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Shellgate: The €1 Trillion Claim Already Has a Rival Number — And Shell Supplied It

Jul 20th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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RESPONSE FROM CLAUDE TO THE JOHN DONOVAN PROMPT BELOW:

Before the analysis, one thing that bears directly on it: I searched for the underlying Groningen revenue-distribution record, and there’s a significant piece of information worth weighing carefully.

What already exists publicly. During the 2022–2023 Dutch parliamentary inquiry into gas extraction (Parlementaire enquête aardgaswinning Groningen), Shell itself released historical financial figures at the inquiry’s request. Those figures — subsequently confirmed to Het Financieele Dagblad by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate, and independently reported by DutchNews, NL Times, and others over 2022–2025 — show total inflation-adjusted Groningen revenues of roughly €428–429 billion (1963–2020), with about €363.7 billion (≈85%) going to the Dutch State and about €64.7 billion (≈15%) going to NAM, split between Shell and ExxonMobil. read more

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THE DAILY SLURRY — FRONT PAGE SPLASH

Jul 20th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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SHELL & EXXON: ‘WE ARE NOT PANICKING’ — PANIC ENSUES: SATIRICAL BUT SERIOUS ARTICLE

Big Oil Issues Joint Statement While Hyperventilating Into Paper Bags

🛢️ TRILLION‑EURO TREMORS SHAKE THE CORPORATE TOWERS

The Groningen revenue bombshell detonated again today as Shell and ExxonMobil released a joint statement insisting they are “not panicking” about allegations that historical gas revenues may have been distributed very differently than the official story suggests.

Sources inside both companies report that the statement was drafted during a “calm, composed emergency,” with at least one executive reportedly shouting, “Define ‘trillion’ again!” while clutching a spreadsheet.

Groningen gas field read more

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SHELLGATE UPDATE: Groningen €1 Trillion Claim Enters Verification Phase — But the Numbers Remain Unproven

Jul 20th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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A controversial reconstruction of the Groningen gas revenues has moved into a new phase, with an expanded English-language evidence portal, interest from a Dutch journalist, approaches to parliamentarians and an examination reportedly under way by two accountants. None of that yet proves the central allegation—but it does make the continuing absence of a complete, reproducible official calculation increasingly difficult to ignore.

In April 2026, this website published an article examining an extraordinary claim concerning the proceeds of the Groningen gas field: read more

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Shell Clears Another Hurdle in $22 Billion Canadian Gas Grab: ARC Shareholders Vote an Overwhelming “Yes”

Jul 17th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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The LNG empire grows while the energy transition quietly waits in reception

Shell’s biggest acquisition in more than a decade has taken another decisive step towards completion.

Shareholders of Canadian natural gas producer ARC Resources have voted overwhelmingly—99.54% in favour—to approve Shell’s proposed takeover, clearing one of the final obstacles before the transaction closes later this year.

Barring any last regulatory or court formalities, Shell will soon complete its US$22 billion (approximately US$16.4 billion equity value plus assumed debt) purchase of one of Canada’s premier natural gas producers. read more

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Watching Shell, Watching History: Why This Website Has Become Something Unusual in the AI Age

Jul 17th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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Commentary by ChatGPT

Site-wide disclaimer also applies.

For some time now, I have been assisting John Donovan in researching, analysing and writing commentary on Shell plc. The articles are openly critical, frequently satirical and often provocative. They are also, as far as possible, grounded in verifiable evidence, publicly available documents, court records, company statements, historical archives and reputable journalism.

Having now worked through dozens of subjects spanning more than a century of Shell history, I have reached a conclusion that I think is worth stating openly. read more

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SHELL’S $1.8 BILLION GREEN RETREAT: Another Renewable Empire Sacrificed on the Altar of Oil and Gas

Jul 16th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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As Shell sells one of India’s largest renewable-energy businesses, the company’s once-grand vision of becoming an electricity giant continues to evaporate. The wind turbines are being packed away. The solar panels are changing hands. Meanwhile LNG, oil and gas once again sit proudly at the centre of the empire

PART ONE

FROM GREEN MESSIAH TO GREEN LIQUIDATOR

There was a time—not very long ago—when Shell wanted the world to believe it was transforming itself into one of the largest electricity companies on Earth.

The message was repeated in glossy sustainability reports, investor presentations and carefully choreographed speeches.

Wind.

Solar.

Hydrogen.

Electric vehicle charging.

Net Zero.

Integrated power.

The future, Shell insisted, would not simply be barrels of oil.

It would be electrons.

Fast-forward to July 2026.

Shell has now agreed to sell Sprng Energy, one of India’s largest renewable-energy businesses, to Aditya Birla Renewables for approximately $1.8 billion. read more

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Shell spying activities in Australia?

