal waters of the south-east Asian sultanate. The discovery, named Geronggong, is situated in the 3rd Offshore Acreage Area, approximately 100km offshore where water depth is approximately 1000m, the deepest water depth in which BSP has discovered hydrocarbons in Bruneian acreage.

BSP drilled the discovery utilizing the deepwater drilling rig Noble Phoenix. Prior to its arrival in Brunei, the drillship has undergone refurbishment and recertification on their thrusters, riser and blow out preventer (BOP) systems, leading to full compliance with the high standards of Shell’s Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) criteria for deepwater drilling. read more

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America’s shale gas revolution has an audience from Blackpool to Algeria

The shale revolution sweeping America is one that the rest of the world will have to start paying attention to as the battle for gas steps up.

Shell’s shale exploration in Haynesville, Louisiana. Photo: NEIL JOHNSON Richard Blackden By Richard Blackden, US Business Editor Houston, Texas 6:00AM GMT 14 Mar 2011

Blackpool residents are used to a mix of sand and water.

For a British seaside town, it’s the natural economic fuel. Add in some chemicals, though, and you’ve got the ingredients of a drilling technique that is radically reshaping America’s energy market and may do so for the rest of the world. It’s also drawing a growing chorus of critics concerned at its potential environmental impact.

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, involves blasting the mix at high pressure to unlock gas trapped in shale rock formations deep underground. And there’s a formation, known as Bowland Shale, near Blackpool in North West England, that US company Cuadrilla Resources wants to start fracking this month. read more

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Ningaloo Reef faces threat to status

THE push by petroleum giant Royal Dutch Shell to drill for oil and gas 50km off Western Australia’s spectacular Ningaloo Reef could jeopardise efforts to have the area listed on the World Heritage register.

With a decision likely by June, West Australian Premier Colin Barnett admits he is worried.

“If there was drilling anywhere in the vicinity of the stunning Ningaloo Reef, that would certainly compromise any application for World Heritage listing,” Mr Barnett said.

The federal government nominated Ningaloo for World Heritage in January last year, and Shell’s plan to drill in the iconic marine area for 60 days from about September sparked a public outcry when it was revealed by The Australian. last week. read more

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Shell employees must be able to speak out without fear of retribution

…the Group’s leadership is working very hard to promote open and honest communication within Shell, as well as with our external stakeholders. We genuinely do welcome all comments, positive and negative. We also believe that employees must be able to speak out without fear of rebuke or retribution.

John Hofmeister

By John Donovan

I have printed below a posting made in June 1999 by John Hofmeister on the “Tell Shell” forum for lively and open debate on the Internet.

Hofmeister at that time was Shell Director of Human Resources. He later became President of Shell Oil Company and is now happily retired from Shell.

The “Tell Shell” forum, buried within shell.com, was later suspended then closed down when the debate got rather more lively and open than Shell had anticipated and Shell no longer wanted to hear what employees and external stakeholders had to say. read more

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City awaits Royal Dutch Shell’s strategic review

Sunday, 13 March 2011

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell will announce a strategic review on Tuesday.

The market will be looking for news on upcoming projects, cash flow targets and potential disposals. Analysts at Credit Suisse said that 2011 is a “transition year”, with a slew of mega-projects due to start in 2012. The City will also seek clarification over why capital expenditure has been higher than forecast. There are fears that this may signal high cost inflation in the sector.

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Shell money laundering of Al-Yamamah proceeds

By John Donovan

In September 2009, we published an article headlined: BAE Systems whistleblower accuses Shell & BP of money laundering Al-Yamamah proceeds

Al-Yamamah was the Saudi/UK corruption scandal investigated by the UK Serious Fraud Office until the investigation was stopped in its tracks by the then PM, Tony Blair, a man not known for being incorruptible or honest. Blair gave in to threats from the repressive Saudi regime. In my lifetime, this was a low point in the UK’s international reputation, along with the Suez fiasco.
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Shell’s cash flow conundrum in focus

Reuters Africa

Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:11pm GMT

* Shell strategy update due on March 15

* Oil price spike not seen affecting Shell’s plans

* Eyes on cash flows generated from projects

* Shell expected to add to investment pipeline

By Greg Roumeliotis and Alex Lawler

AMSTERDAM/LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L: Quote) will need to convince investors it can put growing cash flow to good use when the Anglo-Dutch oil company updates them on its strategy plans next week.

