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November, 2010:

Arctic oil spill clean-up plans are ‘thoroughly inadequate’, industry warned

Nov 14th, 2010
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Report from US environment group warns that ice, freezing temperatures and high seas would overwhelm any clean-up attempts

Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent

Thursday 11 November 2010 10.31 GMT

The Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. Photograph: Doug Wilson/Corbis

The next big offshore oil disaster could take place in the remote Arctic seas where hurricane-force winds, 30ft seas, sub-zero temperatures and winter darkness would overwhelm any clean-up attempts, a new report warns.

With the ban on offshore drilling lifted in the Gulf of Mexico, big oil companies such as Royal Dutch Shell are pressing hard for the Obama administration to grant final approval to Arctic drilling. Shell has invested more than $2bn to drill off Alaska’s north coast, and is campaigning to begin next summer. read more

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What did Shell Oil President John Hofmeister know about corruption in Nigeria?

Nov 14th, 2010
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By a former employee of Shell Oil USA

The Panalpina investigation began in 2007. The investigation covers the time period of 2002 -2007. That means, of course, that Shell’s transgressions occurred during John Hofmeister’s term of service at Shell. One has to wonder what his involvement in the bribery schemes were. I am certain that he was fully aware of what was going on, given that he was President of Shell USA from 2005 -2008. Someone had to ‘sign for’ and approve the millions of dollars used for that purpose. read more

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ROYAL DUTCH SHELL NAZI SECRETS: FUNDING HITLER

Nov 12th, 2010
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By Alfred Donovan and John Donovan

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL NAZI SECRETS

Displayed right is an article from the Dutch newspaper “Limburger Koerier”, headlined “SIR HENRI DETERDING”, plus a related receipt/note, both displayed on page 480 of “A History of Royal Dutch Shell” Vol 1.

Related text printed on the same page.

This extract from the Limburger Koerier of  29 December 1932 was only one of the many articles in the national and international press speculating about who might be funding the Nazi party, which was deeply in debt. Deterding’s name came up more than once. read more

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The US should either let Shell drill in the Arctic or refund its leases

Nov 12th, 2010
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November 12, 2010 9:30am

While Royal Dutch Shell waits to hear from the US government on whether it will be permitted to drill in Alaska next year, environmentalists are stepping up their campaign for a “no” vote.

The Pew Environment Group is the latest to speak out against drilling in the arctic. It has released the most comprehensive analysis done on the challenges to preventing and containing spills in the area. Highlights include noting that darkness, extreme weather and shifting sea ice could delay efforts to stop an oil blowout in the US Arctic Ocean for six months or more. read more

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Arctic Oil Spill Report

Nov 12th, 2010
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“There is a lot of pressure by Shell to drill this summer,” Marilyn Heiman, director of the US Arctic programme at Pew said. “But the oil companies are just not prepared for the Arctic. The spill plans are thoroughly inadequate.”

U.S. Coast Guard Ice Breaker Healy in U.S. Arctic Waters

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Oil Spill Prevention and Response in the U.S. Arctic Ocean: Unexamined Risks, Unacceptable Consequences details major gaps in response planning and Arctic marine ecosystem science. Government and industry oil spill response plans fail to account for the region’s remoteness and harsh conditions and fail to protect the fragile Arctic marine ecosystems and food webs that support walrus, polar bears and other marine mammals found nowhere else in the United States.

Report

Oil Spill Prevention and Response in the U.S. Arctic Ocean: Unexamined Risks, Unacceptable Consequences read more

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Shell Wins Approval for ‘Game Changer’ Gas Project

Nov 12th, 2010
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By Ben Sharples and Gemma Daley: November 12, 2010, 12:35 AM EST

Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s largest oil company, won approval from the Australian government to proceed with the development of the world’s first liquefied natural gas project using a floating plant.

Prelude, located about 200 kilometers (120 miles) off the coast of Western Australia, was approved with “strict conditions,” Environment Minister Tony Burke said in a statement today. The Hague-based Shell must comply with 13 requirements to protect the marine ecosystem and minimize the risk of oil spills. read more

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Arctic Drilling Poses Untold Risks, Study Concludes

Nov 12th, 2010
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November 11, 2010, 5:43 pm

By LESLIE KAUFMAN

An image of a an oil-spill response vessel from a Shell commercial promoting Arctic drilling.

Now that the moratorium on deepwater oil and gas drilling has been lifted by the Obama administration, the battle for the Arctic is heating up again.

The suspension on deep-sea drilling was of course a reaction to the disastrous blowout in the Gulf of Mexico that produced the biggest offshore oil spill in the nation’s history, gushing from April to July. The moratorium was lifted last month, about six weeks before a Nov. 30 expiration date. read more

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Royal Dutch Shell Panalpina Nigerian Corruption Scandal

Nov 12th, 2010
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION CEASE AND DESIST ORDER: ROYAL DUTCH SHELL BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION: 5 November 2010

INDEX OF RELATED ARTICLES

Settlements Near In Bribery Case: The Wall Street Journal 15 October 2010

Royal Dutch Shell bribery and corruption in Nigeria: The Wall Street Journal 16 October 2010

DOJ, SEC To Announce Panalpina-Related Bribery Settlements: NASDAQ 21 October 2010

U.S. in Pact Over Bribery Charges With Royal Dutch Shell: The Wall Street Journal 4 November 2010

Panalpina Settlements Announced, With $236.5 Million In Penalties: The Wall Street Journal 4 November 2010

Shell to pay $48m Nigerian bribe fine: Daily Telegraph 4 November 2010
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Nude statue scandal as brother of Sultan of Brunei sues former lawyers

Nov 11th, 2010
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11 November 2010 By Craig McDonald

Nude statue scandal as brother of Sultan of Brunei sues former

THE outrageous habits of a playboy prince have been exposed in a sensational US court case.