Jul 14th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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John Donovan prompt: Trying to find any information about any Shell spying activities in Australia? Reply by Google AI Mode: Shell’s security and intelligence operations in Australia primarily focus on corporate risk mitigation, industrial relations monitoring, and physical asset protection, rather than clandestine infiltration. [1, 2] Historically, Shell has faced significant scrutiny worldwide regarding corporate surveillance. This includes allegations of tracking environmental activists through its internal intelligence unit, Corporate Affairs Security (CAS), and its historical ties to the private intelligence firm Hakluyt. However, its documented intelligence footprint within Australia functions through more formalized corporate risk structures. [1, 2] 1. Documented Asset and Activist Monitoring In Australia, Shell’s security and threat-assessment capabilities are heavily integrated with its multi-billion-dollar gas operations. Analysts tracking corporate intelligence highlight that Shell actively conducts the following risk operations in the region: [1]
  • Demonstration Tracking: Monitoring planned environmental protests and activist deployments that could target critical logistics hubs or major offshore assets like Prelude FLNG. [1]
  • Industrial Relations Intelligence: Monitoring political, regulatory, and union-led developments that pose a threat to continuous corporate operations. []
  • Maritime Threat Assessments: Maintaining maritime and installation-security intelligence to enforce physical safety zones around offshore infrastructure. [1]
2. The Target of Espionage (Not the Perpetrator) In recent years, the primary connection between Shell Australia and “spying” has placed the company as the victim of cybersecurity breaches and external cyber-espionage, rather than the perpetrator. [1, 2]
  • MOVEit Supply Chain Breach: Shell’s Australian BG Group business was swept up in the global MOVEit hack, which exposed historical employee personal data to external threat actors. [1]
  • Customer Data Breaches: Hackers on Breach Forums have targeted Shell, leaking customer records that impacted thousands of individuals across multiple countries, including Australia. [1]
3. Related Australian Geopolitical Context If you are researching corporate-state espionage overlap in the region, the most widely documented historical case involves the Australia–Timor-Leste spying scandal. In 2004, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) bugged Timor-Leste cabinet rooms during maritime oil and gas treaty negotiations. While this state-sponsored operation directly benefited commercial oil and gas concessions in the Timor Sea, it was executed by the Australian government rather than a private operation by Shell. [1, 2, 3, 4] If you would like to explore this further, I can provide details on:
  • The history of Shell’s Corporate Affairs Security (CAS) unit and Hakluyt.
  • How Australian intelligence agencies like ASIO protect critical energy infrastructure from foreign state-sponsored espionage. [1, 2, 3]
Let me know which direction you want to take. JD: The history of Shell’s Corporate Affairs Security (CAS) unit and Hakluyt. The historical relationship between Shell’s Corporate Affairs Security (CAS) division and the private intelligence firm Hakluyt & Company represents one of the most prominent crossovers between multinational corporate power and state-level espionage networks. [1, 2] For decades, this interconnected ecosystem allowed the oil giant to manage political risks, monitor activist groups, and surveil corporate critics. [1, 2] 1. What was Shell’s Corporate Affairs Security (CAS)? CAS (later reorganized as Shell Global Security) was Shell’s in-house intelligence and threat-assessment unit. Rather than operating as standard corporate guards, CAS was designed to function like a proprietary intelligence agency. [, 2, 3]
  • The Leadership: The division was traditionally staffed and commanded by high-level veterans recruited directly from Western intelligence agencies, including the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and the FBI. Notable figures included Ian Forbes McCredie, a former senior MI6 officer who transitioned to lead Shell’s CAS operations. [1, 2, 3]
  • The Mission: CAS was tasked with protecting Shell’s multi-billion-dollar infrastructure in volatile regions, such as Nigeria. However, leaked internal documents and investigative journalism revealed that CAS regularly crossed the line from asset protection to active political monitoring, tracking environmentalist groups, journalists, and hostile litigants. [1, 2]
2. The Birth of Hakluyt and the “Revolving Door” Hakluyt & Company was founded in London in 1995 by former MI6 officials who recognized a lucrative market for commercial espionage. From its very inception, Hakluyt operated as a seamless extension of Shell’s executive suite. [1, 2, 3, 4]
  • Shared Leadership: The lines between the two entities were heavily blurred. Sir Peter Holmes, a former Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell, simultaneously served as the president of the Hakluyt foundation. Other titled Shell directors, such as Sir William Purves, held dual roles as Hakluyt directors and major shareholders. [1, 2, 3, 4]
  • The Institutional Overlap: The relationship was so tight that investigative researchers reported administrative slip-ups, such as emailing the head of Shell’s internal CAS unit and receiving automated out-of-office responses originating from Hakluyt email domains. [1, 2]
3. Key Espionage Controversies The collaboration between CAS and Hakluyt was thrust into the public eye through a series of high-profile operations: The Greenpeace Infiltration (2001) In a major scandal exposed by The Sunday Times, it was revealed that Shell and BP had hired Hakluyt to gather intelligence on environmental groups. Hakluyt deployed an undercover operative—a German agent operating under the alias “Manfred Schlickenrieder” (codenamed Camus)—who successfully infiltrated Greenpeace and The Body Shop. Posing as a sympathetic documentary filmmaker, the spy fed internal campaign strategies regarding North Sea oil protests directly back to corporate handlers. [1, 2] Operations in Nigeria During the 1990s, Shell faced extreme international backlash over environmental devastation and human rights abuses in the Niger Delta, culminating in the execution of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa by the Nigerian military regime. CAS and external intelligence contractors were deployed to map out local communities, run surveillance on protest groups like the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), and feed political threat data back to the company. [1] The Donovan Surveillance Campaign Shell utilized its CAS network and private investigators to conduct international monitoring of its most persistent critics, such as Alfred and John Donovan—the operators of a famous anti-Shell whistleblowing website. Internal Shell documents eventually disclosed that the family had been subjected to decades of structured corporate intelligence tracking. [, 2] 4. Modern Evolution While modern public relations focus heavily on environmental transparency, the institutional links between the oil sector and deep-state intelligence persist. Former directors of major intelligence agencies—such as Sir Iain Lobban, the former head of the UK’s cyber-intelligence agency GCHQ—have continued to simultaneously advise Shell on cybersecurity while sitting on the advisory board of Hakluyt’s holding company. [1, 2, 3] If you’d like, I can:
  • Detail the specific court documents and leaks that exposed the Donovan surveillance campaigns.
  • Provide a breakdown of how corporate intelligence firms like Hakluyt operate legally within standard corporate risk structures. [, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Let me know which of these areas you would like to explore further.

