A spokesman for Shell says the company has no plans to retract the press statement.
Alfred Donovan
Shell faces libel threat from Don
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.
Shell: ‘claims will fail’
Despite Shell making the agency an out-of-court settlement of £60,000 over the use-without-consent issue, Alfred Donovan has recently set up a 'Shell Corporate Conscience Pressure Group' to bring attention to what he believes is Shell's misconduct in relation to several promotions the company has run.
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL TRACK RECORD IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS WITH THE DONOVAN’S
At the commencement of the mediation, Shell Legal Director, Richard Wiseman, grandly announced that he had been asked to apologise to us on behalf of Shell UKs board of directors for the way we had been treated.
Donovan issues Shell libel writ
Promotions & Incentive Magazine: Donovan issues Shell libel writ
May 1995
Picture Caption: Shell: stands by statement
Don Marketing founder, Alfred Donovan has issued a High Court writ for libel against Shell UK after it failed to retract a press statement of March 17 of this year (P&I April ’95).
A spokesperson for Shell said, “Shell intends to see matters through in court.”
Don Marketing’s separate legal action over Shell’s Now Showing and Nintendo promotions can now proceed after a Royal Courts of Justice judge ruled that £10,000 would provide adequate security against costs for the discovery stage of the case.
Pressure group to target Shell
Mr Donovan senior said that he felt compelled to set up the pressure group after his son found it necessary to issue High Court writs to Shell.
Marketing Week: Shell faces new threat to Smart card scheme
Shell has been warned by its solicitors not to speak to the press following Donovan's defamation action.
Ethiopian employees accuse Shell of raiding retirement fund
By John Donovan
We recently published news of litigation brought against Shell by a trade union representing 90% of its Ethiopian employees. The article was authored by my father Alfred Donovan. We jointly operate a website described by the Financial Times as being “anti-Shell”: www.royaldutchshellplc.com
In fact our objective is to persuade Shell management to stand by the Shell Statement of General Business Principles pledging among other things, honesty, integrity and transparency in all of its dealings. If Shell senior management did operate on that basis, the reserves fraud and other scandals which have badly damaged the reputation of the oil giant in recent times could never have happened.
Royal Dutch Shell has this morning confirmed the authenticity of a leaked email from David Greer, Deputy CEO of Sakhalin Energy
Tuesday 05 June 2007
By Alfred Donovan
The information below has been supplied to me by a Sakhalin-2 insider. Mr Keith Ruddock, General Counsel of Shell Exploration & Production Shell International B.V. has today confirmed the authenticity of the leaked email. He said “I confirm that the email attached below from Mr Greer does appear to be authentic”.
I had previously made the point to Mr Ruddock that if confirmed to be authentic, which it is, the email supported the credibility of the information supplied from this source. The allegations are very serious.
ShellNews.net: more Sakhalin-2 insider allegations and an astonishing leaked email purportedly from David Greer
By Alfred Donovan
Saturday 02 June 2007
I have recently received further extensive information from the source of the article…
14/05/2007: Are these astonishing allegations about Sakhalin-2 true or false?
Further serious allegations have now been made by the same source.
Some examples: –
1. The deliberate manipulation and fabrication of information supplied to SEIC shareholders i.e. Gazprom, Mitsui and Mitsubishi.
2. The use of coercion against SEIC employees to persuade/force them to agree a timetable for a pipeline completion date of December 2007. The information reveals the importance of the date in question, why it is unlikely to be achieved, and the huge financial potential consequences.
Cybergriping.com
Portal to a variety of creative gripe websites containing invaluable information and sometimes rude commentary about famous people, companies, brands and institutions
This is non-commercial website provided for information purposes only, with multiple links to gripe, sucks and complaint websites: no subscription or other charges and no advertising. So that we remain entirely independent, we do not solicit or accept donations; websites are listed free of charge
A ‘gripe site’ is a type of website devoted to the critique and or mockery of a person, place, corporation or institution. They are also widely known as “sucks”, protest, or complaint sites. The Internet provides a low cost public platform for anyone, even of modest means, to reach a global audience via a “blog” or a “gripe” website. It is the high-tech equivalent of having a soap box at “Speakers Corner” in Hyde Park, London – that long-established bastion of free speech.
WIPO refuses to order transfer of domain names critical of Shell
Legalupload.co.uk: WIPO refuses to order transfer of domain names such as tellshell.org that were critical of Shell
“The WIPO panel found that Shell clearly had rights in the Shell brand in 190 countries and the domain names were confusingly similar to Shell’s brand. However, Donovan had a legitimate interest in the names and had not registered them in bad faith as he was using them to exercise his right to free speech and criticise Shell.”
