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July 5th, 2009:

A New Chief at Shell, and a Rocky Inheritance

The New York Times

GREEN INC.

By TOM ZELLER Jr.
Published: July 5, 2009

NEW YORK — Even as Jeroen van der Veer was preparing to pass the baton to Peter Voser, who took over as chief executive of the oil giant Royal Dutch Shell last Wednesday, the contentious legacy of the company’s activity in Nigeria was nipping at its heels.

Just a few weeks earlier, Shell had agreed to settle a court case stemming from the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, a leader of the indigenous Ogoni environmental movement in Nigeria who had protested against Shell’s environmental practices in the oil-rich Niger Delta. read more

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Shell upgrades Qatar status to that of ‘region’

Gulf Times

Brown: Shell is investing more in Qatar than in any other country

Latest Update: Sunday5/7/2009July, 2009, 09:48 PM Doha Time

By Pratap John
Chief Business Reporter

Shell has elevated Qatar to the status of a region in its new corporate structure.

Qatar Shell now ranks alongside Europe, Africa, the rest of the Middle East and North Africa, and Asia-Pacific as a regional division. The only other Shell country organisation that has regional division status on its own is Australia.

Andy Brown becomes executive vice-president of Qatar Shell, reporting directly to Malcolm Brinded, executive director (Upstream International). Brown will be responsible for all Shell activities in Qatar. read more

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Shell deal with Russia looks likely

Lauren Mills, Financial Mail

5 July 2009, 11:34am

move would set the ball rolling for Shell to firm up details of its potential involvement in developing the deep-water fields.

Jeroen van der Veer, who stepped down as Shell’s chief executive last Wednesday, said: ‘As far as we know, the situation regarding licensing will be resolved in the near future.’

He met Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin last weekend. As revealed by Financial Mail, the Anglo-Dutch oil company was asked for its help in developing the vast Sakhalin-3 and Sakhalin-4 oil and gas fields. read more

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Boat sinking claim denied

The Sunday Times

July 5, 2009   Mark Tighe

The head of the security firm employed by Shell at Glengad beach has dismissed allegations by two prominent protesters that his staff were involved in an assault or sank a boat.

Jim Farrell, a director of IRMS security, said he could not believe claims made by both Willie Corduff, one of the Rossport Five, and Pat O’Donnell, a Shell to Sea campaigner.

Corduff alleges that masked men beat him on the morning of April 23 after he lay under a truck near Glengad. He has refused to make a statement to gardai. read more

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Focus: D-Day: the Mayo landing

Some hardline Shell to Sea protesters are preparing for a final conflict over the Mayo gas pipeline

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