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March, 2014:

John Donovan selection of Shell related articles

Mar 23rd, 2014
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John Donovan, founder Royal Dutch Shell Plc.com

John Donovan, Co-Founder Royal Dutch Shell Plc.com

John Donovan, Shell Singapore Make Money game, 1985

John Donovan, Shell Singapore Make Money game, 1985.

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LINK: John Donovan, Video of Shell games, 1985

From left to right: Stephen Howarth, Joost Jonker; Keetie E. Sluyterman, Joost Dankers and Jan Luiten van Zanden

From left to right: Stephen Howarth, Joost Jonker; Keetie E. Sluyterman, Joost Dankers and Jan Luiten van Zanden: All well paid.

John Chambers, Managing Director of Don Marketing, 1984

John Chambers, Managing Director of Don Marketing, 1984

Roger Sotherton (left) and John Chambers, both directors of Don Marketing 1984

Roger Sotherton (left) and John Chambers, both directors of Don Marketing 1984

Ken Brown, Operations Director of Don Marketing, 1984

Ken Brown, Operations Director of Don Marketing, 1984

Ken Brown, Operations Director of Don Marketing, 1984

Ken Brown, Operations Director of Don Marketing, 1984

Roger Sotherton, Marketing Director, Don Marketing: 1984

Roger Sotherton, Marketing Director, Don Marketing: 1984

John Donovan, Chairman, Don Marketing 1984. Best known for games supplied to Shell

John Donovan, Chairman, Don Marketing 1984. Best known for promotional games such as Make Money and Make Merry supplied to Royal Dutch Shell

John Donovan, Chairman, Don Marketing 1984. Best known for promotional games such as Make Money and Make Merry supplied to Royal Dutch Shell

John Donovan, Chairman, Don Marketing 1984. Best known for promotional games such as Make Money and Make Merry supplied to Royal Dutch Shell

Ken Brown, Operations Director of Don Marketing, the agency that created games for Shell

Ken Brown, Operations Director of Don Marketing, the agency that created games for Shell

Valerie Hewitt, Don Marketing 1984

Valerie Hewitt, Don Marketing 1984

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Sven Olsen, Don Marketing 1984

Shell Marketing Development Manager, Ken Danson, 1984

Shell Marketing Development Manager, Ken Danson, 1984

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Don Redhead, a founding director of Don Marketing, seeding major prizes into Shell Mastermind Game at Dobson & Crowther, in 1984. Screenshot from BBC TV Money Programme. read more

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Grossly Contaminated Fuel: What Shell said before ABC News intervened

Mar 22nd, 2014
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Screen Shot 2014-02-10 at 16.29.29Extracts from an article by by STEPHANIE ZIMMERMANN published 21 March 2014 by ABC News under the headline: Michigan Gas Station Pumps Fuel ‘Grossly Contaminated’ With Water, Kills Car

Dear ABC News Fixer: I filled my gas tank with fuel that was contaminated with water, causing more than $1,300 in damage to my car – and now the Shell station won’t reimburse me.

I presented this information to Shell and they basically told me to take it to court. I think it’s shameful that Shell, which makes billions of dollars a year, refuses to take responsibility for damage to my vehicle that was clearly caused by faulty fuel from one of their stations.

– Joe Yaklic, Chesterfield, Mich. read more

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Shell to keep trading with Gunvor – email

Mar 22nd, 2014
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 Extracts from Screen Shot 2014-02-10 at 16.29.29a Reuters article published 21 March 2014

(Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell traders are allowed to keep dealing with commodities trading house Gunvor after the United States imposed sanctions on its co-founder, Shell said in an internal email seen on Friday by Reuters. The email said Shell had been able to review the status of Gunvor following the imposition on Thursday of U.S. sanctions against Gunvor co-founder Gennady Timchenko.

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Shell exit from 600,000-acre stake in southern Kansas

Mar 22nd, 2014
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Screen Shot 2013-12-22 at 19.09.52Extracts from an article by Dan Voorhis published on 21 March 2014 by The Wichita Eagle under the headline: SandRidge to let its oil leases expire on much of its acreage in Kansas

Land lease prices jumped in 2010 and 2011 from the $15 to $75 per acre range to $250 to $1,500 per acre, depending on location, when SandRidge, Shell Oil and other large out-of-state oil exploration companies rushed to accumulate large leaseholds. But the geology of the Mississippian layer proved more complex and less consistently profitable than expected. The mixed results led most of them to leave. SandRidge investors deposed company founder Tom Ward in 2013 because of low profits and low stock prices. Ward has since returned to Kansas with a new company, Tapstone Energy, which purchased Shell’s approximately 600,000-acre stake in southern Kansas. read more

