May, 2025:

Shell Buys a Bigger Piece of Nigeria’s Misery – With Extra Crude on Top

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In a move that can only be described as heroically tone-deaf, Royal Dutch Shell — the planet’s favourite petrochemical pariah — has decided it simply doesn’t own enough of Nigeria’s oil-drenched legacy. So, with the grace of a vulture buying a bigger piece of a rotting carcass, Shell is snapping up TotalEnergies’ 12.5% stake in Nigeria’s Bonga deep-water oil field for a smooth $510 million.

Because why settle for 55% when you can control 67.5% of an operation steeped in environmental degradation, political manipulation, and the lingering scent of gas flares and grief? read more

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Shell Walks Free (Again): Because $58 Million is Just a Rounding Error When You Own the Earth

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In another stunning display of corporate gymnastics, Shell — that benevolent guardian of scorched earth and oily profits — has slipped the legal noose in the United States, escaping a $58 million lawsuit from Nigerian contractor Forstech Technical Nigeria Ltd. It seems even when money is owed, Shell’s favourite strategy remains: deny, deflect, and lawyer up until the sun explodes or the court gets bored — whichever comes first.

The Good Oil Never Pays

Let’s be clear: Forstech wasn’t asking for charity. The lawsuit alleged that Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary — the ever-controversial Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), now renamed Renaissance Africa Energy Company(because nothing says “clean break” like a full-blown rebrand) — stiffed them on processing fees related to a contract with the Bayelsa State government. read more

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Shell’s Billion-Dollar Bailout: Greenwashing, Grift, and the Usual Grease

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In the latest episode of Who Wants to Be a Corporate Vampire?, Shell — the ever-thirsty fossil fuel behemoth — is trying to tiptoe out of South Africa’s downstream market, shedding 600 fuel stations and a century of oily fingerprints in a $1 billion fire sale. But instead of bowing out quietly, Shell has found itself embroiled in what can only be described as a sordid little soap opera of corporate backstabbing, political puppetry, and good old-fashioned greed.

Because when Shell exits, it doesn’t just exit. It leaves behind scorched earth, scorched ethics, and probably a few scorched aquifers. read more

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Shell Hits the Offshore Jackpot-While the Planet Picks Up the Tab

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By John Donovan: royaldutchshellplc.com

BREAKING: Shell has fired up yet another climate cannon.

The oil giant, forever young in its fossil fuel addiction, has begun pumping from the Mero-4 platform off the coast of Brazil. That’s right—just when you thought the world might try to slow down on emissions, Shell straps on its rig boots and cranks open the taps in one of Earth’s most carbon-loaded treasure chests.

Operating in Brazil’s pre-salt Santos Basin—because if you’re going to torch the future, you might as well do it offshore and under two kilometres of ocean—the FPSO “Alexandre de Gusmão” now joins the ever-swelling Mero family of floating oil factories. It’s named after a 17th-century diplomat, because nothing says “legacy” like an oil slick. read more

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HELLFIRE MERGER: When Shell Meets BP, the Planet Burns

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By John Donovan: royaldutchshellplc.com

Is it a match made in heaven or a merger forged in the flaming pits of fossil-fuel hell?

Shell and BP—Britain’s beloved petro-behemoths—are flirting with a union so unholy it could make even Beelzebub blink. Bloomberg’s whispers and spreadsheets are in overdrive, but let’s cut the polite analyst drivel: this isn’t about synergy—it’s about greed, greenwashing, and grabbing the last oily dollars before the planet croaks.

“Greenwashing Since 1907,” reads the headline in our accompanying cartoon (see above), and we mean it. Shell and BP have been gaslighting the public longer than most countries have had electricity. And now, they’re pondering a mega-merger that could hand them even more power to pollute, profiteer, and pretend they’re helping the planet. read more

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Life Story of the Founder of Royal Dutch/Shell, Sir Henri Deterding

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REVIEW BY JOHN DONOVAN OF THE BOOK:

Power and Powerlessness: The Life Story of the Founder of Royal Dutch/Shell, Sir Henri Deterding

Author: Jochen Thies

Please note: While preserving the integrity of the meaning, we have abbreviated longer extracts translated from the original German edition of the book.

