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Shell dividend could be under threat over audacious takeover of gas specialist BG Group

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By LAURA CHESTERS FOR THE DAILY MAIL: 16 JAN 2016

The last time Royal Dutch Shell cut its dividend was in 1945 when the Netherlands had just endured the ‘Hunger winter’ under Nazi occupation before the end of the Second World War.

Now investors are worrying their treasured dividend could be under threat again.

Shell is embarking on an audacious takeover of gas specialist BG Group. The £36bn deal will go to a shareholder vote at the end of the month. However, with the oil price at a 12-year low, many are warning the deal does not make sense.

And worse still, some are fearful that if it does go ahead it will mean Shell won’t be able to afford to keep paying its healthy dividend.

Shell pays the best dividend in the FTSE 100 and yields around 7.2 per cent on the current promised $1.88-a-share dividend. As Steve Clayton, head of equities research at broker Hargreaves Lansdown, explains: ‘Half of Holland would keel over in apoplectic horror if Shell ever cut the payout.’

A handful of institutional investors have already pronounced their views on the deal. read more

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A £36bn deal of a lifetime: Shell boss vows to protect dividends as he defends merger with BG Group 

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Screen Shot 2016-01-14 at 23.40.15By ALEX BRUMMER FOR THE DAILY MAIL: 15 JAN 2016

The stone-faced Shell building overlooking the Thames at dawn is the grand dame of the London skyline predating the towers of Canary Wharf and the London Eye.

It is from here, in a relatively modest, plainly decorated 24th floor office, with almost no personal touches, that Ben van Beurden, a Shell man for 33 years, is engaged in the boldest move of his career.

‘I’ll be very honest with you,’ he confesses to the Mail in his first major interview since the transforming bid for BG International, formerly the exploration arm of British Gas, was unveiled last April.  read more

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Will Royal Dutch Shell Eliminate Its Dividend This Year?

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Screen Shot 2015-11-20 at 08.55.47Extracts from an article by Lior Cohen: JAN 14, 2016

Shell’s stock shed 10% off its value over the last month, as the price of oil dwindled.

Following this fall, the dividend yield is currently at 9.4% – a historic level.

Some investors think that because the company paid and raised its dividend since WW2, it means it won’t deviate at this stage. But let’s not forget that times are changing. And if Shell were to face say a Gulf of Mexico oil spill as BP (NYSE:BP) encountered back in 2010, you can bet the dividend will be eliminated in a heartbeat – especially in times of low oil prices. But even without a major oil spill, the current oil price environment stresses Shell’s cash reserves. read more

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Short-term LNG supply: Shell to lose $1b contract as Qatar offers lower price

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By Zafar BhuttaPublished: January 15, 2016

ISLAMABAD: Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell is going to lose a five-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contract worth over $1 billion as a Qatari company has agreed to provide the commodity at a lower price to Pakistan.

Gunvor and Royal Dutch Shell had won supply contracts in response to the two tenders floated by Pakistan State Oil (PSO) a few weeks ago for bringing 120 LNG cargoes over a period of five years.

Gunvor offered to bring 60 cargoes at 13.37% of Brent crude price whereas Shell quoted 13.8% of Brent crude price for another 60 cargoes. read more

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Shell-BG deal wins more support, but concerns persist

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By Ron Bousso and Karolin Schaps

LONDON, Jan 14 Two weeks before shareholders are due to vote on Royal Dutch Shell $48 billion bid for BG Group, more investors have come out in support of the deal, despite lingering concerns about the effect of falling oil prices on the sector.

The bid has already won the backing of several major shareholders and advisory groups, with only a handful of investors publicly arguing against its merits even as oil prices have dropped below $30 a barrel for the first time in 12 years. read more

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Is Royal Dutch Shell Plc Dead Money?

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By Rupert Hargreaves – Thursday, 14 January, 2016

There’s nothing worse than analysts labelling a company ‘dead money’, the slang term given to an investment that’s unlikely to produce a positive return for the foreseeable future.

If the investment truly is dead money, the likelihood of a turnaround is low and investors should consider selling the shares before incurring additional losses.

Unfortunately, the market seems to think that Royal Dutch Shell (LSE: RDSB) is dead money. But is this really the case?  read more

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Amid oil price plunge, price-setting Brent supported by Shell sales to Asia

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LONDON | BY ALEX LAWLERWed Jan 13, 2016: 12:51pm EST

As oil prices fall to new multi-year lows on a global glut, the structure of the niche but crucial benchmark Brent market has shown counter-intuitive signs of tighter supplies and strengthening.

