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Making Poetry with the “Production Language” of Petrochemical Industry February 25, 2026 04:37 Energy Humanities "Sludge River." Photo by Ivan Bandura on Unsplash.In August 2019, the RCMP arrested Canadian poet, scholar, and activist Rita Wong for participating in a protest against the Trans Mountain pipeline project in Burnaby, BC. In her public sentencing …
Trepagnier, Garland February 25, 2026 00:47 Nola - Louisiana Kenner, LA - Garland Joseph Trepagnier, 99, of Norco, Louisiana, passed away on Monday, February 23, 2026, from age-related natural causes. Garland was born on October 15, 1926, to Paul Trepagnier and Lillian Brulte Trepagnier in New Orleans, LA. He was …
QUENTIN LETTS: What a weasel Sir Ed is! Why do Lib Dem backbenchers put up with this pious prig? February 24, 2026 21:32 Daily Mail Great squeezing-together of knees: the Lib Dems organised a debate on ex-Prince Andrew, so MPs had a chance to call him names. Criticising royalty is not normally permitted but the damp Lib Dems were going to be jolly, jolly naughty. A quivering sound …
Ten years after first cargo, US LNG dominance set to keep growing February 24, 2026 19:33 Yahoo Finance By Curtis Williams HOUSTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - In the ten years since the first export cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) left Texas, the United States has grown rapidly into the ‌top supplier of the ultra-cooled fuel to world consumers. That dramatic …
Transaction in Own Shares February 24, 2026 17:42 EIN Presswire Transaction in Own Shares 24 February 2026 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 24 February 2026 it purchased the following number of Shares for cancellation. Aggregated information on Shares purchased according to …
Dale Nevin Hirschfeld February 24, 2026 14:54 Bellefontaine Examiner - Ohio Dale Nevin Hirschfeld, age 89, passed away peacefully with his loving wife by his side at Ohio’s Hospice of Miami County in Troy, Ohio on Sunday February 22, 2026, after suffering a fall in his home. Dale was born on April 21, 1936, in New Bremen, Ohio, to …
LPG Market to Surpass USD 276.13 Billion by 2032, Shows New Maximize Market Research Analysis February 24, 2026 12:38 EIN Presswire LPG Market was valued at USD 176.52 Billion in 2025 and is projected to reach nearly USD 276.13 Billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 6.6% during 2025–2032. NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, February 24, 2026 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Global LPG Market …
Automobile Coolant Market to Reach US$ 10.8 Billion by 2032, Growing at a 3.6% CAGR | Persistence Market Research February 24, 2026 12:01 EIN Presswire Global automobile coolant market set for steady growth, driven by advanced technologies, eco-friendly solutions, and rising vehicle demand worldwide BRENTFORD, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, February 24, 2026 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The global automobile …
NASCAR hauler parade returns to Las Vegas Strip February 24, 2026 01:52 Fox 5 Las Vegas - Nevada LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The NASCAR hauler parade will return to the Las Vegas Strip next month, kicking off the 2026 Pennzoil 400 race weekend, according to officials. Beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 13, fans can watch the NASCAR Cup Series haulers …
Big Oil Challenges $5 Billion Environmental Fine in Kazakhstan February 23, 2026 23:37 Oil Price The international oil companies operating the giant Kashagan oilfield in Kazakhstan have initiated an arbitration process to challenge a massive $5-billion fine for allegedly exceeding sulfur storage limits at a processing facility at the second biggest …
NASCAR hauler parade scheduled for Las Vegas Strip February 23, 2026 22:53 Las Vegas Review Journal - Nevada The Las Vegas Strip will have trucks of fun as NASCAR returns to town in March. The Las Vegas Strip will have trucks of fun when NASCAR returns to town in March. On March 13, fans can watch the famed NASCAR Cup Series haulers make their anticipated journey …
NASCAR Hauler Parade Returns to the Las Vegas Strip to Kick Off the Pennzoil 400 Weekend February 23, 2026 22:27 Nevada Business Magazine LAS VEGAS – The NASCAR Hauler Parade will once again take over the Las Vegas Strip as Las Vegas Motor Speedway officially kicks off the 2026 Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube NASCAR Cup Series race weekend. Beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 13, …