Posted Friday 21 October 2005
Shell, the multinational petrol business, has failed to persuade the World Intellectual Property Organisation to order the transfer of various Shell domain names to it under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. The Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy provides a quick arbitration procedure for disputes over top level domain names such as ‘.com’ and ‘.org’. WIPO is one of the accredited arbitration bodies that can hear domain name disputes under that procedure.
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL ROBBERS AND RASCALS
FROM OUR AUGUST 2005 SHELL NEWS ARCHIVE
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL ROBBERS AND RASCALS
“…Shell shareholders have to foot the bill for lawyers fees run up in the course of defending fat cat crooks, such as Sir Phillip Watts, the disgraced former Group Chairman of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. Sir Phillip ended up with a $18 million USD pension pot AND with all his ongoing legal fees being paid by Shell shareholders. This was after he had LIED AND COVERED UP THE TRUTH ABOUT SHELL’S RESERVES, AND IN THE PROCESS, DESTROYED SHELL’S REPUTATION”
By Alfred Donovan: Monday 12 Sept 2005
The press is having a field day in devising colourful headlines about the scandal ridden Royal Dutch Shell Group. An article in “The Sunday Times” yesterday had a story under the headline: “Shell move robs UK investors”. It reported on the horrendous tax implications for UK Royal Dutch shareholders resulting from the recent Royal Dutch/Shell unification and the dubious way in which Shell has dealt with the controversy thus far.
Yesterdays “Independent on Sunday” used the term “Clever Rascals” about Shell in a headline relating to the Sakhalin project in Russia and the potential ramifications in respect of the critically endangered western grey whale. For the record, the Encarta Online Dictionary definition of a “rascal” is: “dishonest person: somebody, especially a man, who is dishonest or otherwise unethical”.
CommTech Newsletter: Shell complaints sites keep their domain names
CommTech Newsletter (e-update): Shell complaints sites keep their domain names
“The WIPO panel found unanimously that although the domain names were identical or similar to Shell’s various trade names, Mr Donovan had a prima facie right to the free expression of his criticism, and a legitimate interest in using the domain names for his non-commercial forum”: Friday 9 Sept 2005
A World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) panel has found against Shell in a dispute over ownership of the domain names royaldutchshellgroup.com, royaldutchshellplc.com and tellshell.org.
THE ULTIMATE INTERNET GRIPE SITE
September 4, 2005 (updated Sept 2012)
By Alfred Donovan
The Internet provides a low cost platform for anyone, even of modest means, to reach a global audience. It is the high-tech equivalent of having a soap box at “Speakers Corner” in London’s Hyde Park – that long-established bastion of free speech.
The net gives ordinary mortals the opportunity to publicly criticise the rich and powerful on what are known as “gripe” sites.
Some sites even legally use a dotcom name identical to a target company’s trademark. This is a remarkable development. It is based on a loophole which requires that the gripe site must be non-commercial with no subscriptions and no advertising involved.
Welcome Mr Ollila to Royal Dutch Shell Plc
Welcome Mr Ollila to Royal Dutch Shell Plc
Monday 29 August 2005: 09.50
By Alfred Donovan
Mr Jorma Ollila is the Chairman designate of Royal Dutch Shell Plc. Reportedly a man of the highest repute, Mr Ollila is due to take up his non-executive position in June 2006. He has a reputation as a dynamic and highly successful businessman. It’s a long time since Shell had someone combining all of these qualities. We wish him
well.
(Sketch courtesy of The Wall Street Journal)
An Open Letter to Mr Jorma Ollila
Royal Dutch Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer, Master of Double Dutch
Royal Dutch Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer, Master of Double Dutch
“No optionality that behaviours in Upstream are different from Downstream: We Live Apart Together.”
Saturday 27 August 2005: 11.20 ET
Royal Dutch Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer, Master of Double Dutch
By Alfred Donovan
Have you noticed that Jeroen van der Veer, the new CEO of Royal Dutch Shell Plc has invented a new hybrid form of the English language?
His opening address at the Business Week 2004 meeting of senior Shell managers held in Houston on 26 May 2004, provided an example of the jargon filled language he has developed. This often unintelligible babble could perhaps be the mythical lingo known as double-dutch. Examples were sprinkled throughout his speech, which to be fair, was meant for Shell internal use only. It was leaked almost before he finished speaking.
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL’S TARNISHED ROYAL PREFIX
ShellNews.net: ROYAL DUTCH SHELL’S TARNISHED ROYAL PREFIX
Monday 22 August 2005: 09.15 EDT
By Alfred Donovan
My son John recently received his first letter from Royal Dutch Shell Plc. It proudly displays the royal crown of the Dutch royal family. The oil giant bears the Royal prefix because Royal Dutch has enjoyed a strong link with the Dutch royal family for over a hundred years.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands granted a royal charter to a small oil exploration company founded in 1890 by Jean Kessler, along with Henri Deterding and Hugo Loudon, which evolved into the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company. Queen Wilhelmina was a very shrewd investor and became the wealthiest woman in the world. At one time, the Dutch royals apparently owned as much as 25% of the oil company.
