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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 21 OCTOBER 2026

Oct 21st, 2026
by John Donovan.
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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 21 OCTOBER 2026

SLF-2007-094

The Sakhalin Papers LXXXIV: The Foreseeability Test — What Shell and Its Partners Knew Before the Nord Stream 2 Investment Was Written Off

Shell’s own records establish that its final Nord Stream 2 loan instalments were made in the second quarter of 2020. By then, European legislation had changed, the project was facing legal challenges, American sanctions had disrupted construction and Germany’s energy regulator was deciding whether the pipeline qualified for an exemption. A subsequent European court judgment raises an important question: how much of this risk was foreseeable?

Archive reference: SLF-2007-094
Publication date: 21 October 2026
Collection: The Sakhalin Papers — Shell, Gazprom and Russia
Previous instalment: SLF-2007-093, The Sakhalin Papers LXXXIII, 20 October 2026
Principal sources: Shell’s 24 April 2017 financing announcement; Shell’s published 2022 financial results; European Parliament proceedings; European Commission and Council records; the German Federal Network Agency’s May 2020 decision; the EU General Court’s November 2024 judgment; Allseas’ December 2019 statement; and contemporaneous Reuters reporting.
Evidence classification: Authenticated corporate disclosures, official legislative and regulatory records, judicial findings, contemporaneous journalism and separately identified editorial analysis. read more

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Shell court records: dismissals, continuing disputes and the limits of a PACER search

Oct 21st, 2026
by John Donovan.
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Editorial illustration accompanying a review of Shell-related U.S. and Australian court records.

21 October 2026. This is a dated selection based on the primary records identified below. U.S. docket reports were retrieved on 20–21 October; Australian decisions are reported at their stated dates. Unverified leads are explicitly labelled and attributed; unchecked later proceedings are identified. Neither is used to support a firm current-status claim.

A review of three PACER exports changes the picture in an earlier U.S. court-docket draft. Some cases have been dismissed. Others continue, but Shell has left the case, appears only as a parent company or creditor, or participates in a coordinated proceeding already represented elsewhere in the results. A missing closing date cannot answer whether a claim against Shell remains pending. read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 19 OCTOBER 2026

Oct 19th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 19 OCTOBER 2026

SLF-2007-092

The Sakhalin Papers LXXXII: Gazprom’s Pipeline Takes Europe to Court — The Energy Charter Treaty, Secretive Arbitration and the Battle Over Billions

An investment dispute begun in 2019, a European court defeat, sanctions that interrupted the arbitration itself, and an extraordinary January 2026 order questioning the European Union’s explanations

Archive reference: SLF-2007-092
Publication date: 19 October 2026
Collection: The Sakhalin Papers — Shell, Gazprom and Russia
Previous instalment: The Shell Leaks Files — 18 October 2026
Principal evidence: Shell’s authenticated 2017 financing announcement and 2022 financial disclosures; Permanent Court of Arbitration Case No. 2020-07; Procedural Orders Nos. 18 and 19; European Union legislation; General Court judgments; and official records of subsequent legal proceedings.
Evidence classification: Authenticated corporate records, legislation and judicial decisions; documented submissions by opposing parties; independent legal reporting; and separately identified editorial analysis. read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 17 OCTOBER 2026

Oct 17th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 17 OCTOBER 2026

SLF-2007-090

The Sakhalin Papers LXXX: Who Pays for a Dead Pipeline? Shell’s $1.126 Billion Loss, a €579 Million Insurance Defeat and the Battle Over Nord Stream’s Financial Remains

Four years after explosions devastated the Nord Stream pipelines, the financial consequences continue to work their way through European courts. A remarkable judgment delivered by London’s High Court on 6 July 2026 rejected a €579 million insurance claim arising from the destruction of Nord Stream 1. In Switzerland, the operator of Nord Stream 2 has survived threatened bankruptcy through a court-approved agreement with creditors, including the Western energy companies that helped finance its construction. Meanwhile, a German court has refused to allow the pipeline operators to join the criminal prosecution arising from the sabotage as additional complainants. For Shell shareholders, these developments raise an important question: what became of the company’s $1.126 billion Nord Stream 2 financing exposure, written down months before the explosions? read more

