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April, 2009:

Persia to the North Sea, and after

In the 1910s, ExxonMobil’s ancestor Standard Oil of New Jersey was the world’s biggest oil company, with Shell second; that is still the position among the western companies today.

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Shell plans Alaska drilling program despite court ruling

In the Beaufort Sea, Shell would pick alternative prospects to those the company planned to drill in 2007 and 2008, and which are now subject to litigation and an injunction ordered by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

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Searching for Deeper Pockets

Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell PLC committed to invest more in Redwood City, Calif.-based Codexis Inc., which is developing enzymes that rapidly turn plants into fuel.

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Oil Companies’ Profits Likely to Drop Sharply

On successive days, beginning Tuesday, BP PLC, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. will report results for what is expected to be the worst quarter for these profit machines in many years

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Shell, BP Earnings May Drop Most in Five Years on Oil Price

April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc, Europe’s largest oil companies, may post the biggest drop in quarterly earnings in at least five years after the recession dragged down crude prices.

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MICHAEL DWYER’S SECURITY CONTACTS: International armed and unarmed security provided by Shell agent in Ireland

IRM has also been involved in the security for Shell's operations in Mayo and has provoked a rash of complaints from Shell-to-Sea protesters and locals for alleged non-compliance with regulations of the Private Security Authority (PSA).

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Corrib link to Irish man’s death

MICHAEL DWYER, the Tipperary man shot dead in Bolivia, worked in security on the Shell Corrib project with a Hungarian associate of the main target of the Bolivian police attack.

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Revealed: bosses’ huge pension pots: Jeroen van der Veer to receive £1,189,285 per year

Two directors have already amassed pension funds which will pay them more than £1m a year on retirement. Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive of oil giant Royal Dutch Shell, has accrued a nest egg worth almost £1.2m;

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Reveal carbon risks, oil firms told

Oil giants involved in the exploitation of tar sand fields face calls this week to disclose future carbon liabilities. Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) and environmental charity WWF-UK are launching a campaign for a legal requirement for companies including Shell and BP to include this information in financial reporting.

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Delta Force, a Documentary by Glen Ellis about Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Struggle for the Ogoni People

Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Case Aganist Shell:  Film Screening and Panel Discussion
April 15, 6pm San Francisco 
 
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Dear Friends,   

We are pleased to announce that an Ogoni activist will be joining the panel! 

Join: Justice in Nigeria Now on April 15 in  San Francisco 

Delta Force, a Documentary by Glen Ellis about Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Struggle for the Ogoni People

Followed by a Panel Discussion about the upcoming case against Shell in New York on May 26

6pm – Wine and Beer Reception
7pm – Film Screening
8pm – Panel Discussion

Artist Television Access
992 Valencia Street (at 21st) – Map
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415)824-3890
[email protected]

This is a benefit screening for JINN

$10-$30 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)

Panelists include:

Cindy Cohn – Counsel to the plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed against Chevron  by Nigerian villagers for human rights abuses committed in 1998 and heard in US court last fall in San Francisco.  The Chevron case is now entering the appeals process. Cohn is the Legal Director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation as well as its General Counsel.

Beresuanu Kingston – Ogoni activist now living in the San Francisco Bay Area who has first hand experience with Shell’s abuses in Ogoniland.

On November 10, 1995, Nigerian environmental activist and internationally acclaimed non-violent resistance leader Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 of his Ogoni colleagues were executed by Nigeria’s brutal military dictatorship. This one hour documentary, tells the story of the rise of Saro-Wiwa and the Movement for Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) and its violent suppression by the Nigerian military with the complicity of Shell Oil.

On May 26, 2009 relatives of Ken Saro-Wiwa and other MOSOP members will bring Shell to trial in New York for the company’s complicity in the death of Ogoni leaders and the destruction of Ogoni villages at the hand of the Nigerian military.

Join us at this benefit for Justice in Nigeria Now (JINN) to support JINN while socializing and learning about the Ogoni and the upcoming trial.


This event is co-sponsored by  Global Exchange and the CounterCorp Film Festival (this year’s festival is May 28-30, 2009)

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Shell announces plans for summer offshore exploration drilling

Shell plans to drill its first test well in the Chukchi Sea in the summer of 2010 or 2011, using the Frontier Discoverer drill ship. The company also plans to drill a second well in the Beaufort Sea with the same vessel later in the summer, according to Pete Slaiby, general manager for Shell Exploration and Production's Alaska operations.

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Remembering Goldman Environmental Prize Winner Ken Saro-Wiwa

Fourteen years ago, Ken Saro-Wiwa received the Goldman Prize for his leadership of a powerful non-violent movement against oil giant Royal Dutch Shell in the Ogoni region of Nigeria. He was hanged seven months later after a sham trial condemned around the world.

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Sakhalin Energy Halts 09 Seismic Work To Protect Whales – WWF

CNNMoney.com

Dow JonesApril 24, 2009: 11:50 AM ET

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Sakhalin Energy, which recently started a large liquefied natural gas plant in Russia’s far east, has canceled all planned 2009 seismic surveys following pressure from environmental groups and scientists seeking to protect the habitat of the Western Gray Whale, the Russian branch of the World Wildlife Fund said in a statement Friday.

The WWF Russia called on other companies operating in the area -BP PLC (BP), ExxonMobil Corp. (XOM) and OAO Rosneft (ROSN.RS) – to take similar action. read more

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Oil and gas consortium will suspend seismic activities to protect gray whales

During a meeting of the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel (WGWAP), Sakhalin Energy - a partnership between Shell, Gasprom and other shareholders - agreed to cancel its proposed 2009 seismic activities, despite having already put plans in place for the work.

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Industry Ignored Its Scientists on Climate

For more than a decade the Global Climate Coalition, a group representing industries with profits tied to fossil fuels, led an aggressive lobbying and public relations campaign against the idea that emissions of heat-trapping gases could lead to global warming

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Gazprom Neft to Acquire Sibir Stake

Analysts said the Gazprom Neft bid will be good news for Royal Dutch Shell PLC, the Anglo-Dutch supermajor that is Sibir's 50-50 partner in the Salym field. Shell would prefer to have Gazprom as a partner there over BP, one of its main rivals.

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