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL EXECUTIVES JET FUELLED ARROGANCE
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL EXECUTIVES JET FUELLED ARROGANCE
Sunday 21 August 2005: 11.10 ET
By Alfred Donovan
A report published in The Sunday Times today, reveals that Shell senior management has bought three Falcon jet aircraft creating a Royal Dutch Shell plc boardroom fleet of 4 luxury executive jets.
The cash to buy the jets is being generated by the one element over which Shell management has no control – record high oil prices and consequential humungous profits. Shell recently announced profits of £5.6 billion for the first half of 2005. In other words, Shell is currently making almost £1 billion GB pounds per month (nearly $2 billion US dollars per month).
NIGERIAN PROTEST SHUTS DOWN RIVERS STATE OIL PRODUCTION
FINANCIAL TIMES: NIGERIAN PROTEST SHUTS DOWN RIVERS STATE OIL PRODUCTION
Published: August 18 2005
Shell yesterday shut down 14,200 barrels of daily oil production in Nigeria after community groups surrounded two of its facilities in Rivers State, in the oil-rich south-east of the country.
Shell normally produces more than 1m barrels of oil a day in Nigeria as part of a joint venture with Eni of Italy, Total of France and the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Shell is Nigeria’s largest oil producer.
The community groups from Rukpokwu, Rivers State, surrounded the Agbada 1 flowstation in the Niger delta, said Shell, shutting down 14,200 barrels of daily production.
Shell loses claim for royaldutchshellplc.com versus 88-year old war veteran
halvorsen.org (Norway): Shell loses claim for royaldutchshellplc.com versus 88-year old war veteran
Read more at Alfred’s spicy RoyalDutchShellPlc.com. Alfred is a hard nut to crack…”
Thursday 18 August 2005
Shell loses claim for royaldutchshellplc.com versus 88-year old war veteran (The Times, possible regreq). The Geneva-based WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre has ruled in favour of Alfred Donovan, who has said that he will not relinquish the site until the company gets rid of all the management he deems responsible for its various recent woes, notably the reserves scandal.
Read more at Alfred’s spicy RoyalDutchShellPlc.com. Alfred is a hard nut to crack, Alfred Donovan had NO legal representation in the SMART trial (nor in the WIPO proceedings). Shell had an army of in-house lawyers and sleazy external lawyers (Kendall Freeman) for the SMART trial, plus undercover agents and unlimited financial resources. The compromise settlement covered up a conspiracy of deliberate deception practised by Shell managers in a tender process for a major contract… SCORE TO DATE: SHELL HAS NOT WON A SINGLE CASE.
THE TIMES: City Diary: Alfred Donovan and Royal Dutch Shell
THE TIMES (UK): City Diary
“AN ATTEMPT by Royal Dutch Shell to claim the website royaldutchshellplc.com from an 88-year-old veteran who uses it to publish material that criticises the oil giant has failed.”
Tuesday August 16, 2005
City Diary
By Dominic Walsh
AN ATTEMPT by Royal Dutch Shell to claim the website royaldutchshellplc.com from an 88-year-old veteran who uses it to publish material that criticises the oil giant has failed.
The Geneva-based WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre has just ruled in favour of Alfred Donovan, who has said that he will not relinquish the site until the company gets rid of all the management he deems responsible for its various recent woes, notably the reserves scandal.
The use of a company name for a news website can be legal
Domaine.blogspot.com: The use of a company name for a news website can be legal
“Here is an interesting decision: For years, Alfred Donovan has published news and reports on the firm Shell.”
By Cedric Manara
August 14, 2005
Here is an interesting decision: For years, Alfred Donovan has published news and reports on the firm Shell.
He has a website, which domain names are royaldutchshellgroup.com, royaldutchshellplc.com and tellshell.org.
In the case brought by Shell Petroleum, the Panel, as it put it, had
to “balance the Respondent’s “fair use” right to express opinions and provide information about the Complainant against the possible confusion of Internet users who reach the Respondent’s website (via any of his domain names) thinking they are accessing a site operated by or on behalf of the Complainant, an impression then dispelled by the disclaimer visible at the top of the first page of the site, which includes a link to the Complainant’s site.”
