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No wonder search engines are confused.

See: Live, official, royaldutchshellplc.com website domain name as authorised by WIPO

We beat Shell to the registration of the domain name royaldutchshellplc.com.

A spectacular public humiliation for Shell bearing in mind that the corporate name of Shell had been changed to Royal Dutch Shell Plc in an attempt to distance Shell from the reserves scandal.

Shell unsuccessfully sued my father via the World Intellectual Property Organisation for rights to the domain. read more

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Oct 14th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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John Donovan chat with Google AI Mode commencing with the prompt “unofficial Shell website”:

The primary and best-known unofficial website monitoring Shell plc is Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com. [1, 2]

Key Details

Owner and Operator: John Donovan (supported by Nick Gill) [1, 2]
Purpose: An independent, non-profit, free-access watchdog that tracks corporate scandals, environmental impact, whistleblower stories, and legal disputes involving Shell. [1, 2]
Network of Related Sites:
- royaldutchshellgroup.com
- royaldutchshell.website
- shellnews.net
- shellwikipedia.com
- johndonovan.website
- shellnazihistory.com [1, 2]
Would you like to know more about the specific historical controversies or whistleblower archives featured on the site?

JD chooses

historical controversies

The unofficial watchdog site Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com hosts an extensive archive documenting what it ranks as the most significant corporate scandals and disputes in the energy giant’s history. [1]

The most prominent historical controversies heavily covered by the site and independent watchdogs include: read more

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: 14 OCTOBER 2026

Oct 14th, 2026

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: 14 OCTOBER 2026

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The Sakhalin Papers LXXVII: Poland Strikes Back — Shell, Gazprom and the PLN 29 Billion Nord Stream 2 Penalty That Collapsed in Court

On 7 October 2020, Poland’s competition authority announced an extraordinary decision against Gazprom and five Western European energy companies, including Royal Dutch Shell. Gazprom was fined more than 29 billion Polish zlotys, while Shell received a separate penalty exceeding PLN 30 million. The regulator also ordered the companies to terminate their agreements financing Nord Stream 2. Poland argued that the companies had effectively recreated a prohibited joint venture through lending arrangements. The companies disagreed and appealed. In November 2022, a Polish court overturned the decision. In October 2023, an appellate court upheld its annulment. The documentary record reveals a remarkable confrontation between European energy strategy, competition law and corporate finance — and demonstrates why regulatory allegations must never be confused with final judicial findings. read more

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: 13 OCTOBER 2026

Oct 13th, 2026

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: 13 OCTOBER 2026

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The Sakhalin Papers LXXVI: Poland’s Red Light — How Shell’s Nord Stream 2 Shareholding Became a €950 Million Financing Commitment

In September 2015, Royal Dutch Shell signed an agreement intended to give it a 10 per cent shareholding in Nord Stream 2, the controversial pipeline designed to transport Russian natural gas directly to Germany. Eleven months later, Poland’s competition authority effectively derailed the proposed ownership arrangement. Shell and its partners withdrew their application. But the project survived. On 24 April 2017, Shell signed a different agreement, committing financing and guarantees worth up to €950 million while Gazprom retained sole ownership of the pipeline company. The authenticated corporate announcements, Polish regulatory records, contemporaneous Reuters reporting and subsequent court proceedings reveal how an apparent regulatory defeat became a fundamentally different commercial arrangement. read more

Big Oil on Trial: ExxonMobil Faces US Supreme Court Climate Showdown — With Shell Fighting Its Own Battle in the Netherlands

Oct 13th, 2026

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13 October 2026 | RoyalDutchShellPlc.com

Two of the world’s most consequential courts are considering questions that could reshape the legal responsibilities of the fossil fuel industry. In Washington, the US Supreme Court is examining whether communities can pursue climate-damage claims against ExxonMobil and Suncor under state law. In the Netherlands, Shell is defending itself before the Dutch Supreme Court against demands for enforceable greenhouse gas reductions. The proceedings are legally distinct, but they expose the same underlying conflict: how far can courts go in holding major energy companies responsible for their contribution to climate change? read more

