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May, 2012:

HAGUE TRIES TO HALT SHELL ‘MURDER’ CASE

May 29th, 2012
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“The allegations are grave: rape, systematic and widespread torture, extrajudicial killings.”

THE SUNDAY TIMES: HAGUE TRIES TO HALT SHELL ‘MURDER’ CASE

27 May 2012

WILLIAM HAGUE has been accused of hypocrisy after the government intervened on the side of Shell, Britain’s biggest company, over court claims the oil giant was complicit in torture and murder.

The foreign secretary is facing pressure from human rights groups over Britain’s role in a case in America’s highest court being brought by the families of 12 people from Nigeria’s Ogoniland community.

The case puts Britain in conflict with President Barack Obama’s administration, which argues the families should be allowed to sue Shell over claims their relatives were tortured and killed by Nigerian troops in the Niger delta in the 1990s. read more

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Shell Tackles Gasoline Pump Fraud

May 29th, 2012
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CSP Exclusive

Shell Tackles Gasoline Pump Fraud

Sees a “significant reduction” in skimming from security initiative
By Carole Donoghue CSP Daily News | May 28, 2012

HOUSTON — A Counterfeit Skimming Initiative has produced a “significant reduction” in gasoline pump skimmers being placed on equipment at Shell-branded gas stations.

Acknowledging that pump fraud has become a constant battle ground as gasoline prices hit new peaks each year, Shell Oil has been proactive in tackling the issue at the pump through new programs, proprietary anti-fraud tools and closer collaboration with card issuers and law enforcement.

“Organized crime is well financed and highly mobile, so they can move easily between cities when they start feeling the heat in one,” Mike Swillo, U.S. credit-card operations manager for Houston-based Shell, told CSP Daily Newsin an exclusive interview. “It’s like having 10 fingers and 15 pegs: You hit it on the head here and it pops up over there.” read more

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Shell Is First Major To Exit Oil Blocks In Post-War Libya

May 29th, 2012
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Published May 28, 2012 Dow Jones Newswires

LONDON –  Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) Monday became the first major to exit oil and gas exploration blocks in post-war Libya, amid concerns over insecurity and contracts.

The Anglo-Dutch giant insisted it was still interested in the country, which holds Africa’s largest oil reserves.

But the move casts a cloud on Libya’s oil recovery as Shell had originally planned sizable investments in the blocks.

Shell “intends to suspend and abandon drilled wells and stop exploration in [its] Libyan licenses,” a company spokesman said, confirming an internal e-mail seen by Dow Jones Newswires. read more

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Shell Puts Orion Oil-Sands Project In Alberta Up For Sale

May 28th, 2012
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Published May 28, 2012 Dow Jones Newswires

CALGARY –  Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) has put its Orion oil-sands project near Cold Lake, Alberta, up for sale.

Orion is an underground steam-injection project that produces 5,000 barrels a day of oil and generated operating income of C$15.6 million (US$15.2 million) during the first quarter, according to the investment bank Scotia Waterous, which is organizing the sale.

Scotia didn’t say what the estimated value of the Orion project was, and representatives of Scotia and Shell weren’t immediately available to comment. read more

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We’ll miss our target to stop ‘flaring’ in Nigeria, admits Shell

May 28th, 2012
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FROM OUR ARCHIVES… WE NOTE THAT SHELL WAS STILL MAKING PROMISES ON THE SAME SUBJECT AT THE 2012 AGM LAST WEEK

The Guardian: We’ll miss our target to stop ‘flaring’ in Nigeria, admits Shell

Vandna Synghal

Saturday May 28, 2005

Shell, which recently announced record profits for 2004, admitted yesterday that it would miss its own targets to bring to a halt the harmful practice of burning unwanted gas in Nigeria.

The company said it would not stop the process of “flaring” – that is, burning off gas produced as a by-product from oil wells – in Nigeria until 2009, rather than by 2008, as previously promised.