The reason, according to some in the market, was an unusual accumulation of British Forties crude oil cargoes by Royal Dutch Shell, and the expected shipment of many of these out of Europe to South Korea and China.

Shell may have bought more than half of the Forties cargoes loading in January, according to estimates from North Sea crude traders. Price differentials for Forties, which is the largest of the four North Sea crudes that underpins the dated Brent physical benchmark, rose.

“I think it has to do with Shell’s position,” said a North Sea trader with another company, referring to the strengthening in Forties differentials seen during late December. “Lack of Forties availability.” read more

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Standard Life to vote for and against Shell & BG merger

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Calling the deal “value destructive for Shell shareholders”, Standard Life announced on Friday that it will vote against, and revealed that it had tried to persuade the Shell board to renegotiate the deal.

by Veselin ValchevTuesday, 12 Jan 2016

Standard Life, a top shareholder in both Royal Dutch Shell Plc (LON:RDSA) and BG Group, will support the deal via its holding in BG, sources close to the company revealed yesterday, after last week the UK fund said it would vote against the deal with its Shell shares. read more

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Shell and BG investor who attacked £40bn tie-up will also back deal

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By Andrew Trotman: 12 Jan 2016

Standard Life Investments is to use its stake in BG Group to back the oil company’s £40bn merger with Royal Dutch Shell, just days after calling the deal “value destructive”.

The investment firm, which owns 2.1pc of Shell and 1.3pc of BG, plans to support the proposal at the latter’s annual general meeting on January 28,

It comes less than a week after David Cumming, head of equities at Standard Life Investments, vowed to vote against the deal using the Shell stake because the low oil price would not make it worthwhile. read more

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Top Investor Votes Both Ways On Shell Deal

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By Mark Kleinman, City Editor: 11 JAN 2016

A leading City investor is to vote some of its shares in favour of Shell’s £36bn takeover of BG Group, despite its public opposition to one of the oil industry’s biggest-ever deals.

Sky News has learnt that Standard Life Investments will vote its roughly 1.3% stake in BG in support of the tie-up at an extraordinary shareholder meeting later this month.

The decision will follow a vocal effort by Standard Life Investments’ top fund manager, David Cumming, to encourage Shell to renegotiate the terms of the deal. read more

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Shell’s key shareholder advisory group gives support for BG Group bid as oil giant predicts oil price will double

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By EMILY DAVIES FOR DAILY MAIL: 11 January 2016

Shell’s mega bid for rival BG Group has received crucial backing in the US as the oil giant’s boss predicts the price of oil could double.

Glass Lewis, which gives guidance to US investors, has said it supports the £36billion offer that Royal Dutch Shell made in April last year.

Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden has shunned suggestions the deal is unwise due to sinking oil prices, currently around $33 per barrel, and has predicted prices will double.

He said: ‘The oil prices we are seeing today are not sustainable and are going to settle at higher levels over the next few decades than the low $60s that we require to make this deal a good deal.’ read more

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SHELL BOSS: The oil slump won’t last

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Will Martin: 11 JAN 2016

The CEO of Shell has made a pretty bullish call on the price of oil just weeks before the company tries to complete its merger with BG Group in one of the biggest oil deals in history.

Speaking with the Sunday Times ahead of a vote by shareholders on the proposed $51 billion (£35 billion) deal, Ben van Beurden said that he couldn’t see today’s oil prices lasting and that he reckoned things would pick up in the coming years (emphasis ours):

“The oil prices we are seeing today are not sustainable and are going to settle at higher levels,” he said, “and higher, in my mind, over the next few decades than the low $60s that we require to make this deal a good deal.” read more

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Shell boss bets oil price will double

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Van Beurden told The Sunday Times this weekend he was “very, very confident” it would bounce back.

“The oil prices we are seeing today are not sustainable and are going to settle at higher levels,” he said, “and higher, in my mind, over the next…

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Deal or No Deal? The Numbers That Matter for Shell’s BG Takeover

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Screen Shot 2015-12-23 at 09.03.45…investors have questioned whether Shell is paying too much after oil prices slumped to the lowest in almost 12 years.

