By CLIFFORD KRAUSS: July 19, 2012 Royal Dutch Shell’s plan to drill in the Arctic waters of Alaska next month is no laughing matter for most environmentalists, who still hope the Obama administration will deny the company some permits at the last minute. But Greenpeace is having some fun all the same. On Thursday, a [...]
Posts on ‘July 19th, 2012’
Was Greenpeace’s Shell Hoax Brilliant Or ‘Villainous’? One Of The Guys Behind It All Speaks.
Kashmir Hill, Forbes Staff: 7/19/2012 @ 3:51PM Was Greenpeace’s Shell Hoax Brilliant Or ‘Villainous’? One Of The Guys Behind It All Speaks. The reaction to Greenpeace’s hilarious hijacking of Shell Oil’s online identity has been mixed this week. Greenpeace and Yes Lab created a parody “Arctic Ready” website that closely mirrored Shell’s own site talking [...]
Organisers of fake adverts have grounds to sue Shell for defamation?
Shell says spoof video and fake adverts are scams STATEMENT ON SHELL U.S. WEBSITE Shell not involved in spoof video and fake advertisements 07/19/2012 Journalists, blog readers and YouTube viewers have recently been targeted with scams launched by organizations opposed to energy exploration in Alaska. Journalists, blog readers and YouTube viewers have recently been targeted [...]
Moscow Times: Gazprom Rethinks Value of Sakhalin-2
FROM OUR JULY 2005 SHELL NEWS ARCHIVE… Moscow Times: Gazprom Rethinks Value of Sakhalin-2 Tuesday 19 July 2005 Gas giant Gazprom said on Friday it considered Royal Dutch/Shell’s assets on Sakhalin to be worth less after the oil major doubled the project’s cost estimates last week to $20 billion. Earlier this month, Gazprom agreed to [...]
New York Times: Court Approves Unification of Shell Group
FROM OUR JULY 2005 SHELL NEWS ARCHIVE New York Times: Court Approves Unification of Shell Group “The restructuring came amid a scandal over Shell’s restatement of its oil and gas reserves. In February the company announced the fifth restatement in just over a year. In all, reserves have been cut by 6.85 billion barrels to [...]
Shell social media oil spill a ‘coordinated online assassination’
Shell social media oil spill a ‘coordinated online assassination’ Asher Moses: Technology Editor: July 19, 2012 – 12:26PM Shell’s brand has been hijacked in what marketing experts say is a “social media oil spill” and a “coordinated online assassination of the Shell brand”. Shell now have the equivalent of a social media oil spill on [...]
Shell Arctic Ready Hoax Website By Greenpeace Takes Internet By Storm
07/18/2012 At first glance, Arctic Ready looks like a legitimate website from Shell. The clean lines, judicious use of white space and the prominent placement of the familiar red and yellow “Shell” logo have all the markings of the oil corporation’s homepage. But would Royal Dutch Shell really splash “LET’S HIT THE BEACH” across a [...]
Greenpeace ad campaign targeting Shell Oil is an online spoof that everyone keeps falling for
New York Daily News: Greenpeace ad campaign targeting Shell Oil is an online spoof that everyone keeps falling for Company says @ShellIsPrepared, which is asking Twitter users to stop passing around the fake ads, has nothing to do with the giant oil company. By Rheana Murray / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, [...]
Shell Oil’s Social Media Nightmare Continues, Thanks To Skilled Pranksters Behind @ShellisPrepared
Shell Oil’s Social Media Nightmare Continues, Thanks To Skilled Pranksters Behind @ShellisPrepared Kashmir Hill, Forbes Staff: July 18, 2012 Two months ago, an “Arctic Ready” website appeared online. Festooned with Shell Oil’s logo, it purported to be a site dedicated to educating the public about Shell’s drilling for oil up North. It even included an [...]
Return of the 1970s as Shell bring back petrol pump attendants to fill your tank for you
Return of the 1970s as Shell bring back petrol pump attendants to fill your tank for you By Sara Malm: PUBLISHED: 18 July 2012 | Motorists stopping to refuel this summer may find themselves transported back in time as it sees the return of the old-school petrol pump attendant. Three hundred Shell petrol stations across [...]
Online pranksters target Shell’s drilling plans
Greenpeace’s latest attack on the company’s Arctic drilling is a little too effective. By Kim Peterson 19 July 2012 Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A +0.40%) has a problem on its hands: a little website that looks authentic and for weeks has called attention to the company’s Arctic oil exploration plan.The website, at ArcticReady.com, was expertly crafted to [...]
Drawing battle lines over impending Arctic Ocean oil drilling
Drawing battle lines over impending Arctic Ocean oil drilling – while House Republicans advance radical offshore drilling expansion bill Posted on July 16, 2012 by Rick Piltz Will the Obama Administration bend environmental protection rules and set aside scientific concerns to allow Shell Oil to proceed with Arctic drilling this summer? A Shell drilling ship has [...]
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