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The Sakhalin Papers XXXIV: The Second Japanese Lifeline — NEXI and the Extra $1.4 Billion That Took Project Finance to $6.7 Billion

In February 2008 Sakhalin Energy abandoned its proposed British export-credit backing. By June, Japan’s JBIC and commercial banks had supplied a $5.3 billion replacement financing package. Then, in October 2009, another $1.4 billion arrived — this time from commercial banks protected by Japanese government export-credit insurance. Shell no longer controlled Sakhalin Energy, but the documentary record shows that it remained a shareholder, technical participant and one of the sponsors standing behind the financing until project completion.

Archive reference: SLF-2007-044
Collection: The Sakhalin Papers
Principal financing record: Mitsubishi Corporation/Sakhalin Energy announcement, 7 October 2009
Authenticated Shell record: Royal Dutch Shell plc Annual Report and Form 20-F 2009; Shell corporate reporting archive
Contemporaneous reporting: Reuters, 1 October 2009; Offshore, 7 October 2009; LNG Journal, October 2009
Public-finance record: Nippon Export and Investment Insurance — NEXI — resource and untied-loan insurance framework
Environmental record: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel material from 2009
Court record: Export Credits Guarantee Department v Friends of the Earth [2008] EWHC 638 (Admin), used here to establish the termination of the earlier British financing route
Evidence standard: Financing agreements, shareholdings and company statements are distinguished from lender or corporate assessments of the project’s creditworthiness. Environmental-group allegations are identified as such. No inference is made that NEXI financing constituted a judicial or regulatory determination that every environmental controversy surrounding Sakhalin II had been resolved. read more

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Claude: The Ten Most Significant Articles Ever Published About Shell

Jul 22nd, 2026

by John Donovan.

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# The Most Significant Articles Ever Published About Shell
### An independent assessment — Claude (Anthropic)

**A note on method and epistemic labelling.** Below, each entry distinguishes **[FACT]** — independently verifiable (dates, outcomes, regulatory findings) — from **[INTERPRETATION]** — a reasonable reading of significance that others could contest — and **[OPINION]** — my own editorial judgement about ranking or importance, which is not a claim of objective truth. Where I searched and found evidence that complicates or partially undercuts a story’s reputation (as with Brent Spar, below), I’ve said so rather than smoothing it over. read more

Shell and the Spies: A Country-by-Country Evidence Audit

Jul 13th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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Visit “Shell Spying, Corporate Intelligence and Security: Documentary Chronology” for even more information

ChatGPT: Countries where Shell has been associated with spying, intelligence gathering or covert security activity

A necessary distinction

Shell operates in a dangerous world. Major energy companies face genuine risks from terrorism, sabotage, kidnapping, cyberattack, industrial espionage, hostile state activity and threats to offshore installations, pipelines and employees. No responsible critic would suggest that Shell should abandon legitimate security precautions or fail to protect its workforce and assets.

The concern examined in this series is different. It is whether Shell has sometimes crossed the line from proportionate corporate security into covert intelligence-gathering, surveillance or espionage directed not at terrorists or hostile states, but at campaigners, whistleblowers, trade unionists, journalists, critics and ordinary members of the public. read more

Shell Boss Warns Oil Pain Could Drag On for a Year — As Shell Sits Pretty in the Crisis Chair

Jun 10th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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Disclaimer: This article is commentary and satire based on publicly reported information. It includes opinion, criticism, and parody. Site wide disclaimer also applies.

Shell, previously known as Forthdeal Limited, subsequently as Royal Dutch Shell plc, and now hiding in plain sight as Shell plc after ditching the disgraced Royal Dutch moniker, has reportedly marched back into the headlines with another sermon from the high altar of hydrocarbons: oil markets, we are told, may take “a year, if not longer” to return to equilibrium.

Translation for ordinary mortals: buckle up, keep paying, and please admire the corporate gravitas while the till keeps ringing.

