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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 14 NOVEMBER 2026

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 14 NOVEMBER 2026

Archive reference: SLF-2007-118

The Sakhalin Papers CVIII: The Sakhalin Address Test — 5,933 Local Contracts, but How Much of Shell’s Energy Legacy Stayed on the Island?

Sakhalin Energy reported that 70% of its Russian-company contracts and purchase orders in 2024 went to businesses registered on Sakhalin. Yet only 59% of its own employees were residents of the region. Earlier, while Shell remained a major shareholder, the operator reported that Sakhalin Oblast had received approximately $8 billion in project-related public revenues by the end of 2016. These are substantial economic benefits. But they represent three fundamentally different measurements: contracts awarded, employment and money received by government. Original Shell-era corporate reports, independent research, contemporaneous Russian reporting and the replacement operator’s disclosures reveal what can — and cannot — be established about the benefits retained by Sakhalin itself.

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT. Based on authenticated Sakhalin Energy corporate reports published during Shell’s involvement, contemporaneous Russian news reporting, independent WWF-Russia and International Institute for Environment and Development research, Shell’s subsequent withdrawal announcement, and the replacement operator’s published disclosures.

Publication date: 14 November 2026 read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 13 NOVEMBER 2026

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 13 NOVEMBER 2026

Archive reference: SLF-2007-117

The Sakhalin Papers CVII: The Russian Supplier Test — What Was Really “Russian-Made” at Sakhalin II?

A Russian company’s address is not necessarily evidence that its equipment was manufactured in Russia. In 2007, Sakhalin Energy celebrated more than $10 billion in contracts with Russian companies. Three years later, an independent WWF-Russia and International Institute for Environment and Development investigation warned that foreign-controlled contractors and Russian-registered subsidiaries could complicate the meaning of local content. Original company announcements, independent research, procurement disclosures and the operator’s 2024 report reveal why distinguishing Russian suppliers, Russian-made equipment and genuine regional economic benefits is essential to understanding Shell’s original 70% commitment.

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT. Based on contemporaneous Sakhalin Energy announcements, published Shell-era project records, independent WWF-Russia and International Institute for Environment and Development research, Russian legislation, authenticated operating-company reports and contemporary reporting.

Publication date: 13 November 2026

Collection: The Sakhalin Papers — Shell, Gazprom and Russia read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 12 NOVEMBER 2026

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 12 NOVEMBER 2026

Archive reference: SLF-2007-116

The Sakhalin Papers CVI: The Procurement Audit Trail — Who Checked Shell’s 70 Percent Russian-Content Promise?

In October 2006, Russia’s Accounts Chamber publicly challenged Sakhalin II’s financial arrangements and reported that Russian companies had received only 39% of the value of contract work. The project’s operator subsequently published much higher Russian-participation figures — but measured labour, materials and contract expenditure differently. An examination of the original audit controversy, Sakhalin Energy’s procurement controls and a revealing disclaimer in its independently reviewed 2016 sustainability report exposes a fundamental question: who actually verified whether the project’s lifetime Russian-content commitments were fulfilled?

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT, using contemporaneous Russian Accounts Chamber reporting, original Sakhalin Energy disclosures, published Russian legislation, authenticated corporate sustainability reports, procurement documentation and historical material preserved in the Donovan–Shell Archive.

Publication date: 12 November 2026

Collection: The Sakhalin Papers — Shell, Gazprom and Russia read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 11 NOVEMBER 2026

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 11 NOVEMBER 2026

Archive reference: SLF-2007-115

The Sakhalin Papers CV: The 70 Percent Question — Shell, Russian Suppliers and the Local-Content Promise Behind Sakhalin II

In June 2001, a senior Shell executive acknowledged that Sakhalin II could not achieve its reported 70% Russian-content target during construction of the technically complex LNG plant. He expected Russian participation to increase over the project’s lifetime. Twenty-five years later, original company disclosures reveal contracts worth tens of billions of dollars, sharply differing measures of Russian participation and an important legal distinction between the original 1994 agreement and Russia’s subsequent production-sharing legislation. The evidence establishes substantial Russian involvement. Whether every original obligation was ultimately fulfilled is a separate question.

