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“Grondige reorganisatie Shell”
Om kosten te besparen zou de nieuwe ceo van Shell 30 procent van de senior managers een gouden handdruk willen geven, zo schrijft Shell-criticus John Donovan op zijn website. Die informatie zegt hij van binnen het bedrijf te hebben.
Snur Shell på hodet
Ifølge royaldutchshellplc.com, som er et uavhengig nettsted for Shell-ansatte, vil mer enn 30 prosent av høyere ledere måtte gå.
Shell rumored to plan restructuring, layoffs
LONDON Royal Dutch Shell will announce a major company restructuring, merging its exploration and production and gas and power units and laying off more than 30 percent of senior management, according to a post on the blog of Shell critic John Donovan Tuesday.
Shell’s incoming chief executive Peter Voser will announce the measures Thursday at a meeting of around 100 top company executives in Berlin, Donovan wrote on the blog royaldutchshellplc.com, citing multiple unnamed people working for Shell.
Cost cutting to top agenda of incoming Shell chief
By Ed Crooks
Published: May 27 2009 03:00 | Last updated: May 27 2009 03:00
Peter Voser, who takes over as chief executive at Royal Dutch Shell on July 1, is not wasting any time in reshaping the company the way he wants it.
After having spent five years as chief financial officer , it would be surprising if he did not have some reasonably well-formed ideas about what he wants to do.
The departure of Linda Cook as head of gas and power presages a more fundamental shake-up at Shell.
Those changes can be expected to include a systematic attack on the company’s costs.
The most informative online source of Royal Dutch Shell news
By John Donovan
This was all the information published by Shell on its official website yesterday concerning the departure of Linda Cook.
26/05/2009 Royal Dutch Shell plc announces directorate change
The Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc announced today that Mrs Linda Cook will resign as Executive Director of the Company on 1st June 2009. She has served the Company for 29 years of which the last 5 years as Executive Director of Gas & Power, Shell Trading, Global Solutions and Technology.
Compare that with the wealth of information and comment published here the same day in the form of articles and Shell Blog postings. We are especially grateful for all the Shell insider contributions which make this site far and away the best online source of honest information and debate about Royal Dutch Shell i.e. free of Shell spin and influence.
Linda Cook, Shell’s top woman executive, resigns
Linda Cook, the head of Shells gas business, resigned abruptly yesterday, the first boardroom casualty at the hands of Peter Voser, the new chief executive of the oil company.
Shell shock as long-timer Cook is first to go in Voser cull
Daily Mail
By SAM FLEMING
Last updated at 11:53 PM on 26th May 2009
Going: Linda Cook will leave Shell after nearly 30 years working for the firm
A management shakeup is looming at oil giant Royal Dutch Shell as anointed chief executive Peter Voser prepares to take the helm.
Shell yesterday announced the sudden departure of gas & power chief Linda Cook, who has been at the company for almost three decades. Cook will step down from the board next week and then leave her post at end of June.
The surprise decision is thought to be a prelude to wide-ranging changes at the top, as Swiss-born Voser succeeds Jeroen van der Veer as chief executive.
U.S. Cracks Down on Corporate Bribes
Among the companies currently under Justice Department review: Sun Microsystems Inc. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC...
Shell’s N.Y. trial over Nigerian deaths delayed
NEW YORK, May 26 (Reuters) - A civil trial over the alleged involvement of giant oil producer Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) in the executions of protesters in Nigeria in the 1990s has been delayed until next week, a court clerk said on Tuesday.
Shell faces legal fight over alleged human rights abuse and pollution
Jeroen van der Veer's tenure as chief executive ends amid outcry over bonuses, environmental record and human rights abuses
Shell showing three into two will go
It is expected that exploration and production and gas and power will be combined into a single division. The merged business is then expected to be split in two, with an American division run by Marvin Odum, now head of Shell Oil, the US subsidiary, and the rest of the world run by Malcolm Brinded, now head of exploration and production.
Shell: the owner of the gas division goes, rumor of reorganization
Linda Cook, boss of the division gas and energy “of Shell, on 2 July 2008 in Madrid
LONDON (AFP) – Shell announced Tuesday that Linda Cook, patroness of the division gas and energy giant Anglo-Dutch oil and candidate in the general direction, leave office on 1 June, a start could be the prelude a major reorganization.
This will precede the start of the new CEO of Shell, the current finance director Peter Voser, scheduled for July 1st. The latter was preferred to Linda Cook and other candidates, including Malcolm Brindred, leader of the division “exploration and production”, to succeed Jeroen van der Veer.
Shell clears way for senior shake-up
By Ed Crooks and John ODoherty
Published: May 26 2009 09:54 | Last updated: May 26 2009 18:53
Royal Dutch Shell cleared the way for a management shake-up under its new chief executive on Tuesday as expectations mounted that Europes biggest oil company will soon unveil a wide-ranging restructuring.
Shell announced the sudden departure of Linda Cook, head of the gas and power division, by mutual agreement.
Linda Cook is stepping down from the board of Royal Dutch Shell
The news came as Shells top 200 managers gathered in Berlin for a two-day meeting, at which the company is expected to announce restructuring plans.
Shell shake-up widely rumoured; E&P and G&P tipped to merge
ft.com/energysource
May 26, 2009 5:06pm
Today weve heard a couple of rumours that the departure of Shells gas and power chief, Linda Cook, came ahead of some major changes to the companys structure.
One of those sources, both of them at Shell, said that the exploration and production unit was likely to merge with the gas and power unit.
Dow Jones also has word from a person familiar with Shells thinking that:
Voser put this restructuring plan to the Shell board, with the aim of making significant costs cuts, some months ago when he was competing to replace current Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer, who retires at the end of June.
Cook’s sudden departure just the start of dramatic changes at Shell
By John Donovan
The following information has been assembled from multiple Shell insider sources.
Funeral in Berlin: Tomorrow a two day meeting commences in Berlin involving the Shell top 100.
A formal farewell to the departing Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer will take place during the first day of the meeting.
The second day has been set aside for his replacement, Peter Voser, to announce his plans said to include:
1. A major cull of senior managers/executives. More than 30% will go, rewarded with golden handshakes.
Former Shell Exec Paddy Briggs comments on Linda Cook departure
By Paddy Briggs
Cook’s departure is ego-driven. She lost out – so she walks away in a huff. But then that’s what you do when the only thing that matters is self-aggrandisement. What charecterises Shell head honchos in recent times is that it is all about self. Power, position, perks and obscenely inflated bonuses and rewards – and to hell with the business or the tradition or the history of this once great company and once respected brand. And to hell with the stakeholders as well. Suppliers, Partners, local communities, employees, pensioners and society at large are the disposable small fry in the selfish and self-centered world of Van Der Veer, Cook, Brinded and the rest.
