MESSAGE FROM GLOBAL WITNESS REGARDING SHELL/ENI OPL 245 CORRUPTION CASE
An online event this Friday
On Friday, Global Witness is hosting a virtual event, The Oil Heist of the Century: Journey around the world in search for truth and accountability, as part of the Skoll World Forum alongside our partners Olanrewaju Suraju the Chair of the Nigerian NGO Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) and Antonio Tricarico a Director of Italian NGO Re:Common.
The event will take place on Friday 3rd April at 4pm BST, 5pm CET, 4pm WAT.
We will tell the story of infamous Shell and Eni corruption case that Global Witness and partners has been investigating and exposing for many years. It will take you on a journey around the world from an oil field in Nigeria via London and Abuja to a courthouse in Milan.read more
LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) slowed refining output and will write down up to $800 million (649.46 million pounds) in the first quarter of 2020 after a dramatic drop in oil demand due to the coronavirus.
In an update ahead of first-quarter results, Shell said it expects “significant uncertainty” over oil and gas prices and demand as a result of falling consumption.
With the global lockdown of 3 billion people – roughly 40% of the world’s population – demand for fuel has been in free fall, forcing Shell to lower its refining output by around 13%.read more
By Marcelo Teixeira and Roberto Samora: MARCH 30, 2020
NEW YORK/SAO PAULO, March 30 (Reuters) – Two of Brazil’s largest fuel distributors said on Monday they are cutting the amount of ethanol they will buy from local suppliers to adjust to a slump in demand amid the coronavirus lockdown in Latin America’s largest economy.
Brazil’s number 1 fuel distributor, BR Distribuidora , said it will reduce the amount of ethanol it buys from Brazilian mills to levels that are below the minimum defined in contracts, due to an “atypical situation” created by the COVID-19 pandemic.read more
* Energy Transfer delays FID from late 2020 to early 2021
* Shell relinquishes 50% stake amid spending cuts
* Decision comes after collapse in oil prices
By Ron Bousso and Shradha Singh
March 30 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell Plc pulled out of a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant under development in Louisiana following the recent crash in oil and natural gas prices that has forced the company to make deep spending cuts.
Energy Transfer LP, which was developing the project with Shell, said it remains focused on the commercial development of Lake Charles and is working toward making an early 2021 final investment decision (FID) to build the plant.read more
There are three separate legal proceedings taking place against Shell in Dutch and British courts relating to oil pollution. This has devastated the Niger Delta.
Data from Shell’s own spill incident reports reveal that from 2011-18 the company reported a huge number of spills – 1,010 – along the network of pipelines and wells that it operates.25 Spills have a variety of causes – from third-party tampering, to operational faults and corrosion of aged facilities. Shell blames most spills on theft and pipeline sabotage, and are not due to its own negligence.26 read more
The Ogoni Case is a Simple Demand for Basic Rights and Justice – MOSOP
Call for the Exoneration of Ken Saro-Wiwa and Others
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) says all the Ogoni people want in Nigeria is respect for the rights of the people and justice. President of MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke made this known yesterday in Port Harcourt in a speech to mark the 24th anniversary of the U.N Secretary General’s fact-finding mission to Ogoni which noted that the Special Tribunal which ordered the murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa had no jurisdiction to try Saro-Wiwa and the others.
Nsuke said it was shameful that Nigeria’s response to a simple and justifiable demand for basic rights and justice by the Ogoni people in Nigeria was repression by state security forces and the hounding by Shell through its agents which led to the death of thousands of innocent Ogonis.read more
The Prelude first received gas from its subsea wells in December 2018 and by the end of June 2019 had produced 2.32 million tonnes of greenhouse gases, according to emissions data released by the Clean Energy Regulator today.
Conservation Council of WA director Piers Verstegen said the emissions data was absolutely shocking and suggested that Shell was making no effort to reduce Prelude’s emissions.read more
Energy companies slash another $19 billion as oil price remain near 20-year lows
Sergio ChapaMarch 24, 2020 Updated: March 24, 2020 7:02 a.m.
Eleven energy companies over the past several days said they would cut a combined $18.6 billion dollars from their budgets as oil prices remain near 20-year lows, setting the stage for tens of thousands additional layoffs.
West Texas Intermediate crude closed at $23.36 per barrel Monday, a price not seen since March 2002 as Russia and Saudi Arabia flood global markets and the coronavirus pandemic crushes demand.
Energy companies big and small — including Conoco Phillips, Exxon Mobil, Marathon Oil, Hess and Halliburton — have responded by slashing spending for new projects and operations, halting stock buy back programs, putting deals on hold and selling assets.read more
Last year, the energy industry was rocked by record bankruptcies and write-downs that did not spare even the oil majors. According to Energy and Restructuring law firm Hayes and Boone’s, a grand total of 50 energy companies filed for bankruptcy last year, including 33 oil and gas producers, 15 oilfield services companies and two midstream companies.
The world’s biggest oil and gas firms should break an industry taboo and consider cutting dividends as they weather the fallout from the pandemic, investors say.
Investors prefer the dividend cut to companies taking on any more debt to maintain payouts.
