By John Donovan
An article published yesterday in Italy reports that Shell Italy SpA been convicted of abuse of a dominant position by using discriminatory practices in the fuel distribution market, affecting retail fuel prices. This was before Royal Dutch Shell sold its Italian retail network to Q8 (Kuwait Petroleum).
Such manipulation cannot possibly be in accordance with Shell’s claimed business principles.
Printed below is a Google translation of the article into English. Happy to substitute a more accurate translation if anyone cares to supply it.