Shell gas chief exits after losing race for top job
Linda Cook, head of gas and power of Shell, the oil giant, will leave the company after missing out in the race to become chief executive and will forfeit a "loyalty" bonus of £800,000.
Shell’s top gas executive, Linda Cook, resigns ahead of CEO change
Cook, 50, had sometimes been mentioned as a possible successor to Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer, who is retiring July 1. Instead the top job went to Peter Voser, the company’s chief financial officer.
“It’s a mutual decision,” said Shell spokesman Shaun Wiggins of Cook’s departure. He said the company or Cook might elaborate further later but at the moment had nothing to add.Cook was a Shell employee for 29 years, joining the company in Houston when she was 21. She has a degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Kansas.
In a statement, Van der Veer thanked Cook and noted the company’s liquid natural gas capacity has risen by 60 percent since she took her job five years ago. As oil production declined in the same period, Shell’s total production is now almost equally split between gas and oil.
Job should go – but so should the rest of Shell’s motley crew
A year ago I called for the departure of Sir Peter Job as a non-executive director of Shell.
It has taken a full year for the media at large to realise just how unfit this man is to oversee the remuneration of Shell’s top executives. But whilst the buck undoubtedly stops on Job’s well-padded shoulders the remainder of the non-executive directors cannot escape responsibility for the debacle that is shareholders rejection of the remuneration proposals for Shell’s high-priced (very high priced!) help. Let’s name and shame them. Jorma Ollila sits at the top as non-executive Chairman. Why didn’t he call for an end to the excesses of the past and instruct Job to take public opinion in these difficult times into account?
Shell: Gas, Pwr, Renewables Chief Linda Cook To Resign June 1
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Royal Dutch Shell PLC's (RDSB.LN) chief of gas, power and renewable energy Linda Cook has resigned unexpectedly, and will step down as an executive director of the company effective June 1, the company said in a statement Tuesday.
Shell gas boss steps down after losing CEO race
LONDON, May 26 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) said Linda Cook was stepping down as head of the oil group's gas and power division, after she lost out in the race to become Shell's new chief executive.
Breaking News… Linda Cook, Executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell Gas & Power Resigns…
Linda Cook, Executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell Gas & Power
According to a reliable Shell insider source Linda Cook, Executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell Gas & Power, is leaving Shell in just a few days time, on June 1, 2009, for sudden undisclosed reasons.
The following posting was made on our Shell Blog at 8am UK time…
Linda Cook is stepping down. Peace at last, peace at last. Now there is room for talented women instead of token women. Will she return her stay-on bonus? Very curious what bullshit story she will now come up with!
Shell on trial
(Oil giant in the dock over 1995 murder of activist who opposed environmental degradation of Niger Delta)
Royal Dutch Shell will revisit one of the darkest periods of its history tomorrow as a potentially groundbreaking court case opens in New York.
The oil giant stands accused of complicity in the 1995 execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, a Nigerian environmental activist.
The world’s boardrooms are watching the case, which is seen as a test of whether transnational companies owned or operating in the US can be held responsible for human rights abuses committed abroad.
Ken Saro-Wiwa: All the things he predicted have come to pass
Chris Newsom: All the things he predicted have come to pass
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
The execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and his colleagues in 1995 dragged Shell and Nigeria’s leadership into a controversy from which they find it difficult to extricate themselves. Fourteen years on, the actions of both are still seen through the prism of the showdown with the Ogonis. Ogoniland has remained in limbo: no oil has been pumped since 1993, there has been little development, and mediation efforts collapsed without one meeting between Shell and the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People.
Shell and a particularly obscene pay deal
Last week, 59% of Shell's shareholders voted down its directors' pay packages a huge rise from the 15 or 20% that might come out against a particularly obscene pay deal just a couple of years ago.
Shell ‘played role in activist executions’
Daily Telegraph
Royal Dutch Shell is due in court on Wednesday this week to face charges of being complicit in the execution of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa 14 years ago.
By Mike Pflanz, West Africa CorrespondentLast Updated: 9:48PM BST 25 May 2009
Shell has stopped working in Nigeria’s oil-rich Ogoni but still has large operations elsewhere in south-eastern Nigeria Photo: Getty Images
The Anglo-Dutch petrochemicals giant will be accused of asking Nigeria’s military dictatorship to silence Mr Saro-Wiwa and other activists campaigning against ecological damage allegedly brought about by oil extraction.
Mr Saro-Wiwa and eight other campaigners were executed by hanging in November 1995 after being found guilty of what were widely seen as trumped up murder charges.
If found liable, Shell would be forced to pay damages that amount to hundreds of millions of dollars.
Shell revolt heats up
Daily Mail
City & Finance
Monday 25 May 2009 Page 60
SHAREHOLDER activists Co-operative Asset Management and PIRC have turned up the heat on directors of oil giant Royal Dutch Shell, writes Geoff Foster.
They want them to hand back their bonuses and are calling for the head of Sir Peter Job, who chairs the remuneration committee.
It follows the revolt last week, which saw 60pc of investors vote down the company’s generous executive pay policy.
Shell antagonised investors by casually saying it would take the result Into consideration, indicating there would be no climb-down on its recent bonus pay-outs.
The Real Modern Pirates? MNCs Beyond the Rule of Law
The Ogoni Nine were hanged in 1995 after a show "trial" before a special military tribunal, which was based on fabricated charges and testimony from witnesses bribed by Shell.
Shell Blog Posting: The world’s biggest polluters are China, India and America, not Shell
SHELL BLOG POSTING
: Greenpeace & Friends of the Earth describe Shell “as the most polluting oil company”. Does this : (i) take into account that Shell is a larger worldwide operator than most? and (ii) take account that Shell has partners in most ventures? (i.e. is their partners % deducted from Shell’s numbers?). I bet as usual (aka Brent Spar) that Greenpeace have “expanded” their numbers to try and make a point! At the end of the day the biggest polluters by a long long way are China, India and America. What about attacking their policies rather than the usual onslaught at oil companies? – the usual reason perhaps? …… they are easier to get at (e.g. Shell Nigeria vs Nigerian Government). The likes of a left wing dross newspaper such as the Guardian really does write such nonsense. It’s a shame that again you have “expanded” your title to infer that the summit was hijacked by Shell. The Guardian states “polluters” in their title – I think you have again added more spice!! As I’ve said before our recent summers have been cold, wet and generally awful – a little warming up of the weather will be a nice thing. Hope this stirs up some response on this blog which has been rather quiet of late!!!