Jefri Bolkiah – brother of the fabulously wealthy Sultan of Brunei – was in a New York courtroom on Tuesday, suing his former lawyers.

But the case has revealed his outlandish luxuries – including gilded toilet roll holders and $1million pornographic statues.

Jefri, 56, claims British husband and wife legal team Thomas and Faith Zaman Derbyshire stole more than £4million from him.

In a counter-claim, they insist Jefri – who has four wives, a harem and 17 children by seven women – owes them around £7.5million in legal fees. read more

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Shell boasted about the money it pumped into Nazi Germany

Nov 11th, 2010
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In 1933, the German subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, Rhenania, launched a series of motorist touring maps, which boasted that Shell was pumping money into the German economy i.e. into the coffers of the evil Hitler/Nazi regime.

(Relevant text shown underlined in red)

Die SHELL-Organisation in Deutschland stellt sich gleichzeitig in den Dienst richtig verstandener Nationalwirtschaft. Sie bemuht sich um weitere ErschlieBung deutscher Erdölvorkommen unter Ausnutzung der in weltumfassender Tatigkeit gesammelten Erfahrungen

The map is displayed on page 470 of “A History of Royal Dutch Shell” Vol 1: “From Challenger to Joint Industry Leader 1890 -1939” by Joost Jonker & Luiten van Zanden published in the UK in 2007 by Oxford University Press.
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Shell Plots Shanghai Listing

Nov 11th, 2010
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Mark Kleinman November 11, 2010 3:16 AM

The oil giant Royal Dutch Shell is drawing up plans to list its shares on mainland China’s biggest stock exchange as part of efforts to forge deeper ties and expand its operations in the country, I have learned.

I am told that Shell has appointed China International Capital Corp (CICC), one of China’s leading investment banks (in which the Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley is about to sell a significant stake), to assist it with the prospective share offering in Shanghai. read more

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Environment group warns of Arctic oil drilling risks

Nov 11th, 2010
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By Agence France-Presse
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010 — 3:17 pm

With big oil companies eager to expand offshore exploration in the Arctic, an environmental group on Wednesday warned that the United States is ill-prepared to deal with an oil spill there.

Freezing conditions, high seas and fragile ecosystems are among the dangers that could imperil operations to clean up a potential spill in the Arctic, where a gusher like BP’s in the Gulf of Mexico could have disastrous consequences, said the report by the Pew Environment Group. read more

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Shell, China sign deal to explore Canadian oil

Nov 11th, 2010
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By Shaun Polczer, Calgary Herald November 10, 2010

Zhou Jiping, vice chairman and president of Chinese oil giant PetroChina speaks at the company’s 2010 interim results announcement in Hong Kong on August 26, 2010. Photograph by: MIKE CLARKE, AFP/Getty Images

In yet another sign of growing Chinese interest in Canada’s energy resources, the Chinese national oil company and Royal Dutch Shell on Tuesday signed a deal that will see the companies partner up on oil and gas projects in Canada. read more

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Email to Peter Voser concerning Royal Dutch Shell Nazi Secrets

Nov 10th, 2010
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By John Donovan

Printed below is an email my father sent to Richard Wiseman, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer at Royal Dutch Shell Plc., which was also sent to Peter Voser, Chief Executive Officer and Michiel Brandjes, Company Secretary/General Counsel Corporate.

The stated subject: Royal Dutch Shell Nazi Secrets.

Knowing that my father is 93, it seems extraordinarily impolite of Mr Wiseman to not even have the courtesy to acknowledge receipt.  Shell has not taken issue with the accuracy of what was stated in the article, nor raised any copyright objections. read more

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John Hofmeister and alleged Shell espionage in the USA

Nov 10th, 2010
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Comment by a former employee of Shell Oil USA

John,

I have a comment about the comment for your ‘retiree’: He got his biology wrong. Toads are not slimy and do not turn into princess. Only frogs are slimy and Hofmeister has that personality trait in abundance.

I also have another observation for your readers about ‘Mr. Toad’:

With regard to your comments/observations about John Hofmeister: It is almost a certainty that Mr. Hofmeister (the alleged ‘pompous toad’) has initimate knowledge of Shell USA’s  (alleged) espionage plan that targeted their former employee’s IP and WMD technologies classified by the US Dept.’s of Defense and Energy, as well as current legal liabilities in that regard. Mr.Hofmeister’s term at Shell (1997 -2008) puts him at Shell during the time of Shell’s concerted effort to gain access to the classified material. It is also very possible that he was intimately involved in the decision/authorization process that led Shell to proceed ahead with, and/or continue with, that (alleged) illegal effort (if he was not directly responsible for any of the decisions or authorizations himself). read more

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Former Shell Oil President John Hofmeister pompous as ever

Nov 10th, 2010
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Posted on Shell Blog by “retired shellee” on Nov 10th, 2010 at 11:24 am

Hofmeister pompous as ever.

Last night I watched the BBC documentary on the Macondo blow-out. It was easy to relate with all that was said by the various participants. But two things stuck to my mind: the media and politicians (Obama included and leading the way) are like a troup of rabid dogs. The moment someone is down, they all attack in a feeding frenzy. All with hidden agendas, all completely oblivious of what their actions might cause. Presumably this is their job and I expect hardly anything else from these charlatans. read more

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