By Rakteem Katakey: JAN 11, 2016

Royal Dutch Shell Plc is a month away from completing its biggest acquisition, which would vault it over Chevron Corp. to become the world’s second-biggest non-state oil company.

The takeover of BG Group Plc would raise Shell’s market value close to $175 billion, boost flagging reserves and production, add to cash flow and bolster its ability to pay dividends, the company says. Yet investors have questioned whether Shell is paying too much after oil prices slumped to the lowest in almost 12 years. read more

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SHELL-BG DEAL PAYS OUT $600 MILLION IN TAX, FEES

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JANUARY 8TH, 2016

The UK finance ministry stands to make close to $300 million and banks, law firms and other advisers will receive as much again, if the Shell-BG takeover gets the go- ahead later this month.

There are less than three weeks to go until the Anglo-Dutch major’s general meeting on January 27th when shareholders vote on the takeover. BG’s own shareholders will vote a day later.

The deal is now worth about $53 billion, down from the initial $70 billion, thanks ultimately to low oil prices. Of that roughly 1% goes in payments, including the UK government’s 0.5% in Stamp Duty. read more

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Can Royal Dutch Shell Plc Withstand Another Year Of Cheap Oil?

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By Harvey Jones | Fool.co.uk: 7 JAN 2016

It’s been a shocking start to the year for global stock markets in general and the oil price in particular. A barrel of Brent crude has fallen to a 12-year low of $34 and there’s no sign of it bottoming out. That’s astonishing as you might have expected the opposite to happen, given soaring tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the world’s largest and fourth-biggest oil producers, respectively.

Glut of black gold

Geopolitical troubles could easily trigger an oil shock that could send the price spiralling upwards as fast as it has fallen. Yet markets can’t bring themselves to think about that prospect with the world swimming in an absolute glut of the black stuff. read more

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Shell promises more cuts to win investors over on BG deal

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Michael Bow: 15 Dec 2015

Royal Dutch Shell moved to shore up support for its £35bn BG Group takeover yesterday, by promising to slash more jobs amid concerns shareholders could rebel against the deal. 

The Anglo-Dutch oil giant will axe a further 2,800 jobs around the world on top of 7,500 roles it had previously announced were for the chop.

The losses – equivalent to 3 per cent of the combined group’s workforce – coincide with the final furlong of the long-running takeover saga, which has been put under pressure due to this year’s oil price rout.  read more

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Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Extra Judicial Death of Ken Saro-Wiwa & all the Ogoni 9

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Screen Shot 2015-11-11 at 13.47.0710 Nov 2015, Dublin Ireland

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Shell to Sea Activists and AFRI commemorated the 20th Anniversary of the deaths of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni Nine outside “Corrib House:” Shell’s Irish Headquarters in Dublin. The activists carried crosses bearing the names of each of the men executed by the corrupt Nigerian Government on 10 November 1995. Many sources believe that these executions were done at the behest of Shell. Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni people, had been actively leading successful civil society actions and demonstrations thwarting Shell’s development of oil on the land of these indigenous farmers and fishermen. Even though it hasn’t been explicitly proven that Shell ordered the killing… they did benefit from the outcome and later paid reparations to the families. (In 2009 Shell settled out of court to the tune of 15.5 million dollars to the families of the victims to avoid going to court in the USA.) read more

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Shell’s Loss: Oil Prices Aren’t the Only Problem

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There is blood in the water at Royal Dutch Shell

By HELEN THOMAS: Oct. 29, 2015 

There is blood in the water at Royal Dutch Shell. The wound will take some time to heal. The U.K. oil and gas company Thursday posted a huge third-quarter loss, dragged down by impairments of $8.2 billion in its upstream business. Just less than half the charges owed to Shell reducing its view of longer-term oil and gas prices by an unspecified amount. The remainder was write-offs resulting from its decision to cease drilling in the Arctic and call a halt to a Canadian oil sands project. read more

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Oil Spill: Ilaje Coastal Communities Demand Compensation from Shell

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22 October 2015

The Ilaje coastal communities in Ondo state have alleged that oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) allegedly excluded them from the ongoing discussions and compensation agreement it reached with the communities that were affected in the oil spill from the Bonga oil field in 2011.

They have therefore appealed to President, Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the matter to ensure their inclusion in all discussions with regards to payment of compensation.