Shells institutionalised delusion
Another example of Shells institutionalised delusion that they are a player in the debate on the global energy future. At its most venal this was characterised by the dysfunctional and disingenuous corporate advertising of recent times that tried to suggest that Shell really cared about the energy mix and supported the development of renewable sources. Shells inevitable and predictable recent withdrawal from her Renewables business showed what a farce this was.
Shell Is Second In The Climate Greenwash Awards 2009
ASNS News
Monday, 25 May 2009
Shell was announced “second” to a Swedish energy giant – Vattenfall as the winner of the Climate Greenwash Award 2009 (dissemination of misleading information to conceal its abuse of the environment in order to present a positive public image) at a ceremony in Copenhagen on Saturday May 23, on the eve of the World Business Summit on Climate Change.
Some of the key determinants for success of the oil giant is its continued adverts to mislead the public about what it is doing to tackle climate change and its activities in the Niger Delta that have devastated the local environment.
Climate change summit hijacked by world’s biggest polluter Shell, critics claim
Climate change summit hijacked by biggest polluters, critics claim
Shell could help shape post-Kyoto agenda
Majority of attending firms want ‘business as usual’
Terry Macalister, guardian.co.uk, Monday 25 May 2009
A vital meeting in Copenhagen this weekend that will help shape the agenda for the most important climate change talks since the Kyoto protocol has been hijacked by some of the biggest polluters in the world, critics claimed today.
Among those attending the World Business Summit on Climate Change is Shell, which has just been named by environmentalists on the basis of new research as “the most carbon-intensive oil company in the world”.
Backlash from investors over Shell bonuses set to intensify
Shareholders vow to fight on to prevent payouts
Monday, 25 May 2009
Angry investors are demanding that Shell pays back millions of pounds of bonuses set to be awarded to the oil giants most senior executives payments in defiance of a vote at the companys annual meeting last week.
Over the weekend a number of large shareholders vowed that their increasingly militant campaign would continue, and stepped up the pressure by demanding the resignation of the chair of Shells remuneration committee, Sir Peter Job, who has been at the centre of the row over remuneration. Shell chief executive Jeroen van der Veer is on eight-figure remuneration with a £1m bonus on top of his £9m salary.
Investors angry over Shell bonuses
Now reports suggest institutional investors are calling for the head of Sir Peter, who waved through the payments, and for the board directors to return their windfalls.
Shareholders revolt belatedly over excessive executive salaries and bonuses
Last week, oil giant Royal Dutch Shell experienced a humiliating defeat when 60 per cent of voters refused to accept its remuneration report at the annual shareholder meeting.
Mobilisation plan by Shell Corrib gas project protesters
Nearly 4 years ago I published an article predicting a public relations disaster for Shell in Ireland in relation to the Corrib gas project being imposed against the wishes of local people gravely concerned by environmental and safety issues.
I also made the same prediction in an interview on Dublin Radio in August 2005 when I also predicted Shell would use undercover agents to gather intelligence and engage in other sinister activities against the protest group. The latter prediction has also come to pass.
Shell in the dock over Nigerian executions
RADIO NETHERLANDS WORLDWIDE: One of the world's largest oil producers will be called to account this week over human rights abuses in Nigeria. The trial comes fourteen years after the execution of writer and human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa by Nigeria's former military junta.
Angry shareholders ambush the top pay bandwagon
Its managing director, Alan MacDougall, says that if Shell, for instance, fails to put its house in order, ministers will need to "rewrite the corporate governance rulebook" and make majority shareholder votes at annual meetings binding on management.
Shell board told to pay back bonuses
The backlash against executive pay took a dramatic new turn this weekend when shareholder activists demanded that Royal Dutch Shell directors return their bonuses.
They also called for the resignation of Sir Peter Job, the former senior Reuters executive who chairs the energy multinational's remuneration committee.
Battle of the bonuses targets a $100m boss
Jubb last week held Sir Peter Job, head of Shell's remuneration committee, to account over a decision to agree bonuses for top bosses, even though Shell had fallen short of its targets
Wave of pay rows is an urgent wake-up call
Daily Telegraph
By Mark Kleinman
Last Updated: 9:35PM BST 23 May 2009
As if boardroom recruiters werent already finding it difficult enough to land their catches, this years round of investor pay rows looks certain to add another category to the list of City pariahs: the chairmen of remuneration committees.
He may not boast the same notoriety as the Sir Fred Goodwins of this world, but Sir Peter Job, who heads the group that decides directors pay at Shell, knows what it is like to be on the receiving end of a barrage of shareholder criticism all the same.
An Early Start in the Oil Industry
LINDA COOK: Executive director, gas and power, Royal Dutch Shell, the Netherlands
Shell bonus rebels want Job to go
May 24, 2009
Remuneration chairman under fire after bosses cash in despite poor performance
ANGRY investors in Royal Dutch Shell are this weekend calling for the head of Sir Peter Job, the director at the centre of last weeks embarrassing pay revolt at the oil group.
Shareholders think the removal of Job, former chief executive of news group Reuters, should be the first step in the shake-up of a boardroom criticised as being out of touch.
The changes are being demanded after a decision to pay £3.65m in bonuses to executives despite missing performance targets. As head of the remuneration committee, Job waved the payments through.
Shell can be sure of pumping up volume of investor anger
May 23, 2009
Patrick Hosking
Institutional investors have a new bonus quandary to wrestle with: Sir Martin Sorrell’s proposed package of up to $95million is eye-catching for all the wrong reasons.
But first they need to draw a line under the separate pay row at Shell. To recap, the board overrode the formula previously agreed to decide top executive bonuses and exercised their discretion to make an award anyway, even though the management target was missed. Shareholders this week voted 59 per cent against the remuneration report, a resounding vote of no confidence in the board’s remuneration committee.
Big shot: Investors left to wonder whether Sir Peter Job is man for the Job
But Sir Peter blundered into the minefield again as chairman of the remuneration committee at Royal Dutch Shell, which decided that performance targets previously set should be ignored and that some of the money should be paid regardless.
Royal Dutch Shell: Murder and cover-up on the high seas
SHELL, DE HALVE WAARHEID EN DE DOOFPOT…. Shell, half the truth and the cover-up….
By Alfred and John Donovan
In 1974 it was reported that a Shell employee, Leo Rapmund (36), a crewmember on the Shell tanker, ‘Capulonix’, had gone missing, presumed lost overboard.