Shell Faces Historic $108 Million Climate Lawsuit in Brazil Over Floods That Killed Nearly 200 People

Oct 10th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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Why prosecutors are targeting Shell: An unprecedented intervention by public prosecutors

10 October 2026

Brazilian federal prosecutors have launched an unprecedented lawsuit against Shell’s Brazilian subsidiary, seeking approximately $108 million in compensation for the catastrophic 2024 floods in Rio Grande do Sul. The case could become an important test of whether an oil multinational can be required to compensate victims of a climate-related disaster according to its alleged contribution to historical global greenhouse gas emissions.

Shell has become the target of a potentially landmark climate lawsuit in Brazil. read more

Shell Tax Secrecy: Same Playbook, Different Century — And Please Don’t Mention the 23%

Oct 9th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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From Swiss trademarks and Bahamas trading profits to Dutch tax secrecy, Shell’s financial history has acquired an impressive recurring theme: when the numbers become interesting, the explanation becomes complicated. Very complicated.

SATIRE — based on documented events, published investigations and official regulatory records.

After three Shell tax articles in a single morning, readers might reasonably wonder whether we are in danger of becoming repetitive.

Not at all.

Shell has thoughtfully provided several decades of material.

Today we learned that the Dutch Ministry of Finance cannot discuss Shell’s leaked transfer-pricing arrangements because they remain protected by fiscal confidentiality — despite the relevant documents having been leaked, published, analysed by researchers, debated by tax academics, defended by Shell and placed before Parliament. read more

Shell Founder Hails Dutch Ministry’s Tax Secrecy as “An Art Form”

Oct 9th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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Sir Henri Deterding comments

From beyond the grave, the founder of Royal Dutch Shell offers his views on the latest affair.

Well, well. Thirty-seven men in the Bahamas and six billion dollars. In my day it took ten thousand men, three continents and a war or two to make that sort of money. I’d have given my right arm for staff like that. Instead I had geologists.

As for the Ministry, I must say I am impressed. When I ran the company, we kept our secrets the old-fashioned way: we didn’t write them down. Now everything is written down, photocopied, leaked, translated, published by people with clipboards, and still the government manages to keep it secret. That isn’t confidentiality. That’s an art form. I’ve been dead since 1939 and even I’m allowed to read the documents. A Member of Parliament isn’t allowed to hear about them. read more

Dutch Ministry of Finance says leaked Shell tax documents remain confidential: Cannot Confirm What Everyone Has Already Read

Oct 9th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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THE HAGUE — The Dutch Ministry of Finance this week reaffirmed its commitment to fiscal secrecy by declining to discuss documents that have been published online, analysed by researchers, reported by journalists, criticised by a law professor, defended by Shell, and summarised in parliamentary questions anyone can download.

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Dutch Government Confirms It Cannot Confirm What Everyone Has Already Read
Shell Tax Files: The Only People in the Netherlands Not Allowed to Discuss Them Are the Ones Who Checked Them
Ministry of Finance Unveils New Doctrine: “Secret Means Secret, Even When It’s on the Internet”
37 Employees, $6.2 Billion, Zero Comment: The Hague Invokes Tax Secrecy Over Leak Everyone Has Read
Parliament Told to Read SOMO Report “Like Everyone Else”
Dutch Tax Authority Neither Confirms Nor Denies Having Seen Shell (Or the Netherlands)
Breaking: Government Sees No Evidence of Problem It Is Legally Unable to Look Into Publicly

Dutch Government Confirms It Cannot Confirm What Everyone Has Already Read

Ministry of Finance says leaked Shell documents remain confidential “in the special legal sense that does not involve anyone not knowing them”

THE HAGUE — The Dutch Ministry of Finance this week reaffirmed its commitment to fiscal secrecy by declining to discuss documents that have been published online, analysed by researchers, reported by journalists, criticised by a law professor, defended by Shell, and summarised in parliamentary questions anyone can download. read more

Dutch Government Refuses to Reveal What It Knows About Shell Tax Leaks — Citing Tax Secrecy

Oct 9th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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Parliament asked whether Shell’s leaked transfer-pricing arrangements were known to the Dutch tax authority and whether they complied with the law. The government’s answer, in substance: it cannot say.

