Dec 4th, 2019
by John Donovan.

Energy giant Shell has won a court order preventing environmentalists from boarding unmanned North Sea installations.
Lawyers acting for the company went to the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking an interim interdict against Greenpeace.
It comes after protesters boarded platforms in the Brent field off Shetland in October.
Lady Carmichael ruled the activists had no right to enter the installations.
Greenpeace had claimed an order would breach its right to protest, and described the ruling as a “setback” – but said a possible appeal would be considered. read more
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Nov 9th, 2019
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9 Nov 2019
A raft of measures have been put in place to reduce the amount of ethane Shell is being forced to flare while the Mossmorran plant in Fife is shut.
Shell has been left with a surplus of ethane since its customer Exxonmobil temporarily closed the plant in August.
Now Shell said it had switched from powering its furnaces with propane to using ethane and reduced the amount of North Sea gas it receives.
Residents said they had not noticed much change in flaring.
However, Shell said it had managed to reduce flaring of ethane “significantly” as a result of the new measures, which also include adding ethane into household’s supply of methane. read more
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Nov 2nd, 2019
by John Donovan.

The Archbishop of York has called for urgent action to stop the oil spills that are devastating communities in Nigeria’s Bayelsa state.
Speaking exclusively to the BBC ahead of the interim report of the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission, which he chairs, the archbishop said that a slow environmental genocide is taking place.
Bayelsa is the region where oil was first discovered in the country in the 1950s. There are hundreds of oil spills each year in Nigeria, some caused by equipment failure – others by sabotage. read more
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Oct 17th, 2019
by John Donovan.

Article from Tempo newspaper Nigeria above, published 2 Jan 1996, page 2, under the headline:
“Ken Saro-Wiwa: A Playwright And Revolutionary, But A Man With Trading Instinct “.
Originally published by The Daily Telegraph: 13 November 1995. A valuable first-hand account by a BBC producer and correspondent, Janet Anderson.
Ken Saro-Wiwa: A Playwright And Revolutionary, But A Man With Trading Instinct
I first met Ken Saro-Wiwa in London, when he was producing plays and arts programmes about Africa for BBC World Service. Ken was an occasional visitor to the office, a short man, often curled up-on a chair with a big smile, his ever-present pipe and his twinkling eyes. I got a good sense of the steel beneath the chat when I hired him to judge a short story competition. He was a tough bargainer, a seasoned negotiator, particularly when it came to money. The original Nigerian trader showed through. read more
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Oct 5th, 2019
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The National Theatre is to end funding from oil giant Shell after declaring a climate emergency.
4 Oct 2019
Shell was one of 19 companies holding a corporate gold membership, meaning it contributed between £15,000-£30,000 per year to the London theatre.
“The scale of the change required means we are already scrutinising every part of the way we operate,” the venue said.
The move comes days after the Royal Shakespeare Company ended its partnership with BP.
Shell’s current contribution to the National is on a smaller scale than the BP deal, which subsidised £5 tickets for young people to visit the RSC. read more
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Oct 3rd, 2019
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By Angie Brown: BBC Scotland, Edinburgh and East reporter: 3 Oct 2019

Shell flaring seen from Cowdenbeath in September
Shell has been forced to burn off “significant” volumes of ethane it cannot sell to a firm temporarily shut down over flaring issues in Fife.
Residents living near the Mossmorran site thought flaring would be reduced after Exxonmobil was closed in August.
However, ground flares have continued to burn because Shell’s only ethane customer is Exxonmobil, which shares the site.
Shell said it was “actively exploring alternative ethane outlets”.
Shell’s Fife Natural Gas Liquids plant separates natural gas liquids into ethane, propane, butane and natural gasoline for storage and onward distribution. read more
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Sep 7th, 2019
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Almost 1,400 complaints over chemical plant’s flaring
By Angie Brown BBC Scotland, Edinburgh and East reporter: 6 Sept 2019
A Fife chemical plant must be shut down if its operators cannot come up with a plan to make it as low carbon as possible, a Green MSP has said.
Mark Ruskell said he could not see how the Mossmorran site was “compatible with the climate change emergency”.
Operator Shell said the plant was vital to the UK’s energy supply.
ExxonMobil, which also operates a plant at the site, said it had spent £10bn on developing lower-emission energy solutions since 2000.
Mr Ruskell, the Scottish Greens environment and climate spokesman, said Mossmorran needed to be either shut down or a clear investment plan to make it as low carbon as possible published. read more
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Apr 27th, 2019
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27 April 2019
Two senior employees of the oil company Shell have been kidnapped and their police escorts killed in Nigeria’s restive Delta region, police said.
The attack took place as the workers were returning from a business trip on Thursday on a road in Rivers state.
Gunmen killed the guards, one of whom was driving the vehicle, and seized the two workers, officials said.
A police spokesman said efforts were under way to rescue the Shell employees.
Their names and nationalities have not been released. read more
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Feb 21st, 2019
by John Donovan.
Former Shell CEO Peter Voser is an unlucky man. He had the incredible misfortune to be in charge of the bad guys at both corporate giants, Shell and UBS Bank simultaneously, while presumably being personally innocent of any criminal acts? What are the chances of that happening? The question of managerial negligence, twice-over, must surely be another matter?

