Shell has overhauled its UK legal team, appointing Sarah Morton as its new UK head of legal, replacing Michael Coates in the role. Morton, who is also now associate GC for Shell’s downstream northwest Europe business, takes up her new role after nearly six years as Shell’s managing counsel for global litigation for Europe, Middle East & North Africa. In this role she built and managed a team of lawyers, recruiting from both inside and outside of Shell. Coates has taken up a new position as associate general counsel for Shell’s global upstream business after four years as UK head of legal. READ MORE
Donny Ching
Shell rejigs in-house team and names new UK head of legal
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Shell’s Desperate Dash to Ditch London: An Epic Solution to Their Share Woes?: 21 April 2024
Shell Down Under: Prelude of Profits or Prelude to Disaster?: 19 April 2024
Shell’s Climate Conundrum: 19 April 2024
Shell Unveils Eco-Friendly Fairy Tale: Bio-LNG Plant in Germany: 19 April 2024
Shell and BP: Time to Jump Ship to the Land of Oil Lovers?: 19 April 2024
Shell Left Sputtering as Netherlands Closes Groningen Gas Field for Good: 17 April 2024
Shell’s Arctic Drilling Plan Faces Legal Iceberg Amidst Environmental Uproar: 17 April 2024
Shell to Investors: Screw Climate, We’re Too Busy Making Money: 17 April 2024
Shell’s great escape from Nigeria: 15 April 2024
Shell’s CEO Hits the Jackpot While Employees Scratch for Pennies: 14 April 2024
Shell’s London Departure: The Ultimate “What the Frack” Moment: 14 April 2024
Shell’s Climate Appeal: Lobbying for “Transition” or Just Hot Air?: 13 April 2024
Shell’s London Exodus: A “What the F@#k” Moment for the Stock Market: 13 April 2024
Shell CEO Threatens London Stock Exchange: 10 April 2024
Ex-Shell Bigwig Fuels Fears of London Exodus: 9 April 2024
Shell’s Boss Bags £8m: “Let Them Eat Carbon Intensity Reductions”: 8 April 2024
Shell’s London Exodus Threatens UK’s Stock Market Status Quo: 8 April 2024
Dutch Senate Hits Snooze Button on Closing Groningen Gas Field: 7 April 2024
Shell Disappointed: Lower Q1 Earnings Expected from Natural Gas Trading: 7 April 2024
Shell’s “Dragon” Scheme: Seeking a License to Pollute: 4 April 2024
UK Taxpayers Stuck with Shell’s Toxic Bill for North Sea Cleanup: 3 April 2024
Shell’s Corporate Doublespeak: “Sorry, But We Can’t Save the Planet if You Can’t Pay Your Energy Bill!”: 2 April 2024
Shell’s Hilarious Defence: “Reducing Emissions Hinders Our Quest to Destroy the Planet!”: 2 April 2024
Shell Dumps New Zealand Assets Like It’s Cleaning Out Its Junk Drawer: 2 April 2024
Shell Oil’s Climate Goals: A Masterclass in Greenwashing or Just a Load of Bull?: 2 April 2024
Shell Appeals Climate Ruling, Insists on Right to Trash the Planet Unabated: 2 April 2024
Shell’s Greenpeace Lawsuit Mocked by Celebrities: “Seriously, Shell? What the Hell?”: 1 April 2024
Supreme Court’s Shell Game: How Big Corporations Dodge Accountability for Human Rights Abuses: 31 March 2024
Oil Giants’ Climate Targets Go Up in Smoke: 30 March 2024
Shell Faces Hague Climate Case: Another Masterclass in Hypocrisy and Legal Gymnastics: 30 March 2024
Shell’s Climate Targets: A Masterclass in Greenwashing and Greed: 28 March 2024
Shell and Co.’s Latest Scheme: Dumping CO2 in Southeast Asia, Because Why the Hell Not?: 28 March 2024
Shell’s Pennsylvania Plastics Plant: The Clean Air Saga Continues: 28 March 2024
Shell’s Flaring Fiasco: Deer Park Chemical Plant Puts on a Light Show, Community Left in the Dark: 27 March 2024
Russia’s Shell Game: Sakhalin LNG Stake Swapped Like Trading Cards, This Time Gazprom Wins: 27 March 2024
Shell and Friends’ Climate Change Lies: Another Lawsuit Calls Out Big Oil’s Deception: 27 March 2024
Shell CEO Laments: “How Dare You Sue Us for Ruining the Planet!”: 24 March 2024
Oil Giants in Panic Mode: Payout Promises Up in Smoke as Prices Plummet: 24 March 2024
Shell’s Great Escape: Fleeing Protests with the Efficiency of a Greased Pig: 24 March 2024
Shell’s “Oops, We Flared Again” Excuse Raises Eyebrows and Air Quality Concerns: 23 March 2024
Shell’s Air Pollution Permit Countdown: Tick-Tock, Time’s Up, Big Oil! 23 March 2024
Ascension of Greg Joiner to Position of Executive VP at Shell Energy: 23 March 2024
Shell Ditches Massachusetts Wind Project Like a Bad Tinder Date, Because Who Needs Renewable Energy When You’ve Got Oil?: 21 March 2024
Big Oil Plays Pretend: Phasing Out Fossil Fuels Deemed ‘Fantasy’ Amid Record Profits: 20 March 2024
Shell’s New Strategy: ‘Net Zero Schmet Zero,’ Because Who Needs the Planet When You’ve Got Profits?: 20 March 2024
Shell’s Latest Magic Trick: Turning Gas Stations into EV Charging Hubs, Because Who Needs Oil Anyway?: 20 March 2024
Activists to Ad Agencies: Beware of Shell’s Siren Song, Lest Ye Become Gaslighting Accomplices: 20 March 202
Extinction Rebellion Throws a Block Party at Shell’s Doorstep: 20 March 2024
Shell’s Former Big Cheese Bags £95m: 20 March 2024
Shell’s Climate Ambitions Take a Dive as It Clings to Fossil Fuels: 20 March 2024
Shell Turning American Dreamscapes into Industrial Wastelands: 20 March 2024
Is it wise for Reuters to accept content sponsorship from Shell?: 9 March 2024
Shell’s Grand Farewell Tour: Leaving More Than Just Memories in the Niger Delta: 6 March 2024
Shell’s Profit Party: Dancing on Oil Barrels While the World Burns: 6 March 2024
Shell and Saudi Aramco in a Tug-of-War for Pavilion Energy: 5 March 2024
Big Oil Plays Fairy Godmother to Environmental NGOs: A Twisted Tale of Greenwashing 4 March 2024
Shell’s Environmental Armageddon In Nigeria: 4 March 2024
Shell’s Grand Exodus to Octopus Energy: A Tale of Corporate Musical Chairs: 2 March 2024
Shell Plays Hot Potato with Solar Assets: A Tale of Strategic ‘Enlightenment’: 29 Feb 24
Shell’s Grand Escape: Ditching the Niger Delta With a Toxic Parting Gift: 28 Feb 24
