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December, 2020:

Shambolic customer service from Shell Energy

Dec 14th, 2020
by John Donovan.
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Some extracts from today’s customer comments posted on Trustpilot: “Shambolic service. Shell’s customer service has gone from bad to worse. I have had threatening calls to clear my balance even though I haven’t yet had my final bill…”

Featured below are extracts from negative customer reviews about Shell Energy posted over the past 24 hours on Trustpilot. Visit the Shell Energy page on Trustpilot to view all reviews in their entirety, positive and negative (and Shell Energy responses). Watch out for any fake reviews. Note the reoccurring themes in the negative reviews, including difficulty in communicating with the company. This article posted on 14 December 2020. read more

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Shell, Eni Settle Dispute With Kazakhstan in $1.3 Billion Deal

Dec 14th, 2020
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Shell, Eni Settle Dispute With Kazakhstan in $1.3 Billion Deal

By Nariman Gizitdinov
14 December 2020, 08:59 GMT

  • Karachaganak partners end five-year spat with government
  • Agreement unlocks plans to start expansion at giant oil field

Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Eni SpA and their partners in the Karachaganak oil and gas venture paid $1.3 billion to settle a long-running dispute with Kazakhstan over revenue sharing.

The deal unlocks plans to boost output from the Karachaganak field and funnels additional revenue to the Kazakh economy, which is heading for its first annual contraction in more than two decades amid oil’s slump. While the government is getting less cash than it demanded last year, it’s a larger payment than initially agreed in 2018. read more

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In 1969 two Shell ships exploded within 15 days of each other

Dec 14th, 2020
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51 years ago two Shell ships exploded within 15 days of each other 

Extracted from page 06/412 and 06/413 of “A History of Royal Dutch Shell, volume 2” – Powering the Hydrocarbon Revolution, 1939-1973. 

(From page 06/412)

(From page 06/413)

Text from the same page.

On 14 December 1969, Marpessa, from Shell’s Antilles fleet, exploded during her maiden round voyage. Two Chinese Petty Officers were killed and the 207,000 dwt vessel, over 1,000 feet (328 metres) long, became the largest ship, civil or military, ever to sink. Fifteen days later her sister ship Mactra also blew up and killed two crew-members, but did not sink, and the following day a third VLCC – not a Shell ship, but of very similar design – exploded. All had been undertaking tank-cleaning operations at the time, and the ensuing two-year enquiry established the most probable cause as sparks accidentally generated in the tank’s gaseous atmosphere. The solution was to fill the tank with inner gas during cleaning. read more

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Trustpilot Reviews of Shell Energy: Appalling customer service for broadband

Dec 13th, 2020
by John Donovan.
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Some extracts from today’s customer comments posted on Trustpilot: “Appalling customer service for broadband. Recent worsening of connection means I’ve had to contact them; waited ages to connect and then they try to blame it on the equipment (which is theirs)…”:”Avoid their broadband. While price and billing is good, the actual broadband is terrible – lots of dropped connections, outages and slow speeds.

Featured below are extracts from negative customer reviews about Shell Energy posted over the past 24 hours on Trustpilot. Visit the Shell Energy page on Trustpilot to view all reviews in their entirety, positive and negative (and Shell Energy responses). Watch out for any fake reviews. Note the reoccurring themes in the negative reviews, including difficulty in communicating with the company. This article posted on 13 December 2020. read more

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Shell reports 61 new cracker plant covid cases this week

Dec 12th, 2020
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Sixty-one new COVID-19 cases were reported at Beaver County’s cracker plant this week, bringing the total number since March to 335.

CHRISSY SUTTLES | BEAVER COUNTY TIMES: 12 Dec 2020

POTTER TWP. — Coronavirus cases continue to grow at Shell Chemicals’ ethane cracker plant site as COVID-19’s third wave hammers the region.

Sixty-one new virus cases were reported at Beaver County’s petrochemical complex this week, bringing the total number since March to 335. Since mid-November, total cases have tripled. read more

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New York Becomes The First State To Divest From Oil And Gas

Dec 11th, 2020
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New York Becomes The First State To Divest From Oil And Gas

09/12/2020 13:10 GMT | Updated 09/12/2020 14:54 GMT

The Empire State’s pension fund is the largest to dump fossil fuel investments ― ever, in the entire world.