Shell is generating more cash after investing more than $100 billion in exploration and production over the last five years. read more

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CEO Grenville Turner and the reputation of Countrywide Plc

By John Donovan

It is said that Grenville Turner (right) the Group Chief Executive of Countrywide Plc, has a reputation for turning around businesses operating in hard times.

He is, or should be, fully aware of current matters relating to Carsons Estate Agency, a subsidiary of Countrywide, which could jeopardize his track record by further damaging the reputation of Countrywide for integrity and competence.

Carsons has got into unholy mess involving a man they describe as a con-artist.

Instead of coming clean about the facts, in an attempt to evade responsibility, Carsons/Countrywide has engaged in a cover-up involving two separate investigations of “illegal dealings”. The investigations include possible corruption involving Carsons staff. read more

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Pandor denies meeting Shell over Karoo gas exploration

Compiled by the Government Communication and Information System
Date: 08 Mar 2011
Title: Pandor denies meeting Shell over Karoo gas exploration
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By Nthambeleni Gabara

Pretoria – Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor has denied meeting with Shell South Africa vice President Bonang Mohale to discuss Shell’s proposed gas exploration in the Karoo.

Last week a media article claimed that the Chairperson and Vice President of Shell South Africa had said that “Shell was in regular communication with Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor”. read more

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US navy faces up to a new enemy – climate change

10 March 2011 by Jeff Hecht

Climate change could take the US navy into treacherous waters. It will have to raise its game in a thawing Arctic and prepare coastal bases to cope with rising sea levels, concludes a review carried out for the navy by the National Research Council (NRC).

The US Congress may still question the science of climate change, but the Pentagon already thinks a changing climate will be a significant influence on the future security environment. It said as much in last year’s Quadrennial Defence Review Report. read more

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WA to stop Shell’s plans if reef at risk

March 11, 2011 – 3:49PM

AAP

The West Australian government says it will do all it can to stop oil and gas exploration near Ningaloo Reef if there is the slightest chance the reef will be threatened.

Energy giant Shell has applied for federal government approval for 60 days’ exploration drilling in an area about 50km west of the Ningaloo marine park’s boundary.

The plan has come under attack by environmentalists who say the risk of an oil spill is too great and could devastate one of the world’s most biodiverse coral reef systems. read more

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Shell to Sea protestors invite Gardaí to public meeting

11 March 2011

Shell to Sea and Rossport Solidarity Camp have invited senior members of Belmullet Garda Station to attend a public meeting instead of holding talks behind closed doors.

This was in response to an invitation by senior members of the Garda station to meet and discuss policing concerns in relation to the proposed Corrib Project.

Terence Conway, spokesperson for Shell to Sea has said Gardaí have a duty to talk to people and not hold private discussions behind closed doors. read more

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Shell’s bid for two new pipelines rejected

By Kelly Cryderman, Calgary Herald March 10, 2011

In a rare move, the province’s energy regulator has rejected Shell Canada’s application for two new pipelines at the company’s Waterton field site in southwestern Alberta.

But the Energy Resources Conservation Board ruled late Wednesday that Shell Canada will be allowed to drill a new sour gas well in the area and add a fuel-gas compressor.

The board added that given the way that the company has operated its existing infrastructure in the area 20 kilometres west of Pincher Creek, it has not demonstrated that it has followed its own procedures. read more

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Shell UK at Norwich court over Bacton health and safety allegations

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Energy firm Shell UK today (Thursday) appeared at Norwich magistrates’ court charged with failing to maintain health and safety standards for staff at Bacton gas terminal.

The global company faces eight charges relating to the operation of the Paston Road terminal, including failing to ensure staff safety, failing to take measures to prevent accidents and contravening a pollution prevention permit.