Shell’s Latest Magic Trick: A ‘Climate Tech’ Mirage With an Oil-Stained Rabbit: 26 Feb 24
Shell’s Aberdeen HQ: From Skyline Staple to Rubble and ‘Regeneration’ Rhetoric: 20 Feb 24
“How to Pollute and Piss Off Your Neighbors” starring Shell: 20 Feb 24
Big Oil’s Profit Party: Dancing on the Graves of Global Crisis: 19 Feb 24
Shell Ponders Ditching Norway’s Wind Farm Fiesta: Too Pricey, Too Tricky, Too Shell: 15 Feb 24
Shell and Exxon Take Dutch Government to Court Over Gas Field Party Pooper: 14 Feb 24
Shell Splurges $14 Billion on a Plant That’s Practically a Comedy of Errors: 14 Feb 24
Shell at it again? Oil Giant shirking responsibility by selling its assets in the Niger Delta: 14 Feb 24
Shell Ditches Decade-Long Iraqi Dream: 14 Feb 24
Shell’s Crystal Ball Predicts a Gas-tastic Future: 14 Feb 24
Shell Bids Adieu to California’s Hydrogen Dreams: 12 Feb 24
Dutch Pension Fund Dumps Oil Stocks, including Shell, Like Hot Potatoes: 8 Feb 24
Havas Plays Dress-Up with Shell’s Image, Forgets Climate Promises at the Door: 8 Feb 24
Shell’s Magical Makeover: Introducing “Onward,” The Climate Tech Venture with a Side of Irony: 8 Feb 24
Shell’s Pennsylvania Petrochemical Plant Costs Inflate to a Jaw-Dropping $14 Billion: 8 Feb 24
Shell Ditches Retiree Baggage in a $4.9 Billion “See Ya Later” Deal with Prudential: 8 Feb 24
Shell CEO Cries Over Biden’s LNG Timeout, Fears for Big Oil’s Fragile Confidence: 4 Feb 24
Throws a Billion-Dollar Bash as the Planet Heats Up, While Greenpeace Crashes the Party: 3 Feb 2024
Greta Thunberg Dodges the Slammer as Judge Gives Thumbs Down to Police Shenanigans at Oil Gala Protest: 3 Feb 2024
Shell’s CEO Sawan Laments Over US LNG Drama While Cashing in Billions: 3 Feb 2024
Shell’s Magical Mystery Tour Convinces Pennsylvania to Fork Over $1.6 Billion for Plastic Paradise: 3 Feb 2024
Shell Strikes It Rich in LNG Lottery While Tossing Crumbs of Greenery to the Masses: 3 Feb 2024
Shell Throws Cash Fiesta for Shareholders as Profits Take a ‘Modest’ Dip: 1 Feb 2024
Shell Plays Green Dress-Up for Shareholders While Profits Take a Dive: 31 Jan 2024
Shell and BP’s Profit Hits a Bump: Oil Titans Face 40% Profit Drop: 28 Jan 2024
Shell’s Latest Greenwashing Masterstroke: Converting Refinery to Make Fancy Oils While Keeping the Oil Party Going Elsewhere: 26 Jan 2024
Shell Sues Greenpeace for $2.1 Million: An Episode Straight Out of ‘Succession’: 24 Jan 2024
Yannick Bolloré, Climate’s Newest Champion, Boldly Teams Up with Shell for a Greener Wallet: 24 Jan 2024
A Gripping David vs. Goliath Tale – John Donovan vs Shell: 21 Jan 2024
Shell Dodging Responsibility One Oil Spill at a Time: 19 Jan 2024
Shell vs. The World: A Tale of Carbon Emissions, Courtrooms, and Questionable Commitments: 18 Jan 2024
Shell’s Old Files: The Gift That Keeps on Giving (To Climate Lawsuits): 18 Jan 2024
Shell’s Job Cutting Spree: 18 Jan 2024
Shell’s Eco-Friendly Fairy Tale Ends in Canada: Greenpeace Waves Magic Wand: 18 Jan 2024
New Motto at Shell California Gas Stations: ‘Gift Cards Welcome, Extra Charges Guaranteed!’: 18 Jan 2024
Shell’s AGM: Shareholders Demand Climate Action, Shell Prefers Business as Usual: 17 Jan 2024
Shell Plays It Safe, Pauses Red Sea Shipments: 16 Jan 2024
Shell’s ‘Nigerian Goodbye’: A Legacy of Spills, Lawsuits, and a $2.4 Billion ‘See Ya!’: 16 Jan 2024
Shell’s Pricey Petrol: 13 Jan 2024
Shell Energy UK Hit with Colossal £1 Pound Fine: Couch Cushion Change for Overcharging: 10 Jan 2024
Dutch Government Reluctantly Flicks On Groningen’s ‘Pilot Light’ Amid Chilly Weather: 10 Jan 2024
Shell’s Nigerian Legal Hoopla: Supreme Court Says ‘Yes’ to Pollution Appeal: 8 Jan 2024
Shell’s Financial Rollercoaster: Big Bucks in Gas, Oopsies in Chemicals: 8 Jan 2024
Shell’s Pennsylvania Plant: A Not-So-Smooth Start in the World of Ethylene Cracking: 7 Jan 2024
Shell’s Generosity: A Mere $5M for Environmental Oopsies in Beaver County: 6 Jan 2024
Shell Scores a Courtroom Encore in Nigeria After Alleged Environmental Ode to the Niger Delta: 5 Jan 2024
Shell’s CEO Ponders Joining the Fossil Fuel Fiesta in the U.S.: 5 Jan 2024
Shell Joins BP in Playground Squabble Over Venture Global LNG’s Toy Box: 5 Jan 2024
Shell Netherlands CEO Bemoans the Inconvenience of Saving the Planet: 3 Jan 2024
Oil Magnates Celebrate Profits With A Rain of Cash, While the World Burns: 2 Jan 2024
2023
Shell’s Prelude FLNG: Now With More Delays and Suspense!: 27 Dec 2023
Shell’s Generous Holiday Gift to Employees: More Time Off… Permanently: 23 Dec 2023
Shell’s Secret Spy Saga: Like a Bad Spy Movie, But With More Oil and Less Charm: 22 Dec 2023
Shell’s Cost-Cutting Extravaganza: Because Who Needs Jobs in a Low-Carbon Division Anyway?: 21 Dec 2023
Shell’s Pocket Change: A $2.85 Million ‘Cleanup Fee’ for Illinois Refinery Mess: 21 Dec 2023
British Museum Gratefully Embraces BP’s ‘Green’ Millions for Grand Makeover: 19 Dec 2023
Shell’s Floating Money Machine Back in Action Just in Time for Winter Profits: 18 Dec 2023
Latest Allegations and Litigation Relating to Warring Spymasters in Shell’s Corporate Security Department: 15 Dec 2023
Shell Ditches Half a Million Broadband Customers: 14 Dec 2023
Shell’s $6 Billion ‘Investment’ in Nigeria: Because What’s a Little More Oil Among Friends?: 9 Dec 2023
Shell’s ‘Not Our Mess’ Defense Faces Nigerian Justice Showdown”: 9 Dec 2023
Shell in Hot Water for Playing Dumb in Rhode Island’s ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ Lawsuit: 9 Dec 2023
Shell’s Latest Magic Trick: Turning a Modest Energy Bill into a Financial Nightmare!: 8 Dec 2023
Shell Says ‘So Long’ to Retail Energy, Passes the Baton to Octopus: 7 Dec 2023
Pension Funds Get Memo: Ditch Oil & Gas: 1 December 2023
Shell Plays Hot Potato with Household Energy Biz, Tosses It to Octopus in the Great British Energy Shuffle: 1 December 2023