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Nothing but ill-fortune for Shell off the shores of Alaska

Mar 22nd, 2014
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Screen Shot 2013-01-11 at 20.09.51Extracts from an article by Reuben Brewer published on 21 March 2014 by The Motley Fool under the headline: BP Wins One and Loses One in the Gulf

Royal Dutch Shell has found nothing but ill-fortune off the shores of Alaska. Shell’s most public problem was the 2013 grounding of the Kulluk drill ship. However, that was merely the capstone event on a difficult journey that reportedly cost the company $5 billion over seven years. After Kulluk, the company halted its drilling plans and recently announced that it wouldn’t be drilling in 2014, either. Now there’s even questions circulating about whether or not the U.S. government overstepped its bounds by opening up the region to drilling. This was a big bet for Shell that hasn’t turned out very well. While Shell has the financial wherewithal to take the hit, it’s one of many the company is dealing with. read more

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Former Shell exec has no problem with Shell bribing Irish police?

Mar 22nd, 2014
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Screen Shot 2014-02-21 at 16.30.10From his recently posted comments, it seems that LondonLad has no problem with Shell drowning the Irish police force (the Garda) in free Christmas booze, despite allegations that they are “Shell’s Cops” and have allegedly acted accordingly when dealing with protestors. Perhaps he thinks that if corruption is okay for Shell in Nigeria, then its equally good for Shell in Ireland.

By John Donovan

For several years a retired former senior Royal Dutch Shell executive with service in the USA and Nigeria has been posting comments on our “Shell Blog” originally using the alias Musaint and more recently, LondonLad.

My assumption that they are one and the same is an educated guess.

Mainly, but not always, he is a supporter of Shell.

I corresponded directly with this retired senior Shell executive when he was in Musaint mode. All very convivial. Less so when debating issues on this website. read more

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Shell blasted amid poverty, conflict

Mar 21st, 2014
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Screen Shot 2014-03-21 at 09.00.35Social Action accuses Shell of handing out payments for so-called security contracts to rival factions on opposing sides, who used the money to buy more weapons and ammunition to sustain the conflict.

Extracts from an article published on 20 March 2014 by WAR ON WANT

Shell will come under fire on Saturday, World Water Day, when a Nigerian campaigner speaks out in London against the Anglo-Dutch corporation exploiting oil, as thousands of people face grim hardship, including lack of running water.

The criticism will be launched by Celestine Akpobari, from the organisation Social Action, ally to the Niger Delta community of Rumuekpe, which lacks running water, electricity, basic drainage systems, or any school.

Screen Shot 2014-02-10 at 16.29.29With huge oil wealth in Rumuekpe’s territory, the community should rank among the most well-off anywhere. read more

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Shell expands Gulf of Mexico portfolio

Mar 21st, 2014
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Screen Shot 2014-02-10 at 16.29.29Article published 20 March 2014 by PennEnergy (from a Shell Press Release) under the headline: “Shell expands Gulf of Mexico portfolio in Lease Sale 231“

Shell continues to build upon a strong position in the Central Gulf of Mexico and is the apparent high bidder on 4 blocks during today’s US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Lease Sale 231. Shell bid on a total of 8 blocks and exposed approximately $100,000,000. Shell was the apparent high bidder on 4 blocks, totaling approximately $45,543,721, including a key block that will consolidate Shell’s position in the greater Appomattox/Vicksburg area.

Shell continues exploration of the Norphlet play on the basis of its promising giant Appomattox and adjacent Vicksburg discoveries. read more

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Shell cracker plant fate still unknown

Mar 21st, 2014
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Screen Shot 2014-02-10 at 16.29.29Extract from a Rachel Morgan article published Friday 21 March 2014 by The New York Times

HOPEWELL TWP. — Shell Oil Co. is still staying mum — at least for a little while longer. Shell officials met with officials from the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, local elected officials and two Beaver County commissioners Thursday at the Club at Shadow Lakes to discuss Shell’s proposed $2.5 billion petrochemical plant in Potter Township. Media were not allowed to attend.