District judge Philip Browning declined jurisdiction and referred the case to crown court. The case will be heard at Norwich Crown Court on May 4. No indication of plea has yet been given. read more

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Shell oil exploration threatens one of the world’s great wonders

Anglo-Dutch conglomerate applies for permit to drill just 30 miles off World Heritage-listed coral reef in Western Australia

PHOTO ALAMY: The Ningaloo Reef, under threat from Shell’s plans to drill for oil nearby

By Kathy Marks

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Shell Oil has come under heavy criticism for planning an oil and gas drilling site that could threaten a coral reef off the coast of Australia that is among the most valuable marine ecosystems on the planet.

Just 30 miles away from the marine park that protects Ningaloo Reef, a haven for sealife that was recently nominated for World Heritage status, the proposed drilling project has raised fears of an oil spill that could seriously damage the reef and the creatures that depend on it. Warnings of the risks come shortly after a major international report that three quarters of the world’s coral reefs are under severe threat of ecological catastrophe from overfishing, pollution, and climate change. Ningaloo is one of the minority that is currently relatively protected from such dangers. read more

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Collusion between Shell and HSE in Brent Bravo cover-up

One of the examples of collusion between Shell and HSE was that HSE were aware that the Press Releases by Shell were false.  From the feedback from the CPS investigation they confirmed that the CEO of the HSE was aware that the statements made by Shell in the Press Releases in 2006 were totally false and misleading.

Bill Campbell, retired HSE Group Auditor of Shell International.

SELF-EXPLANATORY EMAIL TO SHELL:

From: John Donovan <[email protected]>
Date: 4 March 2011 16:23:35 GMT
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], Cambellxxx.xxxxx.com
Subject: Fwd: Criminal Investigation uncovers lies and deceit and potential corruption

Dear Mr Brandjes

I have forwarded to you an email received from Mr. Bill Campbell. I have deleted part of the first sentence, which commences: “This is a shortened version…”

I have already published the short version of his statement. read more

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Conservationists attack Shell over oil drill plans

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Broadcast: 08/03/2011

Reporter: Minsi Chung

Petroleum giant Shell plans to drill for oil 50 kilometres from the national heritage listed Ningaloo Reef.

Transcript

ALI MOORE, PRESENTER: Petroleum giant Shell is on a collision course with conservationists over a plan to drill for oil 50 kilometres from Ningaloo Reef, a national heritage listed area.

The industry says it’s safe, but critics argue it puts wildlife and irreplaceable coral reefs at serious risk.

Minsi Chung reports from Perth.

MINSI CHUNG, REPORTER: Ningaloo Reef is recognised as one of the state’s major tourism drawcards and is on the waiting list for world heritage status. Now Shell wants federal environmental approval to drill an exploration well. If it gets the go ahead, work could start as early as September. read more

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Is Royal Dutch Shell STILL anti-Semitic?

By John Donovan

We have received interesting email following our posting of the threats made against us by Royal Dutch Shell Plc . The threats related to our publication of relevant pages from “A History of Royal Dutch Shell”, focused on the Nazi past of the oil giant. The question of our continued mortality was raised.

A Shell insider asked if we were aware that “there is one country in the world that Shell will not do business with?”

This was a reference to Israel. The insider explained events that had led them to ponder the question in our headline.
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Royal Dutch Shell profiting from Sultan’s absolute rule in Oman

By Mika

Unrest has reached Oman, the usually “sedate” and “tranquil” Sultanate on the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. Inspired by uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Bahrain, Omani youth took to the streets to challenge government corruption, cronyism, unemployment and a lack of democracy. Protests spread across the desert country, with police firing bullets and teargas from helicopters, killing at least six demonstrators. Sultan Qaboos exercises absolute power over his kingdom, as he has for forty years since he deposed his father. read more

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Shell to scrap bonus link to sustainability index

AMSTERDAM, March 7 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell said it would not tie executives' bonuses in 2011 to a benchmark index after its expulsion from that index over its Nigerian operations scuppered its 2010 sustainability-linked bonuses.