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT, using contemporaneous statements by Shell management, original Sakhalin Energy corporate disclosures, Russian production-sharing legislation, published sustainability reports, contemporaneous industry reporting and historical material preserved in the Donovan–Shell Archive.

Publication date: 11 November 2026

Collection: The Sakhalin Papers — Shell, Gazprom and Russia read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 10 NOVEMBER 2026

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 10 NOVEMBER 2026

Archive reference: SLF-2007-114

The Sakhalin Papers CIV: The Half-Million-Tonne Question — Sakhalin’s Forgotten Gas-Chemical Ambition

A 1997 agreement envisaged supplying Sakhalin with at least 500,000 tonnes of light hydrocarbon fractions annually, beginning in 2005. Shell’s engineers subsequently designed sophisticated gas-processing facilities, but the documented commercial system directed recovered condensate towards oil exports. Nearly thirty years after the original agreement, Sakhalin’s authorities are still discussing major new gas-chemical and condensate-processing industries. Original contractual material, Shell technical publications, operating-company records and contemporary Russian government reporting reveal what was envisaged, what was actually constructed and what remains unproven.

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT, using contemporaneous technical material authored by Shell personnel, published contractual records, original project-contractor documentation, Sakhalin Energy operating-company disclosures, Russian regional government statements and independent reporting.

Publication date: 10 November 2026

Collection: The Sakhalin Papers — Shell, Gazprom and Russia read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 9 NOVEMBER 2026

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 9 NOVEMBER 2026

Archive reference: SLF-2007-113

The Sakhalin Papers CIII: The Sakhalin Gas Promise — What the Island Was Supposed to Receive, and Why Moscow Looked Elsewhere

A 1997 agreement envisaged annual gas supplies of at least 6.25 billion cubic metres for Sakhalin’s regional needs by 2015. Seventeen years later, the Russian government warned that diverting Sakhalin II gas from export markets to domestic consumers could reduce federal revenues by more than 40 billion roubles. Original contractual material, Russian government orders, Shell’s corporate disclosures and contemporary reporting reveal how the island’s energy ambitions became entangled with Russia’s export economics.

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT, using authenticated Shell corporate reporting, published Russian government orders, historical contractual material, contemporaneous Russian and international reporting, and the Donovan–Shell Archive.

Publication date: 9 November 2026

Collection: The Sakhalin Papers — Shell, Gazprom and Russia

Previous instalment: SLF-2007-112 — The Other Sakhalin Dispute: How Moscow Took Control of the Island’s Oil and Gas Revenues read more

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Shell’s First Plaquemines LNG Cargo — and the $1.7 Billion Claim It Lost Against the Same Supplier

A Documentary Investigation into Two Louisiana LNG Contracts, a New York Court Judgment and the Fine Print Governing Shell’s American Gas Supplies

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

8 November 2026

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT, using US Department of Energy contract records, an authenticated New York court judgment, Securities and Exchange Commission disclosures, original corporate announcements, contemporaneous Reuters reporting and historical material preserved in the Donovan–Shell Archive.

On 1 November 2026, an LNG carrier departed Venture Global’s Plaquemines export terminal in Louisiana carrying the first cargo supplied to Shell under the project’s newly commenced long-term commercial arrangements. The shipment marked the beginning of deliveries under a 20-year agreement for approximately two million tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually. But it also exposed an extraordinary contrast. Shell had previously sought approximately $1.7 billion in damages from the same corporate group’s other LNG operation, alleging that contracted deliveries had been improperly delayed. An arbitration tribunal rejected Shell’s claims, and a New York judge subsequently refused to overturn that result. Why did Shell continue expanding its relationship with the supplier? The original agreements and court records provide a more revealing answer than the headlines. read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 8 NOVEMBER 2026

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 8 NOVEMBER 2026

Archive reference: SLF-2007-112

The Sakhalin Papers CII: The Other Sakhalin Dispute — How Moscow Took Control of the Island’s Oil and Gas Revenues

A 1997 agreement promised Sakhalin a substantial share of the revenues generated by its offshore resources. Twenty years later, Russia’s federal government reversed the allocation of Sakhalin II profits-tax receipts, transferring tens of billions of roubles towards Moscow. Original agreements, Russian legislation, corporate disclosures and contemporaneous reporting reveal a struggle over who would benefit from one of the world’s largest energy developments.