Over two decades later Rapmund’s family was contacted by a fellow crewmember at the time of the tragedy who wanted to clear his conscience about his knowledge of what really happened. Basically he revealed that Leo Rapmund had been murdered and there were many eyewitnesses to the crime.
The family claim that when they contacted Shell in 1995 with this alarming news, Shell and its lawyers (the most prestigious and expensive law firm in the Netherlands, De Braauw, Blackstone & Westbroek) denied any knowledge or responsibility and treated them in a disgusting and arrogant manner. All responsibility and accountability were rejected. The family was fobbed-off like a bunch of nagging children.
In 2008, the family contacted the acclaimed Dutch investigative crime reporter Peter R. de Vries who has his own Emmy Award winning TV programme. De Vries has been involved in a number of high profile cases including that of Natalee Holloway, the American student who mysteriously disappeared in 2005 while on a high school graduation trip to the Caribbean Island of Aruba.
De Vries approached Shell HQ in The Hague on 23 February 2009 and spoke with a senior Shell Public Relations official, Herman Kievits. His response was described as arrogant, at arms length and mainly on the lines that ‘we know nothing’. The same holds true for the lawyers.
On 26 April 2009 Peter R. de Vries presented the case in his TV programme. Afterwards a number of viewers contacted Shell and expressed disgust at these cover-ups by the oil company.
The viewers who reacted towards Shell, all received a rather clumsy standard reaction with many half-truths. The facts however are totally different and in his unique manner Peter R. de Vries dissects all the nonsense by Shell and provides substantial evidence on what really happened. He tracked down a dozen witnesses of the murder. They all confirmed that Leo Rapmund had been in a fight on board and was shoved overboard. He managed to just hang on to the railing but his assailant had kicked his hands so long that he had to let go and disappeared forever in the waves. This act was unanimously described as ‘murder’. The witnesses were greatly surprised that they never have been formally heard nor summoned in a court case.
De Vries also makes mincemeat of all the statements by Shell and detailed evidence is provided on his website. He exposes Shell as a bunch of liars. In the end Shell even had to admit in a letter to him that they ‘did not know’ what happened to the assailant and why he had not been charged. Shell even did not know whether the man had been fired or not. That in itself is strange: on a tanker of Shell a Shell employee is literally kicked overboard by another Shell employee, but Shell subsequently never informs how all this has been handled in a legal matter.
UNFIT FOR PURPOSE?: RICHARD WISEMAN, CHIEF ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE OFFICER, ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC
Below is an article supplied to Shell in advance of publication. The relevant email correspondence with Richard Wiseman, the Shell official who is the subject of the article is printed immediately below it. It contains his comments and our response.
By Alfred and John Donovan
This is the first in a series of articles in which we provide overwhelming evidence why Richard Wiseman (above) is an unfit person to be the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer of Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
From Shell’s standpoint, we are sure Wiseman did a good job as General Counsel and later as Legal Director of Shell UK. We understand from our sources that he is generally liked and respected by colleagues. He is loyal to the company and Shell executive directors. We acknowledge that Mr Wiseman has many admirable qualities.
Hearing chairman ‘ignored’ key question
THE CHAIRMAN of an An Bord Pleanála hearing was yesterday accused of obfuscation and failing to answer questions about issues relating to its jurisdiction over ongoing works by Shell at the landfall site of the Corrib gas project at Glengad.
Protester leaves Corrib hearing
Edward Moran was the third local resident to leave the Belmullet hearing after telling the board that Shell had commenced work on the onshore section at Glengad, which was above the high water mark, encroaching on the boards jurisdiction.
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SHELL’S ROLE IN NIGERIAN OPL 245 BRIBERY SCANDAL
Whatever fig leaves they might be trying to use to hide the truth, Shell and Eni paid over $1bn to a company called Malabu for the OPL 245 licence. Even though the payment was channelled through the Nigerian government, it was clear that Shell knew that the ultimate beneficiary was Dan Etete, the former minister of petroleum. Etete is the owner of Malabu, to whom he awarded the licence when he was Nigerian Minister of Petroleum.
The Economist: Safe sex in Nigeria: (Court documents shed light on the manoeuvrings of Shell and ENI to win a huge Nigerian oil block): 15 June 2013
Malabu Oil Deal: I Only Got $1.1 billion bribe from Shell and Eni: 15 June 2013
Reuters: UK police probing Shell, ENI Nigerian oil block deal: 24 July 2013
The Scandal of Nigerian Oil Block OPL 245: 25 Nov 2013
SIGNED STATEMENT OF TRUTH: 10 Dec 2013
JUDICIAL REVIEW APPLICATION: DATED 10 Dec 2013
Nigerian lawmakers recommend revoking Shell, Eni OPL 245 oil block licence: 20 Feb 2014
Royal Dutch Shell Implicated in Nigerian OPL 245 Corruption Scandal: 11 Sept 2014
$190m frozen in UK and Switzerland in OPL 245 bribery case as ENI CEO is named as suspect: 11 Sept 2014
Safe Sex and Corruption in Nigeria - OPL 245: 18 Sept 2014
Eni payments 'used to bribe Nigeria officials': 2 Oct 2014
UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) documents released covering meetings between FCO and Shell regarding OPL 245 oil field : 2 Oct 2014
APC questions Jonathan over Malabu Oil $550mn bribery scandal: 12 Oct 2014
OPL 245 Deal:Lawyers jostle to represent Malabu: 28 Oct 2014
Secrecy order lifted on legal challenge to corrupt Nigerian oil deal (OPL 245): 7 Nov 2014
Shell knew of fraud and moneylaundering activities during purchase of an oilfield in Nigeria: 30 Jan 2015
Nigeria: Malabu - Court Fixes Application to Halt Suit for March 12: 6 Feb 2015
Related article by Business Insider UK: The extraordinary story of Nigeria's $20 billion oil money 'leakage' 6 Feb 2015
Nigeria: ENI Misled Shareholders Over Nigeria Corruption Scandal – – Global Witness: 1 JUNE 2015
