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A quiet mountain road taken by hundreds of starving Famine victims during the spring of 1849 resembled a colourful, cosmopolitan boulevard as some 300 people participated in the annual Afri Famine Walk from Doolough to Louisburgh, Co Mayo, at the weekend. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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| Shell protest focuses on EBRD |
DAVID GOW The Guardian – United Kingdom; May 22, 2006 |
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Green campaigners yesterday staged angry protests outside the annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London over plans to invest in the controversial $20bn (pounds 11bn) gas project on Sakhalin island off the east coast of Siberia. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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Shell chief's statement was irresponsibleBy Henrik Rasmussen
Published: May 22 2006 03:00 | Last updated: May 22 2006 03:00
From Mr Henrik Rasmussen.
Sir, Shell executive Jeroen van der Veer recently stated that oil companies have to accept increasingly nationalistic policies of countries such as Venezuela and Bolivia as a fact of life (“Energy landscape redesigned”, May 15). He went on to say that legal action to protect the property rights of oil companies is “counterproductive . . . good luck!” read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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Shell's Sakhalin-2 in river dispute, denies cover-up
By Tom Bergin
627 words
May 21 2006
2:34:11 PM
Reuters News
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(c) 2006 Reuters Limited
LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) – A consortium led by Royal Dutch Shell Plc has not fully complied with environmental guidelines when laying pipelines in east Russia, documents showed on Sunday.
The consortiumdenied, however, that it misled the public and potential lenders who are mulling $6 billion to $7 billion in loans for the project.
Documents obtained by conservation group WWF, and seen by Reuters, showed that contractors working for Shell-led Sakhalin Energy did not follow all the environmental guidelines agreed with potential lenders when laying pipes across two rivers on Sakhalin Island in December. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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| Jean Lemierre, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) speaks in London, April 2006. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development kicks off its annual meeting with an initiative to slash energy waste and pollution across the 27 countries in which it operates. |
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development kicks off its annual meeting with an initiative to slash energy waste and pollution across the 27 countries in which it operates. .
The two-day conference comes also as the EBRD continues to focus on investment opportunities in southeastern Europe, where countries including Bulgaria and Romania are battling to win EU membership.
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Around 2,000 journalists and delegates will descend on London to attend the annual event which spills over into Monday. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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Southern Petroleum investors back in court
453 words
5 May 2006
National Business Review
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(c) 2006 The National Business Review
May 5, 2006
The country's longest running insider trading case is still alive and more interesting thanks to Greymouth Petroleum's just-announced big find
Nick Bryant
Back before the Securities Commission evolved from mewling puppy to ferocious Rottweiler – and insider trading cases were practically unheard of – a band of grumpy oil and gas investors began suing what was then Fletcher Energy for alleged withholding of valuable inside information.
What started in 1995 and is known to the courts as the c150/99 case is back in court today for a costs hearing before Justice Hugh Williams. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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High stakes in deep gas
820 words
12 May 2006
National Business Review
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(c) 2006 The National Business Review
May 12, 2006
There's nothing to see here, say Todd and Shell, but is it a case of three-into-one along a hotly-contested stretch of Taranaki's gas-rich coastline?
Hugh de Lacy
There is no basis to suggestions that the Pohokura, Turangi and Mangahewa gasfields are all part of one giant field, according to Shell and Todd Energy executives.
Taranaki is rife with rumours that the owners of the fields are headed for unitisation processes under the Crown Minerals Act because they are all, in effect, sucking gas from the same MA72 payzone. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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| The Sunday Times |
May 21, 2006 |
Ireland: Don’t bank on chip and pin to defeat fraudsters
Jessica Bown and Brian Carey
The original Catch Me If You Can conman is not impressed by the new card system
CHIP-AND-PIN systems introduced to foil credit and debit-card fraudsters are making it easier to commit certain types of financial crime, a reformed con man has warned.
Frank Abagnale, whose life story inspired the Leonardo DiCaprio film Catch Me If You Can, served five years for fraud after posing as an airline pilot, a doctor and a lawyer and cashing $2.5m (€2m) of cheques between the age of 16 and 21.
Now 58 he has used his skills to help the FBI fight fraud for 30 years and also works with CIMS, which offers identity-fraud protection services.
