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Posts on ‘July 7th, 2011’

Shell Cleared to Drill Near World-Heritage Australian Site

By James Paton and Eduard Gismatullin – Jul 7, 2011 3:08 PM GMT+0100 Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) got permission to drill an exploration well near the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef in Australia after the government decided against referring it for a more detailed environmental review. Shell, Europe’s largest oil company, will drill the Palta-1 [...]

‘Spills & Spin’ by Tom Bergin; The Inside Story of BP

By Tom Bergin My book, Spills & Spin; The Inside Story of BP, is published today. The book provides a behind-the-scenes look at the decisions and personalities that have shaped the company over the past 20 years. It charts BP’s rise from industry also-ran in 1990, to industry-leader, under Lord John Browne, by the turn [...]

Shell ‘disappointed’ by ruling on fracking ads

Advertising Standards Authority orders the multinational to withdraw “unsubstantiated” and “misleading” claims it made in a series of full-page print advertisements SUE BLAINE: Published: 2011/07/07 07:13:09 AM: Photo: Reuters PRO-FRACKING advertisements Shell SA placed in national newspapers were a technical statement of its opinions on the gas extraction technique to promote public understanding of the [...]

Gas Flaring Increases in the Niger Delta

Ogoni: Less Hot Air and More Action – Gas Flaring Increases in the Niger Delta Despite repeated commitments by oil companies and governments, gas flaring continues in Nigeria at an environmental cost. Below is an article published by Think Africa Press: Gas flaring in the Niger Delta region highlights the environmental problems posed by resource extraction, [...]

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