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Posts on ‘May 13th, 2012’

Arctic offshore drilling: Is Shell really ready to handle a disaster?

SHELL OFFSHORE ARCTIC DRILLING: COMMENTS FROM A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF SHELL OIL COMPANY John, I have a few comments about Shell’s claim that it prepared to handle any ‘foreseeable problem/disaster’ that may befall its proposed drilling operations in the Arctic Ocean of offshore Alaska. I would like to point out that major blowouts these days [...]

Shell’s leadership develops the best people to secure global future energy

13 May, 2012 Stephan Scholz, Shell’s Vice President – Human Resources for Middle East and North Africa outlined Shell’s approach to leadership development models and transition over the past decade. Mr. Scholz was speaking at the Kuwait Oil Company’s third Sharing Best Practices Conference which is taking place from 13th to 14th of May 2012. [...]

Motiva Port Arthur HCU shut by fire

Motiva Port Arthur HCU shut by fire -filing, company HOUSTON May 13 (Reuters) – A lube oil hydrocracking unit was shut on Saturday at Motiva Enterprises’ 600,000 barrel per day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, after a fire, according to a notice filed with Texas pollution regulators. No injuries were reported due to the fire, a [...]

Environment: Shell’s readiness on Arctic drilling challenged

Environment: Shell’s readiness on Arctic drilling challenged Posted on May 13, 2012 by Bob Berwyn Conservation group wants SEC to investigate oil company’s statements on plans for oil exploration in the Chukchi Sea By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Environmental activists say they want Royal Dutch Shell stockholders to know about all the potential risks and [...]

Shell trains helicopter passengers in survival

By LISA DEMER Anchorage Daily News Published: May 12th, 2012 11:28 PM KENAI — On a July day a decade ago, Pete Slaiby flew on a helicopter from a Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig in the North Sea back to shore. A few hours later, on an end-of-day run to pick up more Shell workers, [...]