He does not believe that chip-and-pin technology, which requires transactions to be verified with a four-digit number rather than a signature, will prove much of a challenge for professional fraudsters.
The information sent out by the hand-held card reading devices used in restaurants is not encrypted, for example. Any criminals nearby with an information receiver can therefore capture the data, including the pin entered, making some brands of fraud much easier.
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| The Sunday Times |
May 21, 2006 |
Protester too ill for court turns up at Shell AGM
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AN anti-Shell protester who was too stressed to attend a court case in Mayo last Monday had recovered in time to attend Shell’s annual meeting in London the following day.
Galway district court was told that Maura Harrington, 54, could not attend to face charges of drunkenness and being a danger to herself and others due to stress and anxiety. A judge adjourned the case to July.
Within 24 hours, Harrington, one of the leaders of the campaign against Shell’s Corrib gas pipeline, was being shadowed by two uniformed policemen and a security guard as she attended the company’s annual meeting at the Novotel hotel in Hammersmith.
“Having had some rest, I will be in a position to attend the court hearing in July,” the primary school teacher said yesterday. “The fact that I attended the Shell meeting in London the following day has nothing to do with my non-appearance in court. I was, and still am, very distressed about the case. I won’t be skipping the country.”
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Shell Gets Nigerian Deadline for $1.5 Bln Damages

By REUTERS
Published: May 20, 2006
Filed at 1:28 p.m. ET
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LAGOS (Reuters) – A Nigerian court has given Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) a Monday deadline to pay $1.5 billion in damages for pollution in the oil-producing state of Bayelsa, the energy giant said on Saturday.
Shell said it had appealed against the order by Justice Okechukwu Okeke, who in February upheld a resolution by parliament that the firm should pay the money to ethnic Ijaw communities in Bayelsa in the Niger Delta, which produces all of Nigeria's output of 2.4 million barrels of oil per day. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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| BBC Monitoring Service – United Kingdom; May 20, 2006 |
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Text of report by Kelvin Ebiri entitled “Shell gets Monday deadline to pay Ijaw 1.5bn dollars” published by Nigerian newspaper The Guardian website on 20 May read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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Shell consortium in new Sakhalin pipeline dispute
Nick Mathiason Sunday May 21, 2006 The Observer
Sakhalin Energy, in which oil giant Shell has a controlling stake, is this weekend facing allegations that it is misleading potential funders of the world's second most expensive infrastructure project. The company is apparently claiming to comply with environmental standards despite evidence to the contrary.
A series of documents leaked to The Observer state that independent consultants monitoring the construction of a $20bn gas and oil project on Sakhalin island, off the east coast of Russia, highlight numerous breaches of environmental protocol. But versions of the same reports on the website of Sakhalin Energy, the consortium behind the project, give the consortium a clean bill of health.
The documents centre on how Shell contractors handle the construction of sensitive river crossings in areas where salmon spawn. Sakhalin Energy said: 'The company is committed to best practice and the transparent reporting of our activities. We will investigate any allegations to the contrary.' read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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MMS director scolds industry
Burton blames errant rig anchors for major pipeline damage in Gulf of Mexico; no lives lost, no major pollution from offshore facilities, and sub-sea values held
Ray Tyson
For Petroleum News
U.S. Minerals Management Director Johnnie Burton is clearly unhappy with the damage caused by drilling rigs set adrift in the Gulf of Mexico during last year’s devastating hurricanes. Moreover, the director says MMS is not as prepared as it would like to be going into this year’s hurricane season. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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Chevron to build 55-mile oil pipeline to serve deepwater Tahiti field
Chevron has approved the construction of a 55-mile deepwater oil pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico that would connect the Chevron-operated Tahiti field to the existing Amberjack pipeline for delivery to shore.
Chevron said it also approved expanding the pipeline from a 20-inch diameter to a 24-inch diameter design that can handle 300,000 barrels of oil per day and accommodate additional discoveries in the Walker Ridge and Green Canyon areas. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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Sempra LNG expansion gets lots of interest
Company says potential customers want 2.9 billion cubic feet daily in new supplies from Baja California facility
Allen Baker
For Petroleum News
Sempra’s new LNG terminal under construction near Ensenada, Mexico, has plenty of interest from shippers if the facility is expanded — interest for a staggering 2.9 billion cubic feet of daily capacity, or nearly half the amount California now consumes.