The Anglo-Dutch company said it had spent $2bn (£1.1bn) and expected to invest another $1.85bn in the project to gather the gas rather than burn it. read more

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INFORMATION FROM DELTA RIGHTS GROUP 28 MAY 2012

May 28th, 2012
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May 28, 2012

Dear John,

Find attached SHELL’S strategy to counter Delta Rights Group. This email below was inadvertently sent to us by Raphael Obasogie while attempting to send to his cronies. They are planning a massive media campaign and to use their “Divide and Rule” tactics to break the rank of the NECONDE 115. Typical SHELL!!!

The email…

“Charles,

Seems we have to step up our media response very quickly and also engage subtly/ informally the ex-Shell union officials who are now the union leaders in Neconde. read more

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Eni, Exxon, Shell to Fund $986 Million Kazakh Share for Kashagan

May 28th, 2012
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By Svetlana Antoncheva and Nariman Gizitdinov – May 28, 2012 6:48 AM GMT+0100

Eni SpA (ENI), Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) and Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) agreed to fund the $986 million costs owed by Kazakhstan’s state energy producer for one of the world’s biggest oil fields, Oil and Gas Minister Sauat Mynbayev said.

The foreign partners will pay Kazmunaigaz’s share of the costs for Kashagan this year and next, Mynbayev told reporters in Astana today. It wasn’t clear if Kazmunaigaz will repay its foreign partners out of future revenue from the project. read more

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Australia’s Woodside not looking to buy back Shell stake

May 28th, 2012
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MELBOURNE | Mon May 28, 2012 2:34am BST

(Reuters) – Woodside Petroleum (WPL.AX), Australia’s largest oil and gas company, said it is not considering buying back Royal Dutch Shell’s (RDSa.L) 24 percent stake in the company, despite a recent share price drop.

Chief Executive Peter Coleman said the company would consider share buybacks if it was considering returning capital to shareholders, but said Shell had not approached it to buy back the stake.

“I don’t see us specifically targeting Shell’s equity in that instance,” Coleman told analysts and investors at a briefing. read more

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Fill her up, please…petrol pump attendants are back: Shell recruits staff at 300 UK forecourts – and they will even check your tyres

May 28th, 2012
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  • Shell says the service will save precious time for busy motorists 
  • The free, friendly service is expected to encourage customer loyalty

By David Gerrie

PUBLISHED: 22:25, 26 May 2012 | UPDATED: 00:10, 27 May 2012

To drivers of a certain age, they are remembered fondly. After motorists pulled into a garage, a man would emerge from a tiny kiosk, ask how many gallons were required and then proceed to ‘fill her up’.

Today, the drive for profits means they have been phased out and garages have become the 24-hour self-service forecourts we all know.

But in a remarkable turnaround, Shell is to reintroduce forecourt attendants at more than 300 of its sites by the end of the summer. read more

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British Prime Minister David Cameron Acting Dangerously Against Nigeria

May 28th, 2012
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MOSOP STATEMENT ISSUED 28 May 2012

British Prime Minister David Cameron Acting Dangerously Against Nigeria

MOSOP President/Spokesman, Dr. Goodluck Diigbo has described British Prime David Cameron’s government amicus brief in the Ogoni case of Kiobel v Shell in the United States of America as an ill-advised and short-sighted colonial tactics.

Diigbo said the prime minister’s action has deeper implications for destabilizing Nigeria. “What it means is that victims of oil operations that have no way of seeking equity and justice should take the law into their hands instead to use the legitimate judicial process available in the United States for requisite redress against violations by multinational oil companies in which Cameron’s government has vested interest,” Diigbo explained. read more

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Motiva pretense over employee safety

May 27th, 2012
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 Fatal Accident at Motiva Enterprises oil refinery: When a Worker’s Life Is Worth Less Than Dead Fish

Motiva preaches safety, safety safety, but the bottom line, at least at the location where I was employed, was how much will that cost? The company rolls out all these programs with fancy names, such as safe start, barrier thinking, etc. which are supposed to teach employees how to work safely. the courses are O.K. and I’m sure Motiva paid a lot of money to implement them, BUT if the management doesn’t adhere to the purpose of such training, then why bother? as soon as you walk out of the training, it’s back to business as usual! my guess is Motiva will try to hide behind all this training, and be able to say, “we trained these people, but they didn’t do the right thing, so blame the employees, not Motiva” in the event of an incident. what a bunch of B/S. one of the main reasons why I left Motiva. the old saying practice what you preach does not apply at Motiva. read more

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Heavy ice could delay start of Shell Alaska’s Arctic drilling

May 27th, 2012
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By KIM MURPHY 26 May 2012

Los Angeles Times

SEATTLE — The heaviest polar ice in more than a decade could postpone the start of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean until the beginning of August, a delay of up to two weeks, Shell Alaska officials said.

