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April 27th, 2010:

Shell’s last throw of the dice on the Corrib Gas Project.

Apr 27th, 2010
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Shell planning large tunnel off the coast of Mayo

25 April 2010 By Nicola Cooke

Shell will apply to An Bord Pleanála next month for permission to build a large tunnel under the seabed off the Mayo coast as part of the latest plan to get gas from the Corrib field.

The move, designed to avoid running the pipeline across land owned by local farmers, could delay the gas project by at least two more years and cost up to €100 million. Informed sources said it could be Shell’s ‘‘last throw of the dice’’ on the project.

The firm is proposing to build a five-kilometre-long pipeline with a diameter of 3.5 metres, five metres below the seabed at Scruwaddacon Bay. An option for an open trench pipeline through the bay, which is a special conservation area, will also be submitted to An Bord Pleanála. Shell has advertised for tenders for specialist contractors to bore the tunnel. read more

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Focus on sinister events surrounding Shell Corrib Gas project

Apr 27th, 2010
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“He examines issues relating to Shell security firm, I-RMS, including surveillance of residents, and licensing and vetting of staff, such as the former staff member who travelled to Bolivia with late Irishman Michael Dwyer in late 2008.”

The analysis in the report of a number of incidents relating to the Corrib gas dispute is critical of Shell, the Garda, I-RMS security, which is employed by Shell, the Department of Energy and a minority of protesters. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

The Irish Times – Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Frontline report: Main points

Gardaí from outside Mayo should investigate the alleged assault on Rossport farmer Willie Corduff.

Gardaí should employ a trained lawyer as human rights observer.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission should again seek permission to conduct a policies and practices investigation into policing of the Corrib gas dispute. read more

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US evacuates oil rig after Gulf of Mexico leak

Apr 27th, 2010
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US authorities have evacuated an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico near where another oil rig sank after an explosion last week. Workers on the Ocean Endeavour were evacuated as an oil slick from the wrecked platform was coming dangerously close, officials say

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Earnings Preview: Shell to post strong Q1

Apr 27th, 2010
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In addition to cutting personnel costs, Shell has been investing heavily in new capacity to reverse a decade-long slide in production. Most analysts are upbeat about future prospects, but it may underperform peers until production comes on line. Shell has frozen its quarterly dividend at the 2009 level of $0.42 per share for 2010 to protect its balance sheet.

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Shell drafted letter Tony Blair sent to Gaddafi while Prime Minister

Apr 27th, 2010
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“In the draft, Shell tells Mr Blair to discuss positive progress on weapons of mass destruction as well as the investigation into the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan Embassy in London in 1984.”

David Robertson, Business Correspondent

Tony Blair lobbied Colonel Muammar Gaddafi on behalf of Shell in a letter written for him in draft form by the oil company, documents obtained by The Times reveal.

The correspondence, written while Mr Blair was Prime Minister, bears a striking resemblance to a briefing note by Royal Dutch Shell weeks earlier promoting a $500 million (£325 million) deal it was trying to clinch in Libya.

While it is common for government ministers to champion British interests abroad, Shell’s draft reveals an unusual assurance in its ability to dictate Mr Blair’s conversation with the Libyan leader. It also raises questions about the motives behind Britain’s improved relations with Libya and the subsequent release of Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber. Lockerbie victims have claimed that the Government paved the way for al-Megrahi’s release as part of a deal with Libya to give British companies access to Libya’s lucrative oil and gas industry. read more

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Toxic soil lurks beneath Carson neighborhood

Apr 27th, 2010
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“Shell was slow to cooperate with the investigation, Egoscue said. “Initially they were dragging their feet,” she added. The agency sent the company a notice of violation in April 2009.”

“Most residents have joined a lawsuit against Shell and others…”

“It’s the most despicable situation I’ve seen in 40 years of doing this…”

Rosemary Noval walks up her driveway on Panama Avenue in Carson. She and her husband, Rudy, are living in one of the 285 homes found to be sitting atop dangerous levels of toxic substances. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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The discovery of methane gas and benzene has transformed a 50-acre neighborhood into an environmental case study — a reminder of Southern California’s history as a center of the oil industry.

By Jeff Gottlieb, Los Angeles Times April 27, 2010When Ron and Belinda Oglesby moved into Carson’s Carousel neighborhood in 2003, they saw a solid, middle-class area where homeowners set down roots and lived for decades, where Santa Claus paraded through the streets on a firetruck and children returned to buy their own homes.

This, they told themselves, was the perfect place to raise their three kids.

Six years later, they noticed workmen drilling holes and leaving cryptic white marks on the streets.

By last summer, they had discovered what the sudden activity meant: Preliminary tests under the direction of the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board had found dangerous levels of potentially explosive methane gas and benzene under the 285 homes of the Carousel tract. In some spots, tests found benzene at concentrations seldom seen, levels that could significantly increase cancer risks for residents. read more

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Shell Expects ‘Seamless’ Transition as Geelong Contract Ends

Apr 27th, 2010
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By Ben Sharples

April 27 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it expects a “seamless transition” when a cleaning contract ends at its Geelong oil refinery in Australia’s Victoria State at the end of the month.

Shell anticipates no impact on production, spokesman Paul Zennaro said by phone in Melbourne today. Fuel supplies could run out by the end of the week if 20 specialist decontamination cleaners at the refinery strike, the Australian Associated Press reported, citing Jess Walsh, a Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union Victorian secretary. read more

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