Shell Abysmal Track Record In Legal Proceedings with Alfred and John Donovan
Royal Dutch Shell Abysmal Track Record In Legal Proceedings with Alfred and John Donovan
Saturday 13 August 2005: 13.15 ET: (Updated 13 August 2012)
By John Donovan
The following is an accurate list of the various proceedings between Shell and the owners of ShellNews.net, Alfred Donovan and John Donovan, commencing just over a decade ago, with the most recent proceedings being decided on a unanimous verdict against Shell International Petroleum Company Limited on 8 August 2005.
1. High Court proceedings brought against Shell in respect of “Shell Make Money” promotion, alleging breach of confidence and breach of contract: Outcome: Settled out of court by Shell for £60,000 ($108,000 US approx)
Donovan Royal Dutch Shell domain name battle
ShellNews.net: ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC DOMAIN NAMES DISPUTE: Designated an “exceptional case” by panel appointed under WIPO auspices
Wednesday 10 August 2005
By John Donovan
A decision is imminent in regards to the proceedings brought by Shell International Petroleum Company Limited against 88 year old ShellNews.net owner, Alfred Donovan, in respect of Shell related domain names:-
www.royaldutchshellplc.com
www.royaldutchshellgroup.com
www.tellshell.org
A three person panel was appointed via the Geneva based World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) with a remit to decide the case by 28th July 2005. In accordance with the WIPO rules, the parties were then to be notified within 3 calendar days of 28 July. When this did not happen, it was evidence that something unusual was afoot.
Latest on US Class Action hearing against Royal Dutch/Shell
ShellNews.net: Shell still under heavy fire in US Courts: Latest on US Class Action hearing against Royal Dutch/Shell
Updated 11am Sunday 24 July 2005
By Alfred Donovan
(new third paragraph: updates information on most recent court hearing)
Civil Action 04431 in the US District Court of New Jersey: The Newark Star-Ledger article (link below) reports on a court hearing on the US Class Action Lawsuit brought against Royal Dutch/Shell and named former and current directors, including former Group Chairman Sir Mark Moody-Stuart; the first CEO of Royal Dutch Shell plc – Jeroen van der Veer, and Shell E & P Executive Director, Malcolm Brinded.
ANOTHER BAD NEWS DAY FOR SHELL
ANOTHER BAD NEWS DAY FOR SHELL
LONDON TIMES ARTICLE IMPLIES THAT SHELL ISSUED A FALSE PROSPECTIVE FOR ITS MERGER: THE INDEPENDENT SAYS THAT SHELL IS “RUDDERLESS”: FT CLAIMS THAT INVESTORS DUMPED THE NEW UNIFIED SHELL SHARES ON THEIR DEBUT DAY AND REVIVES DESIRABLE PROSPECT OF TOTAL/SHELL MEGA-MERGER
Thursday 21 July 2005
By Alfred Donovan
We warned just a few days ago of the huge potential ramifications of the Sakhalin-2 cost overrun debacle. We are pleased to see that the mainstream press has now also picked up on the implications. Our article, first published on Monday 18 July is reprinted below: –
ShellNews.net: THE SHELL SAKHALIN-2 DEBACLE: Credibility concerns over Royal Dutch/Shell Executives, Jeroen van der Veer and Malcolm Brinded following the Salhalin2 $10 billion cost overrun scandal.: “The only thing which has saved the hangover management at Shell is the one element over which they have no influence – the high oil price. In every other respect they are an unmitigated disaster. They should be sent packing.”: Monday 18 July 2005
A new company – Royal Dutch Shell plc is born tomorrow
ShellNews.net: A new company – Royal Dutch Shell plc is born tomorrow – but it will forever have a SECOND-HAND Internet id if Shell wins domain name battle
Tuesday 19 July 2005
The World Intellectual Property Organisation has appointed a panel to rule on the complaint brought against Alfred Donovan in respect of the domain names registered and used by him: royaldutchshellplc.com; royaldutchshellgroup.com and tellshell.org.
Since Shell has never previously expressed any interest in the two latter domain names which have been operational for such a long time that they have just been renewed, it is reasonable to conclude that Shell’s real interest is in the first name. It happens to be the name of the new public company – Royal Dutch Shell plc – which comes into existence tomorrow as a trading company. The latter domain names have undoubtedly been challenged by Shell in an attempt to bolster its claim to royaldutchshellplc.com
THE SHELL SAKHALIN-2 DEBACLE
ShellNews.net: THE SHELL SAKHALIN-2 DEBACLE
Credibility concerns over Royal Dutch/Shell Executives, Jeroen van der Veer and Malcolm Brinded following the Salhalin2 $10 billion cost overrun scandal.: “The only thing which has saved the hangover management at Shell is the one element over which they have no influence – the high oil price. In every other respect they are an unmitigated disaster. They should be sent packing.”
