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Alleged IP theft from employee of Shell Geelong Refinery

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The story on IP theft at the Geelong Refinery startled those in charge who are not bound by Shell’s core values.

Shell management have sent staff messenger persons all around warning internet users about the dangers of viewing your web site, and that they have people watching internet use within the Refinery to get those who would dare look for the truth themselves.

I get the impression that your site may get many more followers from out here in the colonies, employees who unlike management have to follow Shells core values. I would lay odds that everyone except management will now have to do a revision test on Shell’s core values. read more

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Shell investigates alleged IP theft at Geelong Refinery

Apr 21st, 2012

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Photograph of Shell’s Geelong refinery in Australia

By John Donovan

Printed below is email correspondence involving a whistleblower employee from Shell’s Geelong refinery in Australia and Mr Michiel Brandjes, Company Secretary and General Counsel Corporate of Royal Dutch Shell.

Although Mr Brandjes claimed that it was not a matter for correspondence with this website, he has in fact corresponded, replying within a deadline, and has agreed to intervene.

Shell has had a reasonable time to investigate, but apparently the matter has not been resolved. read more

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Geelong Advertiser (Australia): Panel to help Shell do `a better job’

Oct 11th, 2005

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Geelong Advertiser (Australia): Panel to help Shell do `a better job’

“SHELL Geelong will set up a new “expertise-based” community advisory panel, after acknowledging the refinery had failed to meet public expectations.”

Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Geelong Advertiser

SHELL Geelong will set up a new “expertise-based” community advisory panel, after acknowledging the refinery had failed to meet public expectations.

Geelong refinery manager Geoff Ellison said Shell accepted community expectations of the refinery’s performance had not been met, but was “committed to addressing these concerns in the context of a broader consultation and engagement program”.

Mr Ellison said he wanted Shell to play a more active role in the community to address “key stakeholder issues”. read more

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The Age (Australia): Oil spill, plume cost Shell $10,000

Sep 30th, 2005

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The Age (Australia): Oil spill, plume cost Shell $10,000

“SHELL Australia has been fined $10,000 after an Environment Protection Authority investigation of two incidents at the oil giant’s Geelong refinery. The EPA said yesterday two $5000 penalty notices had been issued against Shell for breaches of its licence.”

Friday September 30, 2005

By Ewin Hannan

SHELL Australia has been fined $10,000 after an Environment Protection Authority investigation of two incidents at the oil giant’s Geelong refinery.

The EPA said yesterday two $5000 penalty notices had been issued against Shell for breaches of its licence.

The first incident occurred in May when oil leaked from a pipe on the refinery’s jetty into Corio Bay. The second involved a visible plume from the refinery’s sulphur recovery unit stack.

The EPA’s executive director of regional services, Bruce Dawson, said that while the oil spilt into the bay was a “fairly small amount, it’s something we believe further maintenance and management by Shell could have avoided”. read more

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Geelong Advertiser (Australia): Shell shocked by pier critics

Sep 17th, 2005

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Geelong Advertiser (Australia): Shell shocked by pier critics

“SHELL’S Geelong refinery has described recent criticism of its environmental record as “scaremongering”.

Saturday 17 Sept 2005

Geoff Ellison

Saturday, September 17

Peter Begg

SHELL’S Geelong refinery has described recent criticism of its environmental record as “scaremongering”.

Shell found itself caught in the crossfire in the past month as the state planning tribunal heard arguments for and against the storage of butadiene at terminals, next to the Refinery Pier.

Documents tabled at the tribunal accused Shell of dropping the ball, with claims questioning levels of benzene in the area, and more recently the danger of ships hitting the Refinery Pier. read more

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ABC NEWS Australia: Shell rejects concerns over Geelong refinery emissions

Aug 18th, 2005

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ABC NEWS Australia: Shell rejects concerns over Geelong refinery emissions

“Shell says the community should not be concerned about the emissions of a cancer-causing agent from its Geelong refinery. Geelong residents have accused Shell of withholding data that indicates high emissions of benzene during April.”

Thursday 18 August 2005

Shell says the community should not be concerned about the emissions of a cancer-causing agent from its Geelong refinery.

Geelong residents have accused Shell of withholding data that indicates high emissions of benzene during April.

But company spokeswoman Adwina Pribyl says the emissions are not dangerously high.

“Benzene concentrations in the Geelong community are well within acceptable levels [and] Shell Geelong refinery have gone to considerable lengths to be open and honest with the community on benzene and other matters relating to our operations,” she said. read more

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Residents, council fight chemical storage bid

Aug 18th, 2005

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The Age (Australia): Residents, council fight chemical storage bid

“The EPA has ordered an investigation of Shell’s air-monitoring equipment. It is also considering court action against Shell over an oil spill into Corio Bay in April – one of hundreds of environmental breaches at the company’s Geelong refinery in recent years.”

Thursday August 18, 2005 – 2:05PM

By Sasha Shtargot

The City of Greater Geelong and residents’ groups are fighting plans to store a toxic chemical next to the Shell oil refinery in Corio.

The EPA has approved an application by Terminals Pty Ltd to keep butadiene at its existing Corio facility, across the road from the Shell plant.

The council and residents’ groups are challenging the EPA’s works approval in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in Melbourne today.

Geelong Community for Good Life spokeswoman Sue McLean said before the hearing that residents were concerned about toxic emissions from the storage facility. read more

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The Age (Australia): Shell under fire over secrecy on discharges

Aug 18th, 2005

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FROM OUR AUGUST 2005 SHELL NEWS ARCHIVE

The Age (Australia): Shell under fire over secrecy on discharges

“Shell Australia has been accused of withholding data showing that high levels of potentially cancer-causing benzene have been released from the oil giant’s Geelong refinery.”

Thursday 18 August 2005
By Ewin Hannan

Geelong Grammar in the foreground with the Shell Geelong oil refinery in the background.
Photo: Craig Abraham

Shell Australia has been accused of withholding data showing that high levels of potentially cancer-causing benzene have been released from the oil giant’s Geelong refinery.

Former CSIRO scientist Chris Mardon, who analysed benzene data recorded by Shell’s air-monitoring equipment, claims record levels of benzene emissions came from the refinery, which is near Geelong Grammar and primary schools, over 13 days in April. read more

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Shell to pay $75,000 over oil spills

Jun 5th, 2004

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TheAge.com.au: Shell to pay $75,000 over oil spills

By Stathi Paxinos

June 5, 2004

Shell Australia must pay $75,000 towards an environmental project near its Geelong refinery after it was convicted in the Geelong Magistrates Court yesterday of polluting Corio Bay during three oil spills last year.

The amount is the largest penalty imposed on a company for a breach of the Environmental Protection Act.

Magistrate Ron Saines said the spills, in June, September and November, totalling 360 litres, were caused by Shell’s failure to adequately maintain its 800-metre pipeline jetty at Corio Bay, which tankers use to offload crude oil to the refinery. read more

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Dip in Shell profit

Jun 4th, 2004

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Geelonginfo.com: Dip in Shell profit

Friday, June 4
NOEL MURPHY

SHELL’S refining operations have posted a profit of $183 million for the 2003 year, pushing the oil company’s total profits for the year to $815 million.

The figure, a drop of $20 million on Shell’s oil products $203 million profit in 2002, came as the company poured $178 million into capital works at its Geelong and Clyde refineries.

Shell’s upstream operations – its exploration, production and natural gas business – returned a profit of $632 million, down $31 million on the previous year’s $663 million. read more

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The Age (Australia): Oil spill, plume cost Shell $10,000

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