Bursting Tech Bubble Inflates Energy Stocks February 23, 2026 20:38 Investing Daily - Virginia If you still don’t believe that a major stock market rotation is underway, consider the following. Over the past year, the price of crude oil has fallen by nearly 10 percent. Over the same span, the iShares Global Energy ETF (NYSE: IXC) has risen more than …
Gas stations of yesteryear February 23, 2026 19:17 Pope County Tribune - Minnesota By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Remember “full service stations” of yesterday? Customers pulled into gas stations for a “fill-up” of gas, sometimes costing as little as 17 cents a gallon when there was a gas war. Service attendants would help kids pump up bike …
ConocoPhillips Considers Selling Permian Assets Worth $2B February 23, 2026 17:33 Rigzone ConocoPhillips is exploring a sale of some of its Permian Basin assets as part of a broader streamlining of its portfolio, according to people familiar with the matter. The assets, picked up over the years through deals with Concho Resources Inc. and Shell …
Transaction in Own Shares February 23, 2026 17:31 EIN Presswire Transaction in Own Shares 23 February 2026 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 23 February 2026 it purchased the following number of Shares for cancellation. Aggregated information on Shares purchased according to …
Energy growth and security in an increasingly disordered transition February 23, 2026 06:02 Cyprus Mail This was the theme of the International Energy Week 2026 held last week in London. IE Week is one of the most prestigious international annual conferences and it is organized by the Energy Institute. This year’s theme was “Energy growth and security in an …
NASCAR Atlanta race best pictures from Autotrader 400 February 22, 2026 23:25 The Tennessean Feb. 22, 2026, 3:15 p.m. CT HAMPTON, GEORGIA - FEBRUARY 22: Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, waves to fans as he walks onstage during driver intros prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Autotrader 400 at Echo Park Speedway on February 22, 2026 …
See best photos from Sunday's NASCAR race at Atlanta February 22, 2026 22:44 Daytona Beach News Journal - Florida Updated Feb. 22, 2026, 7:49 p.m. ET HAMPTON, GEORGIA - FEBRUARY 22: A general view of racing during the NASCAR Cup Series Autotrader 400 at Echo Park Speedway on February 22, 2026 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)Sean Gardner, …
NASCAR Cup Series in Atlanta time, TV schedule for the Autotrader 400 February 22, 2026 18:31 The Tennessean Feb. 22, 2026, 5:04 a.m. CT The NASCAR Cup Series continues with a frenetic first month of the season with the Autotrader 400 on Feb. 22 at EchoPark Speedway. Atlanta's new configuration is now in its fourth year as the only 1.5-mile drafting track. …
The Search for Paraguay’s Elusive Elysium February 22, 2026 15:35 Quadrant Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan What do the Jesuits, Mary Gilmore, the Reverend Sung Myung Moon, Elisabeth Nietzsche, …
Administration wants white men to claim discrimination February 21, 2026 15:25 The Columbian - Washington State Jeff Vaughn says it was a 2022 billboard that convinced him being white and male was becoming a liability. The then-evening anchor at CBS’s flagship Los Angeles television station remembers seeing an ad for his news program — and realizing it didn’t …
Shell claims US general exploration licenses in Venezuela will enable it to move forward with Dragon natural gas project February 21, 2026 06:24 World Energy News - Connecticut Shell's Dragon gas project will be able to move forward with the general licenses issued by the U.S. for oil and natural gas exploration in Venezuela this month, according to a Shell spokesperson on Thursday. As U.S. policies toward Venezuela have …
What is the current status of international oil companies operating in Venezuela? February 21, 2026 06:23 World Energy News - Connecticut Here are some key facts about the international oil companies operating in Venezuela. The country has vast oil reserves, but a dilapidated infrastructure. In the early 2000s, the then-President?Hugo Chavez took assets from foreign oil companies to …
ConocoPhillips Reportedly Mulls Sale Of Permian Assets For $2B February 21, 2026 01:55 Asianet Newsable According to a report from Bloomberg, which cited people familiar with the matter, the assets being considered were acquired through deals with Concho Resources and Shell Plc. The deal comes as part of a broader streamlining of its portfolio, as per the …