“Shell rejects allegations of improper tax avoidance or illegality.”

A fresh Dutch parliamentary response has added an important new layer to the controversy surrounding the Shell Files — the cache of leaked Shell transfer-pricing documents published this summer by SOMO and Follow the Money.

On 5 October 2026, Dutch State Secretary for Finance E. Eerenberg answered a detailed series of parliamentary questions about Shell’s transfer pricing.

The questions went directly to the heart of the affair.

Did the Dutch tax authorities know what Shell was doing?

Were the arrangements arm’s length? read more

Shell, Exxon and BP Defeat New York City Greenwashing Appeal

Oct 8th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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Court rejects attempt to revive consumer-deception case over fossil-fuel advertising — but the ruling is not a judicial declaration that oil-company environmental claims are truthful

New York City has suffered another major defeat in its attempt to hold Shell, ExxonMobil and BP liable for allegedly misleading consumers about the environmental consequences of fossil fuels and the companies’ efforts to portray themselves as part of the solution to climate change.

On 8 October 2026, a New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of the City’s lawsuit, rejecting its attempt to revive claims brought under the New York City Consumer Protection Law.

The decision represents a significant legal victory for the three oil majors. read more

The Gas Is Gone, the Damage Is Not: Groningen Warns of Fresh Delays and Unpaid Earthquake Claims

Oct 7th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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Years after the Groningen gas crisis became a national scandal, residents are still waiting for repairs, reinforcement and certainty — and regional authorities are warning that another round of bureaucracy could make matters worse.

The Province of Groningen and five earthquake-affected municipalities — Eemsdelta, Groningen, Het Hogeland, Midden-Groningen and Oldambt — have urged the Dutch House of Representatives to prevent fresh delays in the repair and strengthening programme and to protect residents who discover earthquake damage only after their claims have formally been closed. OOG Groningen read more

Shell Sets 26 October Deadline for Offers on Woodcreek Houston Headquarters

Oct 7th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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Shell’s planned sale of its longstanding Woodcreek headquarters campus in Houston has moved into a more concrete phase.

JLL, which is marketing the property on behalf of Shell USA, now lists 26 October 2026 as the formal “call for offers” date for the nearly 1.5-million-square-foot campus at 150 N. Dairy Ashford Road. JLL Investments

That does not mean a buyer has yet been chosen.

But it does mean the process now has a defined bidding timetable — and that makes the period immediately after 26 October potentially important for identifying bidders, pricing and any changes to the proposed leaseback structure. read more

Shell Polymers Monaca Explosion: US Safety Board Finds a Preventable Control-System Failure Behind $95 Million Blast

Oct 7th, 2026

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A final investigation by the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board has delivered a serious verdict on the June 2025 explosion at Shell Polymers Monaca in Pennsylvania: the incident was not caused by some unforeseeable industrial anomaly, but by a combination of an unintended valve operation, weak safeguards, insufficiently experienced personnel and a control-system interface that made a critical error too easy to make. Chemical Safety Board

The explosion occurred on 4 June 2025 in Furnace 5 of the ethane cracking unit. According to the CSB, two motor-operated valves that had been isolating the furnace were inadvertently opened at the same time. That created an unintended flow path allowing flammable cracked gas from operating furnaces to backflow through the downstream quench system into the firebox of Furnace 5. Roughly six minutes later, the accumulated gas encountered lit pilot flames and ignited. Chemical Safety Board read more

The Official Authentic one and only RoyalDutchShellPlc.com website

Oct 6th, 2026

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A small problem with the words “official Royal Dutch Shell plc”

Before anyone at Shell reaches for the legal department, a short historical explanation may be helpful.