Jochen Thies, a respected German historian, opens this biography by posing a provocative question: “How close was Deterding to Hitler? Did he help the Nazis rise to power?” Thies promises that his book provides an answer. read more

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Shell’s Oil-Soaked Toxic Legacy in Nigeria

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“It’s Hell in the Niger Delta.” That’s not a protest slogan. It’s a summary of Shell’s business model.

While Shell executives clink glasses and rake in obscene profits behind the comfort of a Heathrow hotel AGM—conveniently sealed off from the unwashed masses by court injunction—just outside, campaigners from Amnesty International UK, Fossil Free London, and the Justice 4 Nigeria coalition were busy staging a protest as sticky and damning as Shell’s conscience ought to be.

The scene? Protesters in flaming Shell-logo suits theatrically spilling “oil” across a giant map of Nigeria’s Niger Delta, while seated activists bore shirts that read like an indictment: “Decades of Oil Spills”, “Polluted Waters”, “Devastated Communities.” A massive red location pin screamed, “It’s Hell in the Niger Delta.” But make no mistake—this wasn’t street theatre. This was truth. Vivid, unignorable, and slick with symbolism. read more

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Shell Eyes BP Takeover While Drenched in Gas, Cash, and Climate Denial

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There are corporate villains, and then there’s Shell—the Bond villain of Big Oil, now openly toying with the idea of swallowing BP whole like a boa constrictor eyeing a stunned rat. With BP’s renewable daydreams in flames and its share price gasping for relevance, Shell’s chief executive Wael Sawan has stepped forward as the calm, calculating undertaker, declaring at the AGM that “the bar for mergers and acquisitions is very high”—which in Shell-speak translates to: “We’ll wait until they’re cheap enough to loot.” read more

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Shell Gets Paid to Pollute: £12.4 Million Refund While Britain Chokes on Oil and Austerity

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It’s hard to overstate the sheer audacity of Shell. While ordinary Britons scramble to heat their homes and feed their families, this oily behemoth has perfected a perverse alchemy: turning climate destruction into taxpayer-funded profit. According to Shell’s own “Payments to Governments” report, the company paid a paltry £8.6 million in UK taxes in 2024 for its North Sea operations—only to be handed back a jaw-dropping £12.4 million by HMRC. That’s right: the UK government effectively paid Shell £3.8 million to keep drilling holes in the seabed and warming the planet. read more

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Shell Games: Champagne Bonuses, Cracked Climates, and the BP Bait-and-Switch

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In the latest episode of Oilopoly: Climate Be Damned, Shell—the planet-warming powerhouse formerly known as Royal Dutch, now just royally brazen—is facing a pesky little revolt. No, not from the millions affected by its carbon-spewing empire or the earthquake survivors of Groningen, but from its own shareholders, clutching their pearls at the audacity of an £8.6 million payday for CEO Wael Sawan.

Yes, Sawan—the man who makes eight figures while fending off climate lawsuits with one hand and greenwashing with the other—received a nearly £1 million raise last year. Apparently, polluting the planet, greenlighting LNG expansion, and flirting with a BP takeover is now a performance bonus category. read more

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BP: Blood in the Water, and Shell Smells It

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What do you get when a bumbling oil giant haemorrhages value, loses strategic coherence, and waves around a “Help Wanted” sign for a new chairman? Apparently, a neon-lit invitation for the fossil fuel mafia to pounce—Shell first in line, calculator in hand, rubbing its oily palms.