New OFAC General Licenses Related to Venezuela’s Oil and Gas Industry February 20, 2026 22:54 JD Supra - California As of February 19, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued several new General Licenses (collectively “the Licenses”) to help reopen and develop Venezuela’s oil and gas industry. On February 10, 2026, …
Three New OFAC General Licenses Provide an Initial Framework for Operations and Investment in Venezuela’s Oil and Gas Sectors February 20, 2026 22:52 JD Supra - California Key Points Three GLs issued by OFAC last week—GL 48, GL 49 and GL 50 (replaced and superseded by amended GL 50A)—represent the Trump administration’s first significant actions providing sanctions relief related to upstream oil and gas sector operations in …
Canada's Oil Sands Poised for Mega Merger February 20, 2026 20:57 Rigzone Canada’s oil patch is ripe for a mega merger, analysts say, after a bumper year for deals has left relatively few smaller targets available. The value of deals executed or pending as of Dec. 31 totaled $37.8 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg …
Transaction in Own Shares February 20, 2026 17:20 EIN Presswire Transaction in Own Shares 20 February 2026 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 20 February 2026 it purchased the following number of Shares for cancellation. Aggregated information on Shares purchased according to …
Canada's oilsands poised for mega merger after busy 2025 February 20, 2026 15:56 Financial Post Canadian Natural, the largest domestic oil company, benefits from a low cost of capital and its size allows the company to take on new projects, Zawalsky said. The company has grown rapidly since 2017, when Canadian Natural bought Shell PLC’s oilsands …
No new energy initiatives from Govt, says Young February 20, 2026 13:33 Trinidad and Tobago Guardian Andrea Perez-Sobers Senior Reporter andrea.perez-sobers @guardian.co.tt Former energy minister Stuart Young has rejected claims by the current administration that it has broken new ground in regional energy cooperation, arguing …
Shell to Push Ahead on Dragon Natural Gas Project After US License Shift February 20, 2026 12:42 Offshore Engineer News Published Feb 20, 2026 4:02 am ET © corlaffra / Adobe Stock General licenses for oil and gas exploration in Venezuela issued by the U.S. this month will allow Shell to progress with its Dragon gas project, a company spokesperson told Reuters on …
Turkmenistan Strengthens Energy Partnerships at Leading London Forums February 20, 2026 11:02 Turkmenistan Golden Age From 9 to 12 February, representatives of Turkmen Energy Forum participated in the International Energy Week and the London Energy Forum held in London. The events brought together leaders of global energy companies, financial institutions, technology …
Driveline Lubricants for EVs Market Forecast 2026-2036: Global Market to Reach USD 3.1 Billion by 2036 at ~ 11.8 % CAGR February 20, 2026 10:26 EIN Presswire Leading Product Segment: E-Axle Gear Oils are expected to capture the largest market share by 2026. ROCKVILLE, MD, UNITED STATES, February 20, 2026 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The global Driveline Lubricants for EVs Market is projected to reach a …
Updates in Venezuela: Opportunity Knocks as U.S. Begins to Open the Energy Door February 20, 2026 07:27 JD Supra - California Earlier this month, Haynes Boone authored an article forecasting future business opportunities in Venezuela following the initial signs of cooperation between the United States and Venezuela in the wake of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s removal. …
Bay Area refinery to pay $10 million penalty for multiple health, safety violations February 19, 2026 20:31 CBS News Bay Area - California A Bay Area refinery will pay a multi-million-dollar penalty for a series of major violations, including fires, toxic emissions and leaking tanks that went on for years, prosecutors and air regulators announced on Wednesday. A civil action against Martinez …
Excess oil supply could diminish amid ‘smash and grab’ diplomacy February 19, 2026 05:36 Financial Mirror The seizure of Venezuelan oil resources by the U.S. signals a broader shift towards a ‘smash-and-grab’ diplomacy in a world of resource scarcity, that is likely to accelerate similar behaviour by other states. Brent crude’s price climbed as markets priced …
Sustainable dividend stocks from companies gearing up to meet rising LNG demand February 5, 2026 21:11 The Globe and Mail What are we looking for? Sustainable dividends from companies gearing up to meet rising demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG). The screen Pembina Pipeline Corp. PPL-T recently signed a 12-year agreement to provide Ovintiv Inc. OVV-T with 500,000 tonnes a …