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Malcolm Brinded endorses the Duke of Pork

ARISE SIR MALCOLM…

The unscrupulous Royal Dutch Shell fat cat, Malcolm Brinded, with the aid of the sleazy duo Blair and Prince Andrew (aka “Air Miles Andy”), sold out the relatives and victims of Pan Am 103 by getting Shell into bed with the mass murderer, Gaddafi.

Regular readers of this blog will know that we have consistently made forthright comments about the dubious circumstances of Shell’s return to Libya and the deranged despot, Gaddafi.

We were never fooled by the claims that he was a reformed sponsor of international terrorism.
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Sir Henri Deterding and Adolf Hitler: Flirtation with disaster

EXTRACT FROM AN ARTICLE BY CHRISTIAN STADLER PUBLISHED TODAY BY FORTUNE

5 ways to keep your company alive

March 7, 2011

In the years before World War II, Shell was very much a one-man-band led by Sir Henri Deterding. Under Deterding’s firm control, the group prospered but also flirted with disaster as he saw Adolf Hitler as the man most likely to preserve Europe from Communism. Luckily for Shell, Deterding retired in 1936 before he could make any disastrous commitments. The company did not forget its narrow escape.

(Photo: The Shell Mex House, Shell’s former headquarters in London. Photo taken in 1955) read more

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Shell newspaper advert published 30 March 1929

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Royal Dutch Shell four day meeting directly with Hitler

By John Donovan (last updated 24 Sept 2012)

This posting provides a clarification to my recent article “Will Shell block Internet publication of its Nazi past?”.

It is in relation to the following paragraph.

Information in Shell’s own authorised history of the company confirms that Shell pumped funds into the Nazi in a variety of ways, was at times anti-Semitic, sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis and conspired directly with Hitler.

When I said “and conspired directly with Hitler” that was partly an informed assumption on my part. read more

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Will Shell block Internet publication of its Nazi past?

Will Royal Dutch Shell carry out threat to block Internet publication of its connection with Hitler and the Nazis?

By John Donovan

I have printed below my recent email correspondence with Mr. Michiel Brandjes, the Company Secretary and General Counsel Corporate of Royal Dutch Shell Plc.

As can be seen, it relates to Royal Dutch Shell’s support for Hitler and the Nazis.

I have already published a related article: “Royal Dutch Shell and the Nazis: Shell threatens legal proceedings

This is obviously a highly sensitive subject for Shell.

The reply to my email concerning our intention to publish related information from “A History of Royal Dutch Shell”, authored by Shell’s paid historians, is the first time we have managed to elicit any comment from Shell on the subject. read more

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Shell chief Peter Voser warns oil demand could outstrip supply

Peter Voser, the chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, believes the $116 oil price caused by the Middle East crisis will soon ease back, but warned of a longer-term shock where “supply cannot meet demand”.

Peter Voser said he had confidence in the ability of OPEC to compensate for the loss of 1m barrels per day of production from Libya Photo: BLOOMBERG Rowena Mason By Rowena Mason 6:31PM GMT 04 Mar 2011 82 Comments

Lack of investment over the past two to three years will most likely be the biggest driver of high oil prices, he said on Friday.

“We may face a situation at one stage where supply cannot meet demand,” Mr Voser said. “That’s where OPEC spare capacity will help but we have to replace significant barrels because of natural decline over time.”

The boss of Europe’s biggest oil company said he had confidence in the ability of OPEC, the oil cartel, to compensate for the loss of 1m barrels per day of production from Libya. More than half the North African country’s production has been lost as uprisings worsens and the nation heads towards civil war. read more

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Now it’s their turn

The Economist

The Inuit prepare to defend their rights

Mar 3rd 2011

WHEN in the Arctic, you should at least treat your host well. Royal Dutch Shell, an oil giant, had to learn this the hard way when planning to drill exploration wells in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska a couple of years ago. The firm had spent $84m on offshore leases and had satisfied regulators. But it failed to win over the Inupiat, an Inuit group. They worried that icebreakers and drill ships would hurt the bowhead whales on which they depend. Their leaders and environmental groups sued American regulators for not following a 1970 law on environmental impacts. This allowed them to wrest a number of concessions from Shell, including a commitment to stop all offshore operations during the bowhead migration and hunt, should drilling ever proceed. read more

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Essar’s Stanlow deal hits union bump


S Kalyana Ramanathan / London March 5, 2011, 0:34 IST

Essar Energy’s $350-million deal to buy Shell UK’s oil refinery and associated assets at Stanlow, near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, has hit a road block. The employee union has rejected the deal in its current form due to differences over pension payout and other issues.