New York state announced plans on Wednesday to eject oil and gas stocks from its $226 billion financial portfolio, becoming the first U.S. state and the biggest pension fund anywhere to divest from fossil fuels.

By 2025, the New York State Common Retirement Fund, which disburses some $1 billion in benefits to retirees each year, will sell off its “riskiest” oil and gas stocks, following a review. The state aims to completely eliminate carbon polluters from its portfolio by 2040. read more

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Trustpilot Review of Shell Energy: Useless and Immoral Company

Dec 11th, 2020
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Some extracts from today’s customer comments posted on Trustpilot: “The service has been diabolical and the response to emails slow and unhelpful. Please avoid…”: “the actual broadband is terrible – lots of dropped connections, outages and slow speeds.”; “Useless and immoral company”

Featured below are extracts from negative customer reviews about Shell Energy posted over the past 24 hours on Trustpilot. Visit the Shell Energy page on Trustpilot to view all reviews in their entirety, positive and negative (and Shell Energy responses). Watch out for any fake reviews. Note the reoccurring themes in the negative reviews, including difficulty in communicating with the company. This article posted on 11 December 2020. read more

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Nigerian Shell employees orchestrated oil spills for own profit-Dutch TV

Dec 11th, 2020
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Nigerian Shell employees orchestrated oil spills for own profit-Dutch TV

By Bart H. Meijer, Anthony Deutsch: DECEMBER 10, 2020

AMSTERDAM, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Employees at Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigerian joint venture orchestrated damage to oil pipelines to profit from the money spent on clean-up operations, Dutch investigative TV programme Zembla reported on Thursday.

Employees of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) recruited local youth to sabotage the pipelines and then hired them back as workers to clean up the mess, the report said, citing research by Dutch environmental group Milieudefensie. read more

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Unreliable Broadband, diabolical customer service, says Trustpilot Shell Energy Review

Dec 10th, 2020
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 IF YOU HAVEN’T SIGNED UP THEN DON’T! It may seem like a good deal but it really isn’t worth the stress.

Featured below are extracts from negative customer reviews about Shell Energy posted over the past 24 hours on Trustpilot. Visit the Shell Energy page on Trustpilot to view all reviews in their entirety, positive and negative (and Shell Energy responses). Watch out for any fake reviews. Note the reoccurring themes in the negative reviews, including difficulty in communicating with the company. This article posted on 10 December 2020. read more

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Shell former upstream chief: Nigeria oilfield deal was ‘lawful and correct’

Dec 10th, 2020
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Shell former upstream chief: Nigeria oilfield deal was ‘lawful and correct’

By Reuters Staff: DECEMBER 9, 2020

MILAN (Reuters) – Shell’s former international upstream head Malcolm Brinded had no reason to think that the awarding of the OPL-245 oilfield license in Nigeria was illegal, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

In a court hearing in Milan, Marco Calleri said his client believed the deal would bring money and benefits to Nigeria and its government and that it was lawful and correct. read more

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Green transition friction prompts wave of resignations at Shell

Dec 10th, 2020
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Green transition friction prompts wave of resignations at Shell

Dec. 09, 2020 5:26 AM ETRoyal Dutch Shell plc (RDS.A)By: Yoel Minkoff, SA News Editor46 Comments

  • Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A, RDS.B) has been hit by the departure of several clean energy executives amid a split over how aggressively the oil giant should shift towards greener fuels, FT reports.
  • Those include Marc van Gerven, who headed the solar, storage and onshore wind businesses, Eric Bradley, who worked in Shell’s distributed energy division, and Katherine Dixon, a leader in its energy transition strategy team. Other top executives are due to leave the company, though not every move is known to be linked to the pace of change.
  • The wave of resignations come shortly before Shell is set to announce a strategy update in February, spelling out how it plans to become a net zero emissions business.
  • In August, rival BP (NYSE:BP) said it would shrink oil and gas output by 40% over the next decade, a move analysts predict will force Shell down a similar path.
  • Premarket: RDS.A +3.1%; RDS.B +2.9%.
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    The islands that are deep wells of profit for European oil giant Royal Dutch Shell Plc