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NAZI HISTORY OF ROYAL DUTCH SHELL

Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.

Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.

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Shell appeased and collaborated with the Nazis. The oil giant instructed its employees in the Netherlands to complete a form giving particulars about their descent, which for some, amounted to a self-declared death warrant. Shell used slave labor and was a close business partner in Germany of I.G. Farben, the notorious Nazi run chemical giant that also used slave labor and supplied the Zyklon-B gas used during the Holocaust to exterminate millions of people, including children. Shell continued the partnership with the Nazis in the years after the retirement of Sir Henri and even after his death. It was money generated on Shell forecourts around the world, profiteering from cartel oil prices, that funded the Nazi party and saved it from financial collapse. Evidence about Shell's Nazi connections can be found in extracts from "A History of Royal Dutch Shell" Volumes 1 and 2 authored by historians paid by Shell, who had unrestricted access to Shell archives. There are 67 pages in total, so takes some time to download.

Photograph (full size here) shows a Swastika flag flying at the head office of Royal Dutch Petroleum, 30 Carel van Bylandtlaan, The Hague, during the Nazi occupation of the in World War II (From Image Database Hague Municipal)

Sir Henri Deterding, the founder of the Royal Dutch Shell Group - known as "The Most Powerful Man in the World" - who became an ardent Nazi and financial supporter of Hitler and the Nazi party.

SHELL IP PIRACY

Reading between the lines in various legal documents, it seems that the allegations are that after the technology in question had been disclosed to a Shell company in the USA, the information was passed to Shell in the Netherlands in breach of confidentiality. And Royal Dutch Shell subsequently exploited the technology without payment or credit to the company holding the rights; Newton Research Partners. The inference seems to be that Twister B.V. was founded by Shell partly on trade secrets stolen from Bloom/Newton.

For more information read:

ARTICLE: Shell in the US courts again for alleged theft of trade secrets: 20 June 2014

ARTICLE: Twister B.V. by name, Twister by nature?: 09 August 2014

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BILL CAMPBELL WHISTLEBLOWER EMAIL TO MP’S

IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS:

THIS IS WHAT IT SAID:

Subject: This could be the most important whistleblower email you have ever received.

Some unfortunate Royal Dutch Shell workers have already lost their lives. More lives are at stake.

My name is Bill Campbell. I am a former Group Auditor of Shell International. I am writing to you on a matter of conscience in an effort to avert the inevitability of another major accident in the North Sea. The consequences could potentially impact on families in many constituencies, including your own.

As Royal Dutch Shell and the Health & Safety Executive would acknowledge, I am an expert on safety matters relating to offshore oil and gas platforms. In 1999, I was appointed by Shell to lead a safety audit on the Brent Bravo platform. The audit revealed a platform management culture that basically gave a higher priority to production than the safety of Shell employees. To our astonishment we discovered that a "Touch F*** All" policy was in place. Worse still, safety records were routinely falsified and repairs bodged.

I personally brought the shocking situation to the attention of senior management including Malcolm Brinded, the then Managing Director of Shell Exploration & Production. I revealed that ESDV leak-off tests were purposely falsified, not once but many times and that Brent Bravo platform management had admitted responsibility for the dangerous practices being followed. In response to my team ringing alarm bells, management pledged to rectify the serious problems which had been uncovered.

When I later complained that the pledges were not being kept, I was removed from my oversight function.

Four years later, a massive gas leak occurred on the platform. Two workers lost their lives. I have no doubt at all that the inaction of the relevant Asset Manager, the General Manager, the Oil Director and Malcolm Brinded, contributed in some part to the unlawful killing of two persons on Brent Bravo in September 2003.

Shell subsequently pleaded guilty to breaches of the HSE regulations and a record-breaking £900,000 fine was imposed. I thought this would bring about a real change in policy to put the emphasis on safety.

Unfortunately I was wrong. Although I supplied the evidence related to 1999, and the fact that there had been a collapse in controls of integrity from 1999 to 2003 on all 16 of Shell's North Sea offshore installations covered in a post fatality integrity review to the HSE for review by the Procurator Fiscal, none of this evidence was presented before the Sheriff at the subsequent Inquiry. The situation is explained in a letter to the Procurator Fiscal and the Sheriff (on 24th February 2007).

Shell management has engaged in spin to try to pretend that it is getting to grips with its safety problem. However, its atrocious safety record - the worst in the North Sea in terms of accidental deaths and absolute number of enforcement actions – tells a different story. This fact has resulted in a number of newspaper articles.

I have had meetings with senior Shell people including its CEO Mr. Jeroen van der Veer. I regret to say that I have found him to be economical with the truth. He prefers to support cover-up and deceit rather than confronting the underlying problems. Brinded is now Executive Director of Shell Exploration & Production. He believes in burying evidence.

My family and friends would probably prefer me to give up on this matter and enjoy my retirement after so many years working for Shell.

However, by writing to every MP in the UK, no one can ever say that I did not do my best to avert an inevitable further major accident event in the North Sea. When it happens (I pray that I am wrong) I will make this warning communication available to the media together with the vast amount of evidence in my possession.

At least my conscience is clear. I have done everything possible to ring the alarm bells about Shell management and its unscrupulous attitude to the safety of its employees.