EFCC quizzes former minister, Etete, over alleged oil deal: 29 JUNE 2015
Nigerian Probes Uncover $12bn Oil Fraud: 10 NOV 2015
COURT REFUSES TO UNFREEZE FUNDS FROM “SMASH AND GRAB” RAID ON NIGERIAN OIL BLOCK: 15 DEC 2015
$1.1bn Malabu Scam: Leaked emails show Shell, Eni, Jonathan’s aides conspired to divert money to Etete: 19 Dec 2015
Shell, Eni in fresh trouble as Nigeria begins moves to withdraw OPL 245 from Malabu, Dan Etete: 25 JAN 2015
Shell, Eni In Fresh Trouble As Nigeria Begins Moves To Withdraw OPL 245: 26 JAN 2016/a>
9 Billion Barrels of Crude At Risk In Massive Nigerian Oil Shakeup: 28 JAN 2016
Nigerian President Steps Up Fight Against Corruption: 28 JAN 2016
Premuim Times: Turf War Over $1.3 Billion OPL 245 Shell/Eni Malabu Scam: 8 FEB 2016
Face-off over Malabu Shell/Eni oil bloc scam: 15 FEB 2016
Reuters Article: Shell says Dutch investigators visit Shell HQ in Nigeria oil probe: 30 March 2016
Reuters Article: Italian prosecutors probe Shell over Nigeria oil deal - source: 30 March 2016
Wall Street Journal Article: Shell Meets Investigators About Role in Nigeria Deal: 30 March 2016
Daily Mail Article: Shell dragged into Nigeria oil corruption probe: 30 March 2016
Premium Times Article: Malabu $1.3 billion scandal: Dutch investigators question Shell officials: 30 March 2016
FT Article: Shell headquarters visited by corruption investigators: 30 March 2016
Guardian Newspaper Article: Shell faces corruption probe over $1bn oil deal in Nigeria: 30 March 2016
BBC News Article: Shell Nigeria deal probed in Italy: 31 March 2016
News Article: Which Members of the Royal Dutch Shell Executive Committee Approved the OPL 245 Scam?: 31 March 2016
UPI Article: Shell target of Nigerian corruption probe?: 31 March 2016
New York Times Article: Italy Probes Shell's Role in Purchase of Nigerian Oil Block: 31 March 2016
Sahara Reports Article: $180m Halliburton Probe: EFCC Boss, AGF In U.S.: 1 April 2016
Ecologist: Shell investigated over $1 billion corrupt oil deal: 4 April 2016
Sahara Reports Article: $200 Million Diverted To Italian Accounts In Malabu Scandal, Italian Sources Say: 9 April 2016
THE NATION: Malabu Oil deal: EFCC quizzes SNEPCO boss over $1,092b settlement cash: 20 April 2016
PREMIUM TIMES: $1.1billion Malabu scam: Italian oil giant, ENI, admits wrongdoing: 14 May 2016
News24Nigeria: Former Head of State, ex Senate President named in Malabu oil deal scam: 29 August 2016
Vanguard: Malabu Oil Deal: New facts implicate more Nigerians: 2 September 2016
London Evening Standard: OPL 245: Murky saga of an ex-minister and ‘siphoned-off’ oil millions: 7 September 2016
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: U.S.$1.1 Billion Malabu Oil Deal – Investigations Are Ongoing, Says AGF: 14 October 2016
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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 ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS
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 2014WEBSITE INFORMATION
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John Donovan can be contacted at [email protected]SHELL’S $500,000 WEDDING GIFT TO CORRUPT BRUNEI ROYAL FAMILY
EXTRACT FROM ASIAN JOURNAL ARTICLE IN LIST OF LINKS BELOW: "Fireworks will light up the sky for three nights. The local unit of oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has donated 500,000 Brunei dollars (US$292,400; euro 243,700) for the display, and for cultural events to be hosted by popular performers from Malaysia."
DAILY MAIL ONLINE: In April, Brunei shocked world by introducing harsh sharia penal code: Under the code limbs can be severed for theft and people stoned to death: 8 Jan 2015
THE DAILY BEAST: How the Sultan of Brunei Violated His Sharia Law With Me: 6 May 2014
FOX NEWS: Can Beverly Hills force Sultan of Brunei to sell his hotel chain?: 8 May 2014
FRONTPAGE MAG: Will the Sultan of Brunei Stone his Gay Son to Death?: 6 May 2014
THE NEW YORK POST: The sex-obsessed world of Brunei: (Extract from article: Oil is the source of all wealth, and when Shell began pumping in the 1970s, Brunei soon became known as “the Shellfare state.”:10 May 2014
Corrupt Sultan Of Brunei introduces tough Islamic penal code: 30 April 2014
THE BRUNEI TIMES: Brunei steps up to fight corruption: 9 Dec 2013
BRUDIRECT: Bribery Lands M'sian In Jail For 6 Yrs 4 Mths: 29 Nov 2013
THE BRUNEI TIMES: Man pleads not guilty to bribing BSP staff: 31 May 2012
BUSINESS INSIDER: How The Playboy Prince Of Brunei Blew Through $14.8 Billion: 7 June 2011
DAILY RECORD: Nude statue scandal as brother of Sultan of Brunei sues former lawyers: 11 Nov 2010
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: Prince Jefri Bolkiah, brother of Sultan of Brunei, wants X-rated sex trophies out of court case: 4 Nov 2010
BruDirect.com: Shell Rewards Employees: 17 Feb 2008
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Will the Prince Turn Pauper?: 1 March 2008
THE TELEGRAPH: The £8 billion family feud: 14 May 2006
THE TELEGRAPH: Sultan of Brunei's ex-wife and the £2m con: 12 July 2007
THE TELEGRAPH: Sultan of Brunei marries his second, second wife: (WITH FIREWORKS SPONSORED BY AN OIL COMPANY): May 2005
REPORT OF DAVIS POLK & WARDELL TO SHELL AUDIT COMMITTEE: Highly Confidential Shell Internal Document shows Shell Brunei was involved in the Shell Reserves Scandal: (PDF so takes a while to download: 31 March 2004
BRUNEI-ONLINE.COM: Brunei Shell contributes $500,000 for royal wedding ceremonies: 6 Aug 2004
REPORT PUBLISHED BY UK FINANCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY: Confirms Shell Brunei involvement in Shell Reserves Fraud: (PDF so takes a few moments to load): 24 Aug 2004
ASIAN JOURNAL: Brunei sultan sends Lear jet to fetch Arroyo: 9 Sept 2004
THE INDEPENDENT: The $5m royal wedding: 10 Sept 2004
BLOOMBERG: Brothers Grim: The Scandal In Brunei: 9 Aug 1998BILL 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
SHELL RESERVES FRAUD
SIR PHILIP WATTS, THE GROUP CHAIRMAN OF ROYAL DUTCH SHELL GROUP, FORCED TO RESIGN IN 2004
Shell’s reputation was destroyed in 2004 after FIVE consecutive cuts to its hydrocarbon reserves covering 55% of its total reserves. US and UK financial regulators imposed $150 million in fines on Shell for securities fraud. Shell was also rocked by class action lawsuits.
Sir Philip Watts and Walter van de Vijver (whose headcut images appear courtesy of The Wall Street Journal) were among the Shell executives forced to resign. More details at the foot of this column.