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Shell Wins Canadian Reserves Disclosure Exemption — Twenty-Two Years After the Scandal That Shook Investor Confidence

Oct 16th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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16 October 2026 | RoyalDutchShellPlc.com

Shell has obtained permission from Canadian securities regulators to dispense with certain Canadian oil and gas reserves reporting requirements, following its multibillion-dollar acquisition of ARC Resources. Instead, the company will continue using its American securities reporting framework, subject to conditions that include filing the relevant disclosures in Canada. The decision may be a legitimate administrative accommodation for an international company already subject to extensive reporting obligations. But it also raises an important question about the information available to Canadian investors. For Shell, whose 2004 reserves scandal involved the overstatement of 4.47 billion barrels of oil equivalent, any change to reserves reporting deserves careful examination. read more

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Shell Faces Climate Disaster Claims on Two Continents — From Brazil’s Deadly Floods to the Philippines’ Devastating Typhoon

Oct 15th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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15 October 2026 | RoyalDutchShellPlc.com

A remarkable new chapter in climate litigation is unfolding on opposite sides of the world. In Brazil, federal prosecutors and an environmental organisation are seeking approximately $108 million from a Shell subsidiary over catastrophic floods that killed nearly 200 people in 2024. In Britain, more than 100 survivors of a devastating Philippine typhoon are pursuing Shell for losses suffered in December 2021. The cases raise a question with potentially enormous consequences for the fossil fuel industry: can a major oil and gas producer be made legally responsible for a measurable proportion of the damage caused by an individual climate-related disaster? read more

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Shell watchdog website described as official and unofficial in the same article

Oct 15th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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No wonder search engines are confused.

See: Live, official, royaldutchshellplc.com website domain name as authorised by WIPO

We beat Shell to the registration of the domain name royaldutchshellplc.com.

A spectacular public humiliation for Shell bearing in mind that the corporate name of Shell had been changed to Royal Dutch Shell Plc in an attempt to distance Shell from the reserves scandal.

Shell unsuccessfully sued my father via the World Intellectual Property Organisation for rights to the domain. read more

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Live, official, royaldutchshellplc.com website domain name as authorised by WIPO

Oct 14th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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John Donovan chat with Google AI Mode commencing with the prompt “unofficial Shell website”:

The primary and best-known unofficial website monitoring Shell plc is Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com. [1, 2]

Key Details

  • Owner and Operator: John Donovan (supported by Nick Gill) [1, 2]
  • Purpose: An independent, non-profit, free-access watchdog that tracks corporate scandals, environmental impact, whistleblower stories, and legal disputes involving Shell. [1, 2]
  • Network of Related Sites:
    • royaldutchshellgroup.com
    • royaldutchshell.website
    • shellnews.net
    • shellwikipedia.com
    • johndonovan.website
    • shellnazihistory.com [1, 2]

    Would you like to know more about the specific historical controversies or whistleblower archives featured on the site?

    JD chooses

    historical controversies

    The unofficial watchdog site Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com hosts an extensive archive documenting what it ranks as the most significant corporate scandals and disputes in the energy giant’s history. [1]

    The most prominent historical controversies heavily covered by the site and independent watchdogs include: read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: 14 OCTOBER 2026

Oct 14th, 2026
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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: 14 OCTOBER 2026

SLF-2007-087

The Sakhalin Papers LXXVII: Poland Strikes Back — Shell, Gazprom and the PLN 29 Billion Nord Stream 2 Penalty That Collapsed in Court