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Shell writes down value of its U.S. shale gas and liquids-rich assets by $2.5 billion

Mar 20th, 2014
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Extracts from an article by Arjun Sreekumar published on 19 March 2014 by The Motley Fool under the headline: “2 Key Areas Where Royal Dutch Shell plc Needs to Improve”

To accomplish its goal of boosting cash flow and returns, Shell has identified two key business units as prime targets for restructuring over the next few years. The first business unit to be reorganized is Shell’s upstream Americas segment, where more than $24 billion in spending on North American shale oil and gas assets over the past few years has failed to generate sufficient returns. The unit swung to a $900 million loss last year, as Shell was forced to write down the value of its shale gas and liquids-rich assets by about $2.5 billion. To remedy the situation, Shell plans to reduce upstream Americas spending by 20% this year and also plans to cut the unit’s staff by 30% from around 1,800 to 1,400. read more

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Shell in slashing mode

Mar 20th, 2014
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Ben van Beurden, Chief Executive Officer. Royal Dutch Shell Plc

Ben van Beurden, Chief Executive Officer. Royal Dutch Shell Plc

Extracts from an article by EDUARD GISMATULLIN published by Bloomberg News on 14 March 2014 under the headline: Shell in slashing mode: Cuts Americas spending by 20% after losses in shales

THE HAGUE (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell plans to lower spending in the Americas by a fifth as Europe’s largest oil producer focuses on more profitable operations. It’s “not acceptable” that Shell, now deploying about 36% or $80 billion of its capital in North America, has been losing money, Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden said. Van Beurden has pledged to shrink spending costs this year and speed up asset sales including refineries after The Hague-based company issued its first profit warning in a decade. read more

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Wall Street Journal: Shell pulls out of Ukraine deal near Crimea

Mar 20th, 2014
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Screen Shot 2014-02-10 at 16.29.29Extracts from an article by Justin Scheck published 19 March 2014 by the Wall Street Journal

LONDON— Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Wednesday that it withdrew from negotiations over an offshore exploration deal in the Black Sea, west of Crimea. Shell made the decision to pull out in January, a spokesman said. Withdraws From Talks on Skifska Field But Is Still Pursuing Other Ukraine Projects

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Message from Ogoni Activist Ben Ikari

Mar 19th, 2014
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Screen Shot 2013-10-15 at 01.43.07RELATED COMMENT BY JOHN DONOVAN: “I publish very few articles/press releases from Ogoni sources because you never know who is a legitimate representative of the Ogoni people and not a faction led by an ego driven individual, with a self-invented impressive title.”

By John Donovan

I have today published a message to the Ogoni people from long time Ogoni activist Ben Ikari under his headline:

“The Need For Ogoni Independence From Nigeria”

From the content of his past articles, its fair to say that Ben is not a fan of Shell.

Neither is he an admirer of Britain’s colonial involvement in Nigeria.

One of the most important aspects of his article in my view, is the rallying cry for his fellow Ogoni to stop the complaints and bickering.

The internal bickering and warring factions has created serious division and external confusion. read more

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Shell reorganises American shale operations

Mar 19th, 2014
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Screen Shot 2014-02-10 at 16.29.29Extracts from an Alice Young article published 19 March 2014 by iNVEZZ.com under the headline: Shell share price: Group reorganises American shale operations

Royal Dutch Shell Plc has reorganised its American shale gas and oil operations into a single business in an attempt to improve their performance, the Financial Times has reported. According to the FT report, senior Shell executives told investors in a presentation in New York that for the past 14 months, the company had been operating its shale extraction business in the US, Canada and South America as a single unit… read more

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Journalism ‘infected by corporate public relations’

Mar 19th, 2014
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Screen Shot 2013-05-03 at 14.17.32As can be confirmed from the video recording, Shell was a prime target of the comment by Ed Vulliamy about journalism being infected by corporate public relations. This was in relation to the allegations made by former Shell “Mr Fixit” company, OSSL, that Shell had corrupted the Irish Police Force by giving away free alcohol as bribes.

Article by Lorna Siggins published on 18 March 2014 by The Irish Times

Journalism has been “infected” by “corporate public relations” and the media is part of a “seamless troika” involving governments and corporations, according to the British war correspondent Ed Vulliamy.

The Guardian and Observer journalist, who has won awards for his reporting from Bosnia, the 9/11 attacks, Iraq and Mexico, said that resources had been curtailed to the extent that journalists had “shrunk in number” while those working in public relations had grown. Mr Vulliamy was addressing a discussion hosted by justice and peace group Afri in Carrowteigue, north Mayo, on the media and the Corrib gas project. read more

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Shell’s CEO says the company plans to leave the Eagle Ford Shale

Mar 18th, 2014
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Screen Shot 2014-02-10 at 16.29.29Extract from an article by Sanford Nowlin published on 18 March 2014 by San Antonio Business Journal.

Oil-and-gas giant Royal Dutch Shell PLC will unload its investments in South Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale and cut U.S. capital spending by 20 percent after disappointing results from its domestic shale operations.

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