By Tom Bergin
My book, Spills & Spin; The Inside Story of BP, is published today.
The book provides a behind-the-scenes look at the decisions and personalities that have shaped the company over the past 20 years. It charts BP’s rise from industry also-ran in 1990, to industry-leader, under Lord John Browne, by the turn of the century, and the company’s fall from grace since the Texas City blast in 2005. It reveals the truth behind BP’s mega mergers and its (successful) attempt to turn climate change from a mortal threat to a lucrative business opportunity.
It investigates CEO Tony Hayward’s restructuring of the group from 2007-2010 and reveals how decisions made on his watch contributed to the oil spill. The book also lifts the veil on the corporation’s response to the spill, revealing the strategic errors, technical mistakes and infighting between company leaders which hampered the response effort.
Please find below a review from the Daily Telegraph today. The Sunday Times said they planned to review it this weekend and a video of a CNBC interview I just did, about the book, may be available on the CNBC Europe website soon.
BP oil spill: Tom Bergin’s book challenges view that Hayward was hard done by
REUTERS INFORMATION “ABOUT TOM”
“Tom has led our coverage of the oil and gas industry in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for the past six years. During this time, he has worked across four continents, covering all the biggest stories in the industry and interviewing the biggest names in the oil business. Tom, a former oil broker, is an almost weekly contributor on television and radio programmes from U.S. to Australasia. Tom joined Reuters in 2001 and has previously been European Mergers & Acquisitions Correspondent and Senior UK Economics Correspondent. Tom is Irish. He was educated at Clongowes Wood College, University College Dublin and …”
This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, and shellnews.net, are owned by John Donovan. There is also a Wikipedia segment.
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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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