Union members who spoke to Business Standard after the first round of consultation on March 1 said that while they were keen to become part of the Essar Group, they would not allow Shell to wash its hands off certain agreements it had entered into with the employees. read more

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Countrywide plc cover-up may result in police investigation of ‘illegal dealings’

By John Donovan

MY NEPHEW, RICHARD DENTON.

Regular readers of this website may recall that in mid-February, I published an article about the the astonishing incompetence and mendacity of Carsons Estate Agents (a subsidiary of Countrywide plc) in its dealings with my nephew Richard Denton.

When I published the article, I challenged Carsons/Countrywide to issue defamation proceedings against me if they disputed the assertions I had made. It speaks volumes that no such action has been taken to protect the reputation of the UK’s largest Estate Agency Company.
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Why you can’t be sure of SHELL

Dear John,

Thank you very much for giving my letter a chance to be published in your site.

Shell scam against its employees in the Philippines?

You are a precious gift to me and to others who are presently enslaved by what you called “tyranny” being capriciously committed by Shell against its very own employees.

I am very thankful that I known your website and you, because in the early moments of my struggle, nobody seemed to be listening, but now,  that you hear me, I believe, the honorable justices of the courts in the Philippines down to the labor arbiter who voluntary opted be ignorant of the law are not only listening …more so they have their legs shaking because of the exposure of  their malfeasance and wrongdoing. read more

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Shell Brent Bravo Deaths: Criminal Investigation uncovers lies, deceit and potential corruption

Introduction by John Donovan

I have published below a self-explanatory statement by Bill Campbell (right), the retired HSE Group Auditor of Shell International. I will email this statement and a more detailed version to Michiel Brandjes, the Company Secretary of Royal Dutch Shell Plc and forward the same information to the senior Shell executives and the non Executive Chairman, Jorma Ollila, named in the statement.

The more detailed version will be published on this website after Shell has had an opportunity to comment and/or take legal action. Shell issued threats of legal action against us yesterday and may wish to add this matter if briefing Counsel. read more

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Maintenance Work Underway At Nigeria’s Bonga Oil Field -Shell

MARCH 4, 2011, 5:27 A.M. ET

IBADAN, Nigeria -(Dow Jones)- Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Co., or SNEPCO, has started maintenance work at the company’s Bonga deepwater oil field, a company spokesman said Friday.

“Maintenance work started Feb. 28. Can’t yet tell when it will be completed,” Precious Okolobo, said in a text message to Dow Jones Newswires.

Last week Okolobo said the Bonga field was to be shut in February for maintenance but he didn’t say exactly when and the duration of the shutdown. read more

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SAVE OUR SOULS-SHELL IS SLOWLY DESTROYING AGUOBIRI COMMUNITY

Email received today from JOHN ZEBULON

SAVE OUR SOULS-SHELL IS SLOWLY DESTROYING AGUOBIRI COMMUNITY

The oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) led pipeline through Aguobiri Community in 1973 and since then, the community has never benefited and is not even considered by SPDC in their community programs.

Aguobiri is a peaceful community in Southern Ijaw L.G.A of Bayelsa State and is located near River-Nun, has a population of about 20,000 adults and 3,000 children, its major occupation is fishing, trading and farming. The community is close to Oporoma where SPDC has a flow station. read more

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Shell takes gung-ho stance on Karoo fracking outrage

Royal Dutch Shell, a global corporation the size of a small nation, is facing a growing outcry against its plans to conduct hydraulic fracturing in the Karoo. Still, it took on a  “frack now, deal with any fallout as it happens” stance at a press conference on Thursday. And although compensation promises were made, it is nothing you can take to the bank. By SIPHO HLONGWANE

Royal Dutch Shell went to some effort to make the process of hydraulic fracturing seem rather harmless to a roomful of journalists, with a friendly PowerPoint presentation, full of bullet points and video that explained the process. The process of fracking has received an avalanche of bad press in the US, leading to precautionary banning in some states, and now Shell wants to take the controversial process of mining unconventional gas to the Karoo.