The communities, have however, threatened   a legal action against Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, (SNEPCO),a subsidiary of SPDC, should the oil firm continues to exclude them from the compensation agreement reached between it and the communities and over the Bonga oil Spill of 2011. read more

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Shell pledges to keep dividend despite slump in oil prices

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If the oil price stays low, Shell’s van Beurden may have to eat his words Photo: AFP

By Andrew Critchlow, Commodities editor: 06 Oct 2015

Royal Dutch Shell has reassured investors that it will maintain its dividends regardless of a prolonged slump in oil prices below $50 per barrel.

Chief executive Ben van Beurden, speaking at the Oil and Money conference in London, said: “Shell is pulling out all the stops to safeguard our dividends and buy-back programme, and to keep our investment programme steady for the future.” read more

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Discussing the costs of disaster for offshore US oil : Regulation and Environment

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By Gary Gentile | August 31, 2015

Opponents of offshore drilling in frontier environments, such as the Arctic, have opened up a new front in their effort to curtail such efforts — asking US financial regulators to require more robust disclosure of the risks involved.

A group of Democrats in the US Congress have asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to force companies to tell investors the cost of a catastrophic accident resulting from drilling in ultra-deepwaters or in the harsh and remote waters off the coast of Alaska. read more

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Shell pressing ahead in Chukchi after setbacks

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Screen Shot 2015-06-06 at 13.24.59Explorers 2015: Shell pressing ahead in Chukchi after setbacks

Company is mobilizing fleet after three-year hiatus, still waiting for final approval of exploration plan

Eric Lidji For Petroleum News: 7 June 2015

After a tiny step forward and many large leaps backward, Royal Dutch Shell plc is once again planning to explore its Burger prospect in the Chukchi Sea this summer.

“We have retained a very significant capability to be ready this year to go ahead,” CEO Ben van Beurden said during a January earnings call. “And we’ve kept all our capability in place, tuned it, upgraded it just to be ready to drill this coming summer season.”

By “capability,” van Beurden was referring to the fleet required for conducting drilling operations in the remote Chukchi Sea off the northwest coast of the Alaska. read more

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Shell and the London Science Museum

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Screen Shot 2015-04-13 at 16.04.38Museum exhibit funded by Shell raises questions about influence. 

Oil giant Shell, one of the London Science Museum’s sponsors, attempted to influence an exhibit on climate, newly uncovered documents show. 

By Jeff NesbitJune 1, 2015

If you’d like to see how oil giant Royal Dutch Shell (one of the largest multi-national corporations in the world’s history) uses its corporate philanthropy to subtly change the core direction of potentially adversarial content at a renowned science museum educating millions, here’s your chance. 

How Shell came to sponsor the London Science Museum’s “Atmosphere” program that, according to its director, emphasizes as much about what we don’t know about climate science as what we do know, is a story pulled straight from the well-established corporate public relations playbook.  read more

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AramcoShell.com: one of the most valuable domain names in the world?

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Aramco Shell .com

By John Donovan

I own and operate many Shell related domain names including, for example, RoyalDutchShellPlc.com and RoyalDutchShellGroup.com, both of which Shell International unsuccessfully attempted to seize 10 years ago in proceedings via The World Intellectual Property Organisation.

Depending on reaction to this article, I may put one of my domain names – aramcoshell.com up for sale, probably by auction.

It is potentially one of the most valuable domain names in the world.

Here is my logic for such an assertion:  read more

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10th Anniversary of Domain Name Win Over Shell

10th Anniversary of Spectacular Domain Name Win Over Shell

By John Donovan

Ten years ago, in May 2005, Shell International Petroleum Company Limited served proceedings in New York against my late father Alfred Donovan, via The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in an attempt to seize the top level (.com) domain name for its newly merged company, Royal Dutch Shell Plc.

The new company had arisen from the ashes of the hydrocarbon reserves scandal, which in January 2004, had engulfed The Shell Transport and Trading Company and Royal Dutch Petroleum Company. read more

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Shell Denies Abandoning New Bonga Project

Screen Shot 2015-01-12 at 08.45.23From an article published 16 February 2015 by The Tide under the headline:

Shell Denies Abandoning New Bonga Project

Extracts

The Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) has denied recent reports that it has stopped the development of the strategic Bonga South West/Aparo (BSWA) project due to the slump in international oil price.