MORE DETAILS:
The Shell reserves scandal brought about the end of the Royal Dutch Shell Group in its original form as an Anglo-Dutch partnership. Shell Transport & Trading Co and Royal Dutch Petroleum were unified into a single Dutch owned company - Royal Dutch Shell Plc. Sir Philip turned to religion and is now a very wealthy priest after receiving a payoff/pension package from Shell reportedly worth $18.5 million. Walter van de Vijver in contrast was the victim of a sadistic sacking by his Shell senior management backstabbing colleagues.
Daily Telegraph: Shell drops ‘bombshell’ on reserves: 9 January 2004
The Times: How Shell blew a hole in a 100-year reputation: 10 January 2004
The West Australian: Investors howl for Shell’s blood: 12 January 2004
London Evening Standard: Shell bosses lied to the City: 19 April 2004
Houston Chronicle:‘Sick and tired about lying’ at Shell: 19 April 2004
Bloomberg: Shell Loses AAA Credit Rating: 19 April 2004
BBC News: Shell bosses ‘fooled the market’: 19 April 2004
The Guardian: Trail of emails reveals depths of deceit at the heart of Shell: 20 April 2004
The Guardian: Shell admits it misled investors: 20 April 2004
The Independent: Lies, cover-ups, fat cats and an oil giant in crisis: 20 April 2004
The Scotsman: Shell implodes as emails provide damning evidence: 20 April 2004
The Times: Deceitful Shell ‘needs ten years’ to rebuild exploration business: 20 April 2004
Financial Times: Observer Column: Shell-shocked: Corporate slogans consigned to the dustbin of history no. 94: “You can be sure of Shell.”: 20 April 2004
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Dutch/Shell Group exec was ‘sick and tired’ of lying: 20 April 2004
Daily Telegraph: Memos expose Shell’s years of lying: 20 April 2004
The Scotsman: Shell’s reputation left in tatters: 21 April 2004
TheStarOnline: Shell report exposes lies, CFO sacked: 21 April 2004
Daily Telegraph: Shell suffers second cut to credit rating: 21 April 2004
Daily Telegraph: Sacked Shell boss ‘escorted from HQ’: 22 April 2004
The Times:A very British kind of scandal: why Shell is no Enron: 23 April 2004
Daily Telegraph: Shell’s lies over reserves spark FSA investigation: 24 April 2004
The Mail On Sunday: Shell's top bosses named in £8 billion lawsuit after being spared the sack: 25 April 2004
Daily Mail: Shell attacked from all sides: 26 April 2004
Daily Telegraph: Shell gives Watts a £1m golden farewell 23 May 2004
Daily Telegraph: Shell slices still more off proven reserves: 25 May 2004
Daily Telegraph: Watts’ pension pot tops £10m: 28 May 2004
London Evening Standard: Shell ‘has lied for 10 years’: 26 June 2004
Shell Closes Book on 2004 Reserves Scandal as Claims Deadline Passes: 5 November 2010
MONTAGE OF MEDIA COVERAGE
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
ARTICLE: SEX, DRUGS & CORRUPTION SPONSORED BY SHELL
OVER 500 EXTERNAL PUBLICATIONS CITING OUR SHELL WEBSITES
See our link list of over 500 articles by the FT, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg, Forbes, Dow Jones Newswires, New York Times, CNBC etc, plus UK House of Commons Select Committee Hansard records, information on U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission website etc. all containing references to our Shell focussed websites, or our website founders Alfred and John Donovan. Includes TV documentary features in English and German, newspaper and magazine articles, radio interviews, newsletters etc. Plus academic papers, Stratfor intelligence reports and UK, U.S. and Australian state/parliamentary publications, also citing our Shell websites. Click on this link to see the entire list, all in date order with a link to an index of over 100 books also containing references to our websites and/or our activities.
John Donovan, the website owner
A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.-
MADE REDUNDANT AND ROBBED OF TAX BREAKS BY SHELL
CNBC/REUTERS: UPDATE 1-Shell takes sacked UK workers overseas service tax breaks: 7 JULY 2016
DAILY MAIL ONLINE/REUTERS: Shell takes sacked UK workers overseas service tax breaks: 8 JULY 2016
ENERGYVOICE: Shell depriving ex-workers of tax breaks on redundancy pay – report: 8 JULY 2016
RoyalDutchShellPlc.com: Greedy Shell Takes Redundant Employees Tax Breaks: 8 JULY 2016
RoyalDutchShellPlc.com: SHELL TAX THEFT: 5 AUGUST 2016JOHN DONOVAN, THE OWNER OF THIS AND SEVERAL OTHER SHELL FOCUSSED WEBSITES
SHELL PRELUDE TO DISASTER
The links below are to a series of articles, many triggered by a well-placed whistleblower directly involved in the pioneering Royal Dutch Shell Prelude project. Includes articles by Mr Bill Campbell above, the retired distinguished HSE Group Auditor of Shell International and another retired Shell guru with a track record of spotting potential pitfalls in major Shell projects.