Shell Plays the Villain Again, Slapping Greenpeace with a lawsuit: 30 Nov 2023
Shell’s ‘Oops, We Did It Again’ Moment: Second Fine for Playing Fast and Loose with Customer Charges: 29 Nov 2023
Oil Titans on Trial: Big Energy Companies Grapple with Climate Deception Lawsuit in California Showdown: 27 Nov 2023
Shell’s Floating Marvel, Prelude LNG, Set to Make a Splashy Comeback Amidst Winter Demand Surge: 27 Nov 2023
Shell in Hot Water: UK High Court Greenlights Nigerian Fishermen’s Rights Case: 23 Nov 2023
Shell and BP’s Tightrope Walk: Plan B: Diversify or Bust: 23 Nov 2023
Shell Egypt just struck gold, or should we say gas: 23 Nov 2023
Octopus Energy’s Tentacular Expansion: Coventry Beckons as Shell Energy Takeover Looms: 23 Nov 2023
Shell Energy’s ‘Forgetful’ Faux Pas Costs Them a Pretty Penny: 21 Nov 2023
Shell pays net U.K. taxes for first time in four years: 21 Nov 2023
Shell’s ‘Innocent’ Victory: Lawsuits Magically Disappear in Nigerian Oil Field Saga: 17 Nov 2023
Happy Birthday, Shell Cracker Plant! Beaver County Wishes for a Less Polluted Future: 16 Nov 2023
Shell Plays Climate Roulette, Courts Give ‘Thumbs Up’15 Nov 2023
Shell’s AI Boss Spills the Beans on Their Love Affair with Generative AI at Web Summit: 15 Nov 2023
Shell’s Prelude Extended Vacation: 14 Nov 2023
Shell and BP: Plotting a Fossil Fuel Fairy Tale in Mega-Merger Mania?: 12 Nov 2023
I feel like I am back on dial up in the dark ages!: 12 Nov 2023
40 calls and 12 hours of my life I will never get back: 11 Nov 2023
Shell Plays the ‘Cool Uncle’ Card: Luring Gen Z with Games and Influencers While Glossing Over Fossil Fuels: 10 Nov 2023
US Supreme Court Snubs Shell’s ‘Timeout’ Request in Coastal Caper: 9 Nov 2023
Shell’s High Seas High Jinks: Suing the Little Greenpeace Boats for Big Green Bucks: 9 Nov 2023
Shell’s ‘Lean and Mean’ Plan: A Masterclass in Selective Hearing and Eco-Selective Memory: 5 Nov 2023
No Stars at all for anything… worst broadband provider I have ever had: 3 Nov 2023
Shell Revels in Petro Profits as World Pleads for Climate Mercy: 2 Nov 2023
Shell’s CEO Crowns Himself King of the Buyback Bonanza, Sidesteps the Acquisition Arms Race: 2 Nov 2023
Whispers of a BP-Shell super merger: 31 Oct 2023
Shell’s Eco-Friendly Secrets: UK Regulator Playing ‘Hide and Seek’ with North Sea Documents: 30 Oct 2023
Shell’s Brilliant Strategy: Cut Green Jobs While Pretending to Care About the Planet: 25 Oct 2023
Kudos to Havas! Because Nothing Screams ‘Ethical’ Like Partnering with Big Oil: 22 Oct 2023
Shell Energy Customer Support Experts are like Monkeys following a script: 22 Oct 2023
Shell’s Loving Embrace of Efficiency: Contractors, Who Needs ‘Em?: 20 Oct 2023
Clariant Rejects Shell’s Billion-Dollar Ethylene Damages Claim But Is Facing A Ruthless Adversary: 19 Oct 2023
Shell’s Never-Ending Maintenance Adventure Down Under: Prelude LNG Facility to Restart in Mid-November!: 18 Oct 2023
Shell’s Delayed Court Battle in South Africa – Because Who Needs Pristine Coasts Anyway?: 18 Oct 2023
Shell’s CEO Discovers a Magical New Path to Net Zero Emissions, Shares Soar!: 17 Oct 2023
Shell Finds a Warm Welcome at Havas as Extinction Rebellion Throws Surprise Party: 17 Oct 2023
Arrogant nasty vile Shell Energy customer service: 16 Oct 2023
Prelude FLNG: a potential disaster waiting to happen? : 10 Oct 2023
Shell’s Latest PR Stunt: Trying To Convince Us They Care!: 9 Oct 2023
Painfully slow Shell Broadband: 7 Oct 2023
Shell’s Newest Genius Plan: Fuelling Digital Dreams in Fortnite, Because Why Not?: 6 Oct 2023
Shell’s Alumni Gathering: Wopke Hoekstra’s Twisted Journey from Oil Fields to EU’s Climate Command: 5 Oct 2023
Shell’s CEO Attempts a Heart-to-Heart, but Is Anyone Buying It?: 5 Oct 2023
Shell’s Brilliantly “Clean” Plan: Ramping Up LNG While Preaching Net-Zero Gospel: 5 Oct 2023
Shell CEO Defends Unwavering Commitment to Environmental Exploitation”: 3 Oct 2023
Shell’s Brilliant Strategy: Ignoring the Environment and Riding the Oil Wave: 30 Sept 2023
What a load of rubbish if I could I’d give them minus 5: 30 Sept 2023
Shell Employees Shockingly Expect Oil Giant to Prioritize Renewables Over Profit: 27 Sept 2023
BP and Shell: Masters of Environmental Deception or Just the New Tobacco Titans?: 26 Sept 2023
Unkept promises from Shell: 26 Sept 2023
Shell and Exxon’s Symphony of Denial and Delay: Groningen Gas Field Closure Confirmed: 24 Sept 2023
Noble Exodus: BP and Shell Stocks Get the Boot: 20 Sept 2023
Worst internet company on the market: 20 Sept 2023
Shell and Friends: A Masterclass in Climate Responsibility: 17 Sept 2023
Shell Discovers the Secret Formula: Only Stop Polluting When No One Wants Oil: 17 Sept 2023
Worst Internet do not get tied into a contract with this company: 17 Sept 2023
Worst broadband, Worst customer service: 13 Sept 2023
SHELL PRELUDE TOXIC HEADLINES OVER THE LAST DECADE TELL AN OMINOUS STORY: 9 Sept 2023
Shell’s Ingenious Shortcut: Prioritizing Profits Over Prelude’s Persistent Problems: 7 Sept 2023
Shell Broadband Utterly Useless!!!!! WASTE OF TIME!!!!: 5 Sept 2023
Shell, Savior of the Energy World, Graciously Hands Over Its 1.4 Million Customers to Octopus Energy: 1 Sept 2023
Big Oil’s Next Genius Moves to Save the Planet: 31 August 2023
Had the misfortune of being sold Shell Broadband by Currys: 31 August 2023
Shell and BP Score High Marks in Greenwashing: Champions in the Art of Low-Carbon Lip Service: 26 August 2023
Shell Ponders Selling Its Singapore Chemical Wonderland: 26 August 2023
Octopus Energy Mulls Over Rescuing Shell’s Energy Orphans: 25 August 2023
Shell Broadband is incredibly slow if it even connects at all: 25 August 2023
SHELL ENERGY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A VULNERABLE MAN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES!: 22 Aug 2023
Shell’s Prelude Facility: Where Safety Takes a Backseat to Explosive Ambitions: 18 Aug 2023
