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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:22:14 +0100
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Subject: RE: Royal Dutch Shell Pension Fund Conspiracy and Deception
Just to confirm, we have nothing to add to the replies already given to Mr Purchase.
Regards
Richard Wiseman
Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer
Royal Dutch Shell plc
Shell Centre, London SE1 7NA
Printed below is a draft article. It contains my interpretation of the information contained in email correspondence supplied to me by Shell SA retiree, Mr Ken Purchase. No doubt you will advise if any of the emails are not authentic. If I do not hear from you by close of business on Friday 27 March, I will take it that there is no dispute or challenge over authenticity, stated facts, nor my interpretations or conclusions, and will state as such.
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc board members Jeroen van der Veer and Jorma Ollila, and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands - a long term major shareholder in Royal Dutch Shell - are all members of this sinister super secret group and all three have attended the infamous secret meetings.
On 25 January 2008, Carl Mortished, World Business Editor of The Times newspaper wrote an article headlined: Shell chief fears oil shortage in seven years in which he described the site as an independent website that monitors the company.
In July 2007, the One World Trust, an independent research organisation associated with the UK Houses of Parliament and the United Nations, said in an "Accountability in Action" newsletter: "As The Royal Dutch Shell plc website shows, a gripe site can have a profound impact on global organisations". The newsletter went on to say: "The site has not only cost Shell billions of dollars in Russia... "even Shell insiders unhappy with the company use it".
"...as a commentator on brand and reputation management I find Shells mismatch between rhetoric and reality a continuing and monstrous disgrace."
Its not the most elegant phrase to use but it seems appropriate come on Shell Cut the crap.
Allegation: massive Sakhalin II pipeline hydrotest failure has caused major damage
The following comment was posted on our Live Chat facility on Thursday 1 May 2008
guest_9125 : Massive pipeline hydrotest failure on Sakhalin northern pipelines has caused enormous environmental damage and has set back project schedule by at least two months. Gazprom know nothing about the seriousness of this latest distaster and project delay will only lenghten well into 2009. Meantime, Craig and Rolly Polly Finlayson are doing everything they can to blame and destroy Guyt and Huijskes and to cover up truth. help all Sakhaline people please.
Article by former Royal Dutch Shell exec Paddy Briggs: Shell pulls out of Wind Farm project
‘THURSDAY, MAY 01, 2008
Sometimes Shells actions are so extraordinary that you wonder if the announcements that they make are a wind up thrown into the ether just to see what might happen. The withdrawal from the London Array wind farm project is just such a decision. I know nothing about the business plan for this project except that I doubt that there were any unknowns which have suddenly become knowns. Indeed Shells statement that the decision is a consequence of an “ongoing review of projects and investment choices” suggests that they just went off the idea as they have with so many other non traditional business ventures over the years. Shells definition of their core business becomes narrower and narrower over the years step-outs into Renewables being walked away from with the same disregard for their reputation for veracity as many of the previous wimp outs.
My only comment on the statement that quote "Brinded has a track record of turning a blind eye to corrupt management and has the blood on his hands of Shell offshore workers that lost their lives in a preventable accident on the Brent Bravo production platform" was that he was in fact the corrupt Manager (Director) and the 1999 major audit atypically pointed the finger at him as the main catalyst for the demise witnessed in that organisation.
By John Donovan
The Financial Times published an article on Saturday revealing Shell’s intention to make “one-off retention payments to three Shell executive directors”, Malcolm Brinded, Peter Voser and Linda Cook; the three candidates vying to succeed Jeroen van der Veer when he retires in June next year.
Financial Times Article
Not an inspiring trio
Brinded has a track record of turning a blind eye to corrupt management and has the blood on his hands of Shell offshore workers that lost their lives in a preventable accident on the Brent Bravo production platform for which Shell admitted responsibility and paid a record breaking fine. Brinded failed to take adequate action after a “Touch Fuck All” safety culture was exposed in a safety audit led by Shell International HSE Group Auditor, Bill Campbell.
Please note that the correspondence below is published without seeking prior approval from Mr Campbell. We accept responsibility for publication of his extremely blunt assessment of Shell EP Production Director, Mr Greg Hill.
EMAIL FROM JOHN DONOVAN TO BILL CAMPBELL, COPIED TO MICHIEL BRANDJES
From: John Donovan
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:05:44 +0100
To: “[email protected]
Cc: “[email protected]
Conversation: Shell
Subject: Shell
Hello Bill
Welcome back to the UK. I trust your batteries are fully recharged. This is in response to your recent mails.
Introduction by John Donovan
Paddy Briggs resigns from Shell Pensioners Association National Committee because Shell unwilling to consider sympathetically proposals for a special pension review for thousands of Shell pensioners, many very elderly, struggling on low pensions which have failed to maintain their real value in recent times. (Condensed from Paddy’s resignation letter below)
FROM SPA News (Shell Pensioners Association) Issue 142: Spring 2008
Supplied by a Shell source
Front Page
Company says no to a discretionary adjustment above RPI
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April 18th, 2008 03:22
Former Shell Exec Paddy Briggs comments on The Shell Foundation
The following comments by Mr Paddy Briggs arise from a letter sent to The Guardian newspaper by Kurt Hoffman.
