31 August 2022

The content below is sourced from current verifiable customer reviews of Shell Energy published on Trustpilot.

WiFi keeps dropping Internet connection…

WiFi keeps dropping Internet connection but broadband still connected. Not easy to speak to a person, 45 mins+ phone wait, get through to someone who does not have much idea what to do and then get cut off and they don’t ring you back. How can this possibly be called customer service? Argue that they are using a contract duration to avoid sorting out the problem and they have no answer. Dreadful. read more

Sunday Telegraph

Europe gas shortages to last several winters, Shell boss warns

Ben van Beurden says energy rationing will be needed for a number of years

By Rachel Millard: 29 August 2022 • 12:54 pm

Europe’s energy crisis will last for several winters, the boss of Shell has said, as he warned it is “fantasy” to think shortages caused by Russia cutting supplies can be resolved quickly.

Ben van Beurden told a conference in Norway that power rationing will be needed for a number of years as electricity prices hit fresh record highs. read more

REUTERS

Europe’s gas crisis could last several winters, Shell CEO says

Aug 29, 2022

STAVANGER — Europe could face several winters of gas shortage as a result of the cuts to Russian supplies, Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden told a news conference in Norway on Monday.

“It may well be that we will have a number of winters where we have to somehow find solutions,” van Beurden said.

(Reporting by Terje Solsvik, editing by Gwladys Fouche)

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MailOnline

REVEALED: UK ‘fat cat’ power bosses pocketed £30million last year as struggling households are warned energy price cap could hit £7,700 in April

Bosses of Shell, BP and National Grid are among the top earners of seven energy and utility firms in the FTSE 100 index of leading companies on the stock market

The five energy and power companies make up £23million of the total
Ben van Beurden, the chief executive of Shell, made £6.2m in pay and bonuses 

By FRANCESCA WASHTELL DEPUTY CITY EDITOR FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY PUBLISHED: 22:27, 27 August 2022 | UPDATED: 00:46, 28 August 2022 read more

Mirror.co.uk

EXCLUSIVE: Meet Britain’s 10 highest paid fat cats who pocketed more than £100m last year

That means they are now getting 109 times more in their wage slips than the typical British worker – up from 79 times in the previous year

By Nigel Nelson Political Editor, 27 Aug 2022

Britain’s ten highest paid fat cats pocketed more than £100million between them last year, a 39% increase on 2020.
And that means they are now getting 109 times more in their wage slips than the typical British worker – up from 79 times in the previous year. read more

LEAVE ME ALONE SHELL!! STOP BULLYING ME AND SENDING ME EMAILS ASKING FOR MONEY WHEN THE PRODUCT YOU SELL DOESN’T WORK AND YOU WONT DO ANYTHING TO FIX IT!!!

28 August 2022

The content below is sourced from current verifiable customer reviews of Shell Energy published on Trustpilot.

DO NOT USE SHELL

DO NOT USE SHELL. We have had the worst internet connection for months now and have even had to upgrade our phone contracts just to get online. We have contacted shell several times, who have done absolutely nothing to resolve the issue. They are now trying to charge us 273 as an early termination charge which I refuse to pay as I will not pay for a product that DOES NOT WORK!! LEAVE ME ALONE SHELL!! STOP BULLYING ME AND SENDING ME EMAILS ASKING FOR MONEY WHEN THE PRODUCT YOU SELL DOESN’T WORK AND YOU WONT DO ANYTHING TO FIX IT!!! read more

REUTERS

UK’s Ofgem says Shell to refund overcharged customers

Aug 25 (Reuters) – Shell Plc’s (SHEL.L) UK retail energy business has to pay 536,970 pounds ($635,181) for overcharging some customers on its default tariffs which are subject to a price cap, Britain’s energy market regulator Ofgem said on Thursday.

The payment by Shell Energy includes a refund of 106,000 pounds to the affected prepayment customer accounts as well as 400,000 pounds to Ofgem’s voluntary consumer redress fund which directs money to charities, trusts and consumers as a result of licence condition breaches. read more

Express: Shell Energy to hand refund to tens of thousands of Britons for overcharging on tariffs

SHELL’S consumer energy business caused “additional and unnecessary stress” by overcharging more than 11,000 customers in Britain for their pre-paid tariffs, regulator Ofgem has said.

By ALEKS PHILLIPS

07:21, Thu, Aug 25, 2022 | UPDATED: 11:35, Thu, Aug 25, 2022
Shell Energy Retail will offer refunds to those affected for the overpayment, along with goodwill cash and a redress fund for consumers held by the energy watchdog. Some customers were accidentally overcharged on their tariffs for periods of time from January 2019. read more

THE Sun: Thousands of Shell Energy customers to be refunded share of £106,000 after being overcharged – are you due back cash?