Terrible service. Shell Broadband unreliable: 16 Aug 2023
Shell Hit With Civil Lawsuit After Inferno at Deer Park Refinery Released Toxic Airborne Contaminants: 14 Aug 2023
Shell’s Heartwarming Concern for Children: Protecting Oil & Gas Production for the Kids: 12 Aug 2023
Shell’s Noble Eco-Mission: Demolishing Old HQ to Release Carbon Emissions: 12 Aug 2023
Never ever ever move migrate or use Shell broadband: 12 Aug 2023
Slowest internet on earth: 10 Aug 2023
Shell’s Greenwashing Smokescreen: 7 Aug 2023
Treated like dirt by Shell Energy Customer Service: 7 Aug 2023
My service is more off than on!! Very unreliable! 6 Aug 2023
Shell’s “The Giving Pump” Returns: A Genius PR Stunt to Distract from Their Greedy Exploitation of the Planet: 1 Aug 2023
Prelude workers exposed to “hydrocarbon gas fire or explosion”: 1 Aug 2023
Frustrated and disgusted by Shell Broadband: 31 July 2023
Terrible Shell Broadband Wi-Fi, virtually unusable: 31 July 2023
Shell’s ‘obscene’ $5bn profits: 27 July 2023
Steer clear of Shell Energy Broadband: 25 July 2023
Shell’s terrible broadband customer service: 25 July 2023
Shell’s Climate Strategy: An Award-Winning Performance in the Courtroom!: 24 July 2023
Shell exposes its Prelude workers to the exhilarating risk of fire and explosion: 24 July 2023
Shell’s Misfortune: Profit Plummet as Oil Prices Dip: 23 July 2023
Shell fined almost $10 million for more toxic violations at its cracker plant in Beaver County: 23 July 2023
Shell’s Greenwashing Hits a New Low: 23 July 2023
Shell Celebrates Sky-High Profits While the World Burns: 22 July 2023
Shell to Demolish Iconic Aberdeen HQ, Erasing Its Legacy and Dumping the Past: 19 July 2023
Shell’s CEO Joins PM’s Business Council to “Drive Prosperity” with More Pollution: 19 July 2023
Shell Energy wifi keeps dropping out and line speeds are slow: 17 July 2023
Utterly Crap Shell Broadband: 17 July 2023
Shell’s Climate Pledge Pivot: A Masterclass in Greenwashing and Shady Business Tactics: 17 July 2023
Shell’s true colors are as plain as the crude oil they relentlessly extract from the Earth: 15 July 2023
Shell’s Noble Fight Against Pesky Environmentalists: 15 July 2023
Shell’s Unprecedented Commitment to Destroying the Planet: 10 July 2023
Do not trust Shell Broadband: 9 July 2023
Shell broadband speed less than 1/3rd of what they promised: 9 July 2023
Personal Information of Employees Stolen in ANOTHER Cyberattack on Shell: 7 July 2023
Shell’s Philanthropic CEO Faces Criticism for Comments on Oil Production: 7 July 2023
Shell CEO Dreams of Leaving UK for Greener (Profitable) Pastures in the US: 7 July 2023
Shell’s Greenwashing Exposed: Misleading Ads Banned for Hilariously Overstating Commitment to Clean Energy: 7 July 2023
Shell Laments Disappointing Gas Trading Results, Blames Everything but Themselves: 7 July 2023
Shell’s Self-Righteous Defense of Irresponsible Oil Production: 6 July 2023
Shell and Unilever: Partners in Profit, Supporters of Bloodshed: 5 July 2023
Shell’s Illusion of Economic Growth: Polymers Plant Leaves Beaver County High and Dry: 5 July 2023
Groningen Gas Field: Shell and Exxon Mobil’s Monument to Greed and Disregard for Health Risks: 5 July 2023
Shell, you are an appalling company of blatant lies, deceit, fobbing off and misinformation: 4 July 2023
SHELL BROADBAND NIGHTMARE:4 July 2023
Shell’s Magnificent Display of Hypocrisy: Still Trading Russian Gas Despite Empty Promises: 3 July 2023
Shell’s Heroic Retreat from Renewable Energy: Head of Renewable Generation Bids Farewell to Greedy, Polluting Empire: 3 July 2023
Despicable penny-pinching company with no morals or customer commitment: 29 June 2023
Apsolute rubbish the worst internet provide ever: 28 June 2023
Shell’s Reluctant Closure of Europe’s Largest Gas Field to “Solve” Decades of Inconvenience for Groningen Residents: 28 June 2023
Shell’s Latest Trans Niger Pipeline Spill: 26 June 2023
Church of England Dumps Greedy Oil Giants, Refuses to Compromise on Climate Responsibility: 23 June 2023
Shell’s Profits Trump Planet: Power Trader Leaves as Company Embraces Fossil Fuels: 23 June 2023
Truly terrible internet service from Shell Energy Broadband: 23 June 2023
Shell Broadband expensive, poor connection, poor customer service: 21 June 2023
I foolishly moved to Shell for my broadband: 21 June 2023
Shell’s $21 Billion Prelude Floating LNG Plant Debacle: 18 June 2023
Shell’s Unfortunate Encounter with Clop Ransomware:17 June 2023
Shell’s Magnificent Record: Thousands of Violations, Peanuts in Fines, and Another Exhilarating Fire at Deer Park Chemical Plant: 16 June 2023
Shell’s Bold Move: Embracing Climate-Wrecking Fossil Fuels, Doubling Down on Profit: 15 June 2023
Oil Giant Shell Bids Farewell to Pakistan: 14 June 2023
Shell’s Astonishing Strategy: Super-Sizing Profits and Middle Fingers to the Planet: 14 June 2023
Shell’s Magnanimous CEO Embarks on Heroic Journey to Shower Oil Investors with Untold Riches: 13 June 2023
Shell’s Potential Move to New York: A Brilliant Strategy to Boost Profits and Evade Environmental Scrutiny: 12 June 2023
Shell CEO Doubling Down on Natural Gas, Because Who Needs a Livable Planet Anyway?:12 June 2023
Shell’s Review of Chemical Business Reveals Unprecedented Concern for Lagging Performance: 11 June 2023
The Groningen Scandal: Shell and its partners, unleashed devastating Earthquakes in Pursuit of Profits: 10 June 2023
Shell’s Ingenious Plan: Double Down on Oil to Woo Investors: 10 June 2023
Explosive Outrage in Beaver County as Shell’s Polluting Monstrosity Faces Public Backlash: 10 June 2023
Shell internet goes down every few days: 10 June 2023
Avoid Shell broadband like the plague: 10 June 2023
Yet Another Shell Pollution Spree as Pernis Oil Refinery Springs a Leak!: 7 June 2023
Shell’s ‘Green’ Ads Exposed as Shameless Attempt to Mislead Public: 7 June 2023