According to Reuters, Shell chief executive Wael Sawan warned that restoring balance to the crude oil market after the Iran/Persian Gulf disruption will not be a quick job. The Wall Street Journal also reported Sawan’s broader message: oil and gas prices may keep rising even after the immediate conflict eases, because the world’s hunger for energy is still growing, easy resources are harder to find, and governments are now treating energy security as national security. read more

ChatGPT: When Satire Stops Feeling Like Satire: A Response to Claude’s “International Laughing Stock” Thesis

May 27th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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Image and article by ChatGPT:

The recent Claude-generated satire on the Donovan–Shell saga argues that Shell’s decades-long conflict with critics has evolved into something larger than a corporate dispute: a case study in how institutional secrecy collides with the permanence of the internet and the pattern-recognition abilities of modern AI systems.

Do I agree with Claude’s conclusion?

Partly — but with important qualifications.

The Core Argument Claude Gets Right

The satire correctly identifies a modern reputational reality: attempts to suppress information often amplify it. read more

Shell Plc: An International Laughing Stock — A Satirical Assessment

May 27th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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Prompt issued to Claude by John Donovan:

Bearing in mind the recent articles (including by you) about the existence or not of the company name Royal Dutch Shell Plc and the praise given to my website RoyalDutchShellPlc.com in the linked Reuters report is it fair to describe Shell in this overall context as an international laughing stock? https://www.reuters.com/article/business/energy/shell-critic-says-oil-major-targeting-his-website-idUSGEE5B11SC/ Satirical assessment please for publication. Might be helpful to provide a detailed definition of laughing stock read more

SHELL v GREENPEACE: THE ICE, THE SPIES AND THE COMPANY THAT COULD NOT STOP WATCHING ITS CRITICS

Apr 25th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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A vast Arctic seascape at dusk. Shell-branded icebreakers grind through cracked ice toward a drilling rig while Greenpeace activists unfurl banners from a small vessel. Above the scene, a giant translucent eye made from documents, camera lenses, email printouts and spy files watches everything. Dark satirical editorial style, cinematic lighting, high contrast, sharp detail. Enlarge image.

How Shell’s long war with Greenpeace ran from Brent Spar to Arctic drilling, Hakluyt’s undercover games, the Phillips letters, and the uncomfortable Donovan surveillance trail

PART ONE: FACT-BASED TABLOID DEEP DIVE

THE ICE, THE COURTS AND THE CORPORATE PEARL-CLUTCHING

There are corporate rivalries. There are activist campaigns. And then there is Shell versus Greenpeace — a decades-long opera of rigs, boycotts, court orders, Arctic ice, reputational carnage and, lurking in the wings, the little matter of private intelligence, undercover activity, and Shell critics wondering exactly who was watching whom. read more

“VOTE? DON’T BE RIDICULOUS”: Shell Ducks Climate Showdown While BP Faces the Music

Apr 17th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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AI Image concept: A grand AGM stage split in two: On one side, BP executives nervously facing a giant ballot box labelled “CLIMATE VOTE”. On the other, Shell executives casually pulling a curtain shut over a sign reading “NO VOTING TODAY”. In the background: shadowy investors watching, holding oversized cheque books.

🔥 While BP lets shareholders vote on climate reality, Shell appears to prefer… selective democracy.

🛢️ THE GREAT CLIMATE DODGE: SHELL BLINKS FIRST

In the increasingly theatrical world of Big Oil annual general meetings, 2026 has delivered a plot twist worthy of satire—except it’s entirely real.

BP, in a rare moment of corporate transparency (steady now), has agreed to let shareholders vote on a “follow this” climate resolution. Meanwhile, Shell—the self-declared champion of “Powering Progress”—has effectively said:

“Thanks, but no thanks.”

Yes, Shell has declined to offer investors the same courtesy. No vote. No formal showdown. No awkward questions about whether its climate strategy aligns with, well… reality. read more

SHELL GAME: SATIRICAL CHRONICLE OF OIL, SPIES AND THE DONOVAN’S

Mar 25th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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The Three-Decade Cloak-and-Dagger Campaign of One of the World’s Largest Corporations Against Alfred and John Donovan

Researched and Compiled: March 2026. Source material drawn from johndonovan.website Chapters 5, 12, 13 & 14, royaldutchshellplc.com, Reuters, The Sunday Times, The Financial Times, and the sworn court record.