Bonang Mohale, chairman of Shell Oil Product Africa, and Graham Tiley, general manager of New Venture Executions at Shell are hosting press conferences in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg in an effort to allay fears about the process. read more

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Shell Executive Gives Warning on Dodd-Frank

March 31, 2011

A Royal Dutch chief executive has warned that the development in the events recently that led to oil companies and governments being open to revealing to each other the money flows, might be threatened due to the new US legislation regarding transparency requirements.

The US Dodd-Frank Act is a process that is bound to be commanded by one country that breaks national sovereignty, according to Peter Voser.  This entails all US listed companies to reveal all payments to governments and other information on a granular and country by country basis. read more

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Shell searching for natural gas in South Africa

By DONNA BRYSON: JOHANNESBURG

Shell wants to use thirsty technology that could contaminate groundwater to extract natural gas from a semi-desert region of South Africa, but officials from the international energy giant said Thursday that people living in the area won’t be left dry.

The proposal is only in its early stages, but has drawn such opposition — including threats of a lawsuit — that top Shell officials sat down with reporters in South Africa to try to offer reassurance. read more

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Royal Dutch Shell and the Nazis: Shell threatens legal proceedings

By John Donovan

Royal Dutch Shell has today threatened legal proceedings in relation to revelations published on this website about the funding of Hitler and the Nazi Party by Shell and Sir Henri Deterding.

The Shell email says that Shell “reserves its legal rights, including with respect to copyright.”

This means that Shell is threatening defamation and copyright proceedings. This would be interesting litigation to say the least, likely to generate significant global publicity.

Shell has checked with its paid historians responsible for “A History of Royal Dutch Shell” and says that “they convincingly refute with evidence what you claim in contradiction with A History of Royal Dutch Shell.” read more

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Hacked off

EMAIL RECEIVED THIS MORNING:

You have obviously been hacked, there are pics of Hitler and the swastika as your page heading…

Extract ends

Surprising origins of the swastika read more

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Refinery workers reject plans for Shell Stanlow sale to Essar

Out of the frying pan and into the fire… to go from a situation that is bad, to one that is even worse…

By John Donovan

Representatives of the Unite union had a meeting on 1 March with Shell and Essar to discuss the proposed employee transfer arrangements arising from Shell’s pending sale of the Stanlow Refinery to Essar Oil.

Unite was appalled at the proposed plans and is accusing Shell of reneging on its final salary pension scheme promise to employees when they joined the company.

The union says:

“We cannot allow Shell to walk away from their obligations to their loyal staff”.

Workers also have deep concerns over Essar’s alleged ruthless track record in the treatment of employees arising from Essar acquisitions in North America. read more

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Shell, Let’s go clean Nigeria!

Nigeria: Oil Spills, Natural Gas Flares, and Bunkering

By Mohammed Hamid Mohammed: March 01, 2011.

The big banner, imitating thick oozing oil, hung from the façade of Shell Headquarters in the Hague, Netherlands. It read: “Shell, let’s go clean Nigeria!”, and was put up by activists on January 26, 2011 – the date the Dutch parliament scheduled a hearing to examine what Amnesty International and environmental groups alleged was the extremely hazardous environmental practices of the company. Shell simply denied the accusations, and went as far as declining to pay the rather small $100 million dollars a Nigeria court slapped on it as compensation for victims. read more

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Shell gets gas pipe go-ahead

Tuesday March 01 2011

OUTGOING Energy Minister Pat Carey has given oil company Shell the go-ahead to build the final section of the Corrib Gas pipeline.

Mr Carey signed an order allowing Shell to begin construction of the final section of the pipeline on Friday, election day, and also approved changes to the project.

A foreshore licence needed to complete the regulatory process and allow work to begin is still needed from the Department of the Environment. It is unlikely to be granted before the next Government takes office on March 9. read more

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