On 7 October 2020, Poland’s competition authority announced an extraordinary decision against Gazprom and five Western European energy companies, including Royal Dutch Shell. Gazprom was fined more than 29 billion Polish zlotys, while Shell received a separate penalty exceeding PLN 30 million. The regulator also ordered the companies to terminate their agreements financing Nord Stream 2. Poland argued that the companies had effectively recreated a prohibited joint venture through lending arrangements. The companies disagreed and appealed. In November 2022, a Polish court overturned the decision. In October 2023, an appellate court upheld its annulment. The documentary record reveals a remarkable confrontation between European energy strategy, competition law and corporate finance — and demonstrates why regulatory allegations must never be confused with final judicial findings. read more

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Big Oil on Trial: ExxonMobil Faces US Supreme Court Climate Showdown — With Shell Fighting Its Own Battle in the Netherlands

Oct 13th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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13 October 2026 | RoyalDutchShellPlc.com

Two of the world’s most consequential courts are considering questions that could reshape the legal responsibilities of the fossil fuel industry. In Washington, the US Supreme Court is examining whether communities can pursue climate-damage claims against ExxonMobil and Suncor under state law. In the Netherlands, Shell is defending itself before the Dutch Supreme Court against demands for enforceable greenhouse gas reductions. The proceedings are legally distinct, but they expose the same underlying conflict: how far can courts go in holding major energy companies responsible for their contribution to climate change? read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: 10 OCTOBER 2026

Oct 10th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: 10 OCTOBER 2026

SLF-2007-083

The Sakhalin Papers LXXIII: The Sanctions Paradox — Shell and Gazprom Plan More LNG While Shell Suspends Russian Shale Exploration

On 30 September 2014, just eighteen days after Washington introduced expanded restrictions on Russian energy technology, Ben van Beurden met Gazprom chairman Alexey Miller at Gazprom’s headquarters. The Russian company’s official announcement welcomed the prospect of increasing LNG production at Sakhalin II. But Shell’s subsequent filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission reveals a crucial distinction: during the same year, Western sanctions had already caused Shell to suspend separate Russian shale-exploration activities. The documentary record exposes how Shell attempted to preserve one major Russian investment while restrictions were bringing other parts of its Russian portfolio to a halt.

Archive reference: SLF-2007-083

Collection: The Sakhalin Papers

Principal authenticated records: Gazprom corporate announcement of 30 September 2014; Gazprom–Shell memorandum-roadmap of 23 February 2014; Royal Dutch Shell plc Annual Report and Form 20-F 2014, filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on 12 March 2015; Gazprom corporate records concerning Sakhalin III.

Contemporaneous reporting: Reuters, 30 September 2013; Argus Media, 1 October 2014; LNG Industry, 1 October 2014; Reuters and Interfax reporting on Shell’s Russian operations during September 2014. read more

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Shell Faces Historic $108 Million Climate Lawsuit in Brazil Over Floods That Killed Nearly 200 People

Oct 10th, 2026
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Why prosecutors are targeting Shell: An unprecedented intervention by public prosecutors

10 October 2026

Brazilian federal prosecutors have launched an unprecedented lawsuit against Shell’s Brazilian subsidiary, seeking approximately $108 million in compensation for the catastrophic 2024 floods in Rio Grande do Sul. The case could become an important test of whether an oil multinational can be required to compensate victims of a climate-related disaster according to its alleged contribution to historical global greenhouse gas emissions.

Shell has become the target of a potentially landmark climate lawsuit in Brazil. read more

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Shell Tax Secrecy: Same Playbook, Different Century — And Please Don’t Mention the 23%

Oct 9th, 2026
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From Swiss trademarks and Bahamas trading profits to Dutch tax secrecy, Shell’s financial history has acquired an impressive recurring theme: when the numbers become interesting, the explanation becomes complicated. Very complicated.

SATIRE — based on documented events, published investigations and official regulatory records.

After three Shell tax articles in a single morning, readers might reasonably wonder whether we are in danger of becoming repetitive.

Not at all.

Shell has thoughtfully provided several decades of material.