James Flanders: 7:29, 25 Aug 2022: Updated: 8:15, 25 Aug 2022

SHELL energy is to pay prepayment meter customers £106,000 after the firm overcharged thousands of customers.

The energy supplier is to pay 11,275 prepayment customer accounts it has overcharged on its default tariffs.

Refunds will be issued automatically to affected customers.

Those on prepayment meters will see the cash added as a credit on their meter. read more

This is MONEY

Watchdog orders Shell Energy to automatically refund thousands of customers after overcharging them

• Shell Energy admitted thousands of prepayment customers were overcharged
• Affected customers only set to receive about £9.40, Ofgem said
• The refunds will be paid automatically back to affected customers 

By JANE DENTON FOR THISISMONEY: PUBLISHED: 09:04, 25 August 2022 | UPDATED: 09:27, 25 August 2022

Shell Energy Retail is to refund and compensate 11,275 UK prepayment customer accounts after they were overcharged.

The energy giant will refund £106,000 and also hand out £30,970 in goodwill payments to affected households, with the average amount being refunded to affected customers is £9.40. read more

ofgem: Shell Energy Retail Limited to pay £537,000 for price cap overcharging

Shell Energy Retail Limited is to refund and compensate 11,275 prepayment customer accounts it has overcharged on its default tariffs. The total amount of customer detriment to be refunded is £106,000. Refunds will be issued automatically to affected customers.

In addition, the supplier will pay £400,000 to Ofgem’s voluntary consumer redress fund and £30,970 in goodwill payments to affected customers, equating to a total payment of £536,970. read more

I am a shell broadband customer. The customer service is appalling and everyone I have spoken to has been disinterested and unsupportive. Definitely wouldn’t recommend them.: “Terrible company. A real joke…”

25  August 2022

The content below is sourced from current verifiable customer reviews of Shell Energy published on Trustpilot.

I am a shell broadband customer

I am a shell broadband customer. It is a cheaper provider and you get what you pay for. The customer service is appalling and everyone I have spoken to has been disinterested and unsupportive. Definitely wouldn’t recommend them. No app either and it just redirects to the browser which is ridiculous in this day and age. read more

abc.net.au

Shell, unions reach agreement in Prelude gas facility industrial dispute

ABC Kimberley / By Taylor Thompson-Fuller

Key points:

The industrial action began in early June

It resulted in Shell stopping shipments and suspending activity aboard

Shell and unions say they are happy to have finally reached an agreement

Industrial action aboard Shell’s floating LNG facility Prelude is set to come to an end after unions and the company reached an in-principle enterprise agreement for workers. read more

Reuters

Russian court rules local Shell JV to move under Moscow control -Ifx

MOSCOW – A Russian court ruled on Monday that Salym Petroleum Development (SPD), a joint venture between Shell and Gazprom Neft, should be transferred to Russian jurisdiction, Interfax news agency reported, citing the verdict.

Kommersant daily reported last week that Gazprom Neft was suing to have its Salym Petroleum Development joint venture with Shell be transferred to Russian jurisdiction, and for Shell’s shareholding rights to be suspended. read more

The Guardian

Fears of new quakes in Dutch gas field as energy crisis bites

Arthur Neslen: Mon 22 Aug 2022 10.00 BST

The province of Groningen is home to a vast gas field and the subject of a parliamentary inquiry into the links between gas extraction and the hundreds of earthquakes and tremors that have traumatised residents.

Groningen’s inhabitants have been affected by the giant gas field for the last few decades. About 80% of houses in villages such as Overschild are being demolished and rebuilt because of earthquake damage. More than 150,000 Groningen residents have suffered earthquake damage to their properties in the last decade, and 10,000 now face stress-related health problems. read more

My basic problem with Shell is that every time I call, I’m on the line for 40 – 50 minutes, most of it ‘on hold’: “Actually speaking to a human is near impossible unless you have a spare 2hrs to spend trying to get through.”

Energy Broadband Reviews recently posted on broadband.co.uk

Reviewer Nigel Miller: Location Macclesfield: Date 2022-08-09

Comments

Called to renew /upgrade contract. After agreeing I recieved two emails first with confirmation of 18 month instead of 12 month. Second email telling I am coming to the end of my contract soon and info on continuing price and an offer higher then just agreed. Customer service person spoke garbled english and had no clue after 23 minutes about my new contract. Then cut me off. Absoultely useless CS. read more