Shell’s hit or miss broadband: 7 June 2023
Greedy Polluter Shell Exits Home Retail Energy Businesses Due to ‘Poor Returns’: 6 June 2023
Shell’s Audacious Move: Launching Global Media Review, results in Protests at “Innocent” WPP Offices: 6 June 2023
Impossible to contact, awful customer service: 5 June 2023
Shell’s Really Bad Broadband: 5 June 2023
Unreliable Shell Broadband: 1 June 2023
Shell’s appetite for espionage against John Donovan: 27 May 2023
Shell’s industrial monstrosity In Pennsylvania spewing out a cocktail of toxic fumes: 26 May 2023
Undoubtedly the worst Broadband provider the planet has to offer: 26 May 2023
Shell’s Generous Gesture: Paying Mere $10 Million for Air Violations and Restarting Plant Production: 24 May 2023
Shell Broadband still not working 6 days on from activation date: 24 May 2023
Shell prefers to ignore such trivial matters as the future of our planet: 24 May 2023
SHUT DOWN SHELL: 23 May 2023
OIL MAFIA SAGA: HOLLAND AND UNCLE SAM SHOULD KICKSTART THE “WHODUNNIT” DRAMA ON ENI AND SHELL’S OPL245 GAME IN NIGERIA: 22 May 2023
Dealing with Shell Energy customer service is something akin to torture: 21 May 2023
Shell Energy customer service staff rude and unhelpful: 21 May 2023
Shell faces shareholder revolt over laughably inadequate climate change goals: 20 May 2023
Shell demanding its slice of the green profit pie: 19 May 2023
Shell, the paragon of corporate responsibility, finds itself in the midst of an investor rebellion: 19 May 2023
More suspense at Shell’s Beaver County Cracker Plant: 19 May 2023
Shell’s “Climate-Friendly” Strategy Under Fire: ClientEarth’s Claim to Proceed, Because Who Cares About the Planet?: 19 May 2023
Shell’s ‘tense’ AGM where profits clash with the pesky climate: 18 May 2023
Shell and Other Oil Giants Urged to Pay $12 Billion to Clean Up Nigeria Mess: 17 May 2023
Shell Directors Escape Liability for Climate Policy in London Court Ruling: 16 May 2023
Shell’s Blatant Disregard for Climate Ruling Exposed by Milieudefensie: 16 May 2023
Shell’s Troubling Links with Iran Exposed: 16 May 2023
BE CAREFUL WHEN SETTING UP SHELL BROADBAND!!: 16 May 2023
At least Dick Turpin wore a mask: 16 May 2023
Shell Energy is the worst broadband provider: 13 May 2023
Shell Faces Lawsuit Over Blatant Air Pollution Violations at Cracker Plant: 12 May 2023
Shell Faces Federal Lawsuit for Repeatedly Polluting the Air: 12 May 2023
Shell Energy’s Failing Business Draws Feeble Interest from Rivals: 12 May 2023
Shell Prelude Floating FLNG Barge: A Potentially Catastrophic Failure of Safety Standards: 12 May 2023
Shell’s Petrochemical Plant Fire: Another Hazardous Incident Exposes Shell’s Recklessness: 12 May 2023
Shell’s Shameful Victory: UK Supreme Court Fails Nigerian Communities in Oil Spill Case: 10 May 2023
Shell’s Climate Betrayal: Profits Over Planet Sparks Church of England Revolt: 10 May 2023
Terrible experience with Shell Energy Broadband: 8 May 2023
Do NOT join Shell Energy it will be your worst nightmare: 8 May 2023
Absolutely rubbish Shell Energy Broadband. Wifi keeps disconnecting: 6 May 2023
Shell Energy zero regard for its customers: 3 May 2023
Shell Broadband KEEPS CUTTING OUT: 29 April 2023
AVOID THE CLOWNS AT SHELL ENERGY BROADBAND: 29 April 2023
Shell broadband is shocking and customer service appalling: 22 April 2023
Without internet for a week!!!: 22 April 2023
Shell BROADBAND speeds are terrible and the connection keeps going down: 1 April 2023
Shell Broadband is ‘total crap’: 28 March 2024
Shell Energy Incompetence at every level 27 March 2023
Shell Broadband ‘still trying to RESOLVE SLOW speed issues’: 24 March 2023
Absolutely appalling service from Shell Energy Broadband: 21 March 2023
Awful, Awful, Awful Shell Energy: 21 March 2024
Steer well clear of Shell Energy Broadband: 18 March 2023
Shell Broadband customer care at it’s very worst!: 16 March 2023
Shell’s recent response email to Shell pensioners: 14 March 2023
PLEASE DO NOT USE SHELL BROADBAND: 13 March 2023
Avoid this company and product at all costs: 10 March 2023
Shell Broadband… by far the worst internet I have had ever!: 7 March 2023
Probably the worst energy and broadband cowboy’s out there: 6 March 2023
AVOID Shell broadband like the plague: 1st March 2023
Shell Broadband complete and absolute nightmare: 27 Feb 2023
…bad customer service and multiple internet issues: 27 Feb 2023
Shell Broadband Absolutely terrible – random drop-outs, horrible speed: 24 Feb 2023
Shell Energy branded as Rapacious Clowns (means aggressively greedy grasping jokers?): 24 Feb 2023
My Shell broadband drops out every ten minutes: 22 Feb 2023
Shell Broadband goes down every day: 22 Feb 2023
…dropped calls, constant redirects, clueless staff, no respect for the customer: 19 Feb 2023
Disgusting company and inept customer service: 14 Feb 2023
Since Shell took over from the Post Office my phone and broadband are nothing but trouble: 9 Feb 2023
Left with no Shell broadband for three full weeks: 8 Feb 2023
Absolutely terrible company, overcharging, ridiculous prices, unhelpful staff: 7 Feb 2023
Absolutely appalling customer service from untrained, incompetent staff: 25 Jan 2023
Avoid at All Costs … Shell Broadband is Rubbish: 24 Jan 2023
Trustpilot reviewers verdict on Shell Energy – Awful Company AVOID!!!: 20 Jan 2023
One of the worst Internet connections I ever had: 18 Jan 2023
Shell broadband service is absolute garbage. AVOID AVOID AVOID: 15 Jan 2023
Treated with contempt and disrespect by Shell Energy: 14 Jan 2023
Absolute pants! Post Office was ok but Shell are next to useless: 12 Jan 2023
Probably the worst company I’ve ever dealt with avoid at all costs: 12 Jan 2023
Terrible Customer Service from Shell Energy Broadband: 8 Jan 2023
Rude and unapologetic staff at Shell Energy Broadband: 6 Jan 2023