By John Donovan
Printed below is an article published yesterday by BBC News reporting that the “Swiss banking giant UBS has been fined €3.7bn (£3.2bn; $4.2bn) in a French tax fraud case.”
The article goes on to say that “Following similar cases in the US in 2009 and Germany in 2014, the bank accepted large fines.”
During the period of criminal activity the then Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell Plc – Peter Voser – was paid millions of Swiss francs in his role as a director of UBS AG. He was also a member of the governance and nominating committee and of the strategy committee. read more
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Feb 13th, 2019
by John Donovan.

Amnesty International sign: Esther Kiobel standing outside Dutch Court building 12 February 2019
Declaration of Esther Kiobel
Hon. (Dr) Barinem Nubari Kiobel was a man with a prodigy with refined heart that cared for others. A kind-hearted man that was selfless. He was a wonderful husband, a God-fearing man, good Father, brother and a best Friend. He was the finest definition of refinement, consummate technocrat and upright character. He has been very much missed and will always be remembered. read more
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Feb 12th, 2019
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12 Feb 2019
The widow of a Nigerian activist suing oil giant Shell over the execution of her husband says his death left her “traumatised” and “poverty-stricken”.
Esther Kiobel is testifying in court in The Hague, demanding compensation from the Netherlands-based firm.
She is among four women who accuse Shell of being complicit in the hanging of their husbands by Nigeria’s military in 1995. Shell denies the allegation. read more
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Feb 12th, 2019
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A banner displayed outside the court in support of one of the widows expected to testify
12 Feb 2019
A civil court case is getting underway in the Netherlands, brought by Nigerian Ogoni activists against The Hague-based oil company, Royal Dutch Shell.
The firm is accused of having been complicit in the executions of nine Ogoni men during a Nigerian military crackdown in 1995.
Four of their widows are suing Shell for compensation and demanding an apology.
Shell denies any wrongdoing, saying it never colluded with Nigerian authorities or advocated any act of violence. read more
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Jun 25th, 2018
by John Donovan.

Shell to develop North Sea Fram gas field
Monday 25 June 2018
Oil company Shell has given the final go-ahead to develop the Fram gas field in the North Sea.
The field, 100 miles east of Aberdeen, is expected to produce about 41 million cubic feet of gas a day.
It will be connected using subsea infrastructure to the neighbouring Shearwater platform.
Steve Phimister, Shell’s vice president for upstream in the UK and Ireland, said reducing development costs had allowed investment in new projects.
He said: “With our strong record of operational excellence and project execution, we will look to invest in further projects as we work to grow our business in the North Sea.” read more
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May 9th, 2018
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Apr 26th, 2018
by John Donovan.


By Kevin Keane: BBC Scotland’s environment correspondent:
26 April 2018

The Health and Safety Executive has written to all oil and gas operators expressing concern about the number of gas releases in the industry.
The regulator said some had come “perilously close to disaster” and that more needed to be done to tackle them.
The HSE said a “lack of leadership” was often to blame for leaks, and called for firms to review their processes.
Operators have until July to respond with a summary of their planned improvements.
The HSE has written to operators ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster. The platform exploded in July 1988, leaving 167 men dead. read more
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Dec 21st, 2017
by John Donovan.