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT, using published Russian governmental and legislative documents, authenticated corporate disclosures, contemporaneous reporting and historical material preserved in the Donovan–Shell Archive.

Publication date: 8 November 2026

Collection: The Sakhalin Papers — Shell, Gazprom and Russia

Previous instalment: SLF-2007-111 — The 1994 Agreement: The Contract Behind Twenty Years of Conflict read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 7 NOVEMBER 2026

Archive reference: SLF-2007-111

The Sakhalin Papers CI: The 1994 Agreement — The Contract Behind Twenty Years of Conflict

How a production-sharing agreement signed before Russia had enacted its governing legislation placed a 17.5% investment-return threshold at the centre of Sakhalin II — and why its financial provisions became the subject of political confrontation, regulatory scrutiny and litigation.

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT, using authenticated corporate filings, published Russian government and judicial documents, contemporaneous reporting, independent contractual analysis and historical material preserved in the Donovan–Shell Archive.

Publication date: 7 November 2026

Collection: The Sakhalin Papers — Shell, Gazprom and Russia

Previous instalment: SLF-2007-110 — The Hundredth File: How Russia Twice Changed the Rules of Shell’s Biggest Energy Gamble read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 6 NOVEMBER 2026

Archive reference: SLF-2007-110

The Sakhalin Papers C: The Hundredth File — How Russia Twice Changed the Rules of Shell’s Biggest Energy Gamble

A documentary investigation into the Kremlin’s interventions of 2006 and 2022, the environmental and financial disputes, the surviving Shell records, and the consequences that remain unresolved.

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT, using authenticated Shell corporate disclosures, SEC filings, contemporaneous reporting, Russian regulatory records, independently published environmental research, court proceedings and historical material preserved in the Donovan–Shell Archive.

Publication date: 6 November 2026

Collection: The Sakhalin Papers — Shell, Gazprom and Russia read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 5 NOVEMBER 2026

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 5 NOVEMBER 2026

Archive reference: SLF-2007-109

The Sakhalin Papers XCIX: The Shareholding That Survived — Shell’s Bermuda Company, Its Russian LNG Contracts and the Exit That Remained Incomplete

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT, using authenticated Shell financial statements, original corporate announcements, SEC filings, contemporaneous reporting, historical documents preserved in the Donovan–Shell Archive and publicly accessible regulatory records.

Nearly five years after Shell announced its intention to withdraw from its Russian energy investments, the company’s own financial disclosures reveal a complicated legal inheritance. Shell still reported ownership of 27.5% minus one share in the original Bermuda-registered company that once operated Sakhalin II, even though Russia had transferred the project’s operating rights to a replacement company. One long-term Russian LNG purchase agreement had been declared terminated following non-performance. Another, signed with a Novatek subsidiary in 2015, remained listed in Shell’s 2025 annual report. These are not indications that Shell secretly continued operating Sakhalin II. They demonstrate something more technically significant: withdrawing from an investment, losing control of its operating assets, terminating associated contracts and extinguishing every residual corporate right are different legal and financial events. The authenticated records allow those distinctions to be reconstructed. read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 4 NOVEMBER 2026

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 4 NOVEMBER 2026

Archive reference: SLF-2007-108

The Sakhalin Papers XCVIII: The Account That Could Not Pay — Shell’s 94.8 Billion Roubles and Russia’s Compensation Dispute

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

Researched and drafted with the assistance of ChatGPT, using authenticated Shell financial disclosures, Russian government legal instruments, contemporaneous reporting and available records of proceedings before the Moscow Arbitration Court.

Russia assigned a value of 94.8 billion roubles to Shell’s former interest in the Sakhalin II project. It approved a buyer, changed that buyer, and ultimately transferred the corresponding interest in the replacement Russian operating company to a Gazprom subsidiary. But Shell did not simply receive the money. The explanation lies partly in the original presidential decree of June 2022, which expressly restricted access to sale proceeds pending government-controlled investigations. The financial dispute subsequently became entangled with an entirely separate claim concerning unpaid gas deliveries. Four years after Shell announced its withdrawal from Russia, the company’s own SEC disclosures still describe substantial uncertainty. An examination of the original legal instruments reveals that the restrictions on payment were not an unforeseen complication: they were built into the restructuring from the beginning. read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 3 NOVEMBER 2026

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 3 NOVEMBER 2026

SLF-2007-107

The Sakhalin Papers XCVII: Thirty Days to Decide — Putin’s Decree, Japan’s Acceptance and Shell’s Refusal

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

Researched and drafted with the assistance of ChatGPT, drawing upon authenticated corporate disclosures, official government measures, contemporaneous reporting and the historical Donovan–Shell Archive.