In a statement signed by Shell’s Corporate Media Relations Manager, Precious Okolobo, and made available to The Tide, SNEPCo restated its commitment to the implementation of the BSWA project, designed to boost oil and gas production to increase national revenue generation capacity. read more

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Observer Newspaper: World’s biggest ship, the Pieter Schelte, sparks Nazi outrage on arrival in Rotterdam

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Screen Shot 2015-01-11 at 16.39.25FROM AN ARTICLE BY ED VULLIAMY PUBLISHED BY THEGUARDIAN.COM AND THE OBSERVER NEWSPAPER, SUNDAY 25 JAN 2015 UNDER THE HEADLINE:

World’s biggest ship, the Pieter Schelte, sparks Nazi outrage on arrival in Rotterdam

Extracts

Leaders of Jewish communities and Holocaust memorial groups in Britain and the Netherlands have reacted with rage and despair at the arrival in Rotterdam of the world’s biggest ship, the Pieter Schelte, named after a Dutch officer in the Waffen-SS.

The vice-president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Jonathan Arkush, said: “Naming such a ship after an SS officer who was convicted of war crimes is an insult to the millions who suffered and died at the hands of the Nazis. We urge the ship’s owners to reconsider and rename the ship after someone more appropriate.” read more

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Jewish Groups Outraged At Launching Of World’s Largest Crane Ship Named After SS Officer

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Article by Tibi Singer published Saturday 24 Jan 2015

The Swiss-based Allseas Group’s new ship, Pieter Schelte, is 1,146 feet long and 372 feet wide. Built by Daewoo Heavy Industries in South Korea, at a reported cost of $2.85 billion, it is capable of lifting loads of 48,000 tons. It is the world’s largest offshore pipelay and platform installation vessel, equipped with a Sonardyne Ranger 2 USBL acoustic positioning system. It’s also named after a Nazi.

Allseas is owned by Edward Heerema, a Dutchman, who is the son of Pieter Schelte Heerema, an officer in the Waffen-SS. And Edward insisted on naming his prized ship after his dad. read more

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TV, Radio, Newspaper and Magazine Coverage, relating to the Website RoyalDutchShellPlc.com

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First, a 30-minute video compilation from the 1980’s: “Shell Promotional Games: Introduced by John Donovan” (Video clips from Michael Aspel show, The Money Programme on BBC TV, Channel 4 News, and various TV commercials. Features many celebrities)

Links to a selection of published independent verifiable information relating to this website or its founders. Includes a TV documentary feature, newspaper and magazine articles, radio interview transcripts, newsletters etc, all also relating to Shell. All in date order. Includes a Newsletter from The One World Trust, an NGO with Special Consultative Status to the UN and a close relationship with the UK Parliament. Some links are to pdf files that may take a little time to download. 

WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE: Shell Wages Legal Fight Over Web Domain Name: 2 June 2005

SHELL INTERNAL CORRESPONDENCE CONTAINING WSJ ARTICLE AND RELATED BLOOMBERG ARTICLE: Shell in Legal Battle Over Name of Web Site, Journal Reports: 2 June 2005 read more

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How could Shell have got it so wrong on oil? 

Screen Shot 2014-10-30 at 09.22.43In October of this year, just 9 weeks ago, when oil was at over $90 a barrel, Shell CEO Ben van Beurden expressed his confidence that oil would return to what he described as “very robust” pricing. He said that the oil price had been remarkably stable and that in the short term, Shell has a trading strategy to inoculate itself from the swings and “maybe even make money out of it.”

In view of the immediate subsequent slump in the oil price and the anticipated disastrous impact on Shell, he may now wish he had been less confident about the prospect of actually making money out of a downward swing.  read more

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Key role of Shell lawyers in pioneering Shell Prelude FLNG

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By John Donovan

PRELUDE DESIGNED BY SHELL LAWYERS? MORE IMPORTANT ROLE THAN ENGINEERS? 

What will Bill Campbell make of the boasts from Shell’s chief lawyer Donny Ching, about the pivotal role of Shell in-house lawyers in the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, Prelude FLNG?

Extracts from an article about Donny Ching published by The Law Society Gazette on 5 December 2014:

Ching also believes that external law firms would have been no substitute for in-house lawyers in the work they did to build the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, Prelude FLNG. read more

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Shell 15 page confidential statement about OSSL allegations

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By John Donovan

I have provided a link to a 15 page document dated 3 October 2014, which Shell supplied to OSSL, the Irish company that has made serious allegations against Shell.

