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December 10th, 2013:

Reflections on Yuletide greetings from Shell lawyers

A promotional game devised for Shell by Don Marketing

A promotional game devised for Shell by Don Marketing

The threats about defamation, breach of contract, contempt of court, potential action by third parties etc are also duly noted; a fairly typical variety of seasonal greetings from Shell. Is this part of the policy of dealing with me “sympathetically” as promised in writing by Mr Wiseman on 26th November 2002? If this is the compassionate approach, it is frightening to speculate on what I could expect if Shell decided to take a hardline; perhaps a gift-wrapped bomb-tipped walking stick, or an Ebola infected fairy queen to hang on my Xmas Tree?

By John Donovan

I have been looking at our correspondence files with Shell and its lawyers stretching back two decades.

This is in connection with an ongoing project that will come to fruition in 2014.

Since we fought six high court actions against Shell between 1994 and 1999, there were bound to be some interesting episodes.

In 1997, Shell management was enraged that we were bringing yet another claim for breach of confidence and breach of contract  – Shell had already settled our first three actions. read more

This website and sisters royaldutchshellgroup.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, and shellnews.net, are owned by John Donovan. There is also a Wikipedia segment.

Shell plans spark calls for federal environmental review

Environmentalists are calling for a federal environmental assessment of a billion-dollar oil exploration project in Nova Scotia on top of the provincial one. Environmentalists worry about the risk of a disaster that could threaten marine life such as whales, swordfish and tuna.

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Shell Canada proposing major offshore N.S. exploration of 7 oil wells beginning in 2015

CBC News Posted: Dec 10, 2013

Environmentalists are calling for a federal environmental assessment of a billion-dollar oil exploration project in Nova Scotia on top of the provincial one.

Shell Canada is proposing a major offshore Nova Scotia exploration of seven oil wells beginning in 2015.

Armed with geological information it gathered from seismic vessels last summer, Shell plans to drill in much deeper water than the existing gas wells near Sable Island.

Environmentalists worry about the risk of a disaster that could threaten marine life such as whales, swordfish and tuna. read more

This website and sisters royaldutchshellgroup.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, and shellnews.net, are owned by John Donovan. There is also a Wikipedia segment.

Shell ranks way behind rivals in unconventional oil

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By John Donovan

Information on page 21 of a November 2013 – 30 page report by industry experts, Wood Mackenzie, reveals that Shell ranks way behind its rivals in unconventional oil. 

It warns on the same page about the difficulties of searching out enticing opportunities for M&A activity

The highly informative Wood Mackenzie Executive Summary Report on Royal Dutch Shell, available on subscription, contains positive, as well as negative expert opinion about the oil giant.

This website and sisters royaldutchshellgroup.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, and shellnews.net, are owned by John Donovan. There is also a Wikipedia segment.

Shell under fire over ‘toxic waste risk’

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Dozens of huge concrete tanks containing unknown amounts of toxic petrochemical waste will be left on the seabed under the latest proposals for decommissioning some of the oldest and largest oil rigs around Scotland’s coast.

The energy giant Shell plans to apply early next year for permission to leave 64 underwater storage tanks in the Brent oilfield, 116 miles off Shetland. Each is about 60 metres in height, roughly the same as Edinburgh’s Scott Monument and taller than Nelson’s column in London. read more

This website and sisters royaldutchshellgroup.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, and shellnews.net, are owned by John Donovan. There is also a Wikipedia segment.

Arrow Energy gas plant gets the green light from government

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WITH four strokes of his pen, Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt has given approval to a suite of enormously expensive and controversial projects planned for Central Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef.

Mr Hunt approved two major projects from the Shell-owned Arrow Energy, allowing it to build a $15 billion dollar  plant on Curtis Island to convert coal seam gas to liquefied natural gas.

The final approval allows Shell, through Arrow to connect that factory to the mainland via an 9.45km underwater pipeline. read more

This website and sisters royaldutchshellgroup.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, and shellnews.net, are owned by John Donovan. There is also a Wikipedia segment.

First Utility partners with Shell to bring down its energy costs

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by Suzie Neuwirth: December 10, 2013

IN A bid to break the stranglehold of the big six, independent energy supplier First Utility yesterday said it has secured a partnership with Shell Energy to get better deals from the wholesale market.

Under the new five to 10 year deal, energy giant Shell will act as an intermediary for First Utility, using its scale and expertise to competitively source wholesale electricity and gas.

First Utility has previously spoken about the difficulties competing with vertically integrated energy suppliers such as SSE and Centrica, who have both retail and generation businesses. While their retail divisions buy energy in the wholesale market, much of it has been produced by their own generating arms, which make much larger profit margins. read more

This website and sisters royaldutchshellgroup.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, and shellnews.net, are owned by John Donovan. There is also a Wikipedia segment.
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