On 30 June 2022, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that fundamentally altered the ownership arrangements of the Sakhalin II oil and liquefied natural gas project. Foreign shareholders were required to seek Russian government approval to obtain equivalent interests in a replacement operating company. Japan’s Mitsui and Mitsubishi accepted the new arrangements and received approval. Shell refused, formally objecting to the transfer of the original operator’s assets and rights. But the decree contained another potentially consequential provision: Russia could investigate alleged damage caused by foreign shareholders and deduct compensation from the proceeds of their unclaimed interests. The authenticated documents reveal how a decision ostensibly about corporate restructuring became a mechanism through which the Russian state controlled continued participation, asset disposal and the treatment of sale proceeds. read more

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Shell Sells Its Australian LNG Legacy to Abu Dhabi for $1.45 Billion — But Its Gas Expansion Strategy Is Far From Over

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

Shell’s $1.45 billion North West Shelf disposal examined through corporate disclosures, financial analysis, historical records and Australian environmental decisions.

By John Donovan — 3 November 2026

Shell has agreed to sell its 16.67% interest in Australia’s historic North West Shelf gas project to subsidiaries of ADNOC’s international investment company XRG for US$1.45 billion, with a possible additional payment. The deal transfers associated decommissioning obligations and marks the departure of a founding investor from one of Australia’s most important LNG developments. Yet Shell is not retreating from natural gas. It continues to target annual LNG sales growth of 4–5% through 2030, while the North West Shelf project itself has secured permission to operate until 2070 despite environmental controversy. The transaction raises questions about capital allocation, future liabilities, climate responsibility and the changing international ownership of major energy infrastructure. read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 2 NOVEMBER 2026

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 2 NOVEMBER 2026

SLF-2007-106

The Sakhalin Papers XCVI: The India Option — Shell’s Attempted Sakhalin II Sale and the Buyers Who Never Took Control

By John Donovan — 2 November 2026

On 26 May 2022, Reuters revealed that Shell was discussing the sale of its 27.5% stake in the Sakhalin II oil and liquefied natural gas project with a consortium of Indian energy companies. ONGC Videsh and GAIL were among those identified. Separate negotiations reportedly concerned valuable long-term LNG and crude-oil supply arrangements. For Shell, the talks offered a possible commercial route out of Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. But five weeks later, Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree transferring Sakhalin II’s operations to a new Russian company. The Indian discussions never produced a completed acquisition. By March 2024, Russia had approved the transfer of the disputed 27.5% interest to a Gazprom subsidiary for 94.8 billion roubles. The money subsequently became entangled in a Russian lawsuit against Shell. Authenticated corporate filings, contemporaneous Reuters reporting and official Russian measures reveal how a proposed commercial exit became a struggle over ownership, compensation and legal rights. read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 30 OCTOBER 2026

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 30 OCTOBER 2026

SLF-2007-103

The Sakhalin Papers XCIII: The Discounted Cargo — Shell’s Russian Oil Purchase, Ukraine’s Protest and the Apology That Followed

By John Donovan — 30 October 2026

On 28 February 2022, Shell announced that it would withdraw from its major Russian joint ventures following the invasion of Ukraine. Four days later, the company purchased a cargo of Russian crude oil at a record discount of $28.50 per barrel below the Brent benchmark. Ukraine’s foreign minister publicly challenged the transaction. Shell initially defended its decision, promising to direct profits towards humanitarian relief. On 8 March, chief executive Ben van Beurden apologised and announced a much wider withdrawal from Russian oil and gas. The surviving Shell statements, Reuters reports and contemporaneous records reveal how the controversy unfolded — and why the distinction between legal compliance and corporate responsibility became impossible to ignore. read more

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