The information in the document may be of interest to some readers who have followed the long running saga and likewise newspapers and TV and radio stations who have covered the story.

As will be seen, Shell repeatedly states that OSSL has demanded money from them when all claims by OSSL against Shell have, according to Shell, already been settled.  read more

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Why doesn’t Shell sue Donovan for libel?

Screen Shot 2014-09-07 at 15.49.41Such deliberate misinformation (propaganda, to put it politely) is also totally at variance with Shell’s claimed core business principles. This proves beyond any doubt that the media and the public should not believe anything Shell says. The company even lies to itself.

By John Donovan

Why doesn’t Shell sue Donovan for libel?

I feel sure that this is a question that many visitors to this website have probably asked themselves many times.

It is a question that Royal Dutch Shell put to itself in July 2009. 

Below is an extract from an authentic confidential Shell internal document dated 08 July 2009 in which this very question was raised in relation to “the Donovan’s.” Shell lawyers have redacted names shown on the “Confidential Focal Point”document, other than the names of my late father and myself. A series of questions are posed and then answered, to provide a contingency script if certain anticipated questions were raised by the news media, or at the Shell AGM.  read more

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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com News Round-up 12 August 2014

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A frosty reception for Shell sponsorship; Oil and Gas company debt soars to danger level; Shell a gigantic flea

By John Donovan

UK

The Telegraph City Diary column has commented on Shell’s embarrassment at arts sponsorship monies being returned to the  company in Ireland. “First the Antarctic, now Ireland. The list of countries where Royal Dutch Shell receives a frosty reception continues to lengthen. The energy major has been told that its sponsorship money for the Emerald Isle’s biggest folk festival, the Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann in Sligo, is no longer acceptable, after eco-campaigners kicked up a storm.” read more

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Kashagan Debacle: Not enough engineers, too many idiots

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When John Stubbs was assigned to the Kashagan project, he was confronted by an over-budget hopelessly out-of-control shambles and advised Shell senior management that he did not want the job. He was bluntly told by Shell EP boss Malcolm Brinded, to take it, or leave the company. Stubbs, an engineer and project manager highly regarded by his colleagues, chose to depart. Brinded was eventually fired. 

By John Donovan

There is a hilarious video circulating on the Internet revealing how an engineer feels when he’s surrounded by idiots.

It seems that something like this has happened in Kashagan…

It appears now what the problem is: they have used the wrong steel or welding procedures or both on the pipelines. And as a result they have to re-lay all these pipes at an astronomical cost. Not even counting the cost of deferred production. And loss in reputation (or whatever was left of that). read more

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Visitors to RoyalDutchShellplc.com please note

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The server for this website is being transferred back to the USA.

The work will be undertaken from Sunday 30 March and should be completed no later than 1 April.

There should not be any interruption to website access, but we will not be able to add new articles or Shell Blog postings until the move is completed.

The objective is hardened security against hostile activity, including denial of service attacks and to operate from a more stable platform, with consistently fast access and near 100% up time. read more

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WHAT CHIEF GLOBAL PETROLEUM ENGINEER IAIN PERCIVAL REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT…

Screen Shot 2013-12-10 at 09.33.03This article has been deleted at the request of Iain Percival.

RELATED CORRESPONDENCE ON SHELL BLOG

Stuart Posted on Mar 11th, 2014 at 22:33

With unreserved apologies if you HAVE gotten his support: I find it very sad that you would decide to publish old documents from Iain, a man whose integrity and dignity you praise. His career concerns, his job applications etc are not something that should be shown around for cheap amusement, and to keep alive your anti-Shell moaning.

Yes this stuff was already in the public domain, but your explanation for publishing essentially says “it was hard to find, so I’ve made it easy for everyone to gawp at it”. read more

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Royaldutchshellplc.com website under Denial of Service Attack?

