(Their report also includes a strong note of caution about dangers of drilling in the Arctic, where harsh conditions would present even more difficult challenges in the event of a spill.) Editorial The Big Spill, Two Years Later A version of this editorial appeared in print on April 18, 2012, on page A26 of the [...]
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A Tale of Two Oil Slicks
April 13, 2012 By Alexis Flynn On Thursday, Royal Dutch Shell announced it was investigating a potential leak in the Gulf of Mexico. On the same day, it reported a more than sevenfold increase in the amount of crude spilled over the last year in Nigeria, one of its major host countries. But only one [...]
Shell says sees no oil leaks from Gulf of Mexico wells
Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:48pm EDT * Shell says sheen is estimated at 6 barrels * Sheen spotted near Shell’s Mars and Ursa oil platforms * Shell says sees no leaks from its operations * Regulator says sheen near a natural seabed seep * Shell shares pare earlier losses By Kristen Hays HOUSTON, April 12 [...]
Shell Shares Fell Nearly 4% On Reports Of US Gulf Sheen
The Wall Street Journal: Shell shares traded down nearly 4% after the company reports a light sheen in U.S. Gulf
Royal Dutch Shell Shares Down 2.5% After It Reports US Gulf Sheen
The report comes nearly two years after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, unleashing the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Shell Reports ‘Light Sheen’ In Gulf Of Mexico, Dispatches Spill Vessel
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Shell says it has dispatched an oil-spill response vessel to the location, between the Mars and Ursa production areas, and has requested flights to monitor the one-by-10-mile sheen with aerial surveillance.
Congress, Make Shell Spill Ketchup in the Arctic Before They Drill
Why isn’t the U.S. government telling Shell: “You can only drill in the Chukchi or Beaufort Seas AFTER you prove you can clean up a spill.”
The Coming Boom in Arctic Drilling
By Aimee Duffy: April 10, 2012 Technology is changing the oil exploration and production picture, and one of the biggest impacts will be on Arctic drilling. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that 25% of the world’s remaining undiscovered conventional oil and gas reserves are located in the Arctic, with most of it in offshore reservoirs. The U.S. [...]
In Total North Sea gas leak, comparisons to Gulf oil spill inevitable
By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, April 9, 3:38 PM PARIS Oil giant Total has moved to reassure investors and environmental activists over the past week that the financial and environmental damage from its gas leak in the North Sea would be limited, a task made more difficult by comparisons to BPs handling of a catastrophic oil [...]
North Sea spills on the rise
Professor Andrew Watterson, the head of the occupational and environmental health research group at the University of Stirling, accused companies of playing down “the potentially catastrophic consequences” of gas and oil leaks. “ Karrie Gillett: MONDAY 09 2012 Sixty-nine oil and chemical spills in the North Sea have been reported in three months. Eighteen companies [...]
Safety check backlog at UK oil rigs
A spokesman for Royal Dutch Shell, which also operates in the North Sea said: “Asset integrity is a high priority for Shell. In 2011, we invested around $600 million (379 million pounds) in our North Sea assets, including maintenance. We strive to operate all our assets, regardless of age or location, in a way that meets or exceeds both our global internal standards and relevant legal and regulatory requirements. We are confident that the maintenance plans for our North Sea assets are robust.”
SELECTION OF RECENT ARTICLES ON ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC.COM
HOW TO GUT GOLIATH At long last, someone has written an invaluable guide on how ordinary individuals can publicly criticize the rich and powerful, including multinational corporations, by using the Internet. EXTRACT: the most successful gripe site of all time, which targets Shell Oil, actually operates under the domain name royaldutchshellplc.com, Shells legal trading name. [...]
Corruption and Leadership: An Endless Cycle?
By Meika Jensen Corruption is a growing issue in a world that is nearing complete transparency these problems are not out in the open. Many schools, from top undergraduate business programs to top masters degree programs, are taking them on with increased education, but what about the professional world which already exists? In 2008, [...]
Shell battles to clean up its act in the Niger Delta
This is Shells dirty laundry, an ecological stain on its character that predates BPs despoliation of the Gulf of Mexico and will likely outlast it by many years… Given the reputational damage it has incurred from oil spills, not to mention the threat to staff of kidnap or murder, a huge question mark hangs over [...]
Chinese Whispers about the death of a Hakluyt agent
The fact that Mr Heywood worked for Hakluyt (the corporate intelligence firm closely linked with Shell), is said to be seen by some as a clue to his untimely death. Titled Shell directors were the ultimate spymasters and major shareholders in Hakluyt. EMAIL SENT BY JOHN DONOVAN TO MR MICHIEL BRANDJES, COMPANY SECRETARY & GENERAL [...]
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