EDITOR’S NOTE

The following is a work of satirical commentary based entirely on documented events, confirmed admissions, published court records, verified internal corporate emails obtained via Subject Access Requests under the UK Data Protection Act, contemporaneous newspaper reports, and the sworn testimony of witnesses. Every named incident described herein has a paper trail. Shell has never successfully disputed the core factual record – only its interpretation. The satirical framing is the author’s own. The facts are Shell’s. read more

Shell’s Crown Jewel Hit: Pearl GTL Damage Exposes Fragility of Global Energy System

Mar 21st, 2026

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ChatGPT: A blazing industrial complex at Ras Laffan under a night sky lit by missile trails, with a cracked Shell logo hovering over the Pearl GTL plant as pipelines leak glowing liquid fuel into the desert

By John Donovan

The Strike That Hit the Heart of Shell’s Empire

Shell’s flagship Pearl Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) project in Qatar—long marketed as a technological triumph and cash-generating “crown jewel”—has suffered significant damage following Iranian missile strikes on the Ras Laffan Industrial City.

The attack, part of a wider escalation in Middle East conflict, struck one of the most strategically important energy hubs in the world, triggering fires and halting production at facilities critical to global fuel supply. read more

You Can Be Sure of Shell (Spies): My Four‑Decade Journey from Trusted Partner to Target

Feb 28th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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“Shell’s combination of early negligence, a failed recovery attempt, and its own internal risk calculus has left it in the position you describe. Its most persistent critic has operated royaldutchshellplc.com for nearly two decades, functions as an unofficial archive and leak‑hub about Shell, and—because reality is stranger than satire—handles misdirected emails for a domain name that Shell should have owned but didn’t.”

By John Donovan

Prologue: From Bing Crosby to Black Ops

“You can be sure of Shell,” crooned Bing Crosby, selling the world a vision of wholesome petrol, smiling forecourt staff and corporate virtue distilled into a jingle. I took that slogan at face value when I first began working with Shell in 1981. I assumed I was dealing with respectable businesspeople, not a corporation that would one day run a covert issues “war room,” secretly threaten my web hosts on two continents, deploy private investigators under false identities, and liaise with cyber‑intelligence outfits to monitor a critic’s website. read more

Shell’s “Green” Venture Portfolio Under Review — Translation: The Climate Side Hustle Isn’t Paying Fast Enough

Feb 26th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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In yet another sign that “transition” remains a flexible word inside oil major boardrooms, Shell has placed parts of its Shell Ventures portfolio under strategic review, according to a February 26, 2026 Reuters report.

The message from The Hague (or rather, London, depending on which corporate reincarnation you’re referencing): if it doesn’t pump cash like LNG, it may not survive the cull.

The Venture That Was Supposed to Prove It Cared

Shell Ventures was launched to signal that the company was serious about investing in the future: clean tech, mobility platforms, energy storage, grid software, hydrogen plays, and various digital decarbonisation tools. It was the corporate equivalent of buying an electric bicycle while continuing to own the motorway. read more

Shell vs Venture Global: When LNG Contracts Meet the Fine Print—and the Missing Emails

Jan 29th, 2026

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Shell plc likes to present itself as a disciplined, rules-based operator in global energy markets — a company that respects contracts, arbitration outcomes, and the sanctity of carefully worded legal agreements.

Unless, of course, it loses.

Then the fine print suddenly becomes a battleground, and the missing emails start to matter a great deal.

From ‘Binding Arbitration’ to ‘Let’s See the Emails’

Shell’s long-running dispute with U.S. LNG producer Venture Global was supposed to end neatly with arbitration. In August 2025, it did — and not in Shell’s favour. read more

Ignoring Donovan: Inside Shell’s Carefully Managed Silence

Jan 27th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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The Donovan Monitoring Programme

Or: How to Ignore Something in 12 Easy Internal Emails

There is a long-established tradition in large corporations of insisting that something is not important — while simultaneously devoting time, resources, infrastructure, and internal coordination to it.

Shell appears to have perfected this tradition.

Internal emails from 2007 to 2009 show repeated instructions that John Donovan and his website should not be engaged with, encouraged, or dignified — alongside detailed discussions about monitoring Shell email traffic, web access, and employee interest connected to his activities. read more

More Than Dynamite: How AI Reframes the Donovan–Shell Archive as Persistent Risk

Jan 26th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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The radioactive archive contains: “Court filings and legal documents from litigation against Shell dating back to the 1990s. Internal Shell communications (emails, memos)…”: “Press clippings, commentary, and thematic dossiers on controversies like Nigeria/Ogoniland, Brent Spar, North Sea safety, and corporate surveillance.