Initial capacity of the Energia Costa Azul plant is a billion cubic feet daily, about a sixth of California’s current demand. That capacity is already pledged to BP and Royal Dutch Shell in long-term contracts. Sempra has a pipeline nearby that could take some of the terminal’s natural gas to the east, and says a substantial portion will go to Mexican customers. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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Nigerian fuel pipeline blast kills up to 200
Increased security, investigation into May 12 gasoline blast in southwest Nigeria; villagers killed were scavenging for fuel
Dulue Mbachu
Associated Press Writer
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo ordered stepped-up protection for pipelines traversing Africa’s oil giant after a gasoline blast killed up to 200 people, but Nigerians said rampant poverty will continue to drive villagers to tap the pipes and pilfer fuel.
Rescue workers had aimed to finish collecting the estimated 150 to 200 dead for burial in mass graves by sundown May 13 but at least 22 charred bodies floated in the tidal mangrove swamps east of the main city of Lagos — many miles from the May 12 blast site at Ilado village. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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Reuters: Shell gets Nigerian deadline for $1.5 bln damages
20 May 2006 15:46:43 GMT
Source: Reuters
LAGOS, May 20 (Reuters) – A Nigerian court has given Royal Dutch Shell a Monday deadline to pay $1.5 billion in damages for pollution in the oil-producing state of Bayelsa, the energy giant said on Saturday.
Shell said it had appealed against the order by Justice Okechukwu Okeke, who in February upheld a resolution by parliament that the firm should pay the money to ethnic Ijaw communities in Bayelsa in the Niger Delta, which produces all of Nigeria's output of 2.4 million barrels of oil per day. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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Sat 20 May 2006
Kenya annuls Shell buyout of BP j-v stake
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya has annulled an agreement by Royal Dutch Shell to buy BP's 50 percent stake in their oil products marketing joint ventures in the east African nation, Shell said on Saturday.
“We were surprised and disappointed,” Mwaura Ngaari, regional external affairs manager of Kenya Shell, told Reuters, confirming the decision.
“We are actually going to appeal.”
Media quoted Finance Minister Amos Kimunya as announcing rejection of the deal in the official government gazette, and suggested the reason was to avoid Shell becoming over-dominant. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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Shell's 'regret' over Corrib is a PR move, warns Owens Wiwa
(The Irish Times Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Nigerian activist Dr Owens Wiwa has said the north Mayo community must make “no compromise” in relation to its opposition to the Corrib gas onshore pipeline.
Dr Wiwa, brother of executed Nigerian writer Ken Saro-Wiwa, also believes Shell E&P Ireland's recent statement of “regret” over its handling of the project was a “public relations” move timed to assuage shareholders before the parent's annual meeting in The Hague earlier this week. “I have seen this pattern many times before,” Dr Wiwa, a Toronto-based medical consultant, told The Irish Times. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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Milberg Dealt Blow as Indictment Fallout Grows
Firm Is Fired as CounselIn Ohio Class-Action Case;Other Challenges Expected
By NATHAN KOPPEL and PETER LATTMANMay 20, 2006; Page A3
Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP suffered a serious setback as a result of its indictment, with the Ohio attorney general firing the powerhouse law firm as counsel in a class-action case.
The New York law firm, indicted Thursday in an alleged conspiracy to pay kickbacks to plaintiffs, had been representing Ohio's public college-savings fund in class-action litigation in a mutual-fund case. In a letter to the firm, Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro, a Republican, said he was taking Milberg off the case because the indictment meant its representation of clients “will be severely compromised.” read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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Oil News Roundup
The WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINEMay 20, 2006
Crude-oil futures tumbled again on the New York Mercantile Exchange, settling at $68.53 after an OPEC minister hinted the oil cartel wouldn't cut production any time soon. Here is today's well of news about oil and energy.