Letter from Kurt Hoffman director of the Shell Foundation
Paddy says…
The “Shell Foundation” is a classic example of how modern corporations seek to create a halo effect around their global brands implying a high degree of altruism exists, whilst in reality making the absolute minimum amounts of funding available. Shell’s rhetoric, exemplified by Mr Hoffman’s self-congratulatory letter and the very name of the initiative (suggesting something analogous with genuinely big charitable enterprises like the Ford Foundation or the Gates Foundation) is misleading in the extreme.
By John Donovan
The following is an extract from comments about Shell made by “Goblok”, an anonymous contributor to our website…
A business not a charity and hopefully a responsible one most of the time. Is everyone in Shell decent and ethical – for the most part yes I am sure like most other MultiNationals – it mirrors the society in which employees work and live. Are there still a few “bastards” in the organisation who are egotistical and selfish: probably yes! but then thats life and you will find the same in every company and every part of Civil Society
The Times: “The Pearls of Shell”
April 16, 2008
Dominic Walsh: City Diary
A colleague visiting Shell’s group head office in The Hague the other day picked up a booklet in the foyer entitled Shell Group Headquarters House Rules. On the inside front page is a section called “The Pearls of Shell”, which says: “The people employed at Shell are the pearls of our company. They impart lustre to our business and deliver first-class performance, day in day out. That is why it is vital to cherish their wellbeing, health and safety.” There is more guff about “treating one another with respect” but by now you have doubtless already reached for the sick bucket.
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: 330 job cuts in Aberdeen, with the new rhetoric by a Shell 'spokesperson', "this intends to ensure we are set up to thrive throughout the energy transition and be a simpler organisation". https://www.upstreamonline.com/exploration/330-job-cuts-oil-giant-shell-lays-out-losses-to-uk-team/2-1-942991
: Shell has not revealed the cost of Prelude but analysts estimate the price tag has ballooned to as much as A$17bn ($13bn). The Anglo-Dutch company reported $9bn in impairment charges on its Australian gas assets in the second and third quarters of 2020. https://www.ft.com/content/6ba54787-6d21-48d2-93b2-273cdcf48455
: The recent invasion of the US Capitol puts Trump's visit to Shell's Chemical plant in Pennsylvania in August 2019 in a completely different perspective. It's now appropriate to state that Shell has provided a political platform and support in kind to POTUS. Supporting political activities, providing facilities for political rallies and bribing a senior government official are a violation of Shell's own business principles and Code of Conduct. Various individuals have lodged complaints with the Shell global helpline alleging improper business conduct involving the RDS Chairman, the US Country Chair, US government relations and others. These have all been dismissed as "reporters expressing a political view". Shell should re-open the case and seek appropriate consequence management against those involved. But I suspect the perpetrators are the so-called untouchables to whom the business principles and code of conduct are not applicable. Shame on the Head of BID for not having the guts to take this further.
In reply to Peter Voser.
REPLY FROM JOHN DONOVAN
: Looking forward to your February “Strategic”’utterances. Also look forward to the announcement about your successors as CEO and Chair. A classic case of way too cosy non executive and executive branches. Time to move on from your nonsense! Especially for your employees.
: Shell site seized in Nigeria over unpaid damages. https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-12-23/shell-oil-site-seized-by-nigerian-state-over-unpaid-damages
: Shell to write-down assets. https://www.offshore-energy.biz/shell-to-write-down-oil-and-gas-assets-value-by-as-much-as-4-5-billion/
: Well “Fletcher” (aka “Escaped from C16Atraz”?) I no longer work in Shell but enjoy their lovely pension. So your crude comment fails to impress. As for Shell and its shareholders having made money from oil & gas I have absolutely now problems. Perhaps you and the likes of “Greta Thunderbirds are go” would prefer that we all lived in caves wearing loin cloths (made of course from animals that have died naturally) and walked everywhere?
: LondonLad - you come across as a real Ben van Beurden panty sniffer. You don't happen to work in their spin machine by any chance? Oh and don't forget where Shell and the shareholders have made their money. (clue - it's black and gooey and highly combustible)
: Well “Escaped from C16Atraz” you have got your facts wrong. United are 5th with a game in hand - that’s hardly mid-table is it! I bet my friend MUSaint will feel equally annoyed. Saying that “Shell doesn’t care at all about climate change” is also an incorrect statement, akin to some of the waffle that Greenpeace, Extinction Rebellion and even David Attenborough make. I do however agree that it is a shame that more redundancies are on the way but in this Covid environment which company is free of this staffing issue (some of the UK supermarkets perhaps)? As a shareholder I am glad that the senior management is bottom line driven.
: There are many parallels to be drawn between Shell and the one unbeatable Manchester United. Both are now mid table. Weak manager, senior players who are arrogant and only play for money, and have got rid of their most hard working players. Shell better get used to mediocrity. It doesn't care at all about climate change but Van Beurden will no doubt continue to sell more of the crown jewels to greenwash its reputation like the loony who heads BP.
: If Prelude is planning to complete a swivel swap out or repair, it is at least 3 months of work. But that is for a typical NS FPSO, the massive Prelude unit is one of a kind. And no spares were manufactured with 2 production paths. (Operating one at temporary high rates could be done.) Based on the news reports it sounds like both production swivels have failed or have leakage into the secondary containment system. Possibly due to the delays in operation? But this is just one piece of the puzzle. Putting the entire upstream processing facility, gas conditioning, liquefaction, storage and export on one site is just asking for problems. You can not comply with NFPA 59A separation distances...
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