Yours sincerely
Bill Campbell

ENDS

(Malcolm Brinded and Jeroen van der Veer are no longer with Shell. The Oil Director referred to in the email is Chris Finlayson, who left Shell to become Chief Executive of British Gas before being fired - his photo immediately below)

THE BRENT BRAVO SCANDAL
BRENT BRAVO: THE EVIDENCE ASSEMBLED BY BILL CAMPBELL

BILL CAMPBELL EVIDENCE BUNDLES A to F - June 2012

BILL CAMPBELL EVIDENCE BUNDLES A to F CONTINUED - June 2012

by John Donovan

Displayed below are some of the spectacular promotional campaigns my company Don Marketing created for Shell in the 1980s and 1990s. This was before the series of SIX high court actions we brought against Shell for stealing ideas (4) and for defamation (2) - all settled by Shell. This website is a permanent response by me to the malicious underhand tactics, including treachery, espionage and intimidation, used by Shell during and after the bouts of litigation. More information is printed at the foot of this column.

MORE DETAILS: After a solicitor acting for Shell threatened to make the litigation "drawn out and difficult" with the intention of draining the resources of a financially weaker opponent, my late father (Alfred Donovan) and I decided to mount a wide-ranging campaign as a counter-measure. We jointly founded the Shell Corporate Conscience Pressure Group, which nearly 15% of Shell UK retailers joined. We regularly conducted ethical surveys involving up to 1500 Shell petrol stations. All responses were opened and authenticated by an independent solicitor who supplied Affidavits confirming the results. In whole page announcements in trade magazines (examples above) we challenged Shell to commission and publish the resuits of independent research asking the same questions and offering respondents GUARANTEED anonymity. Shell never took up the invitation. Instead it asked the UK Advertising Standards Authority to investigate our Shell surveys. No problems were found. The head-cut image of Alfred Donovan appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.

SHELL CONTROVERSIES

selection of memorable warnings/articles/images associated with the controversial track record of Royal Dutch Shell.

WARNING: DO NOT DISCLOSE YOUR IDEAS TO SHELL GameChanger OR SHELL Ideas360 WITHOUT TAKING EVERY POSSIBLE PRECAUTION. Shell management has ample funds to pay for intellectual property but prefers to steal it from small businesses and in our experience, gives its full backing to dishonest managers willing to do its bidding. We have sued Shell repeatedly in the High Court for the theft of our Intellectual Property. It is doubtful if anyone can match our dire experience in dealing with this ruthless unscrupulous serial poacher of other parties ideas. Expect threats, legal machinations and sinister action from Shell and its spooks if you object to having your ideas stolen.

LINKS TO SOME RELATED ARTICLES:

ARTICLE: Shell in the US courts again for alleged theft of trade secrets: 20 June 2014

ARTICLE: Shell GameChanger - Scam, or Genuine Game Changer?: 10 June 2014

ARTICLE: Is it safe to disclose ideas to Shell GameChanger?: 7 June 2014

ARTICLE: Royal Dutch Shell plc Brings Crowdsourcing to the Energy Markets: 20 April 2014

ARTICLE: High Court papers unveil ‘secret’ Shell writ losses: 23 April 1998

ARTICLE: Another warning to inventors of the alleged dangers when dealing with Shell : 12 March 2008

ARTICLE: Shell in deepwater, accused of more IP theft: 13 August 2008

ARTICLE: ENERTAG PATENTS: MORE ROYAL DUTCH SHELL IP CHICANERY?: 4 November 2009

ARTICLE: Shell investigates alleged IP theft at Geelong Refinery: 21 April 2012

ARTICLE: Another alleged case of IP theft hits Royal Dutch Shell: 20 May 2012

ARTICLE: Shell Oil Must Pay $153.6 Mln Award to Union Carbide: 17 June 2012

Some years ago extensive documentary evidence was brought to the attention of Malcolm Brinded above, when he was Chairman of Shell UK, proving beyond any doubt that Shell executives had conspired to rig a tender for a major contract. A number of innocent firms were deliberately lured into signing confidentiality agreements and disclosing Intellectual Property to Shell under false pretences, in a carefully contrived plot. The firm which was awarded the contract never took part in the tender. One objective of the Machiavellian plan was to stop/delay IP trade secrets owned by the participants in the tender from being disclosed to Shell's rivals. This was achieved by outright deception, without paying a cent to the firms involved, who wrongly believed they were participating in an honest tender. Instead of sacking the ring leader, AJL - who had a personal relationship with the firm which miraculously won the race in which it never ran - Shell senior directors, including Brinded, gave AJL their full backing. Some of the Shell executives involved, including for example, Tim Hannagan, still hold high positions inside Shell - in his case, Global Brand and Visual Identity Manager. If Shell does not accept that this is a true, provable account of what happened, then it should sue for libel. How on earth is such predatory conduct compatible with Shell's claimed business principles?

FOR MORE INFORMATION, READ THIS ARTICLE:

ARTICLE: Irregularities in a Royal Dutch Shell tender process: 31 October 2011