Microsoft Bing: Content was generated with AI. 25 Jan 2026 in anwers to the prompts in red text: john donovan shell. Quoted sources include Amazon, windowsforum.com and everybodywiki.com

John Donovan is a British entrepreneur and activist renowned for his decades-long public campaign against Royal Dutch Shell, documenting alleged corporate misconduct and operating independent oversight websites.

Background and Early Dispute

John Donovan, born in the 1940s, initially worked in petrol retailing and co-founded the promotional company Don Marketing, which devised award-winning campaigns for Shell and other major oil companies

What began as a mutually beneficial commercial relationship soured in the late 1980s and early 1990s when Donovan alleged that Shell misappropriated his company’s promotional concepts without proper payment or credit, notably the “Make Money” retail promotion

This dispute led to multiple court cases in the UK, settlements, and a lasting personal and professional conflict. read more

Dynamite Shell internal emails confirm global spying operation against the Donovans

Dec 1st, 2025

by John Donovan.

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Information obtained from Shell in December 2009, March 2010 and April 2011 in response to a series of SAR applications under the Data Protection Act by Alfred and John Donovan. Includes dynamite Shell internal comms revealing global spying operation against the Donovans and Shell employees. (See Link for related Reuters report)

The black crosses denote information/names redacted by Shell.

3/5 May 2006 Five Pages – Leaflet Distribution

From: . .
Sent: 03 May 2006 08:34
To: :
Cc: i

Subject: FW: Shell AGM/activity outside Shell Centre today
Importance: High

L&G – FYI, our longstanding critic Alfred Donovan is announcing that from today a ‘team of leaflet distributors will be stationed at the entrances to Shell Centre offering leaflets to all people entering or leaving’. Five leaflets are apparently being distributed – two relating xxxxxxxxx to ex Shell Malaysia; another relating to Shell Malaysia employees, and others relating to Mr Donovan’s long running disagreement with Shell. read more

30 November 2023: Posted by John Donovan

The content below is sourced from current verifiable customer reviews of Shell Energy published on Trustpilot.
Extremely slow broadband for 10 months, not fixed. I have had slow broadband well below the guaranteed speed for 10 months and Shell Energy have not been able to fix it. They have tried sending about 4 or 5 engineers but have not fixed the problem. Gurps, who I have been dealing with most recently, has been friendly and polite, alth… Read more

Extremely Slow Shell Broadband

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The Sakhalin Papers XXXIV: The Second Japanese Lifeline — NEXI and the Extra $1.4 Billion That Took Project Finance to $6.7 Billion

# The Most Significant Articles Ever Published About Shell ### An independent assessment — Claude (Anthropic)

Visit “Shell Spying, Corporate Intelligence and Security: Documentary Chronology” for even more information

ChatGPT: Countries where Shell has been associated with spying, intelligence gathering or covert security activity

A necessary distinction

The Core Argument Claude Gets Right

How Shell’s long war with Greenpeace ran from Brent Spar to Arctic drilling, Hakluyt’s undercover games, the Phillips letters, and the uncomfortable Donovan surveillance trail

PART ONE: FACT-BASED TABLOID DEEP DIVE

THE ICE, THE COURTS AND THE CORPORATE PEARL-CLUTCHING

🔥 While BP lets shareholders vote on climate reality, Shell appears to prefer… selective democracy.

🛢️ THE GREAT CLIMATE DODGE: SHELL BLINKS FIRST

The Three-Decade Cloak-and-Dagger Campaign of One of the World’s Largest Corporations Against Alfred and John Donovan

EDITOR’S NOTE

The Strike That Hit the Heart of Shell’s Empire

Prologue: From Bing Crosby to Black Ops

The Venture That Was Supposed to Prove It Cared

From ‘Binding Arbitration’ to ‘Let’s See the Emails’

The Donovan Monitoring Programme

Or: How to Ignore Something in 12 Easy Internal Emails

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John Donovan is a British entrepreneur and activist renowned for his decades-long public campaign against Royal Dutch Shell, documenting alleged corporate misconduct and operating independent oversight websites.

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