The top five so-called oil majors have avoided reducing dividends for years to keep investors sweet and added a combined $25 billion to debt levels in 2019 to maintain capital spending, while giving back billions to shareholders.
The world’s biggest oil and gas firms should break an industry taboo and consider cutting dividends, rather than taking on any more debt to maintain payouts as they weather the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, investors say.
The top five so-called oil majors have avoided reducing dividends for years to keep investors sweet and added a combined $25 billion to debt levels in 2019 to maintain capital spending, while giving back billions to shareholders.read more
Parliament’s pension fund has made record investments in renewable energy and cut its exposure to fossil fuel companies to bring MPs’ pensions in line with the government’s climate action targets.
The move is a victory for the 360 serving and former MPs who have been pushing for the pension fund’s investments to fall in line with the government’s climate agenda.
The annual report showed that the fund has decreased its investment in BP by almost two-thirds in the past year, to £4.4m, and cut its holdings in Shell by a quarter, to £8m.read more
Royal Dutch Shell has announced it is planning to save at least $8billion in the coming year following the huge fall in oil prices.
The world’s ninth-largest company by revenue says capital expenditures are to be scaled back by $5billion. At the same time, underlying operating costs will be cut by at least $3billion to help cope with the impact of the coronavirus.
It still plans to go ahead with their $10billion divestment programme but have cancelled the next tranche of their share buyback programme.read more
Rule 19.6(b) update to stated post-offer intention statement with regard to the combination with BG Group plc
| Source: Royal Dutch Shell
The Hague, March 23, 2020 – The following announcement is being made pursuant to the requirements of Rule 19.6(b) of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the “Code”), which, inter alia, require a party to an offer, save with the consent of the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, to promptly make an announcement should it decide to take a course of action different from its stated intentions during the period of 12 months or such longer stated period from the end of the offer period explaining its reasons for doing so.read more
Mar 23rd, 2020
by John Donovan.
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royaldutchshellplc.com is a Royal Dutch Shellgripe site and blog operated by Alfred and John Donovan, who engaged in several marketing campaigns with Shell during the 1980s and early 1990s. The father and son duo believe Shell violated intellectual property agreements and filed several lawsuits against Shell prior to starting several websites critical of Shell, including royaldutchshellplc.com. The site has been oft quoted in news sources and is known for its activities as an Internet leak and forum for Shell whistleblowers.read more
Shell’s operations in the Niger Delta were first, and most effectively, put under the spotlight in the 1990s by Ken Saro-Wiwa, an acclaimed Nigerian writer. Saro-Wiwa led a community organisation in his home area, Ogoniland, called the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP). MOSOP said that while outsiders had grown rich on the oil that was pumped from under their soil, pollution from oil spills and gas flaring had, “led to the complete degradation of the Ogoni environment, turning our homeland into an ecological disaster.”10read more
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JOE LYCETT DISCUSSES SHELL WITH JOHN DONOVAN
JOHN DONOVAN TV DOCUMENTARY INTERVIEW
SHELL EXECUTIVES AT THE CENTER OF A SCHEME TO STEAL $1.3 BILLION FROM NIGERIA’S PEOPLE
SHELL ADMITS DEALING WITH NIGERIAN MONEY LAUNDERER – BBC NEWS
SHELL, ENI AND NIGERIAN OFFICIALS IN OPL 245 CORRUPTION SCANDAL
INVESTIGATION OF OPL 245 NIGERIAN OIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL
DUTCH EARTHQUAKES CAUSED BY SHELL/EXXON
SHELL KILLS FOR OIL IN NIGERIA
SHELL LIED ABOUT CLEANING UP OIL IN NIGER DELTA
SHELL SPIES INFILTRATED NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT
LEGO DROPS SHELL OVER GREENPEACE OIL SPILL VIDEO
SHELL ARCTIC DRILLING ACCIDENTS
SHELL KNEW ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE DECADES AGO
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL FOUNDER SIR HENRI DETERDING, NAZI FINANCIER
JOHN DONOVAN PROMOTIONAL GAMES FOR SHELL AND OTHER CLIENTS
Listen and read proof in audio and transcript form of Shell CEO Ben van Beurden’s cover-up tactics in the OPL 245 Nigerian corruption scandal. The instruction given by him in the covertly recorded call to CFO Simon Henry was at odds with Shell’s claimed core business principles. Cover-up and obstruction, instead of transparency and integrity, says Shell critic John Donovan
Shell energy are crap:
I have been attempting to get a refund on my large credit balance for the last three Days. What a Joke! the online method doesn't work despite way to many attempts. Then transfers me to the online chat bot LOL. I would get more sense from a Indian call centre keeps bouncing me back to the online refund method. I did try phoning yesterday 27/09 but after approximately 50 mins of waiting I gave up! Bet SHELL would be straight onto me if I CANCELLED MY DIRECT DEBIT!!!
Date of experience: 28 September 2023
The worst broadband company I had dealt…: The worst broadband company I had dealt with. The terribly unreliable connection, drops off all the time causing issues at work since I work from home. Contacted customer service maybe 10 times but nothing resolved. After a year of struggling , I decided to terminate the contract 6 months earlier and pay the penalty. I will never ever work with this company...