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THE PRICE OF FEAR: Geopolitical tensions have added roughly 20%, or about $15 a barrel, to the price of crude oil, OPEC acting secretary general Mohammed Barkindo told an OPEC-International Energy Agency workshop in Oslo. Mr. Barkindo pointed out that there was “absolutely no supply shortage” of oil and that global inventories were at five-year highs. That means there must be some other explanation for oil prices staying stubbornly near $70 a barrel, Mr. Barkindo said. Some analysts suggest that speculation has helped, but clearly the sticky issues surrounding Iran, Iraq, Venezuela, Nigeria and other oil-producing nations have played a big part. Mr. Barkindo warned it is also getting harder to predict demand, making exploration projects riskier. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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Oil Falls Toward $68 as Metals Slide

By REUTERS
Published: May 19, 2006
Filed at 11:20 a.m. ET
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LONDON (Reuters) – Oil fell by more than a dollar toward $68 a barrel on Friday, close to a five-week low, as renewed concern about rising inflation and slower economic growth prompted selling across commodity markets.
The drop in crude came alongside a slide in prices of industrial and precious metals, which have hit record or near-record highs in the past month. Copper fell over 6 percent and aluminum, zinc and gold also slid. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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| Top class action lawyers to face fraud trial in US |
Bill Condie Evening Standard – London: KRTBN; May 19, 2006
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Class action legal firm Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, which has sued some the biggest US and UK companies, has been indicted on fraud, perjury and bribery, and accused of paying kickbacks to people who served as professional plaintiffs. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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| Gorgon looking good as gas goes global |
| The Australian Financial Review (abstracts); May 19, 2006
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Gorgon stakeholders Chevron Australia, Shell and Exxon Mobil have signed a number of preconstruction sales commitments for their liquefied natural gas venture, due to the changed fundamentals of the global LNG market. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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| Calgary-based oil producer may invest up to $7.4-billion to develop oilsands crude |
| Financial Post – Canada; May 19, 2006
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North American Oil Sands Corp., a closely held Calgary-based company, may spend as much $7.4-billion by 2015 to develop heavy-crude deposits in northern Alberta. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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Nigerian militants win oil drilling licence
By Dino Mahtani in Lagos Published: May 19 2006 17:59 | Last updated: May 19 2006 17:59
Nigeria auctioned 17 new oil drilling licenses on Friday to companies from China, India, Britain and Nigeria, reserving one oil bloc for a company linked to militant activists in the turbulent delta region.
The auction is intended to follow up on a 2005 bidding round in the world’s eighth largest oil exporter that saw many winners default due to funding problems. Nigeria raised about $1.2bn in preliminary signing fees last year, less than half of what was originally promised, and a fraction of what is expected to be invested in the blocks. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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NIGERIA‘Shell must stay out of our oil’ – Nigerian militants
Lagos – Nigerian militants on Thursday warned Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell against resuming operations in areas where it has shut production in the restive Niger Delta region. The warning followed reports that the company plans to resume production within a few weeks.
“They are welcome to test our resolve, but we promise you they will pay a hefty price for their foolishness,” the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), said on Thursday. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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(PRN) Shell Energy to Sell Assets to MXenergy
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HOUSTON, May 19 /PRNewswire/ — Shell Energy Services Company, L.L.C. (Shell Energy) has entered into an agreement to sell substantially all of its assets to MxEnergy Inc. (MXenergy). The sale is expected to close mid-2006 subject to state and federal regulatory approvals.
Shell Energy residential and commercial customers will continue to receive reliable and uninterrupted natural gas supply service during this transition. No action is required from customers in order to transition from Shell Energy to MXenergy, and all contracts will be honored in full. As the closing date approaches, customers will receive a letter providing additional information. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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Kaktovik accuses Shell of insincerity
North Slope community authorizes mayor to defend village from company’s ‘hostile and dangerous’ intentions
Rose Ragsdale
For Petroleum News
The village of Kaktovik has issued a stinging rebuke to Shell Oil, which is planning to conduct seismic work in nearby whaling waters this fall.
In a strongly worded resolution, passed unanimously by Kaktovik’s city council, villagers described Shell Oil as a “hostile” force in the community.
“Until such time as it becomes apparent that Shell Oil wishes to work reasonably and sensibly with the City and people of Kaktovik, the City of Kaktovik, on behalf of our people, has no choice but to treat Shell Oil as a hostile and dangerous force,” the resolution stated in part. read more This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
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