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March, 2011:

Device’s Design Flaw Let Oil Spill Freely

MARCH 24, 2011

Government-Funded Study Finds Blowout Preventer Couldn’t Handle Worst-Case Scenario in Gulf; BP Gets a Small Boost

By BEN CASSELMAN And RUSSELL GOLD

BP PLC came within 1.4 inches or less of preventing the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, say engineers studying the safety device that failed in last year’s Gulf of Mexico disaster.

The device, known as a blowout preventer, was a massive set of valves that sat on the sea floor nearly a mile beneath the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which floated on the surface. It was equipped with powerful shears designed to cut through pipe and seal off the well in an emergency. Why the device failed has been one of the central mysteries of last year’s disaster. read more

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A History of Royal Dutch Shell – Volumes 1 & 2: In bed with the Nazis

By John Donovan

In the “Fortune Global 500 Ranking by Revenue 2010”, Royal Dutch Shell Pic was ranked as the second largest company in the world, after Wal-Mart Stores.

Many people know something about the oil giants’ controversial track record in Nigeria. Itincludes decades long plunder and pollution, with involvement in espionage, corruption, torture, murder, and other human rights abuses.

Some people are aware of Shell’s unscrupulous dealings with despotic regimes in Iraq, Iran, and Libya. Shell deliberately disguised shipping movements of Iraqi and Iranian oil during UN sanctions. read more

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A near miss for Shell in the North Sea

By John Donovan

Remember the current Shell CEO Fat Cat super critical of BP, claiming the Gulf of Mexico disaster couldn’t happen to Shell with their Utopian well and Utopian standards? It seems it almost did, with an uncanny similarity between events in the North Sea and in the Gulf, the difference being the former ended quietly.

The incident occurred on 23rd December 2009.

A near miss for the North Sea oil industry

Tom Feilden | 09:21 UK time, Tuesday, 7 December 2010

An internal safety review passed to the Today programme shows that Transocean – the company operating BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico – narrowly avoided a similar accident in the North Sea, four months earlier. read more

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Court case involving allegations of racism settled by Shell

The Defendant has gone on wild rampage with Alfred Donovan to consider any wrongdoing done by any Shell company around the world. He then extrapolates from the particular – individual instances of impropriety anywhere in the world – and reaches a general conclusion that the 8 Plaintiffs have been dishonest, engage in criminal conspiracy and criminal conduct generally.

Comment by Shell General Counsel Thavakumar Kandiah Pillai about reserves whistleblower, Dr John Huong, a production geologist
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Shell Corrib Gas Scandal Continues

TDs unite outside Dáil to back Shell to Sea campaign

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 – 04:22 PM

Twenty-two TDs gathered at the gates of Leinster House in Dublin today to call on the Government to overturn consents granted by former Minister Pat Carey to Shell E&P Ireland on the day of the recent General Election.

Speaking at the press conference, Dublin Shell to Sea spokesperson Caoimhe Kerins criticised Mr Carey’s decision, saying: “These consents were issued in a highly dubious manner on the day of the recent general Election. read more

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Transparency: the only way to do business with despots

The current opacity on how money changes hands has cooked up predictable outcomes. According to Nigeria’s corruption agency, as much as $400-billion (U.S.) in oil cash has been stolen or wasted during the past 50 years…

TOBY HEAPS

From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Mar. 22, 2011 2:00AM EDT

The simultaneously shifting sands under the feet of North African despots and resource companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange provide an extraordinary opportunity for Canada to become the gold standard for corporate transparency.

Canada punches way above its relative lightweight status in the global economy (2 per cent of global GDP) because more than two-thirds of the world’s mining companies are listed on our stock exchange. Since acquired by Suncor, Petro-Canada’s $1-billion signing bonus to the Gadhafi regime is only the tip of the iceberg. From Burma to Madagascar, there are more than 25 despotic states where Canadian-listed companies are the No. 1 foreign investor. read more

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Shell Says Japan Nuclear Accident to Support Long-Term Global Gas Demand

Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA), Europe’s largest oil company, said Japan’s nuclear accident will support world natural gas demand in the longer term.

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Shell deep-water Gulf plan wins OK, but challenge is likely

...the decision faces an almost-certain legal challenge from conservationists who say the government's review was weak and that it is acting prematurely by not waiting until it completes a lengthy post-spill environmental study of the Gulf of Mexico that could take until next year.

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Shell wins approval to drill new Gulf of Mexico deepwater wells

Royal Dutch Shell has won approval to drill the first new deepwater oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico almost a year after a spill by rival BP halted the industry’s expansion.

An offshore crude oil rig platform (left) sits peacefully in the Gulf of Mexico, USA. By contrast, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, is seen burning after an explosion last April.

Richard Blackden

By Richard Blackden, US Business Editor 11:38PM GMT 21 Mar 2011

US authorities have given the green light to the Anglo-Dutch company’s plan to drill three wells to a depth of about 2,950 feet in a field 130 miles off the coast of Louisana.