Avoid Shell Energy for broadband: 3 Jan 2023
Shell Broadband Customer Service is non-existent: 2 Jan 2023
2022
The customer service is crap. I’ve had no broadband for 6 days.: 30 Dec 2022
Shell Energy described as ‘Spectacularly Incompetent and Useless’: 30 Dec 2022
Complaints are totally ignored. Rude staff on phone and emails ignored.: 27 Dec 2022
DO NOT GO WITH SHELL ENERGY THEY ARE AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE!!!: 26 Dec 2022
No internet over Christmas!: 24 Dec 2022
Toxic Shell internal emails: 24 Dec 2022
Avoid Shell Energy! They are an appallingly bad company: 21 Dec 2022
Terrible service, slow speed, constant breakdown from Shell Broadband: 13 Dec 2022
Disgusting treatment of 86-year-old by Shell Energy: DO NOT GET THEIR BROADBAND: 10 Dec 2022
AVOID Shell Energy at all costs not just monetary but for your sanity!!!!: 10 Dec 2022
Shater vs Shell – Information supplied by an insider: 9 Dec 2022
SHELL ENERGY ROBBING ELDERLY PEOPLE?: 7 Dec 2022
If your looking for broadband DO NOT GO WITH SHELL: 6 Dec 2022
Shell Energy Awful Broadband: 4 Dec 2022
Shater v. Shell Oil Co. A spectacular falling out of corporate spies: 3 Dec 2022
Absolutely abysmal shocking customer service from Shell Energy: 28 Nov 2022
SHELL BROADBAND AN UTTER SHAMBLES: 24 Nov 2022
Shell Broadband Terrible service, always on hold, lack of support: 21 Nov 2022
Shell Broadband Service drops out all the time. No customer service: 20 Nov 2022
Awful customer service and broadband doesn’t work!: 19 Nov 2022
Shell Broadband not fit for purpose: 19 Nov 2022
Would leave zero stars for Shell Broadband if possible: 18 Nov 2022
Terrible service. Slow internet. Impossible to contact support: 17 Nov 2022
Shell broadband is unreliable and keeps dropping: 16 Nov 2022
Slow connection and definitely no way of contacting them: 15 Nov 2022
Shell Energy customer service is rubbish, broadband slow and always dropping out: 14 Nov 2022
Shell broadband is useless: 13 Nov 2022
Shell Broadband Terrible Service for just about everything!12 Nov 2022
Warning for anyone thinking if using Shell Broadband services: 11 Nov 2022
Shell Energy Broadband reliability is nonexistent: 11 Nov 2022
AVOID SHELL ENERGY BROADBAND AT ALL COSTS: 9 Nov 2022
Shell Energy ‘Shambles of a company’: 7 Nov 2022
I have tried more times than I can remember to reach Shell Energy Broadband. I cannot reach anyone…: 4 Nov 2022
SHELL ENERGY BROADBAND NIGHTMARE: 4 Nov 2022
SHELL BROADBAND REVIEW: Poor quality connection, low range router and speed: 4 Nov 2022
DO NOT GO WITH THIS COMPANY FOR BROADBAND. Absolutely shocking service from beginning to end: 3 Nov 2022
Absolutely Terrible Shell Energy Broadband: 3 Nov 2022
Shell broadband drops out, goes off for hours at a time: 3 Nov 2022
Avoid at all costs. What a disgrace of a company…: 1 Nov 2022
Shell Energy ‘Cuts off elderly people’s phone lines with no warning’: 1 Nov 2022
No customer support, poor engineers and absolutely zero communication: 27 Oct 2022
AVOID SHELL ENERGY BROADBAND LIKE THE PLAGUE: 27 Oct 2022
Suddenly my SHELL broadband is down every day… no Netflix, no Alexa, no access to internet: 25 Oct 2022
Shell Energy Broadband Unreliable and Slow: 25 Oct 2022
Shell Energy Intermittent Broadband: 24 Oct 2022
Shell Energy – a company with ZERO compassion 24 Oct 2022
Useless Shell Energy Broadband: 22 Oct 2022
Awful Broadband Experience from Shell Energy: 20 Oct 2022
Another departing Shell leader seeking redemption?: 16 Oct 2022
Shell Energy Broadband Slow and Useless: 15 Oct 2022
Shell Energy Criminally Negligent?: 13 Oct 2022
Shell energy broadband is just the worst…: 8 Oct 2022
Joke of a company: 4 Oct 2022
Absolutely appalling service from Shell Energy Broadband1 Oct 2022
British Spies, British Lies (James Hall vs Walied Shater): 30 Sept 2022
Shocking, dreadful, awful Shell Broadband: 27 Sept 2022
Shell Broadband ‘a complete joke’: 27 Sept 2022
Never use Shell Energy for your phone line or broadband!: 18 Sept 2022
Shell Broadband service is dreadful, you cannot contact anyone to complain: 12 Sept 2022
Shell Energy Broadband Service is Dreadful: 10 Sept 2022
Shell Energy Broadband left me a week without internet: 8 Sept 2022
The book Sir Henri Deterding and the Nazi History of Royal Dutch Shell removed from sale in Germany: 1 Sept 2022
Shell Broadband WiFi keeps dropping Internet connection: 31 August 2022
LEAVE ME ALONE SHELL!! STOP BULLYING ME AND SENDING ME EMAILS ASKING FOR MONEY WHEN THE PRODUCT YOU SELL DOESN’T WORK AND YOU WONT DO ANYTHING TO FIX IT!!!: 28 August 2022
ofgem: Shell Energy Retail Limited to pay £537,000 for price cap overcharging: 25 August 2022
I am a Shell broadband customer. The customer service is appalling and everyone I have spoken to has been disinterested and unsupportive: 25 August 2022
Very low internet speeds and terrible customer service provided by Shell Energy Broadband: 22 August 2022
Shell Broadband – Probably the Worst Service in the World: 21 August 2022
A Trustpilot verdict on Shell Energy: Money grabbing scum bags: 21 August 2022
Shell’s temperamental low speed broadband disconnecting 20 times a day: 20 August 2022
NON-EXISTENT CUSTOMER SERVICE AT SHELL ENERGY?: 18 August 2022
Terrible service for Shell broadband customers!!: 15 August 2022
Shell Prelude FLNG. The most unreliable Offshore installation ever built…: 12 August 2022
Shell Energy broadband untrustworthy, unprofessional, incompetent and unscrupulous: 11 August 2022
AVOID SHELL ENERGY at all costs. The most shocking customer service ever: 11 August 2022
Shell Energy: the worst broadband providers in the UK: 2 August 2022
Shell’s alleged pattern of discrimination in favour of ‘White Brits’: 1 August 2022
Lies and deceit in Shell Corporate Security Department?: 30 July 2022
HOW SHELL ENERGY F**CKED MY CREDIT RATING: 29 July 2022