Monday 18 July 2005
By Alfred Donovan
News of the latest Shell shocker – the $10 BILLION capital expenditure overrun in the Sakhalin-2 project in Russia is understandably making headlines around the globe. It is surely the biggest management oversight blunder in corporate history (if we leave the Royal Dutch/Shell reserves scandal to one side).
According to a report published yesterday in Mosnews, Royal Dutch/Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer is claiming that he only learnt about this latest financial disaster last Wednesday and informed Gazprom on Thursday (Read the article). This implies that no Shell director was aware of the £10 BILLION OVERSPEND SURPRISE at the time of the unification AGM’s on 28 June, just 20 days ago! That is simply incredible.
The bad sport who rained on Shell’s unification parade
ShellNews.net: Who is the bad sport raining on Shell’s unification parade? Which veteran Shell shareholder has dampened the biggest Corporate Overhaul in Shell’s history? The answer: Alfred Donovan, the 88 year old Shell AGM party pooper. Why has he embarrassed the hell out of Shell for over decade?
Saturday 25 June 2005
In a recent Wall Street Journal article (“Shell wages legal fight over web domain name”) staff reporter, Chip Cummins, described as a “rare coup”, Alfred Donovan’s registration of the domain name “royaldutchshellplc.com”.
News of Shell’s huge embarrassment on the eve of its unification dual AGM’s in The Hague and London has spread in newspapers and websites around the globe, with coverage in The Wall Street Journal, The London Times, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Gulf-Times in Qatar, plus Reuters, Yahoo! News, MSN Money, etc on the Internet. There has also been coverage in Russia, Germany, and countless news stories in the Netherlands, where the HQ of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company is located. The Reuters story (“Shell shareholders to back unification”) says that Mr Donovan “beat Shell to register the domain name”.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Shell Shareholders to Back Unification
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Shell Shareholders to Back Unification
Another dampener on Shell’s biggest corporate overhaul since the two holding firms tied up in 1907, is a spat over the rights to the web domain “royaldutchshellplc.com.” Disgruntled shareholder Alfred Donovan beat Shell to register the domain name. Shell has sued Donovan for the rights to the domain but while the matter plays out, Donovan uses the site to lambaste Shell management.
Posted Saturday 25 June 2005
By REUTERS
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Royal Dutch/Shell shareholders are expected to vote overwhelmingly in favor of scrapping the oil giant’s century-old dual-listed structure on Tuesday.
Skip to next paragraph Shell hopes the unification of its Dutch and British parent companies will improve management efficiency and accountability, areas on which the firm needs to reassure investors after a damaging reserves overbooking scandal last year.
“It’s what investors have been calling for. Hopefully it will sail through … we hope it’s going to augur a new era,” said Richard Lewis, who manages $8 billion, including Royal Dutch shares, for New Star Asset Management in London.
The Washington Post: Shell shareholders to back unification
Another dampener on Shell’s biggest corporate overhaul since the two holding firms tied up in 1907, is a spat over the rights to the web domain “royaldutchshellplc.com.” Disgruntled shareholder Alfred Donovan beat Shell to register the domain name. Shell has sued Donovan for the rights to the domain but while the matter plays out, Donovan uses the site to lambaste Shell management.
The Washington Post: Shell shareholders to back unification
Friday 24 June 2005
All Reuters News DUBLIN (Reuters) – Royal Dutch/Shell shareholders are expected to vote overwhelmingly in favor of scrapping the oil giant’s century-old dual-listed structure on Tuesday.
Shell hopes the unification of its Dutch and British parent companies will improve management efficiency and accountability, areas on which the firm needs to reassure investors after a damaging reserves overbooking scandal last year.
“It’s what investors have been calling for. Hopefully it will sail through … we hope it’s going to augur a new era,” said Richard Lewis, who manages $8 billion, including Royal Dutch shares, for New Star Asset Management in London.
THE TIMES (City diary): Hostile domain
THE TIMES (City diary): Hostile domain
By Martin Waller
June 21, 2005
ROYAL DUTCH/SHELL is locked in a dispute with an 88-year-old war veteran who saw action in the Burma campaign and now runs a website, http://royaldutchshellgroup.com, that publishes material critical of the oil company.
The roots of the row between Shell and Alfred Donovan go back to the early 1990s and have to do with earlier marketing campaigns. Mr Donovan and his son John say they do not want money for the site, which Shell unaccountably failed to register.
But they will not hand over the rights to the domain name until the company “gets rid of the management” responsible for its various woes, notably last year’s reserves scandal. (I thought they had.) Shell is going to the Geneva-based arbiter of such disputes next month to try to strip the Donovans of the right to the name.