ARTICLE: Voser wisely abandons an unstable ship: 28 December 2013
ARTICLE: Royal Dutch Shell Prelude to disaster?: 10 Jan 2014
ARTICLE: Shell Prelude FLNG: loss of containment of hydrocarbons almost inevitable: 21 Feb 2014
ARTICLE: What should frighten stiff Royal Dutch Shell shareholders: 15 March 2014
ARTICLE: Tales of the Unexpected and Royal Dutch Shell Prelude FLNG: 28 March 2014
ARTICLE: Prelude FLNG: A case of all your eggs in the one basket: 10 July 2014
ARTICLE: Prelude FLNG risks are on par with modern offshore oil and gas facilities say Shell – but are they?: 23 Sept 2014
ARTICLE: Royal Dutch Shell Prelude Project ‘A Step Too Far’: 25 Sept 2014
ARTICLE: SpaceShip Two: Shell Prelude another pioneering venture fraught with risk: 2 November 2014
ARTICLE: WA turns spotlight on FLNG safety: 11 November 2014
ARTICLE: Prelude a giant production and processing barge masquerading as a ship: 11 November 2014
ARTICLE: Sunday Times Article: Prelude a potential white elephant: 11 November 2014
ARTICLE: Damning Verdict on Shell's Prelude FLNG Propaganda: 12 November 2014
ARTICLE: Combustible pioneering behemoths - the Hindenburg and Shell Prelude: 21 November 2014
ARTICLE: Key role of Shell lawyers in pioneering Shell Prelude FLNG: 05 December 2014
ARTICLE: The Future of Natural Gas: LNG vs. FLNG: 26 Feb 2015
ARTICLE: The Sydney Morning Herald: WA inquiry shines spotlight on floating LNG safety fears: 8 May 2015
ARTICLE: THE WEST AUSTRALIAN: Delays slow Prelude's sail-away: 11 April 2016
ARTICLE: THE WEST AUSTRALIAN: Gas industry needs to work harder, innovate: Shell boss: 12 April 2016
ARTICLE: ENERGY VOICE: GE starts production on Shell’s Prelude risers, must withstand a 1-in-10,000-year cyclonic event: 11 April 2016
ARTICLE: THE AUSTRALIAN: Shell chief Ben van Beurden backs FLNG program:13 April 2016
ARTICLE: THE WEST AUSTRALIAN: Enthusiasm cools for Prelude FLNG: 13 April 2016
ARTICLE: BY JOHN DONOVAN: Musings about the OPL 245 Shell/ENI corruption scandal and the sinking confidence in Prelude: 13 April 2016
ARTICLE: BY BILL CAMPBELL: Project Prelude – A case study in the generation of real material debt: 17 April 2016/a>
Hazardex: Shell Australia’s giant Prelude floating LNG project likely to come on stream in 2017: 20 Sept 2016SHELL/EXXON INDUCED DUTCH EARTHQUAKES
DutchNews.nl: Gas group NAM says more serious earthquakes will hit Groningen: 1 October 2014
EnergyVoice.com: Quakes force Dutch lawmakers to cut gas production: 11 March 2015
Bloomberg: Dutch Quakes Toss Wrench Into Gears of Europe Gas Market: 10 March 2015
Devastating report of a scary scenario: 07 March 2015
Dutch government says sorry for quakes caused by Groningen gas field: 02 March 2015
Reuters: Bells toll for Europe's largest gas field: 02 March 2015
Groningen Gas Field Shock: Risk of earthquakes at 4.6 on the Richter scale: 24 Feb 2015
Shell and Exxon ignored seismic dangers at Groningen Gas Field: 18 Feb 2015
REUTERS ARTICLE: Dutch Court hears challenge over Groningen gas production: 1 April 2015
BLOOMBERG: Dutch Court to Rule on Gas Output From Europe’s Biggest Field: 13 April 2015
BLOOMBERG: Dutch court limits fracking on earthquake fears: 14 April 2015
REUTERS ARTICLE: Exxon-Shell gas venture may have to adjust Groningen output after court ruling: 15 April 2015
Shell/Exxon Induced Earthquakes undermine Dutch Gov Revenues: 16 April 2015
A Halt to Groningen Production Could Significantly Impact on Shell’s Remaining Reserves: 17 April 2015
REUTERS ARTICLE: Reinforcing homes in Dutch gas extraction quake zone estimated at 30 bln euros: 20 April 2015
NEW YORK TIMES/REUTERS ARTICLE: Dutch Court Says Gas Producer Must Compensate Homeowners in Quake Zone: 2 Sept 2015
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Shell, Exxon Ordered to Pay Groningen Earthquake Compensation: 2 Sept 2015
BLOOMBERG.COM: Riled Locals Fight Output From Europe’s Largest Gas Field: 10 Sept 2015
REUTERS: Groningen gas production challenged in Dutch court: 10 Sept 2015
THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER: Shell and Exxon’s €5bn problem: gas drilling that sets off earthquakes and wrecks homes: 10 October 2015
THE NEW YORK TIMES: New Concern Over Quakes in Oklahoma Near a Hub of U.S. Oil: 15 October 2015
Enid News & Eagle: Oklahoma world's No. 1 earthquake area: 11 Nov 2015
BLOOMBERG.COM: Dutch Court to Rule on Gas Output From Europe's Biggest Field: 18 Nov 2015
BLOOMBERG: Exxon's Dutch Gas Gag: 18 Nov 2015
Reuters: Safety risks prompt Dutch court to order cuts at Groningen gas field: 18 Nov 2015
Jurist: Dutch court orders more cuts in gas production: 19 Nov 2015
The Sunday Times: Gas Field quakes hit Dutch dykes: 22 Nov 2015
NAM, the Dutch Gas joint venture by Shell and Exxon investigate impact of earthquakes triggered by Groningen Gas Field activity: 18 February 2016
NL TIMES: SHELL ACCUSED OF BLACKMAILING GRONINGEN ON EARTHQUAKE SAFETY, REPAIRS: 25 April 2016
DutchNews.nl : Shell and Exxon secured 'secret deal' on Groningen gas production: 13 May 2016
Reuters: Dutch agency calls for further cut in Groningen gas production: 22 June 2016
Bloomberg: Dutch Winter Gas Rises to Six-Month High Before Output Decision: 22 June 2016
Reuters: Dutch government lowers Groningen gas output cap: 24 June 2016
NL TIMES: SHELL CEO: REINVEST NATURAL GAS REVENUES IN RENEWABLE ENERGY: 1 SEPT 2016
DutchNews.nl: Shell and ExxonMobil apologise for Groningen earthquake problems: 8 SEPT 2016
Reuters: Dutch see demand for Groningen gas down sharply from 2020: 13 SEPT 2016
Seeking Alpha: Groningen gas demand seen falling sharply: 13 SEPT 2016/a>
MailOnline/Reuters: Dutch government confirms cut in Groningen gas output: 23 Sept 2016
Dutch groups demand tighter curbs on Groningen gas production: 17 Nov 2016ROYAL DUTCH SHELL TAX AVOIDANCE
SHELL DEFECTIVE WONDER FUELS
SHELL’S EVIL ROLE IN THE “JUDICIAL MURDER” OF KEN SARO-WIWA
SHELL “SCREW-UP” IN THE ARCTIC – $7BN DOWN THE DRAIN
ARTICLE: US Interior Sec: We won’t let Shell screw up Arctic drilling: 18 March 2013
ARTICLE: David Lawrence, Shell Exec VP responsible for Arctic Exploration Fired?: 21 March 2013
ARTICLE: ROYAL DUTCH SHELL SCREW UP IN THE ARCTIC: 7 April 2013
ARTICLE: Shell says Kulluk left Dutch Harbor to avoid taxes: 25 May 2013
ALSO SEE THIS RELATED BRILLIANT NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE: The Wreck of the Kulluk
ARTICLE: BP fights to halt 'bogus' gulf claims: 7 July 2013
ARTICLE: Shell dicing with disaster in US Arctic waters: 18 December 2013
ARTICLE: Financial calamity could engulf Shell in event of an Arctic Disaster: 18 April 2014
ARTICLE: Arctic Drilling: a spectacular failure of good judgment by Shell: 10 October 2014
ARTICLE: Ann Pickard, Shell VP for Arctic drilling, is not a safe pair of hands: 24 May 2015
ARTICLE: Feds rap Shell for poor planning in botched tow of 2012 Arctic drilling rig: 28 May 2015
ARTICLE: Arctic blowout clean-up costs could exceed Shell’s financial resources: 29 May 2015
ARTICLE: Former Shell worker says rush to prepare for Arctic drilling resulted in unsafe conditions: 19 June 2015
ARTICLE: Shell returns to Unalaska with first of 27 strong fleet arriving: 19 June 2015
ARTICLE: Shell's blowout response tests hailed a success: 20 June 2015
REUTERS ARTICLE: Shell pulls the plug on Arctic exploration: 28 Sept 2015
BBC NEWS ARTICLE: Shell has made a costly call to abandon Alaska: 28 Sept 2015
BLOOMBERG.COM ARTICLE: Why Shell Quit Drilling in the Arctic: 28 Sept 2015
FT ARTICLE: Shell's Arctic defeat ends dream of new frontier: 28 Sept 2015
TELEGRAPH ARTICLE: Emma Thompson joins Greenpeace to celebrate Shell scrapping Arctic drilling: 28 Sept 2015
THE ECONOMIST: A rig too far: 3 Oct 2015
ABC News: Shell boss confronts environmental, carbon challenges: 3 Oct 2015NAZI NAMED SHIP HIRED BY SHELL
The campaign waged on this website by John Donovan to persuade Edward Heerema to rename the worlds biggest ship, The Pieter Schelte - which he named after his late father, Pieter Schelte Heerema, a former Officer in the German Waffen-SS - has been successful. On Friday 6 February 2015, Allseas announced that it was changing the ships name, and on 9 February announced the new name - Pioneering Spirit.
