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June 2nd, 2012:

Tainted Gas Leads To Class-Action Suit: Federal Lawsuit Filed Against Shell Oil

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According to a release from the lawyers who filed the suit, the “class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Florida’s consumers against Shell and others as a result of the sale of Shell’s tainted gasoline containing dangerously high levels of sulfur. The gasoline has already damaged the fuel gauges of thousands of automobiles… The $75,000 suit names Shell Oil Co., Shell Oil Products and Motiva Enterprises.

Local10.com: Tainted Gas Leads To Class-Action Suit: Federal Lawsuit Filed Against Shell Oil

Posted 2 June 2004

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A lawsuit was filed Tuesday against Shell Oil Co. in federal court in Fort Lauderdale.

The $75,000 suit names Shell Oil Co., Shell Oil Products and Motiva Enterprises. The dollar amount was set so that the suit could be filed in federal court, but the actual dollar amount is expected to be much higher.

According to a release from the lawyers who filed the suit, the “class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Florida’s consumers against Shell and others as a result of the sale of Shell’s tainted gasoline containing dangerously high levels of sulfur. The gasoline has already damaged the fuel gauges of thousands of automobiles, and experts fear that unknown future damages to engine component may result from the use of the tainted fuel.”
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Appeals court reinstates gas price-fixing lawsuit against Shell, ChevronTexaco

The suit accuses the companies’ joint ventures – Motiva Enterprises and Equilon Enterprises – as being part of a plan by the oil giants to inflate fuel prices beginning in 1998 and ending as early as 2001, when Texaco sold its stake to win approval of its purchase of Chevron.

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The Boston Herald: Appeals court reinstates gas price-fixing lawsuit against Shell, ChevronTexaco

By Associated Press

Wednesday, June 2, 2004

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a lawsuit accusing ChevronTexaco Corp. and Shell Oil Co. of operating a price-fixing conspiracy.

The suit accuses the companies’ joint ventures – Motiva Enterprises and Equilon Enterprises – as being part of a plan by the oil giants to inflate fuel prices beginning in 1998 and ending as early as 2001, when Texaco sold its stake to win approval of its purchase of Chevron. read more

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Tom Purves…GOOD RIDDANCE

From an insider…

Relieved in Port Arthur

Well, finally…. not the announcement that we all wanted to see, but good enough for us.

Tom Purves…GOOD RIDDANCE.

He is going to Upstream as an Operations Excellence VP. What a fall for this guy!!! We had hoped it would be a retirement notice. He now can slither off down I-10 and go ACT like he is adding value to Shell’s Upstream. This gets him finally out of Motiva and out of Port Arthur.

Tom, your legacy is a joke. You leave us nothing. This project ended up being overspent ( $12B, not $10B as Shell says in the media) and 2 years past due. read more

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Britain: Shell’s Enemy No. 1

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Britain: Shell’s Enemy No. 1

John Donovan is a thorn in the side of the Shell oil group. For the past ten years, he has been posting about environmental abuses and other shortcomings at the global oil concern.

John Donovan’s campaign against Shell has already cost the company dearly. He supplied the Russian government with information about lax safety standards at the Sakhalin II oil-drilling project. Moscow took advantage of the revelations to divest Shell of its majority stake in the project in favor of the Russian oil company Gazprom. The source of Donovan’s vendetta against Shell has its roots in a personal dispute: Donovan was involved in a number of marketing campaigns with Shell, and later accused the company of violating intellectual property agreements. After Donovan’s own company went bankrupt, he became one of the biggest critics of the Shell group. read more

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Latest news from Shell Geelong Refinery in Australia

Latest News from Shell Geelong Refinery in Australia

By John Donovan: 2 June 2012

It appears that the intervention of Royal Dutch Shell Company Secretary Michiel Brandjes, initiating an investigation of allegations we brought to his attention as a result of information given to us by a whistleblower at the Shell Geelong Refinery in Australia, may have resolved the matter.

Shell investigates alleged IP theft at Geelong Refinery

Stirring up a Hornets’ Nest at Shell’s Geelong Refinery

Printed below is the latest information from the insider source. read more

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