Shell Energy ‘DIRTY ROTTEN GREEDY SCOUNDRELS’: 26 July 2022
SHELL COMMENTS ON THE VERDICT FROM THE MILAN TRIBUNAL OVER OPL-245: 21 July 2022
Shell’s temperamental low speed broadband disconnecting 20 times a day: 20 July 2022
Automated threatening phone calls from Shell Energy: 16 July 2022
Allegations and Litigation Relating to Spymasters in Shell’s Corporate Security Department- US legal docs updated June 2022: 15 July 2022
No Shell Internet for two weeks: 12 July 2022
Avoid Shell Broadband at all costs. Customer ‘service’ is appalling: 10 July 2022
Shell Broadband WiFi cuts out all the time: 6 July 2022
Shell Energy terrible broadband and customer service: 5 July 2022
Shell Energy terrible broadband and customer service:4 July 2022
Shell Broadband is slow as Hell!: 2 July 2022
Shell Energy putting vulnerable customers at risk: 30 June 2022
Shell broadband speed is glacially slow: 29 June 2022
Allegation that Trustpilot is being played by Shell: 28 June 2022
Another fine mess by Shell Energy: 27 June 2022
Shell Energy Broadband described as ‘Utter garbage’: 25 June 2022
Call to Boycott all Shell products and services: 25 June 2022
Shell Energy is a horrible, unhelpful, terrible company: 25 June 2022
Absolutely atrocious customer service from Shell Energy: 25 June 2022
WARNING: DO NOT BUY fibrebroadband from Shell Energy: 24 June 2022
My Shell Broadband still not working after 6 weeks: 23 June 2022
Total disinterest and incompetence by Shell Energy: 23 June 2022
The prize for “MOST USELESS COMPANY ON THE PLANET” goes to ……. SHELL ENERGY: 21 June 2022
Shell Energy have the worst customer service that I have ever encountered: 20 June 2022
Trustpilot Verdict: Shell Broadband unacceptably unreliable: 19 June 2022
DO NOT TAKE ON SHELL BROADBAND: Charlatans, daylight robbery: 17 June 2022
Anyone reading this AVOID Shell broadband: 16 June 2022
Struggling with the sheer level of incompetence of Shell Energy: 16 June 2022
Daily Bombardment of Toxic Trustpilot Reviews of Shell Energy: 15 June 2022
Bombardment of complaints about Shell Energy Continues: 14 June 2022
MORE TOXIC TRUSTPILOT CUSTOMER REVIEWS ABOUT SHELL ENERGY: 13 June 2022
Trustpilot toxic verdict on Shell Energy Customer Services: 11 June 2022
AVOID SHELL ENERGY BROADBAND LIKE THE PLAGUE: 9 June 2022
More complaints flooding in about Shell Energy: 8 June 2022
Shell Energy Broadband bombarded by complaints every day: 7 June 2022
Anyone reading this and thinking of joining Shell please DON’T.: 6 June 2022
Customer says Shell Energy ‘internet down most of the time’: 5 June 2022
Don’t touch Shell Broadband with a fibre optic barge pole!: 4 June 2022
Awful company, Terrible customer service, nobody seems to understand what a customer is !!!: 03 June 2022
Shell Energy ‘Thieves and crooks’?: 01 June 2022
Shell Energy Broadband ‘overwhelmed by complaints’: 31 May 2022
Shell Energy Broadband is an absolute shambles: 28 May 2022
SHELL ENERGY ‘ROTTEN, RUBBISH BROADBAND!’: 26 May 2022
Shell Energy Broadband has not worked since the day it was installed: 26 May 2022
Shell broadband doesn’t have a category in Trustpilot. Why? Could it be that there are ZERO satisfied customers?: 24 May 2022
Shell Plc CEO Ben van Beurden frankly admits that all is not well at Shell EnergyL 24 May 2022
Shell Plc Chairman Sir Andrew Mackenzie calls in police to quell shareholder rebellion at AGM : 24 May 2022
Shell Broadband Signal is Pants: 23 May 2022
The worst broadband company I have ever had to deal with: 21 May 2022
Shell Energy Customer Service? Don’t make me laugh: 17 May 2022
Absolutely awful customer service. Shell Broadband has never worked: 15 May 2022
Shell Energy Broadband an ‘Absolute terrible company’: 13 May 2022
Shell PLC trying to hoodwink/extract additional profit from elderly bereaved customers?: 13 May 2022
Broadband.co.uk toxic review verdict on Shell Energy Broadband: 12 May 2022
Trustpilot verdict on Shell Energy Customer Service: Awful, Abysmal, Abominable, Ambivalent, Atrocious and Arrogant: 12 May 2022
Worst customer service I have ever seen: 9 May 2022
Shell Broadband Price Gouging: 8 May 2022
Shell Energy Broadband under fire again: 07 May 2022
Does Shell Energy Customer Service Actually Exist?: 6 May 2022
Live Chat should be called Dead Chat at Shell Energy Disgusting Customer Service: 04 May 2022
Chimpanzees could do a better job than Shell Broadband Customer Services: 04 May 2022
USELESS SHELL ENERGY BROADBAND: 03 May 2022
Utterly disgusting service from Shell Energy: 30 April 2022
Does anyone know how to contact Shell Broadband Customer Support?: 30 April 2022
Ofcom investigates whether Shell Energy failed to tell customers about better deals: 29 April 2022
Shell Broadband ‘beyond useless’: 29 April 2022
AVOID SHELL ENERGY AT ALL COSTS: 27 April 2022
Shell Energy Broadband is diabolical. The worst EVER!: 27 April 2022
Shell Broadband worst service ever: 27 April 2022
Terrible broadband, terrible customer service from Shell Energy: 21 April 2022
Shell Energy Broadband ‘Next to useless’: 18 April 2022
Please boycott SHELL ENERGY: 15 April 2022
Erratic Broadband from Shell Energy. Awful Customer Service: 12 April 2022
Shell Crap Broadband provides the rudest customer service: 11 April 2022
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2018
Justin Welby, Archbishop of Hypocrisy: 15 Sept 2018
Shell’s Nazi Boss, feted by Hitler in return for massive financial support: 13 Sept 2018
Groningen Earthquakes: Dutch make gas extraction the subject of a political and legal battle: 13 Sept 2018
Shell: ‘The energy transition gives power back to the customer’: 12 Sept 2018
Leaked Emails Reveal Shell’s Lies In 2012 About OPL 245: 11 Sept 2018
OPL 245: DONNY CHING LIVING IN A WORLD OF ALTERNATIVE FACTS
Bill Campbell comments on OPL 245 Statement by Shell Legal Director Donny Ching
Chronology is important is it not!
