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Comment on Wikipedia controversy

COMMENT FROM A FORMER SHELL EMPLOYEE (A RELIABLE SOURCE KNOWN TO US) WHO RETAINS CONTACT WITH SHELL INSIDERS I am curious. Did this dust up with Wikipedia occur just after you notified RD Shell of your article about the US Dept. of Defense confirming that Shell was the object of a Naval Criminal Investigative Service [...]

Instant reaction on Wikipedia

By John Donovan Within minutes of me publishing the article Wikipedia Klan exposed, the following posting was made on the Wikipedia nomination for deletion page for royaldutchshellplc.com. Delete not enough coverage in reliable sources to have its own article. Blog sites criticizing large corporations are like teeth, we all have a mouthful. This article should [...]

Wikipedia Klan exposed

By John Donovan Within literally a few minutes of publication yesterday of my article Ku Klux Klan culture at Wikipedia: secrecy and censorship a link to the article was inserted into the Wikipedia nominated for deletion page for the Wikipedia article… royaldutchshellplc.com. This is the article under heavy attack by persons/ parties choosing to conceal [...]

Is Shell warming up BP for a friendly takeover bid?

By Alex Brummer Last updated at 10:29 AM on 13th October 2010 Friends like these… There has never been much love lost between British-based oil majors Royal Dutch Shell and BP. But Shell chief executive Peter Voser’s attack on BP over the design of the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico looks over the [...]

Royal Dutch Shell wades in with attack on BP over spill

By Hugo Duncan and Simon Duke Last updated at 12:49 AM on 13th October 2010 The boss of Royal Dutch Shell last night launched a blistering attack on beleaguered rival BP over the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Peter Voser said his company would never have made the mistakes that led to the death [...]

Shell sings praises of natural gas

LONDON, Oct. 12 (UPI) — British concerns about natural gas imports are overblown as new supplies are creating a gas revolution, an executive from Royal Dutch Shell said in London.

Shell gives MIT $25m for gas, oil research

Royal Dutch Shell PLC will give the Massachusetts Institute of Technology $25 million to research new, efficient technologies to help find and deliver oil and natural gas, officials are expected to announce today.

Europe Considers a Curb on Deepwater Drilling

LONDON ? As the United States lifted its moratorium on deepwater oil drilling Tuesday, the European Commission was on the verge of proposing a curb on drilling in extreme conditions until an inquiry into the causes of the fatal explosion at a BP rig in the Gulf of Mexico was completed.

Iraq Oil Is ‘Game Changer’

OCTOBER 13, 2010 Production Revival Will Challenge Big Suppliers Like Saudis, IEA Chief Says Reuters: Iraqi police check oil pipelines during a patrol at the Shueiba refinery in the country’s southern province of Basra in August. By GUY CHAZAN The revival in Iraqi oil production will be a “game-changer” for global oil supplies and a [...]

Shell attacks BP over oil well safety, as US lifts ban on Gulf of Mexico drilling

Peter Voser, the chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, has strongly criticised BP’s well design and internal inquiry into the causes of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. By Rowena Mason, Energy Correspondent Published: 8:58PM BST 12 Oct 2010 The Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank on April 20, killing 11 men Photo: AP BP’s report [...]