Translation of an article published in an April 2012 edition of the German magazine: ECOreporter CLICK ON EACH IMAGE TO ENLARGE Text in Nigeria Oil Spill Photo: The oil industry in Nigeria is the cause of ecological environmental problems Article by Juergen Roettger. April Fool Bad Publicity plus British Humour – puts Shell on the [...]
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Shell: Alaska drillship didn’t run aground
Published: July 20, 2012 at 5:57 AM ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 20 (UPI) — Divers from Shell confirmed that the Noble Discoverer drillship didn’t run aground after it slipped its anchor off the Alaskan coast, the company said. Shell said the drillship slipped anchor and drifted about 300 feet toward the Alaskan coast. It was towed [...]
It’s Not Just Spills—the Climate Risks of Arctic Drilling
By Bryan Walsh | @bryanrwalsh | July 20, 2012 Royal Dutch Shell is set to begin drilling in the Arctic waters off Alaska beginning next month, assuming the Obama Administrations doesn’t hold off on needed permits at the last-minute. (With President Obama fighting for re-election—and fighting the charge that he’s anti-energy—don’t bet on it.) That [...]
The Herald (Scotland): U-turn on Brent oil deaths inquiry
FROM OUR JULY 2005 SHELL NEWS ARCHIVE The Herald (Scotland): U-turn on Brent oil deaths inquiry “Keith Moncrieff and Sean McCue died when they were exposed to hydrocarbon gases on the Brent Bravo platform on September 11, 2003. At Stonehaven Sheriff Court in March, Shell, the oil company, admitted three safety breaches which led to [...]
French Employee at Shell’s Russian Venture Is Killed
FROM OUR JULY 2005 SHELL NEWS ARCHIVE BLOOMBERG: French Employee at Shell’s Russian Venture Is Killed “A French expatriate working at a Royal Dutch Shell Plc-led oil and gas venture off Russia’s Pacific coast was killed at his apartment in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, on the southern end of Sakhalin Island.”: “Sakhalin Energy and Starstroi are investigating the [...]
Shell’s Arctic oil spill containment vessel plagued by delays
By Kim Murphy July 19, 2012, 8:30 p.m. SEATTLE–The vessel designated to act as a crucial oil spill containment system in Arctic waters has obtained Coast Guard approval to meet less rigorous weather standards than originally proposed. But, less than two weeks before drilling off Alaska’s northern coast is due to begin, a series of [...]
Motiva to restart damaged unit in early 2013
Motiva to restart damaged unit in early 2013 By Simone Sebastian: Published 07:31 p.m., Thursday, July 19, 2012 Motiva Enterprises plans to restart the new crude distillation unit at its Port Arthur refinery early next year, after damage from a chemical leak shut it down last month, the company said Thursday. Weeks after the May 31 [...]
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