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June 14th, 2017:

Shell found to be in civil contempt of court orders in relation to Rossport lands

Wednesday, June 14, 2017 – 05:46 pm

The Supreme Court has found Shell E & P Ireland was acting in civil contempt of court orders when it entered nine years ago onto commonage lands at Rossport located on the modified route for the Corrib gas onshore pipeline, writes Ann O’Loughlin.

A three judge Supreme Court yesterday (wed) overturned as “incorrect” a 2010 High Court finding that a November 2007 order of District Judge Mary Devins prohibiting Shell’s entry onto the commonage, except in accordance with the Gas Act 1976, did not prevent Shell entering onto the commonage after acquiring a 1/62nd share of the land. read more

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UK Government pays Shell £112m tax rebate despite oil giant making billions in profits

The UK Government handed Shell a £112m tax rebate last year, despite the oil giant making billions of pounds in profits.

Most of the payment from HM Revenue and Customs is a contribution towards Shell’s costs for decommissioning its North Sea oil and gas fields. It follows a similar payment of £85m in 2016.

The figures highlight how the North Sea has transformed from being a cash cow for the Government over four decades, to being a drain on the nation’s finances, as the remaining oil has become unprofitable to extract. read more

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Supreme Court rules Shell acted in contempt over Corrib land access

 14 June 2017: 19.15pm

The Supreme Court has found Shell E & P Ireland was acting in civil contempt of court orders when, nine years ago, it entered on to commonage lands at Rossport located on the modified route for the Corrib gas onshore pipeline.

A three-judge Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned as “incorrect” a 2010 High Court finding that a November 2007 order of District Judge Mary Devins prohibiting Shell’s entry onto the commonage, except in accordance with the Gas Act 1976, did not prevent Shell entering on to the commonage after acquiring a 1/62nd share of the land. read more

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Company fined €300,000 over death of worker at Corrib gas tunnel

14 June 2017

A GERMAN CIVIL engineering company has been fined €300,000 over the death of a contractor in 2013.

Wayss and Freitag Ingenieurbau AG contractor Lars Wagner, who worked for Herrenknecht AG, was killed on 8 September 2013 at the Mayo project.

He received fatal head injuries when a pipe he was working under collapsed on top of him as a result of an overpressure event in the pipe system.

The accident occurred in the gear chamber of a tunnel boring machine that was constructing the tunnel. Wagner was engaged in maintenance activity at the time of the accident. read more

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Shell Sees Ability to Manage Risk Giving Edge in Offshore Wind

Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s most valuable oil company, expects its expertise in managing risk will make it a market leader in developing the clean-energy industry.

Offshore wind projects are attracting billions of dollars of investment and will become “the energy backbone” for European countries from Germany to the U.K., said Mark Gainsborough, Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s head of new energies. 

Oil companies have a natural advantage in that business, since they have spent decades learning how to manage financial, political and project-development risks, he said. That gives them an edge over renewable energy developers, who prefer to pin down long-term power-purchase agreements or government support before moving forward. As the renewables industry shifts to more subsidy-free projects, it may be the established oil companies that can handle the gambles that come with competing at market prices. read more

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Shell’s report says it has ‘zero tolerance’ on bribery and corruption

Greg Russell: 13 June 2017

OIL giant Shell paid out more than $15 billion last year to the governments of countries where it or its subsidiaries are involved in upstream operations, sometimes known as the exploration and production (E&P) sector.

A report published in The Hague yesterday detailed payments in 31 countries totalling $15,064,478,257 (£11,814,987,258) – down from $21,840,825,287 (£17,132,492,852) in previous years.

It was Shell’s second report under UK Government regulations covering oil and gas, mining and logging of primary forest activities. It lists only payments made by the company and not those made by entities over which it has no control. read more

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Shell got £111m UK Treasury tax credit in 2016

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Shell paid more than $55.6billion (£43.7billion) to governments around the world in 2016, but got a sizeable rebate from the UK Treasury, the oil major revealed today.

The group, which is headquartered in London and the Netherlands, received a tax credit of £111million from the UK government last year primarily as a result of North Sea decommissioning costs.

About £90million worth of UK tax credits were linked to the Brent field and other northern North Sea projects.

Earlier this year, Shell submitted its plans for decommissioning Brent, a process expected to take about a decade.

In May, the Brent Delta topside was delivered to Able UK’s yard in Hartlepool for scrapping. read more

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Shell gets $142m tax refund in UK as decommissioning bills mount

MARK WILLIAMSON: 14 June 2017

ROYAL Dutch Shell has revealed that it was refunded $142.5 million tax in the UK last year, in a development that highlights the scale of the bills the government will face as North Sea fields run dry.

Around $116m of the refund appears to be due to the relief provided to Shell for the costs of decommissioning work completed on the giant Brent field north east of Shetland.

The first of four platforms used on the field was shipped to Hartlepool on a giant vessel earlier this month in a move that marked the end of an era. Brent became one of the first North Sea fields to go into production in 1976. read more

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Gov. Tom Wolf tours Shell cracker plant site, impressed by speed and scale of work

POTTER TWP. — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is impressed by the speed and scale of the work being undertaken by the workforce building Shell Chemicals’ $6 billion ethane cracker plant.

Wolf toured the 300-acre Potter Township site Tuesday morning, the first time he’s been back since November. The governor said the site has been transformed since then as thousands of workers prepare the land for construction, which is slated to start later this year.

The governor spent nearly two hours touring different aspects of the site, but said he was most impressed by the quality of the workforce and the fruits of their labor. read more

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