    Dec 10th, 2020
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    Special Report: How oil majors shift billions in profits to island tax havens

    Shell and other oil majors are avoiding hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes in countries where they drill by shifting profits to thinly staffed insurance and finance affiliates based in tax havens… Shell denied that its arrangements constituted tax avoidance… Shell booked $1.3 billion in 2018 and 2019 profits through Bermuda-based banking and insurance subsidiaries that together employed three people… read more

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    Female trader Stacie Pitts given top job at Royal Dutch Shell

    Dec 10th, 2020
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    Female trader Stacie Pitts given top job at Royal Dutch Shell

    Emily Gosden

    Royal Dutch Shell has promoted Stacie Pitts to lead its oil trading business, making her the most influential woman in the male-dominated world of trading.

    Ms Pitts is to replace Mark Quartermain, who is retiring as head of crude trading, in a move first reported by Bloomberg. It also reported that two other women have been promoted to senior trading roles: Alice Acuna, the new head of liquefied natural gas trading, and Karrie Trauth, in charge of shipping. read more

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    Trustpilot Review: Absolutely terrible customer service at Shell Energy

    Dec 9th, 2020
    by John Donovan.
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    Absolutely terrible customer service. Trying to cancel my account due to an increase in broadband price mid-contract. I have spent 3 hours so far over the past 2 days trying to get through to talk to someone from customer service and cancel my account.

    Featured below are extracts from negative customer reviews about Shell Energy posted over the past 24 hours on Trustpilot. Visit the Shell Energy page on Trustpilot to view all reviews in their entirety, positive and negative (and Shell Energy responses). Watch out for any fake reviews. Note the reoccurring themes in the negative reviews, including difficulty in communicating with the company. This article posted on 09 December 2020. read more

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    Shell executives quit amid discord over green push

    Dec 9th, 2020
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    Anjli Raval and Leslie Hook in London: 8 Dec 2020

    Royal Dutch Shell has been hit by the departure of several clean energy executives amid a split over how far and fast the oil giant should shift towards greener fuels. The wave of resignations comes just weeks before Shell is set to announce its strategy for the energy transition. Some executives have pushed for a more aggressive shift from oil but top management is more inclined to stick closer to the company’s current path, according to four people familiar with the matter. Marc van Gerven, who headed the solar, storage and onshore wind businesses at Shell, Eric Bradley, who worked in Shell’s distributed energy division, and Katherine Dixon, a leader in its energy transition strategy team, have all left the company in recent weeks. Dorine Bosman, Shell’s vice-president for offshore wind, is also due to leave… read more

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    A NEW BLUEPRINT FOR OIL AND GAS BRIBERY: Carlyle – Shell Oil ties run deep  

    Dec 8th, 2020
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    Javier Ferrandis

    Javier Ferrandis: Researcher: Published December 8, 2020

    Extracts from an extensive article by former Shell Petroleum Economist Javier Ferrandis:

    The CARLYLE-MUBADALA ALLIANCE: A NEW BLUEPRINT FOR OIL AND GAS BRIBERY

    Information about the nine-year period Javier Ferrandis spent at Shell can be found at the foot of this article.

    I would argue in this article that the overvalued and questionable purchase of Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala owned CEPSA by the Carlyle group in 2019 was part of a USA government-sponsored bribery operation connected to the transfer of large Oil & Gas concessions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) into the hands of Chinese National Oil Companies and other oil companies based in countries that collaborated with the 1MDB operation and that happen to be main recipients of UAE crude oil exports. The timing of the 1MDB operation and specifically the purchase of Coastal Energy by Abu-Dhabi owned CEPSA and the 1MDB Chinese middleman Jho Low was chosen to coincide exactly with the historic expiration of the 75 years old Abu-Dhabi oil concessions. read more

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