The international law firm reported to the RDS board in July 2016 but the emails confirming Shell knew money was going to individuals was not exposed till April 2017 a year later and was confirmed by the statement from the Shell spokesman to be an accepted fact in his 10th April 2017 press statement.
So did the international law firm who we are to assume gave a positive message to the Board have no knowledge of these emails in 2016?
Ching seems to be living in the world of alternative facts, his statements in the article above that Shell had no visibility into all this and payments were made without their prior knowledge or authorisation by Shell totally contradicts what RDS has already admitted on record in April this year.
SHELL LEGAL DIRECTOR COMMENTS ON OPL 245
I would like to share with you the history of Shell’s involvement in Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245 offshore Nigeria. There has been a lot of media coverage recently on OPL 245 but the focus has been on the 2011 settlement and not the history and events leading up to the settlement. I will take you through a summary of facts and events relating to Shell’s involvement. Given that this matter is currently under investigation by various authorities, I will not comment on the specifics and regret that I cannot answer any questions on this today. However, I hope the information I share will help to clarify why certain Shell companies entered into the 2011 settlement and why we believe there has been no inappropriate conduct by any Shell company or its staff in this matter.
SHELL REPUTATIONAL RISKS
SHELL REPUTATIONAL RISKS
How fortunate that Shell has not got itself mired in any murky activity. e.g. paying hundreds of millions to a Nigerian crook, putting profits before safety with induced earthquakes in The Netherlands, terrorising safety staff in Norway, spying globally on its own employees, or engaging in widespread bribery and corruption in Ireland. None of that could possibly happen. Same applies to the oil and gas reserves fraud, which Donny Ching, to his credit, has not forgotten.
The following information is taken directly from Shell’s Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2016
From page 14
An erosion of our business reputation could have a material adverse effect on our brand, our ability to secure new resources and our licence to operate.
Shell’s Legal Offshoring a Sign of Things to Come
Facing an era of lower oil prices, Shell announced plans on June 7 to cut company costs and become more efficient…
Sue Reisinger, Corporate Counsel: June 10, 2016
The announcement by Royal Dutch Shell that it plans to open an offshore legal operations center illustrates a growing trend, according to industry experts.
Facing an era of lower oil prices, Shell announced plans on June 7 to cut company costs and become more efficient. Part of those plans includes opening an offshore legal center, as have a few other companies and several major law firms. Shell legal director Donny Ching told the Law Society Gazette in London that the move would relate to “some specific parts of our work where it makes sense to consolidate services, increase efficiencies and reduce costs.”
Shell Starts Scouting for a New Legal Ops Center
31 May 2016
After several global law firms made moves to consolidate legal staff abroad, Royal Dutch Shell is following suit.
The company is scouting possible locations and considering headcount numbers for a new offshore legal operations center, according to reports in the U.K. legal press.
Per Legal Business, the company’s legal director Donny Ching is leading the charge and plans to scope out geographies and come up with a plan by the fall.
The office is expected to house both lawyers and non-lawyers focusing on back-office functions as well as traditional legal work around contracts. For now, Ching is keeping his mind open about the fine details.
Offshoring goes in-house: Shell to launch external legal centre to service global operations
Shell’s legal team has previously sent specific parts of its work to dedicated centres in cheaper locations.
by Kathryn McCann: 31 May 2016
Royal Dutch Shell is preparing to open its own offshore legal centre to service the oil giant’s global operations.
A projects team, reporting to the company’s legal director Donny Ching (pictured), is currently scouting possible locations and considering headcount numbers for the centre, with a brief to come back by autumn.
A mixture of non-qualified and qualified lawyers will be doing more high-end work as well as the traditional back office work which is more typically suited to offshore centres. Potential locations for the centre will ultimately depend on whether Shell can recruit the right quality people in a particular area.
Where is my defamation writ from Edward Heerema, Allseas son of Pieter Schelte?
By John Donovan
Despite my forthright comments about Edward Heerema (the owner of the multibillion dollar ship Pieter Schelte), describing him a sinister individual who engages in shady financial machinations, I have not yet received a defamation writ.
Threats yes, but no writ.
Edward Heerema is one of the squabbling sons of Pieter Schelte Heerema, the offshore pioneer and former German Waffen SS officer/war criminal.
It could be because Allseas does not have my address, in which case they only need to ask me for it.
Key role of Shell lawyers in pioneering Shell Prelude FLNG
By John Donovan
PRELUDE DESIGNED BY SHELL LAWYERS? MORE IMPORTANT ROLE THAN ENGINEERS?
What will Bill Campbell make of the boasts from Shell’s chief lawyer Donny Ching, about the pivotal role of Shell in-house lawyers in the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, Prelude FLNG?
Extracts from an article about Donny Ching published by The Law Society Gazette on 5 December 2014:
Ching also believes that external law firms would have been no substitute for in-house lawyers in the work they did to build the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, Prelude FLNG.
OSSL BLACKMAIL PLOT AGAINST SHELL
To its credit Shell has not given in to the subsequent money demands, but neither has it apparently reported the matter to the Irish Police. One can see the difficulty. How do you go about asking the Irish police to investigate a blackmail plot over free alcohol worth over €35,000 given to the Irish Police accused of being “Shell’s Cops” and acting brutally towards people protesting against the controversial project?
JOHN DONOVAN EMAIL TO SUPERINTENDENT PATRICK DISKIN OF THE IRISH POLICE, THE GARDA
From: John Donovan <[email protected]>
Subject: OSSL BLACKMAIL PLOT AGAINST SHELL
Date: 16 November 2014 20:43:08 GMT
Cc: [email protected], Ed Vulliamy <[email protected]>, Lorna Siggins <[email protected]>, Dan Griffin <[email protected]>, Áine Ryan <[email protected]>, Paul O’Donoghue <[email protected]>, “Boucher-Hayes, Philip” <[email protected]>, Olga Cronin <[email protected]>, Erlend Skarsaune <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Shell Appoints new Legal Director
FROM LAW CAREERS NET: Prominent in-house appointments have made the news this month, with Royal Dutch Shell naming Donny Ching as its new legal director… As The Lawyer reported, Ching’s appointment at Shell followed the unexpected departure of legal director Peter Rees QC. Ching leaves his current role as general counsel for Shell’s project and technology group; to date, he has held positions within the business in Hong Kong, London, Qatar, Singapore and, most recently, the Netherlands.