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February 26th, 2013:

20 Years Later, Shell Hopes Supreme Court Will Endorse ‘Business As Usual’

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Katie Redford: 25 February 2013

Co-Founder and Director, EarthRights International

Screen Shot 2013-02-26 at 14.29.03Twenty years — almost to the day. Last weekend marked the anniversary of meetings between officials from oil giant Shell that led to alleged human rights abuses at issue in a landmark Supreme Court case known as Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum. The Court, considered by many to be the most corporate-friendly Supreme Court in history, could issue a decision as early as Tuesday as to whether Shell — or any company — can be held legally accountable for torture, extrajudicial execution, and crimes against humanity. Shell’s position is sweeping and bold: Let us make over $30 billion off communities’ and their homelands, but leave us off the hook when these operations lead to gross human rights abuses. read more

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U.S. legal action sought over Shell drillship violations

Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Kip Wadlow said the Justice Department was now in charge of any potential sanctions against Shell or Noble, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Feldis confirmed it was now in the department’s hands.

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Screen Shot 2013-01-31 at 17.38.03By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska | Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:36pm EST

(Reuters) – U.S. federal prosecutors have been asked to take legal action over safety and environmental violations discovered on one of two drillships Royal Dutch Shell used last year in Arctic waters off Alaska, officials said on Monday.

The violations were discovered in November by Coast Guard inspectors on the Noble Discoverer, a drillship contracted from Noble Corp to work on Shell leases in the remote Chukchi Sea off northwestern Alaska. read more

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Repsol Nears LNG Assets Sale to Shell for Up to EUR1.7 Billion -Report

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Dow Jones Newswires: Published February 25, 2013

Spain’s Repsol SA may announce this week the sale of several of its liquefied natural gas assets to Royal Dutch Shell PLC for a total between 1.50 billion euros ($1.98 billion) and EUR1.7 billion, reports Expansion, citing financial sources.

Repsol’s regasification plant in Canada will be excluded from the sale to Shell, as it is operating below its capacity and likely would force Repsol to make provisions on that asset, the paper adds.

Repsol’s other LNG assets are located in Peru, Trinidad and Tobago and Spain. read more

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Has Shell Unlawfully Resumed Oil Operation In Ogoni?

Screen Shot 2013-01-23 at 13.17.19By Ben Ikari, Director, African Cultural and Fundamental Rights Council (AFCRC-USA): 26 February 2013 Last updated at 08:02 CET

Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) may be set for a serious crisis and bloodletting in Ogoni, Nigeria. Information reaching the African Cultural and Fundamental Rights Council (AFCRC-USA) has it that the oil company, which happens to be the foremost in Nigeria for over 50 years, have been using heavily armed soldiers to clear the Ebubu Eleme oilfield in Ogoni. The corporation is also said to be engaging in other activities villagers believe could be oil extraction against the people’s wishes. read more

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