There is only one RoyalDutchShellPlc.com — and, rather inconveniently for Shell, it is this one.

That is not because I secretly appointed myself Royal Dutch Shell plc, commandeered a petrol station or acquired an oil refinery while nobody was looking. It is because, back in 2005, Shell itself went to the World Intellectual Property Organization seeking to take this domain name away from us.

Shell’s lawyers could hardly have been clearer about its significance. They told the WIPO panel that royaldutchshellplc.com was “essentially identical” to the company name “Royal Dutch Shell plc” and complained that an unsuspecting Internet user might naturally expect the address to lead to Shell. read more

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: 4 OCTOBER 2026

Oct 4th, 2026

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: 4 OCTOBER 2026

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The Sakhalin Papers LXVII: From Protocol Toward a Joint Venture — Shell and Gazprom Neft Plan Expansion Across Western Siberia and Beyond

Seven months after Shell and Gazprom signed their “Protocol on Strategic Global Cooperation”, Shell chief executive Peter Voser and Gazprom Neft chief Alexander Dyukov signed basic terms for something more concrete: a possible new joint venture covering Western Siberia, other Russian regions and even “third countries”. The distinction matters. No new venture was actually created by the June 2011 document. Shell and Gazprom Neft agreed to study one. By September Alexey Miller and Voser were still discussing how it might be established. But the direction was unmistakable. Four years after Shell lost control of Sakhalin II, the company was attempting to turn its relationship with Gazprom into a platform for expansion far beyond Sakhalin.

Archive reference: SLF-2007-077
Collection: The Sakhalin Papers
Principal authenticated records: Royal Dutch Shell plc Annual Report and Form 20-F 2011; US Securities and Exchange Commission filing record; Gazprom corporate records concerning the 2010 Strategic Global Cooperation Protocol and the June 2011 Gazprom Neft–Shell agreement
Contemporaneous reporting: Gazprom Neft press-service material; Dow Jones; Russian business press; contemporaneous Donovan archive
Judicial context: Export Credits Guarantee Department v Friends of the Earth [2008] EWHC 638 (Admin)
Evidence standard: The June 2011 agreement is described according to what it actually did: it established basic terms for examining the creation of a joint venture. It is not represented as proof that the contemplated venture had already been incorporated or that every proposed project proceeded. Corporate statements about technology, international assets and future cooperation are attributed to the companies making them. Commentary concerning strategic motives is identified as commentary. read more

30 November 2023: Posted by John Donovan

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: 14 OCTOBER 2026

SLF-2007-087

The Sakhalin Papers LXXVII: Poland Strikes Back — Shell, Gazprom and the PLN 29 Billion Nord Stream 2 Penalty That Collapsed in Court

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: 13 OCTOBER 2026

SLF-2007-086

The Sakhalin Papers LXXVI: Poland’s Red Light — How Shell’s Nord Stream 2 Shareholding Became a €950 Million Financing Commitment

Why prosecutors are targeting Shell: An unprecedented intervention by public prosecutors

From Swiss trademarks and Bahamas trading profits to Dutch tax secrecy, Shell’s financial history has acquired an impressive recurring theme: when the numbers become interesting, the explanation becomes complicated. Very complicated.

Sir Henri Deterding comments

From beyond the grave, the founder of Royal Dutch Shell offers his views on the latest affair.

Parliament asked whether Shell’s leaked transfer-pricing arrangements were known to the Dutch tax authority and whether they complied with the law. The government’s answer, in substance: it cannot say.

“Shell rejects allegations of improper tax avoidance or illegality.”

Court rejects attempt to revive consumer-deception case over fossil-fuel advertising — but the ruling is not a judicial declaration that oil-company environmental claims are truthful

A small problem with the words “official Royal Dutch Shell plc”

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: 4 OCTOBER 2026

SLF-2007-077

The Sakhalin Papers LXVII: From Protocol Toward a Joint Venture — Shell and Gazprom Neft Plan Expansion Across Western Siberia and Beyond

Sir Henri Deterding, resurrected!

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