Unveiling a newly refurbished ice-class rig that is poised to begin drilling two exploratory wells this summer in the Beaufort Sea, Shell executives said Friday that the unusually robust sea ice would further narrow what already is a tight window for operations. The company’s $4-billion program is designed to measure the extent of what could be the United States’ most important new inventory of oil and gas. read more

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Lloyd’s of London preparing for euro collapse

May 27th, 2012
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The chief executive of the multi-billion pound Lloyd’s of London has publicly admitted that the world’s leading insurance market is prepared for a collapse in the single currency and has reduced its exposure “as much as possible” to the crisis-ridden continent.

2:50PM BST 27 May 2012

Richard Ward said the London market had put in place a contingency plan to switch euro underwriting to multi-currency settlement if Greece abandoned the euro.

In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph he also revealed that Lloyd’s could have to take writedowns on its £58.9bn investment portfolio if the eurozone collapses.

Europe accounts for 18pc of Lloyd’s £23.5bn of gross written premiums, mostly in France, Germany, Spain and Italy. The market also has a fledgling operation in Poland. read more

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Putin Tells Shtokman Partners to Decide Faster

May 27th, 2012
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27 May 2012: Reuters President Vladimir Putin urged partners in the Gazprom-led Shtokman gas project to speed up a final investment decision.

“So far, there has been no final decision on Shtokman, but we have to move actively,” he said Friday.

Putin also said that a decision could be made during an international economic forum in St. Petersburg in June.

Earlier Friday, sources said Royal Dutch Shell might join the project and Norway’s Statoil may leave it. Statoil owns 24 percent of Shtokman, France’s Total owns 25 percent, and Gazprom has a controlling stake of 51 percent.

“I take [the meeting with Putin] as a signal of the importance of the energy sector for Russia and the world,” said Statoil chief executive Helge Lund. “Shtokman is a pioneering project, the first of its kind in a very harsh environment. It’s a big opportunity, but there’s also many challenges which we have to solve on the way.” read more

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Appeals court green-lights Shell Oil’s drilling in Alaska Arctic this year

May 27th, 2012
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Posted on Sat, May. 26, 2012 09:41 PM

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An appeals court has sided with the federal government in giving the go-ahead to Shell Oil Co. to move forward with drilling in the Alaska Arctic this year, according to a ruling issued Friday night.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected challenges by Alaska Native groups to Shell’s exploration plan in the Beaufort Sea, and, in a separate memorandum, also denied petitions challenging its plan for the Chukchi Sea.

The Native Village of Point Hope and the Inupiat Community of the North Slope asserted the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management failed to properly consider the risks of drilling in the Arctic in approving Shell’s plans. A number of environmental groups, including Greenpeace, the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society, also challenged the federal approval. read more

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Shell executives paid no bonuses in 2003

May 27th, 2012
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Jeroen van der Veer told staff in Houston, Texas, this week that he would not tolerate “bullying” within the company, and admitted that its dealings with business partners had often been “arrogant”.

FROM OUR ARCHIVES…

Financial Times: Shell executives paid no bonuses in 2003

By Adrian Michaels

Published: May 28 2004

Royal Dutch/Shell, the embattled oil company, on Thursday said it had paid no bonuses to senior executives last year, seeking to reassure investors after months of turmoil and resignations as it published its annual report.

The report, which was publised two months later than usual, also contained expanded information on Shell’s controversial oil and gas reserves. Reserves were separated out geographically by continent for the first time and there was a fuller explanation of reserve accounting policies.
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