Today we learned that the Dutch Ministry of Finance cannot discuss Shell’s leaked transfer-pricing arrangements because they remain protected by fiscal confidentiality — despite the relevant documents having been leaked, published, analysed by researchers, debated by tax academics, defended by Shell and placed before Parliament. read more

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Dutch Ministry of Finance says leaked Shell tax documents remain confidential: Cannot Confirm What Everyone Has Already Read

Oct 9th, 2026
by John Donovan.
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THE HAGUE — The Dutch Ministry of Finance this week reaffirmed its commitment to fiscal secrecy by declining to discuss documents that have been published online, analysed by researchers, reported by journalists, criticised by a law professor, defended by Shell, and summarised in parliamentary questions anyone can download.

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  1. Dutch Government Confirms It Cannot Confirm What Everyone Has Already Read
  2. Shell Tax Files: The Only People in the Netherlands Not Allowed to Discuss Them Are the Ones Who Checked Them
  3. Ministry of Finance Unveils New Doctrine: “Secret Means Secret, Even When It’s on the Internet”
  4. 37 Employees, $6.2 Billion, Zero Comment: The Hague Invokes Tax Secrecy Over Leak Everyone Has Read
  5. Parliament Told to Read SOMO Report “Like Everyone Else”
  6. Dutch Tax Authority Neither Confirms Nor Denies Having Seen Shell (Or the Netherlands)
  7. Breaking: Government Sees No Evidence of Problem It Is Legally Unable to Look Into Publicly

Dutch Government Confirms It Cannot Confirm What Everyone Has Already Read

Ministry of Finance says leaked Shell documents remain confidential “in the special legal sense that does not involve anyone not knowing them”

THE HAGUE — The Dutch Ministry of Finance this week reaffirmed its commitment to fiscal secrecy by declining to discuss documents that have been published online, analysed by researchers, reported by journalists, criticised by a law professor, defended by Shell, and summarised in parliamentary questions anyone can download. read more

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Shell, Exxon and BP Defeat New York City Greenwashing Appeal

Oct 8th, 2026
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Court rejects attempt to revive consumer-deception case over fossil-fuel advertising — but the ruling is not a judicial declaration that oil-company environmental claims are truthful

New York City has suffered another major defeat in its attempt to hold Shell, ExxonMobil and BP liable for allegedly misleading consumers about the environmental consequences of fossil fuels and the companies’ efforts to portray themselves as part of the solution to climate change.

On 8 October 2026, a New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of the City’s lawsuit, rejecting its attempt to revive claims brought under the New York City Consumer Protection Law.

The decision represents a significant legal victory for the three oil majors. read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: 7 OCTOBER 2026

Oct 7th, 2026
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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: 7 OCTOBER 2026

SLF-2007-080

The Sakhalin Papers LXX: The Third Train — Shell Pushes to Expand the Project It No Longer Controlled

Seven years after Shell surrendered control of Sakhalin II to Gazprom, it was pressing its new majority partner to make the project larger. In September 2013 Shell warned that delay could squander favourable Asian LNG prices. The difficulty was not the existing plant: Sakhalin II was already producing above its original design capacity. The problem was finding enough additional gas. Shell pointed toward Gazprom’s neighbouring Sakhalin III resources. In December, Peter Voser and incoming chief executive Ben van Beurden agreed with Gazprom to advance engineering work. On 23 February 2014, van Beurden and Alexey Miller signed the roadmap in Sochi. Shell no longer controlled Sakhalin II. But it plainly still regarded the project as something worth expanding.

Archive reference: SLF-2007-080; Collection: The Sakhalin Papers; Principal authenticated records: Royal Dutch Shell plc Annual Report and Form 20-F 2014; Gazprom corporate records dated 23 October and 23 December 2013 and 23 February 2014; Contemporaneous reporting: Reuters, 30 September 2013; Later corroborating record: Gazprom’s subsequent account of the proposed third train and its intended Sakhalin III feed gas; Evidence standard: preparation of FEED documentation is distinguished throughout from a final investment decision or authorisation to construct the third train. No court or arbitral ruling identified for this instalment adjudicated the commercial merits of the expansion proposal. read more

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