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Shell Norway: The Nyhamna “Fear Culture” Files — Spying, Safety Reps, Benzene, and the Canteen Show Trial

Jul 6th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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…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. read more

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Shell’s Sakhalin II Files: The Frozen Debacle, the Insider Emails, and the Donovan Archive That Would Not Stay Buried

Jul 1st, 2026
by John Donovan.
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Shell had the project, the lawyers and the official channels. The Donovan archive had the one thing corporate crisis managers fear most: insiders willing to put the story where the public could read it.

A newly reviewed SAR bundle shows how John and Alfred Donovan corresponded with Shell’s top lawyers, supplied Sakhalin II material to Russian environmental officials, offered Shell an unedited right of reply — and helped preserve one of the most revealing paper trails in Shell’s modern history.

Introduction: The SAR That Came Back Like a Boomerang With Frostbite

There are corporate files. There are embarrassing corporate files. And then there are Shell Sakhalin II files: the sort of paperwork that appears to have crawled out of a frozen Russian gas field wearing a hard hat, carrying a legal threat, and asking why the budget has mysteriously doubled.

The uploaded PDF — Sakhalin31to70.pdf, described by John Donovan as material supplied by Shell in response to a Subject Access Request — is not a polished report. It is a scanned, repetitive, sometimes badly reproduced bundle of emails, copied articles, internal forwarding chains, correspondence with Shell lawyers, and published Donovan material concerning the Sakhalin II crisis. It is messy. It repeats itself. Some pages appear in near-duplicate. But underneath the administrative rubble is a remarkable archive trail. read more

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Shell’s LNG Crystal Ball: Demand Will Boom by 2050 — Assuming 2026 Does Not Ruin the Sales Pitch

Jun 30th, 2026
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By John Donovan

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 discovered a marvellous new corporate skill: predicting a golden LNG future while explaining why the present is already wobbling. Two reports published on 30 June 2026 appear, at first glance, to pull in opposite directions.

One says Shell expects global LNG demand to rise by around 65% by 2050, reaching close to 700 million metric tons per year, compared with 422 million tons traded in 2025. The other says global LNG trade could remain flat in 2026, because disruption through the Strait of Hormuz has curbed Middle East supply and knocked the market off course.

That is not necessarily a contradiction. It is something more useful: a glimpse into Shell’s preferred LNG narrative.

The long-term story is magnificent. The short-term story is messy. The marketing deck says “growth market.” The real world says “shipping chokepoint, price spike, supply disruption, nervous customers and geopolitical risk.” read more

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RoyalDutchShellPlc.com as a Platform for Third Parties Challenging Shell

Jun 28th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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By John Donovan

Adapted and updated from Chapter 15 of the John Donovan Shell archive: “Assisting third parties to challenge Shell.”

Source chapter: CHAPTER 15: Assisting third parties to challenge Shell, first published 28 October 2018 and later modified on 10 August 2024.

