…admitted use by Shell of covertly obtained photographs of a former Main Safety Delegate. The Surveillance Photographs Shell Admitted Using…espionage “with agents and other agents. … in the long catalogue of Shell spying controversies, Norway supplies one of the clearest examples… The article said he was present for the humiliation before around 150 co-workers and that Shell filmed the meeting. Nyhamna is not dangerous for Shell only because of Norway. It is dangerous because it joins a wider pattern of allegations involving surveillance, private intelligence, informers, monitoring, critics, employees, whistleblowers and campaigners across different countries and decades.
By John Donovan
Shell’s corporate history contains many strange episodes in which the company’s public sermon about “honesty, integrity and respect for people” appears to collide head-on with the treatment of individuals who questioned its conduct. In this instalment of the Shell spying series, the spotlight moves to Norway — specifically to the Nyhamna gas processing plant, where allegations of surveillance, informant culture, intimidation, benzene exposure, and the destruction of safety representatives’ lives became the subject of Norwegian media scrutiny, union concern, leaked Shell communications, and independent academic research.
Bjørn Tore Røshol, left, and Runar Kjørsvik is sitting in the waiting room at the district psychiatric center in Molde. Photo: JON INGEMUNDSEN
may have been exposed without reporting in our reporting system…
By John Donovan
On Friday 27 January 2017, a meeting took place at the Radisson Blu Hotel at Oslo Airport. It was attended by two senior Shell directors, Tor Arnesen and Odin Estensen, respectively the Managing Director and Chairman of N/S Norske Shell. They met with former Shell employee/whistleblower Runar Kjørsvik, together with 
We have published a series of articles about Runar Kjoersvik, the Norwegian safety expert who in 2014 was dismissed by Shell on trumped-up charges.
An investigation by the safety division at the Shell Nyhamna Gas Plant in Norway discovered that many employees carried out maintenance in areas where Benzene concentration was far over the limit for required safety gear, such as over-pressured fresh air mask, and total body protection. The investigation found that from October 2007 until September 2014 Shell had not enforced Norwegian law requiring systematic chemical monitoring. 
Shell Upstream director Rich Denny (right) was at the plant 