By John Donovan

Screen Shot 2012-04-29 at 15.27.12Regular visitors may have noticed that this website was down for almost 24 hours last week. This was because we doubled the power of our server to cope with unexplained surges in traffic, which made access sluggish at times. Today the site is being bombarded with Shell Blog comments, made in multiple languages via multiple isp addresses. It appears to be yet another concerted denial of service attack by an unknown party. Such activity is unlawful. We only publish comments about Shell and related matters in English. We never publish comments containing advertising links. I don’t know what we have done to upset whoever is responsible. The only party that has shown past hostile intent to this website, including shutting it down on one occasion, is Royal Dutch Shell Plc. Shell General Counsel Keith Ruddock, confirmed in writing that Shell was responsible. Shell had secretly contacted our website hosting companies in North America and frightened them into taking action against us. Unfortunately for Shell, I persuaded the hosting companies to reveal the identity of our unseen but unsurprising enemy. I do hope Shell is not up to its skullduggery tactics again. A link has now emerged with the previous Denial of Service attacks stretching back a number of years. The same unknown party is responsible. We notified the UK police previously and will do so again unless the attacks cease immediately.
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Top Shell news

Screenshot below shows first five of 7,340 results generated by Googling “Royal Dutch Shell” under “news” category at 18.00 UK time on Sunday 12 Jan 2014. Four out of the top five articles were authored by John Donovan and can be found on this website: royaldutchshellplc.com read more

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LNG deal ushers in tighter Shell spending regime

Screen Shot 2014-01-03 at 14.32.05In a separate announcement on Thursday, Shell revealed that Voser, who surprised investors last year with news of his early retirement, will be repatriated to his native Switzerland, where he will work for the local subsidiary on his full group chief executive pay and with a full pro-rata bonus.

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Thu Jan 2, 2014 11:02am EST

* Outgoing CEO Voser to work in Switzerland on full pay

* Deal accounting flatters spending for new boss’s first year

* New CEO faces Q4 results Jan 30, investor day March 13

* Shell has $55 bln to spend in next 2 years under plan

By Andrew Callus

LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell’s new boss Ben van Beurden will be able to point to a clear downward trend in spending this year, thanks in part to the way the oil company is accounting for an acquisition completed this week. read more

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John Donovan. Website Owner Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com

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Shell Sponsored Corruption of the Garda

As previous agreed, I am sending two of my Investigators (Rody Butler and Sivan Govinder) to London on the 10th December 2013 to interview you at the Irish Embassy.  Further details will follow closer to the date. We are making the booking today for them to travel to London and cannot be changed.

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EMAIL SENT ON 22 NOVEMBER 2013 TO EVERY TD MEMBER OF THE DAIL (THE IRISH PARLIAMENT) 

Shell Sponsored Corruption of the Garda

I last contacted you in May regarding serious allegations made by Shell’s “Mr Fixit” contractor in Ireland, OSSL.

At that time the Garda had already carried out an investigation of the allegations.

Since then, a second investigation has been carried out, this time a so-called “independent” investigation by a senior Garda officer, Supt. Thomas Murphy.

As a result of his investigation, a third investigation is currently under way, on this occasion by the Garda Siochána Ombudsman Commission. read more

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Arctic 30 images outside Shell HQ

Greenpeace has unveiled giant portraits of the activists arrested in Russia as part of the group’s continuing campaign against drilling in the Arctic. The images were placed outside the London offices of oil giant Shell.

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Western Morning News: Friday, November 22, 2013

Greenpeace has unveiled giant portraits of the activists arrested in Russia as part of the group’s continuing campaign against drilling in the Arctic.

The images were placed outside the London offices of oil giant Shell. The so-called Arctic 30 are awaiting trial on piracy and hooliganism charges after being arrested in the Arctic two months ago.

Greenpeace said it was drawing attention to Shell and its Russian partner Gazprom’s planned joint venture to drill for oil in the Arctic. read more

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Slaughter and May Reservations over Royal Dutch Shell SEC filing

Screen Shot 2013-10-01 at 07.56.54I wonder how many ordinary stock holders in Royal Dutch Shell Plc are aware of the extensive reservations set out by Slaughter and May in Exhibit 5.1 attached to an SEC filing involving gazillions of dollars, in which Royal Dutch Shell Plc is the sole guarantor?; e.g. “undertakings, covenants and indemnities contained in the Indenture may not be enforceable before an English court…”; Is this a prudent move bearing in mind the flood of recent negative news about Shell, with the CEO about to jump ship?

By John Donovan

I have published below the reservations of Slaughter and May in relation to a filing by SHELL INTERNATIONAL FINANCE B.V. with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on 13 November 2013 signed by Company Secretary, Michiel Brandjes. Royal Dutch Shell Plc is the guarantor.

Huge sums of money are involved.