Date of experience: 29 September 2023
Dire ‘customer service’.: I have just called to ask if I can lower my payments from 1st October due to the change of energy prices. The lady on the other end of the phone (South African accent) said ‘don’t you think you should call back on the 1st October?’ in such a
condescending and unprofessional
tone. I was gobsmacked! Whoever this lady is, she really needs to learn some customer service skills if she answers phones for a living. I told her I’d call back to speak to someone helpful.
Date of experience: 27 September 2023
Constant Debt Collection Calls:
I moved into a new house, and pretty much straight away I was getting called from a debt collection company, sometimes multiple times a day.
It wasn't even my debt, it was the previous owners unpaid energy bill with Shell Energy.
After a few weeks of constant calls I set up a direct debit and paid anything I owed to Shell. I asked for the calls from the debt company to stop. They didn't.
Eventually it did die down. However one month, after paying my direct debit, there was £20 still left to pay.
I wasn't aware of this and hadn't received any email asking me to pay. Instead I started getting calls from the debt collection company over £20 I owed, which had been on my account for about a week, and which I wasn't even notified about.
It's basically become harassment which is completely underserved. Even when I was on holiday I was getting constant calls.
I think it's a ridiculous way to treat customers and I will be switching energy provider as soon as I can. I've compared the energy rates and they aren't even that good.
My advice to anyone thinking of going with Shell Energy would be to avoid and go elsewhere.
Date of experience: 29 September 2023
Shockingly terrible service: I have never encountered such terrible customer service.
I am the landlord for the property in question. My previous tenants vacated the property without notice on 21 July 2023, however they notified Shell energy that they left on 10 July 2023. I am now receiving bills at my property for the period 10 July 2023 onwards. I cannot be held liable for paying my tenants bills. They switched to Shell Energy themselves. Any debt that they have, Shell is responsible for chasing up with them, not me!
I have provided the first tenancy agreement, final tenancy agreement, dated photos of gas and electric meter and dated CCTV footage of the tenants relative dropping off the keys at my property explaining that they had moved out of the property and gone to Romania, on 21 July 2023. How is this not sufficient evidence? This is absolutely unbelievable!
I spent 3 hours this morning trying to resolve this mess, and the issue still remains. I was transferred 4 times from person to person. Then I was told systems were down and to contact you via live chat. I was then told by live chat that this query cannot be resolved via live chat after and hour. I have sent about 6 emails now.
Can someone with clear English please contact me to resolve this as soon as possible. I am sick to death of trying to chase this up. I will be seeking legal advise if this isn’t sorted out swiftly.
Date of experience: 29 September 2023
where do i start!: where do i start!, had three phone calls then hang up when i answer, when i phone back get through to at least five people who just want me to have smart meters thats all the know, must be on a commision, all i wanted was a gas meter finaly got through to someone who seemed to know what they were talking about. said i needed an mprn number needed to phone 08000294285 which turned out to be uk electric, just spent another half an hour listning to a music backround sent through another three people, to set up an account for gas, got through to a nice gentleman who told me i need an mprn number, he told me it will be on the meter when fitted at least he never gave me a phone number.no i dont want your smart meters. Had to edit got another phone call hung up when i answered as usual left a message said i need to set up an account or i wont get meter, spoke to a nice lady who put me straight though to sales? spoke to david who is putting me through to sales more crappy music still waiting. I should go on ebay buy a meter and stick it in myself lol. just spoke to a very nice lady who sorted it all out for me, make her head of training.
Date of experience: 27 September 2023
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By Marcelo Teixeira and Roberto Samora: MARCH 30, 2020
UPDATE 2-Shell pulls out of U.S. Lake Charles LNG project, Energy Transfer delays FID
Oil pollution in Kegbara-Dere (K-Dere) community in Ogoniland, Rivers State, Niger Delta, Nigeria. This community has experienced multiple oil spills since Shell started operations there in the 1960s. September 2015. © Michael Uwemedimo/cmapping.net
Shell’s pipelines in Ogoniland are old and poorly maintained. There have been several spills and in 2009 there was a huge fire, at the Bomu Manifold, at K. Dere, Rivers state. September 2015. © Michael Uwemedimo/cmapping.net
Dead periwinkles covered in oily mud from Bodo creek, Nigeria, May 2011. There were two massives spills in August 2009 from a poorly maintained Shell pipeline. © Amnesty International
Signboard warning people not to enter stream that has been contaminated by oil spills, Ogale, Rivers State, Nigeria. Every year there are hundreds of spills in the Niger Delta, and clean-up is often slow and ineffective. © Amnesty International
Esther Kiobel and Victoria Bera sit with their lawyer as a Dutch court hears the first arguments in an historic case against Shell, in which the oil giant stands accused of instigating a raft of horrifying human rights violations committed by the Nigerian government against the Ogoni people in the 1990s, on February 12, 2019 in The Hague, Netherlands. © Pierre Crom/Getty Images
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