Yes, dear readers, the whispers around London aren’t your average City gossip. BP—once a titan of British industry, now more of a cautionary tale wrapped in PR greenwash—is reportedly catching the eye of its smug, more bloated cousin: Shell. And why not? BP’s market cap has shrunk to a pint-sized £56 billion, less than half that of Shell, whose idea of “climate leadership” involves expanding oil drilling while calling it a “transition.” read more

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Shell, the earthquake whisperer of the Netherlands

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While most of us wince at a cracked window or a tremor underfoot, Shell—and its charmingly destructive joint venture with ExxonMobil, the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM)—hears the sweet sound of shareholder dividends. Welcome to Groningen, where homes crumble, the earth groans, and Shell shrugs while polishing its halo of ESG nonsense.

In a rare act of temporary restraint (not to be confused with accountability), NAM has announced it won’t resume gas extraction in Warffum until the court rules on an appeal by the province of Groningen and the municipality of Het Hogeland. That’s right: Shell’s earthquake machine is pausing—not because they’ve realised that turning a region into a seismic mess might be morally questionable, but because they’re being legally forced to wait a few more days before continuing their extraction rampage. read more

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Shell’s Nightlight of Doom: Pennsylvania’s Sky Ablaze in the Name of Progress

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Because nothing says “energy transition” like carcinogenic smoke and zombie-apocalypse vibes

BEAVER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA — In yet another dazzling display of corporate responsibility, Shell decided to treat western Pennsylvania residents to several nights of unannounced fireworks—minus the fun and with a strong hint of benzene.

On April 25, the company’s shining jewel of petrochemical progress—the $6 billion Shell ethane cracker plant—began flaring excess gas with all the subtlety of a burning oil rig. The event lasted several days, lighting up the skies, rattling nerves, and sending a bouquet of volatile organic compounds wafting across the region. Residents described scenes straight out of a dystopian Netflix original. read more

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Shell’s Climate Crimes: Because Nothing Says ‘Green Future’ Like 700 New Oil Fields

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Where BlackRock backs black gold and Shell defends the indefensible

It’s hard not to marvel at the consistency of Shell—an oil giant so committed to profit that not even the planet’s impending collapse can distract it. Hot on the (carbon) heels of its courtroom wrangles, Shell is now facing yet another lawsuit from Dutch climate group Milieudefensie. Why? Because Shell’s idea of a “transition” plan looks suspiciously like business as usual—only with more oil, more gas, and a side of PR greenwash. read more

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From Spills to Silence: Shell Tries to Walk Away From Nigeria’s Poisoned Past

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Shell has removed just 7% of the oil. The rest, it seems, is still marinating in the Niger Delta’s mangroves—turning creeks into carcinogenic soup and ruining the livelihoods of over 30,000 people.

Shell, the undisputed champion of greenwashing and environmental impunity, is once again back in court—but not, alas, to accept a long-overdue environmental award. Instead, it’s the latest chapter in one of the oil industry’s most brazen acts of negligence: the systematic poisoning of the Niger Delta, followed by nearly two decades of corporate denial and delay.

From 8 May to 21 May 2025, the High Court in London will hear the Bodo community’s final, desperate plea for environmental justice. This isn’t about new spills. It’s about two massive, uncontained oil spills in 2008—yes, seventeen years ago—that Shell’s then-subsidiary, SPDC, managed to turn into a masterclass in how not to clean up after yourself. read more

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DELAYED GRATIFICATION: Shell’s Deepwater Drilling Dreams Take a Dip in the Gulf

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Because who needs a planet when you’ve got Perdido?

Shell, the world’s favourite carbon maximalist and corporate kleptomaniac of climate sanity, just hit a snag in its tireless quest to extract every last drop of profit from the deepwater depths of the Gulf of Mexico.

Two of Shell’s newest wells in the Great White unit—part of its beloved Perdido complex, a sort of offshore altar to fossil-fuel worship—won’t be coughing up crude until the end of the year. That’s a few months behind schedule, which in oil-industry speak means “Q4 tantrum season” for shareholders. read more

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