US$1,000,000,000 0.900 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2016;

US$1,250,000,000 2.000 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2018;

US$750,000,000 Floating Rate Guaranteed Notes due 2015; and

US$1,000,000,000 Floating Rate Guaranteed Notes due 2016,  read more

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Gardaí deny booze bribes

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Superintendent appointed to examine allegations

Áine Ryan

A SENIOR garda is examining serious allegations about Belmullet gardaí accepting boxes of booze from Shell before Christmas 2007, The Mayo News can exclusively reveal. The Garda Press Office confirmed last night that ‘a garda superintendent had been appointed to examine the matter’. It declined to confirm the identity of the garda, but The Mayo News understands it is Swinford Supt Thomas Murphy and that he was appointed a month ago, despite earlier protestations from An Garda Síochána that the matter had been investigated and there was nothing to report. read more

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Garda examining claims alcohol was delivered to Mayo station

ARTICLES BY LORNA SIGGINS ABOUT THE SHELL GARDA SCANDAL PUBLISHED TODAY AUG 13, BY THE IRISH TIMES

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Garda examining claims alcohol was delivered to Mayo station

Senior officer’s examination underway for over a month

Tue, Aug 13, 2013

An Garda Síochána has appointed a senior officer to examine claims a company contracted to Shell E&P Ireland delivered large quantities of alcohol to Belmullet Garda station in Mayo. The Garda Press Office confirmed to The Irish Times last night that “a superintendent has been appointed to examine the matter”.

It is understood Supt Thomas Murphy of Swinford Garda station has been instructed to contact the contractor, OSSL, in relation to a number of allegations against the force. read more

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Shell welcomes Garda examination of alcohol claims

By: Lorna Siggins – Irish Times

Report claimed drink worth €35,000 was delievered to gardai on Shell’s behalf

Shell E&P Ireland said today it welcomes an examination by An Garda Síochána of allegations that a contractor delivered large quantities of alcohol to Belmullet Garda station on its behalf.

The lead Corrib gas project developer was responding to today’s Irish Times report that An Garda appointed a senior officer over a month ago to examine the claims made by contractor OSSL.

OSSL, which is managed by Desmond Kane of Glasgow and Neil Rooney of Belfast, provided services to the Corrib gas project from 2002 until 2010. read more

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Denial of Service Attack on Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com Website?

It is true that the attacks by an unknown party on our website all too often seem to coincide with an important breaking news story about Shell. It is also true that we have broken important Shell news stories as a result of information received from our insider sources. We know this is a matter of huge concern to Shell that has led the company into mounting covert operations against us and our website involving Shell Global Security and outside intelligence resources. A senior spook at the top of Shell Global Security leaked information to us confirming what Shell had been up to.

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Subject: Attack?

John
 
Might I be right in thinking that your problems over the past few days may be related to today’s announcement of the new CEO?
 
I guess it might have been too much for Shell to swallow if you had succeeded in making the announcement prior to the official release of the news!

REPLY BY JOHN

It is true that the attacks by an unknown party on our website all too often seem to coincide with an important breaking news story about Shell. It is also true that we have broken important Shell news stories as a result of information received from our insider sources. We know this is a matter of huge concern to Shell that has led the company into mounting covert operations against us and our website involving Shell Global Security and outside intelligence resources. A senior spook at the top of Shell Global Security leaked information to us confirming what Shell had been up to. Too early to comment on why our website has been down for over 24 hours at a time so convenient to Shell, until after the unexpected surprising news about the appointment of Ben van Beurden entered the public domain.
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Jeroen van der Veer: Hypocrite Supreme

Screen Shot 2013-05-18 at 23.12.50Mr Van der Veer (shown right) is no fan of this website. In January 2008, as was reported in The Times, we published a leaked email from him in which he forecast that world demand for oil and gas would outstrip supply within 7 years. Events has shown that he was talking nonsense on that occasion as well.

By John Donovan

The fuelfix headline encapsulated the theme of the speech given last Thursday by former Royal Dutch Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer at the KPMG Global Energy Conference in Houston:

Former Shell CEO: Safety must come first. And second. And third.

This qualifies as sheer hypocrisy on his part.

On his watch, Shell had an absolutely atrocious safety track record for which he was publicly criticised.

(Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer “hurt” by criticism: 3 Sept 2007)

On his watch, even lifeboats serving Shell North Sea platforms were found to be unseaworthy. read more

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