Shell whistleblower, Dr John Huong
ShellNews.net: Shell whistleblower, Dr John Huong, a Shell geologist of almost 30 years standing faces Shell in court today in his action for wrongful dismissal against his former employer
15 June 2005
By Alfred Donovan
Proceedings commenced yesterday, 14 June 2005 in the Industrial Court in Miri, Malaysia, in respect of an action brought by Dr John Huong, a former Shell geologist for almost 30 years. The case went to court after all other avenues of resolving his claim were exhausted. The case continues today.
The Malaysian High Court Injunction obtained by eight companies within the Royal Dutch Shell Group regarding revelations by Dr Huong posted on this website remains in force. Dr Huong’s appeal for the action to be dismissed on grounds that it was brought against him in the wrong legal jurisdiction is pending.
Royal Dutch Shell disputes domain name
BigOil.net: Netherlands/UK: Royal Dutch Shell disputes domain name
Posted 10 June 2005
Shell has called on the World Intellectual Property Organization to rule on the use of the domain name www.royaldutchshellplc.com, which was bought by anti-Shell campaigner Alfred Donovan following the company’s publication of its name once its two parent companies are merged in summer 2005, Royal Dutch Shell PLC.
The website contains negative media articles about Shell. Shell hopes that Donovan will be banned from using the domain name.
Comment by Alfred Donovan: This is not a fair and balanced article. I am not campaigning against Shell but against its hopelessly incompetent senior executives, Jeroen van der Veer and Malcolm Brinded. These gentleman are implicated in the reserves scandal and have turned a blind eye to other serious misconduct at Shell. The libel courts are open to them if they wish to challenge my assertions. My website actually contains positive and negative media articles about Shell. It is not my fault that the negative articles have been far more frequent than the positive ones, mainly because of the reserves scandal.
Far from a fresh start for Shell
ShellNews.net: Royal Dutch Shell plc: Far from a fresh start for Shell
10 June 2005
By Alfred Donovan
The Herald, a Scottish newspaper, published an article today under the headline: “Chastened Shell sets out latest guidelines on oil reserves.”
The following is an extract: “Shell stunned world financial markets in January 2004 when it slashed proven oil and gas reserves, or oil still in the ground, by 20%, the equivalent of 3.9 billion barrels. Further, smaller disclosures followed along with the revelation that the group’s former management had known about the vast overbooking and lied to cover it up.”
Speculation of a Shell/BP Merger?
Speculation of a Shell/BP Merger?
6 June 2005
By Alfred Donovan
According to a report today by AFX, Shell’s chief financial officer Peter Voser, is going to say in an interview tomorrow that planned restructuring should make it easier for the oil company to participate in large-scale mergers.
Mr Voser reportedly will also say that the restructuring will enable the company to use its shares as acquisition currency. Presumably the reverse applies: it would be easier for a predator to launch a takeover of Shell.
Today’s report could tie-in with a story by Clay Harris in the Financial Times (published on April 21 2005) that “Royal Dutch/Shell has put together a team in The Hague with the sole purpose of making plans about how to fight off a hostile takeover.” Shell apparently refused to comment.
Shell launches Litigation against Alfred Donovan
HUGE Embarrassment for Shell on the eve of the dual AGM’s proposing a unified company worth more that $200 billion: ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC: Shell launches Litigation against Alfred Donovan in respect of the domain name royaldutchshellplc.com:
2 June 2005
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Shell has launched proceedings via the World Intellectual Property Organisation in respect of the domain name royaldutchshellplc.com owned and used by me, Alfred Donovan, the owner and operator of this website. For the record, I am a long term shareholder in Shell. Legally this makes me a member and owner of Shell Transport And Trading Co plc.
Shell Wages Legal Fight Over Web Domain Name
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Shell Wages Legal Fight Over Web Domain Name
By CHIP CUMMINS Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL June 2, 2005Later this summer, oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell Group is expected to merge its two parent companies, creating a new corporate entity: Royal Dutch Shell PLC.
But go to www.royaldutchshellplc.com and you will find a crude Web site in garish colors where Alfred Donovan, an 88-year-old British army veteran, posts dozens of media reports and commentary, most of it negative, about Shell and the accounting scandal that plagued it last year. Just after Shell unveiled the name of the new entity last October, Mr. Donovan — who has had frequent legal battles with Shell — snapped up the rights to the Web site.