Shell will still be required to apply for specific permits for each well it drills.

The award is significant because the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) has so far only handed out a small number of deepwater permits to resume work on wells on which work had started before last April’s explosion at BP’s Macondo well. read more

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Shell sees Athabasca expansion complete in Q2

Reuters Africa

CALGARY, Alberta, March 21 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s (RDSa.L: Quote) 100,000 barrel per day expansion of its Athabasca Oil Sands Project in northern Alberta will be fully ramped up in the second quarter, the head of the company’s Canadian unit said on Monday.

Lorraine Mitchelmore, president of Shell Canada, said the expansion will boost output at the mining and upgrading project to 255,000 bpd when complete.

“In Q2 we’ll be up and running at 255,000 barrels per day,” Mitchelmore told Reuters. read more

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Shell drills 17 wells in China, eyes big spend -CEO

Reuters Africa

BEIJING, March 20 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L: Quote) is drilling 17 wells in China, including for tight gas and shale gas, Chief Executive Peter Voser told Reuters on Sunday.

If the drilling is successful, Shell aims to spend $1 billion a year over the next five years on shale gas in China, he said on the sidelines of a forum, adding that it was already spending $400 million on unconventional gas in China this year.

(Reporting by Chen Aizhu)

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Interior Department OKs first new deepwater oil and gas exploration plan since disaster

Published: Monday, March 21, 2011, 2:02 PM

Jonathan Tilove, The Times-Picayune By Jonathan Tilove, The Times-Picayune

WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement Director Michael Bromwich announced Monday that, for the first time since the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the bureau has approved a deepwater oil and gas exploration plan, submitted by Shell Offshore Inc., following the completion of a site-specific environmental assessment.

As explained by Salazar and Bromwich, an exploration plan describes all exploration activities planned by the operator for a specific lease or leases, including the timing of these activities, information concerning drilling vessels, the location of each planned well, and other relevant information that needs to meet important safety standards. Once a plan is approved, additional new applications for permits to drill can be issued.

According to BOEMRE, Shell’s plan supplements its original exploration plan for the same lease in the company’s Auger field, which was approved in 1985. This plan would allow for the Shell to seek permits to drill three exploratory wells in about 2,950 water depth, 130 miles off the coast of Louisiana. read more

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Karoo residents to block shale-gas bid

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – Mar 21 2011 11:19

A group of Karoo residents and farmers intend to oppose Shell South Africa’s bid to explore for shale gas in the Karoo, Beeld reported on Monday.

Derek Light, a lawyer representing about 200 people against gas exploration in the Karoo, on Saturday told a public meeting that the process Shell and its consultants, Golder Associates, had been following was unlawful.

He was speaking at a public gathering in Middelburg, in the Eastern Cape, called by Shell to discuss its proposed environmental management plan for exploration of 95 000 square kilometres in the Karoo. read more

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RDS Energy Lecture Series – Securing Our Energy Future – the Role Of Corrib Gas

Friends
Get this to key people around Ireland to participate in this on 24th March – people should attend, disrupting the whole evening with appropriate questions and comments, making it most uncomfortable for Mr Nolan so that it becomes a  time wasting exercise for the enemy, the Bankster Shell  – and also protest outside!

Above message received from Shell to Sea Campaigner

Date: Thursday March 24, 2011

Venue: Minerva Suite

Opening Hours:
7.00pm

Admission:
The next lecture in the RDS Energy Lecture Series continues with a presentation by Mr Terry Nolan, Managing Director, Shell Ireland. Currently, Ireland is at the end of a very long pipeline, importing 96% of its gas supplies from Europe. In the event of political instability or an interruption of Russian gas supplies to Europe gas supplies to Ireland may be severely affected. The importance of securing Ireland’s energy supply has come into stark focus. read more

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Some idiot, perhaps a hacker, has inserted a swastika on the Shell logo

20 March 2011 19:05:44 GMT

Sir,

Some idiot, perhaps a “hacker”,  has inserted a swastika on the Shell logo in pictures at the top of the page in several  locations on your site.

I write on the chance that I am the first to notice.

Regards,

Name and address supplied

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Japan nuclear crisis could boost gas -Shell CEO

Reuters Africa

Sunday March 20, 2011

BEIJING, March 20 (Reuters) – A rethink about nuclear energy after Japan’s earthquake could boost demand for natural gas, the head of Royal Dutch Shell said on Sunday.

This would play to Shell’s strength because it produces more gas than oil, Chief Executive Peter Voser told Reuters.

But he cautioned that it would take time to draw firm conclusions about the impact of Japan’s nuclear crisis on global energy markets.

“We need to see how the nuclear policies of various governments and countries will evolve and the lessons that need to be taken into account from Japan,” he said. “There will be higher demand for gas in the medium term and longer term.” read more

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