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December, 2009:

Unique relationship between Shell shareholder activist and Royal Dutch Shell continues

By John Donovan

Printed below is an email reply received yesterday from Royal Dutch Shell Plc Company Secretary & General Counsel Corporate, Michiel Brandjes (right) together with my self-explanatory, constructive response sent today.

Any further response from Mr Brandjes will be published.

On 22 Dec 2009, at 11:18, [email protected] wrote:

Dear Mr Donovan,

Thank you for your message. I have referred all your emails regarding Data Protection Act (“DPA”) matters to the relevant staff and officers dealing with such matters and take it that they have responded as they deem appropriate. I am at this time not a spokes person for the Company in these DPA matters and a response by a Shell spokes person to a message addressed to me should count as a response by me. read more

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Email correspondence with Royal Dutch Shell Company Sec, Michiel Brandjes

By John Donovan

Reference my recent email, I received yesterday an email response from Michiel Brandjes, Company Secretary and General Counsel Corporate of Royal Dutch Shell Plc. I will publish it later today along with my reply, which will reveal more information from the remarkable Shell internal documents the company was compelled to provide, following my application under the Data Protection Act.

As will be seen, we remain fans of Mr Brandjes.

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MICHAEL DWYER, shot dead in Bolivia, worked in security on Shell Corrib project

MICHAEL DWYER, the Tipperary man shot dead in Bolivia, worked in security on the Shell Corrib project with a Hungarian associate of the main …

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Corrib and the art of bog building

But the officials didn't even stop to blink. They tipped their forelocks to the oil executives, gave a two-finger salute (metaphorically speaking, of course) to the local residents and told the hearing they were entirely satisfied with the project. The rest, as they say, is history

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Payments delayed in Shell Oil settlement

Dec. 22, 2009

By Jon Krenek
[email protected]
815-937-3370

There won’t be a check from Shell Oil in the mailboxes of Limestone Township residents this Christmas.

All the payments to class-action claimants in the record-breaking $46 million settlement over a 1988 Shell Oil gasoline pipeline spill are being tied up in a legal appeal.

FULL ARTICLE

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Shell still in litigation regarding its plans to drill on the Outer Continental Shelf

In March, Northern Economics released a study on the impact of drilling. It was paid for by Shell Oil, the largest lease holder in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas, and showed that OCS development would employ 35,000 people annually over the next 50 years. The North Slope Borough questioned the reality of those numbers.

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Chinese in £3bn battle to buy Shell assets in Nigeria

Two Chinese government-controlled companies are among front-runners in a £3 billion battle for control of oil assets in Nigeria that have been put up for sale by Royal Dutch Shell.

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Nigeria Says Shell Will Need Government Approval to Sell Assets

Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Nigeria’s Oil Minister said Royal Dutch Shell Plc will need government approval to sell oilfields following a report that it plans to sell as much as $5 billion of assets in the West African nation.

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EMAIL TO MICHIEL BRANDJES AND PETER VOSER CONCERNING SHELL SPY SCANDAL

Since I know from our contact with you over recent years that you are normally an unfailingly polite and efficient Company Secretary, I suspect that this change results from criticism you have received internally for being “a bit too enthusiastic about responding to Donovan…:" Apparently one of your colleagues - I can guess who - is jealous at the praise you have received on our website.

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Nigeria kept in the dark by Shell

REUTERS

Nigeria says not aware of any Shell oil sale plans

Nick Tattersall
LAGOS
Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:52am EST

LAGOS (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) has not informed the government of any plans to sell oil fields in Nigeria, as reported by several newspapers over the weekend, Minister of State for Petroleum Odein Ajumogobia said on Monday.

The UK’s Sunday Times reported that Europe’s largest oil company planned to sell fields valued at up to $5 billion as the OPEC member prepares to impose harsher terms on foreign operators and hand greater control to domestic oil firms. read more

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Another housing estate poisoned by a Shell legacy of toxic contamination

Since the contamination was discovered almost four months ago, most of the 275 homeowners in the Carousel tract have signed on to a lawsuit against Shell Oil. The Carousel development is north of Lomita Boulevard, between Marbella and Panama avenues.

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Shell Signs Letter of Intent for N.Z. Asset Sale

Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc has signed a letter of intent to sell its New Zealand downstream assets to Infratil Ltd. and the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, Infratil said today.

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Chinese companies vie for Shell Nigerian assets

An insider familiar with the talks said that Shell was likely to sell the fields in individual transactions in the first half of 2010.

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Shell CEO Voser on Climate Change

Business chiefs hit at climate agreement

By Ed Crooks and Fiona Harvey in Copenhagen

Published: December 20 2009 19:26 | Last updated: December 20 2009 21:39

EXTRACTS

Global energy businesses are disappointed and confused by the climate deal agreed in Copenhagen, saying it does not provide enough certainty to justify the huge investments needed to cut carbon emissions.

Peter Voser – the chief executive of oil and gas group Royal Dutch Shell, which has supported limiting emissions – said “much more” was needed.

Mr Voser said: “We…recognise that the accord reflects a true political willingness to combat climate change. However, it remains unclear how this political willingness will translate into concrete steps.” read more

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Shell transferring thousands of jobs to India, Philippines

It’s unclear how many of Shell’s 13,000 employees in Houston will be affected by the migration plans. Partly, that’s because company officials are still deciding which jobs will stay or go abroad, and are rolling out the plans in phases that run into next year. But at least a few divisions in Houston are preparing to be downsized dramatically.

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Shell plans £3bn sale in Nigeria

Times Online

The Sunday Times

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Royal Dutch Shell, the oil giant, has launched a shake-up of its controversial operations in Nigeria by offering oilfields valued at up to $5 billion (£3.1 billion) for sale.

The auction comes as Nigeria prepares to impose harsher terms on foreign operators next month and hand greater control to domestic firms.

Shell is the biggest western oil firm in Nigeria, the world’s tenth largest producer, and has had operations there for 70 years.

It is understood that the company recently launched a formal sales process that is being overseen by Ann Pickard, head of Shell Nigeria. read more

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