Shell News Archive Friday 3 December, 2004
Shell News Archive Friday 3 December, 2004
ShellNews.net: Reply letter from 10 Downing Street (SEE LETTER IMMEDIATELY BELOW): Posted on website 3 Dec 04
ShellNews.net: LETTER FROM ALFRED DONOVAN TO PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR REGARDING “CODES OF PRACTICE” GENERALLY AND SHELL’S STATEMENT OF GENERAL BUSINESS PRINCIPLES IN PARTICULAR: “The reserves scandal was of such global magnitude that it has brought about the demise of a great British company, The Shell Transport & Trading Company plc, which, under the recently announced “merger” plan with Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, will cease to exist. The HQ for Royal Dutch Shell plc will be in Holland and the majority of senior management will be Dutch. “Posted 25 Nov 04
Shell News Archive Thursday 25 November, 2004
Shell News Archive Thursday 25 November, 2004
London Evening Standard: BP sells stake in ‘scandal’ gas field: “OIL giant BP has sold its share in a controversial Norwegian gas field, thrown into the spotlight by the reserves scandal at rival Shell, for $1.2bn (£645m.” (ShellNews.net) Posted 25 Nov 04
Yahoo! News: Shell hands over 12 marginal oil fields to Nigerian firms: “Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell Group (LSE: SHEL.L – news – msgs) has formally handed over 12 of its marginal oil fields to 16 Nigerian firms, in an effort to encourage local participation in the oil and gas sectors, company officials said.” (ShellNews.net)
TellShell: Should Shell sue The Independent newspaper for libel?
TellShell: Should Shell sue The Independent newspaper for libel?
By Alfred Donovan
Posted 12 Sept 04
I have no wish to monopolise the TellShell forum, but I really must comment on the news report by The Independent newspaper (11 Sept 04) that Shell gave $500,000 towards the cost of the lavish Royal wedding in Brunei. The report states: “The Asian wing of Royal Dutch Shell allegedly bunged in 500,000 Brunei dollars (about pounds 160,000).” The $500,000 gift has also been reported in other newspapers.
“Bunged” of course implies backhander, sweetener, kickback or bribe. If the news report is erroneous and Shell has not in fact “bunged in $500,000” towards the costs of the Royal marriage, will Shell be suing The Independent for libel?
The unpalatable truth about Shell Management
TELLSHELL: The unpalatable truth about Shell Management
“While the Ogoni people sit on top of oil fields, but remain abysmally poor, Sir Philip Watts sits on an $18 million (US dollar) pension pot. It is in my humble opinion simply obscene and indefensible.”
4 September 04
This message was posted on “TellShell”, the forum for supposed “lively debate” on the website of Shell.com. It was in response to comments posted by “Richard” who stated that “as a bemused onlooker with many years of overseas experience within the Shell Group, I find it hard to accept that Shell management is as corrupt, hypocritical and immoral as you depict, or that the Ogoniland campaigners are all the knights in shining armour that your posts suggest.” He also believes that I have made unfair comparisons between the Statement of General Business Principles and my view of Shell’s actual behaviour. His full comments can be read on TellShell under the topic heading “Our recent performance – what do you think?”.
Shell Chairman responsible for Shell’s descent into cover-up, scandal and shame – Sir Mark Moody-Stuart
The Shell Chairman responsible for Shell’s descent into cover-up, scandal and shame on an epic scale – Sir Mark Moody-Stuart
By Alfred Donovan, 27 August 2004
(This article was written at the kind invitation of Mr Charles Wiwa, the nephew of Ken Saro-Wiwa, for publication in a US newsmagazine circulated to university students. Charles Wiwa is one of the parties in a U.S. Class Action lawsuit being brought against Shell in respect of its misdeeds in Nigeria.)
It is now confirmed by the reports by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission and the UK Financial Services Authority that the deception regarding Shell reserves started during the tenure of Shell Chairman Sir Mark Moody-Stuart. He is identified in many newspaper reports as being implicated in the reserves debacle. As will become obvious when reading this article, the news stories naming Moody-Stuart came as no surprise to me.
The Shell Chairman responsible for Shell’s descent into cover-up and scandal
ShellNews.net: The Shell Chairman responsible for Shell’s descent into cover-up, scandal and shame on an epic scale – Sir Mark Moody-Stuart
By Alfred Donovan, 25 August 2004
(This article was written at the kind invitation of Mr Charles Wiwa, the nephew of Ken Saro-Wiwa, for publication in a US newsmagazine circulated to university students. Charles Wiwa is one of the parties in a U.S. Class Action lawsuit being brought against Shell in respect of its misdeeds in Nigeria.)
It is now confirmed by the reports by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission and the UK Financial Services Authority that the deception regarding Shell reserves started during the tenure of Shell Chairman Sir Mark Moody-Stuart. He is identified in many newspaper reports as being implicated in the reserves debacle. As will become obvious when reading this article, the news stories naming Moody-Stuart come as no surprise to me.
