BLOOMBERG NEWS STORIES FOR ROYAL DUTCH SHELL 12 AUGUST 2008
August 12th, 2008:
Bloomberg Shell News 12 August 2008
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Libya buys Shell subsidiaries in three African nations
State-run Libya Oil Holding on Tuesday announced it had bought subsidiaries of Shell in Sudan, Djibouti and Ethiopia.
U.S. Courts: Shell in deepwater, accused of more IP theft
U.S. Courts: Shell in deepwater, accused of more IP theft
12 August 2008
Trawling the Internet seeking information about Court cases involving Shell, we stumbled across details of current litigation in the U.S. Courts against Shell International for alleged theft of Intellectual Property.
I personally know of several High Court Actions successfully brought against Shell on the same grounds, all by me. All resulted in media coverage.
Is Shell not concerned that it must be losing out from parties no longer willing to disclose ideas to the group because of its reputation as a serial poacher and predator of Intellectual Property?
BP shuts down Georgia pipelines
Energy giant BP says it has shut two of three pipelines that run through Georgia as a precautionary measure
THE TOUCH FUCK ALL” SHELL BRENT BRAVO SCANDAL
Imminent articles by John Donovan relating to Shell
THE TOUCH FUCK ALL” SHELL BRENT BRAVO SCANDAL
Subject to legal action by Royal Dutch Shell Plc and/or the UK Health & Safety Executive, we will at 12 noon UK time on Wednesday 13 August publish a Public Statement by former HSE Shell International Group Auditor, Mr Bill Campbell, relating to the Brent Bravo scandal. We will also publish in its entirety our related correspondence with senior legal officials of Royal Dutch Shell Plc and with an HSE lawyer acting for its Chief Executive, Mr Geoffrey Podger. In his Public Statement, Mr Campbell goes beyond any of his previous comments in making serious allegations against Shell. He also makes serious allegations relating to the HSE.
Gorgon gets the cash flowing
CHEVRON, ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell have agreed to pump more than $1 billion into the Gorgon liquefied natural gas project over the next 12 months in hopes of making a final investment decision on the long-delayed development.
Militants claim pipeline attack
Officials with Nigeria's Joint Task Force, NNPC and Royal Dutch Shell could not confirm the attack, which the militant group said occurred early on Monday morning.
Shell Looks to Expand Pernis Refinery
The Ottawa Citizen
World.Shell Looks to Expand Refinery
Citizen News Services
Published: Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Royal Dutch Shell PLC may build units for cleaner-burning fuels at Pernis, Europe’s biggest oil refinery in the Netherlands. Shell may build a hydro-desulfurization unit, its sixth, and an accompanying sulphur-recovery plant, Shell spokesman Wim van de Wiel said in an interview yesterday, but a final investment decision has not been made. A European Union directive calling for lower sulphur in diesel comes into force in January. Shell said in May it was considering spending $1.6 billion Cdn. on building more pipelines, terminals and blending facilities at Pernis to be able to produce more types of fuels for export for around the world.
UPDATE: Gazprom Neft Offers Chevron, Eni, Shell Asset Swaps
Russia's OAO Gazprom Neft (SIBN.RS) Thursday offered oil majors Chevron Corp. (CVX), Eni SpA (E) and Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) the chance to swap some of their overseas assets for some of Gazprom Neft's Russian production assets.
War Threatens Key Pipeline For Crude Oil
War Threatens Key Pipeline For Crude Oil
By GUY CHAZAN and BENOIT FAUCONAugust 12, 2008; Page A10
The conflict in Georgia is placing grave doubt on the country’s reliability as an energy corridor bringing Caspian crude to global oil markets.
| As fighting between Georgia and Russia escalates, Columbia University Prof. Lincoln Mitchell tells Kelsey Hubbard how the conflict could have larger implications and potentially send energy prices higher. |
Some 1.2 million barrels of oil a day flow through Georgia, 1.4% of global crude supply. Attacks could send shockwaves through the world-wide supply chain. Alarm was triggered over the weekend by reports that Russian planes had bombed near a pipeline, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, or BTC, which brings 850,000 barrels of oil a day from Azerbaijan’s Caspian oilfields through Georgia to the Turkish port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean Sea.
Goldman, others, including Shell, take stakes in Dubai exchange
DME officials declined to identify the Shell company, saying it is part of the Shell group of companies.
Gazprom Neft Proposes Asset Swap With Chevron, Eni, Shell
Russia's OAO Gazprom Neft (SIBN.RS) has proposed to swap assets with a number of international majors, including Chevron Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC the company said Tuesday.
Oil Goes to the Bears
Inside the commodity-trading pits and brokerage houses, the conversation isn't whether prices are pulling back in the near term, but how far and for how long.
The Bear’s market
After corporate warfare, real war.
Dubai exchange sells 20% stake to investors, including Shell
The Dubai Mercantile Exchange yesterday moved to spur interest in its crude oil futures contracts by selling an equity stake of up to 20 per cent to a consortium of financial investors and energy traders, including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and a unit of Shell.
$43 Billion UBS meltdown: Shell CFO Peter Voser is a director of UBS
The latest hit takes the banks total writedowns since the start of the crisis last year to about $43bn.
The Battle for Oil: EUs hope to bypass Russian energy may be a pipe dream
The Battle for Oil: EUs hope to bypass Russian energy may be a pipe dream
By Claire Soares
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Georgia may have no natural resources to speak of, yet it has become a key player for Europe, due to 155 miles of pipeline that snake across its territory.
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline is the only practical route for carrying Caspian oil to Western markets that avoids Russia a treasured asset for the a European Union trying to reduce energy dependence on Moscow.
The BTC, which connects Baku in Azerbaijan, via the Georgian capital Tbilisi with Ceyhan, a port on the south-eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, was once billed as the “pipeline of peace”. Now it finds itself on the fringes of war zone as Russian and Georgia face off.
Goldman heads group taking 20pc Dubai stake
Six financial institutions led by Goldman Sachs and a division of Royal Dutch Shell have taken a 20pc equity stake in the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME).
America to probe Arctic for oil as sea ice melts
With oil at $114 a barrel, after hitting a record $147 in July, and sea ice melting fast, countries like Russia and the US are looking north for possible energy riches.
Shell Launches Interactive Web Site
HOUSTON -- In a effort to promote free Shell fuel giveaways, interactive racing games, and high-performing vehicles, Shell today launched new interactive features on its Web site.
Gazprom Buys LNG due to Sakhalin-2 setback
Deliveries from the Sakhalin-2 project to customers in Japan and South Korea were postponed to early next year from the middle of 2008, Platts said.
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.
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: 
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