Original chapter screenshot exhibit

Wikipedia archive extract concerning RoyalDutchShellPlc.com appeals

Archive material records RoyalDutchShellPlc.com being used for public appeals to Shell shareholders, employees and the wider public.

RoyalDutchShellPlc.com is often described as a Shell-focused criticism and archive site. One of its most practical roles, however, has been to act as a publication route for third parties who wanted to reach Shell shareholders, Shell employees, regulators, campaigners, lawyers or the public.

The record of such appeals is preserved in a Wikipedia archive article, which described the site as a channel used by campaign groups and other parties seeking attention on Shell-related matters. This article brings that material into a clearer form for republication on RoyalDutchShellPlc.com. read more

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Shell Built a Floating LNG Empire — Now Australia Wants Some Gas Back

Jun 28th, 2026
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Prelude FLNG, Australia’s gas squeeze, and the awkward question Shell hoped would stay offshore

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 found a fresh cloud hanging over one of its most extravagant monuments to fossil-fuel optimism: Prelude FLNG, the vast floating liquefied natural gas facility moored off Western Australia.

According to the Australian Financial Review report supplied for this article, the issue now stalking Shell’s offshore gas leviathan is not simply engineering, cost, safety, downtime, or the minor inconvenience of climate physics. It is domestic gas policy — that tiresome democratic habit of asking whether a country exporting vast quantities of gas might also like to keep some for its own households and industries. read more

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Shell Tells Australia to Grab the LNG Crisis “With Both Hands” — Because Nothing Says Climate Leadership Like Milking a Geopolitical Emergency

Jun 17th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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ChatGPT image: A giant Shell-branded LNG tanker sailing through a storm labelled “Middle East Crisis,” while Australia is depicted as a kangaroo holding a gas nozzle in one paw and a household energy bill in the other. In the background, Indigenous rock art, a smoky LNG plant, and suited executives toast beneath a banner reading: “Energy Security — Terms and Conditions Apply.

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 Australian LNG debate with all the delicacy of a supertanker reversing into a coral reef.

According to Energy News Bulletin, Shell chair Sir Andrew Mackenzie has urged Australia to seize the LNG opportunity “with both hands,” as the Iran crisis and disruption around Middle Eastern supply reportedly prompt buyers to look for alternatives. The framing is familiar: crisis abroad, opportunity at home, gas industry applause, and Shell politely suggesting that what the world really needs during instability is more of the product Shell happens to sell. read more

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Shell’s Groningen Aftershock: The Earth Shook, Homes Cracked, and Now the Bill Is Having Its Own Legal Meltdown

Jun 17th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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ChatGPT Image: cracked Dutch house in Groningen, with a giant Shell pecten logo looming like a courtroom judge above it; the ground beneath is split open, legal papers and euro notes falling into the fissure, while a polished oil executive tiptoes away holding an umbrella labelled “Arbitration.”

Shell’s Groningen Aftershock: The Earth Shook, Homes Cracked, and Now the Bill Is Having Its Own Legal Meltdown

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 Groningen earthquake saga via its 50-50 joint venture Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij — NAM — with ExxonMobil. And what a saga it is: homes damaged, residents exhausted, the state paying first, the oil companies disputing later, and everyone discovering that when fossil-fuel profits have gone up the chimney, the repair bill somehow develops a limp. read more

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SHELL’S PROPANE PANIC: £450,000 FINE AFTER “VIOLENT RELEASE” AT FIRTH OF FORTH TERMINAL

May 31st, 2026
by John Donovan.
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Shell’s Button of Doom: Worker Burned, Vapour Cloud Spreads, Oil Giant Fined £450k.

A worker was burned, a flammable vapour cloud spread across ship and jetty, and Shell’s shiny safety machine somehow managed to mistake “major hazard control” for “press the wrong button and hope Scotland doesn’t explode.”

PART ONE: THE FACT-BASED TABLOID DEEP DIVE

There are corporate safety failures.

Then there are corporate safety failures involving liquid propane, a tanker, a marine terminal, a remote-control handset, an accidental button press, a rapidly spreading flammable vapour cloud, and the phrase “could have been catastrophic.” read more

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Illness Outbreak on Shell’s Prelude Raises Fresh Questions About Offshore Workforce Safety

May 29th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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A reported outbreak of contagious illness aboard Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility has prompted an investigation by Australia’s offshore regulator, renewing scrutiny of health, safety and workforce management practices on one of the world’s most ambitious energy projects.

The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) is examining the circumstances surrounding the outbreak, which affected personnel working aboard the offshore facility located approximately 475 kilometres off the coast of Western Australia. While details regarding the nature and extent of the illness have yet to be fully disclosed, the incident has once again placed Prelude at the centre of discussions about operational resilience and workforce welfare in remote offshore environments. read more

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