FORBES MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Big Oil's $3 Billion Homage To A Nazi War Criminal: 20 Dec 2014
JOHN DONOVAN PETITION ON CHANGE.ORG: Out of respect to the victims of Nazi war crimes, please change the name of your gigantic new ship, the Pieter Schelte, named after your father, a former officer in the murderous Waffen SS and diehard member of the Nazi party: 22 December 2014
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC .com: Lloyd’s Register PR Fanfair Saluting Nazi named mega-ship The Pieter Schelte: 22 Jan 2015
THE JEWISH CHRONICLE: World's biggest ship named after Nazi: 22 Jan 2015
JEWISH BUSINESS NEWS : Jewish Groups Outraged At Launching Of World's Largest Crane Ship Named After SS Officer: 24 Jan 2015
DUTCH FINANCIAL TIMES: Criticism swells of Heerema’s ‘bad name’ heavy lift: 25 Jan 2015
GUARDIAN ONLINE: Jewish outrage as ship named after SS war criminal arrives in Europe: 25 Jan 2015
THE OBSERVER NEWSPAPER: Jewish outrage as world's largest ship, named after SS war criminal, arrives in Europe: 25 Jan 2015
PDF OF OBSERVER ARTICLE DATED SUNDAY 25 Jan 2015
THE MAIL ONLINE: Named after SS Nazi war criminal: World's largest ship sparks outrage as it arrives in Europe just as 70th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz is marked: 25 Jan 2015
ARTICLE BY DUTCH INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST, TONY BIESEMAAT: Nazi rat lines and Pieter Schelte Heerema: 27 Jan 2015
STV (SCOTTISH TV): Energy giant criticised over ship named after Nazi war criminal: 3 Feb 2015
SCOOP.CO.NZ (NEW ZEALAND): Allseas Group’s Nazi-honouring vessel ‘must be banned': 4 Feb 2015
EQUALTIMES.ORG: GET THE WORLD'S BIGGEST SHIP, NAMED AFTER A NAZI SS OFFICER, OUT OF OUR WATERS: 4 Feb 2015
Nazi named ship a bloodstain on the name of Shell: 5 Feb 2015
Allseas Abandons Ship Name: 6 Feb 2015
Pieter Schelte ship name change to Pioneering Spirit fraught with superstitious pitfalls: 10 Feb 2015
DAILY GAZETTE: Man’s fight to change ship’s Nazi-linked name (Pieter Schelte) succeeds: 11 Feb 2015 2015
Man's fight to change ship's Nazi-linked name succeeds: 12 Feb 2015ROYAL DUTCH SHELL EMPLOYEE DATA BREACH
GLOBAL NEWS COVERAGE: FEBRUARY 2010
MORE INFORMATION: Contact details for over 176,000 employees and contractors of Royal Dutch Shell reached John Donovan and some environmental and human rights groups, ostensibly from disaffected Shell staff calling for a “peaceful corporate revolution” at the company. The database, from Shell’s internal directory, contained names and telephone numbers for all the company’s work force worldwide, including some home numbers. It was supplied with a 170 page covering note, explaining that it was being circulated by “116 concerned employees of Shell dispersed throughout the USA, the UK, and the Netherlands”, to highlight the harm done by the company’s operations in Nigeria. John Donovan brought the leak to the attention of Shell. Tests proved that the data was authentic and he destroyed the database after being informed by Mr. Richard Wiseman, the then Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, that the confidential information if publicly disclosed, could put Shell employees and contractors in real danger.SHELL PROPPED UP APARTHEID
ARTICLE: U.S. unions urge boycott of Shell to fight apartheid: 19 Jan 1986
ARTICLE: Shell, South Africa and Apartheid: 16 Oct 2012
ARTICLE: Shell propped up racist apartheid regime in South Africa: 24 Nov 2012
ARTICLE: The Neptune Strategy:Shell, propped up Apartheid in South Africa: 26 Nov 2012
ARTICLE: Shell accused of benefiting from South African apartheid-era land law: 21 March 2013
ARTICLE: THE CAMPAIGN TO END APARTHEID: 12 Dec 2013
RELEVANT PAGES FROM "A HISTORY OF ROYAL DUTCH SHELL, VOLUME 3, PUBLISHED IN 2007. PREPARED BY SHELL'S PAID HISTORIANS. DEALS WITH SHELL'S SUPPORT FOR APARTHEID
SHELL ROLE IN SAUDI ARABIA/AL YAMAMAH BAE ARMS SCANDAL
SHELL OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT OF THIS WEBSITE
SHELL TOXIC BRANDS
DOMAIN NAME BATTLE
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL INFORMATION
A TV documentary feature about our co-founder John Alfred Donovan, has aired in many countries. A related article was published in 10 languages.