CIVIL ACTION 04431 IN THE US DISTRICT COURT OF NEW JERSEY AGAINST THE ROYAL DUTCH SHELL GROUP
CIVIL ACTION 04431 IN THE US DISTRICT COURT OF NEW JERSEY AGAINST THE ROYAL DUTCH SHELL GROUP AND NAMED FORMER AND CURRENT SHELL DIRECTORS
Alfred Donovan, the owner/publisher of Shell2004.com has been contacted by Mr Steven J Peitler, an investigator from Bernstein Liebhard & Lifshitz LLP, the New York Attorneys acting for the Lead Plaintiff, the Pennsylvania State Pension Fund, in the main US class action lawsuit against the Royal Dutch Shell Group and named current and former directors. The lawsuit is in relation to the oil reserves scandal.
At the request of Mr Peitler documentary information has been supplied to him confirming Shell’s corporate culture over the last decade of deliberately hiding information from Shell shareholders. Further such documents are also being furnished.
sify.com: Ispat to source LNG from GAIL, Shell
sify.com: Ispat to source LNG from GAIL, Shell
Sunday, 08 August , 2004, 09:09
Ispat Industries Ltd is in talks with GAIL(India) Ltd and Shell to source natural gas to run its 1.2-million tonne per annum Dolvi sponge iron plant at full capacity.
The company is negotiating to obtain natural gas supplies of around 2.3 million standard cubic metres per day (mscmpd).
Ispat hopes higher supplies will boost profits significantly as the Dolvi plant has been running 35 per cent below capacity because of gas shortage.
The company’s net profit dipped by 46 per cent in March 2004 to Rs 44.32 crore compared to Rs 82.8 crore last year. This is in spite of a higher turnover of Rs 3,734.3 crore against Rs 3,108.27 crore achieved last year.
AN OPEN LETTER TO ROYAL DUTCH SHELL GROUP CHAIRMAN JEROEN VAN DER VEER
AN OPEN LETTER TO ROYAL DUTCH SHELL GROUP CHAIRMAN JEROEN VAN DER VEER
18/07/2004
Dear Mr Van der Veer
I am writing to you in my capacity as a member of the Shell Transport and Trading Company plc. I am a long term holder of Shell shares.
Have you seen “The Money Programme” broadcast on BBC2 TV on Thursday evening 15th July called “SHELL SHOCK”? If not, you may wish to know that I have published an unofficial transcript on my website (Shell2004.com) as a facility to parties interested in Shell, including lawyers and the media.
I have also republished on the site the information and documents which were the subject of (1) a High Court Restraining Order (2) threatened committal proceedings against oil reserves whistleblower Dr John Huong by 8 companies in the Royal Dutch Shell Group including a Shell Exploration and Production company.
EMAIL FROM CHARLES WIWA, NEPHEW OF KEN SARO-WIWA
EMAIL FROM CHARLES WIWA, A NEPHEW OF THE LATE NOBEL LAUREATE, KEN SARO-WIWA
TO ALFRED DONOVAN
7 July 04
Dear Alfred,
I write to thank you for your writing a presentation for our 2004 mid year convention held at Lincoln, Nebraska (June 26).
Your presentation was timely and has encouraged participants as they prepare for battle against Shell. The information you shared support all of our claims against Shell’s double standards and human rights abuses. We will adhere to your recommendations and strategies on peaceful means of ‘fighting’ the company.
The National Union of Ogoni Students (NUOS Intl. USA) is committed to seek justice and human development for Ogoni and other indigenous peoples around the world. Therefore, all effort towards achieving justice and development is greatly appreciated. NUOS will continue to network with you, your organization and others who share similar views. We will continue to seek help and guidance from you as we continue our campaign. We reckon it is no easy task, but, we trust that our weapon of TRUTH will prevail over the evil tendencies of the ‘multi-national goliath’.
ALFRED DONOVAN EMAIL TO THE ENFORCEMENT SECTION OF THE US SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION 6 JULY 2004
EMAIL TO THE ENFORCEMENT SECTION OF THE US SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION 6 JULY 2004
SUBJECT: SEC INQUIRY INTO ROYAL DUTCH SHELL GROUP, OIL AND GAS RESERVES
RE: LAW SUIT NO. S2-23-41-2004 AMENDED ORDER 29 JUNE 2004: EIGHT ROYAL DUTCH SHELL
COMPANIES OBTAIN A RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST FORMER SHELL GEOLOGIST DR HUONG YIU TUONG
THIS INFORMATION IS FOR THE SEC TEAM INVESTIGATING THE RECATEGORISATION OF RESERVES BY ROYAL DUTCH SHELL GROUP
I am writing to bring to your attention the fact that eight Shell companies including a Shell Exploration & Production company, have issued a High Court Writ/Restraining Order in Malaysia to silence a former Shell geologist of almost 30 years standing, Dr John Huong, a Malaysian national.
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.
