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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 10 NOVEMBER 2026

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 10 NOVEMBER 2026

Archive reference: SLF-2007-114

The Sakhalin Papers CIV: The Half-Million-Tonne Question — Sakhalin’s Forgotten Gas-Chemical Ambition

A 1997 agreement envisaged supplying Sakhalin with at least 500,000 tonnes of light hydrocarbon fractions annually, beginning in 2005. Shell’s engineers subsequently designed sophisticated gas-processing facilities, but the documented commercial system directed recovered condensate towards oil exports. Nearly thirty years after the original agreement, Sakhalin’s authorities are still discussing major new gas-chemical and condensate-processing industries. Original contractual material, Shell technical publications, operating-company records and contemporary Russian government reporting reveal what was envisaged, what was actually constructed and what remains unproven.

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT, using contemporaneous technical material authored by Shell personnel, published contractual records, original project-contractor documentation, Sakhalin Energy operating-company disclosures, Russian regional government statements and independent reporting.

Publication date: 10 November 2026

Collection: The Sakhalin Papers — Shell, Gazprom and Russia read more

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Shell’s First Plaquemines LNG Cargo — and the $1.7 Billion Claim It Lost Against the Same Supplier

Nov 8th, 2026

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A Documentary Investigation into Two Louisiana LNG Contracts, a New York Court Judgment and the Fine Print Governing Shell’s American Gas Supplies

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

8 November 2026

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT, using US Department of Energy contract records, an authenticated New York court judgment, Securities and Exchange Commission disclosures, original corporate announcements, contemporaneous Reuters reporting and historical material preserved in the Donovan–Shell Archive.

On 1 November 2026, an LNG carrier departed Venture Global’s Plaquemines export terminal in Louisiana carrying the first cargo supplied to Shell under the project’s newly commenced long-term commercial arrangements. The shipment marked the beginning of deliveries under a 20-year agreement for approximately two million tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually. But it also exposed an extraordinary contrast. Shell had previously sought approximately $1.7 billion in damages from the same corporate group’s other LNG operation, alleging that contracted deliveries had been improperly delayed. An arbitration tribunal rejected Shell’s claims, and a New York judge subsequently refused to overturn that result. Why did Shell continue expanding its relationship with the supplier? The original agreements and court records provide a more revealing answer than the headlines. read more

Shell’s Secret Louisiana Coastal Settlement: An Independent Investigation into Sealed Agreements, Environmental Damage and the Public’s Right to Know

Nov 8th, 2026

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Louisiana’s threatened coastal wetlands, historic oil industry infrastructure and confidential settlement documents. AI-generated editorial illustration; not a photograph of a specific site or an authentic court document..

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

8 November 2026

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT, using published United States federal court records, corporate regulatory disclosures, Louisiana government documents, contemporaneous reporting and independent environmental research.

Shell and other major oil companies have reached confidential settlements in Louisiana’s longstanding coastal-damage litigation. But the public still cannot establish how much Shell agreed to pay, what restoration obligations it accepted, or precisely which claims were resolved. A new investigation published on 8 November 2026 has brought that secrecy back into focus. The dispute concerns more than historical oilfield operations. It raises a fundamental question about settlements involving public environmental resources: when governments compromise claims brought on behalf of their citizens, how much information should those citizens be entitled to see? read more

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 7 NOVEMBER 2026

Nov 7th, 2026

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Archive reference: SLF-2007-111

The Sakhalin Papers CI: The 1994 Agreement — The Contract Behind Twenty Years of Conflict

How a production-sharing agreement signed before Russia had enacted its governing legislation placed a 17.5% investment-return threshold at the centre of Sakhalin II — and why its financial provisions became the subject of political confrontation, regulatory scrutiny and litigation.

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT, using authenticated corporate filings, published Russian government and judicial documents, contemporaneous reporting, independent contractual analysis and historical material preserved in the Donovan–Shell Archive.

Publication date: 7 November 2026

Collection: The Sakhalin Papers — Shell, Gazprom and Russia

Previous instalment: SLF-2007-110 — The Hundredth File: How Russia Twice Changed the Rules of Shell’s Biggest Energy Gamble read more

Shell Sold the Oilfield, Then Helped Finance Its Buyer: A Documentary Investigation into Nigeria’s $2 Billion OML 29 Dispute and New Court Settlement

Nov 7th, 2026

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AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

7 November 2026

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT, using original Shell corporate announcements, authenticated English High Court judgments, contemporaneous Nigerian court reporting, independent research by SOMO and historical material preserved in the Donovan–Shell Archive.

A Nigerian court has reportedly approved a settlement bringing a major financing dispute involving Shell, Aiteo and a consortium of lenders to an agreed conclusion. The case concerns oil assets Shell sold in 2015 as part of its withdrawal from Nigeria’s troubled onshore industry. But Shell’s relationship with those assets did not end with the sale. Original English court judgments reveal that a Shell trading subsidiary provided $512 million in vendor financing to the purchaser. The resulting financial arrangements generated years of litigation across Nigeria and England. The new settlement raises questions about how Shell structured its divestment, what financial exposure remained after the transaction, and what the settlement actually resolves. read more

Shell, Shareholder Activism and the Corporate Art of Managing Dissent: When Does Protecting the Board Become Protecting It from Accountability?

Nov 7th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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Illustration: A shareholder confronts the boardroom over corporate accountability, climate risk and the right to challenge management. Conceptual artwork; not an actual Shell board meeting

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive | 6 November 2026

A new legal analysis from international law firm Fieldfisher identifies Shell as a leading example of the difficulties facing activist shareholders. But behind the legal arguments lies a much larger question: who really holds the directors of a multinational oil giant accountable?

There is something wonderfully revealing about the corporate world’s vocabulary.

When executives challenge established practices, it is called leadership. read more

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 6 NOVEMBER 2026

Nov 6th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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Archive reference: SLF-2007-110

The Sakhalin Papers C: The Hundredth File — How Russia Twice Changed the Rules of Shell’s Biggest Energy Gamble

A documentary investigation into the Kremlin’s interventions of 2006 and 2022, the environmental and financial disputes, the surviving Shell records, and the consequences that remain unresolved.

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT, using authenticated Shell corporate disclosures, SEC filings, contemporaneous reporting, Russian regulatory records, independently published environmental research, court proceedings and historical material preserved in the Donovan–Shell Archive.

Publication date: 6 November 2026

Collection: The Sakhalin Papers — Shell, Gazprom and Russia read more

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 5 NOVEMBER 2026

Nov 5th, 2026

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 5 NOVEMBER 2026

Archive reference: SLF-2007-109

The Sakhalin Papers XCIX: The Shareholding That Survived — Shell’s Bermuda Company, Its Russian LNG Contracts and the Exit That Remained Incomplete

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT, using authenticated Shell financial statements, original corporate announcements, SEC filings, contemporaneous reporting, historical documents preserved in the Donovan–Shell Archive and publicly accessible regulatory records.

Nearly five years after Shell announced its intention to withdraw from its Russian energy investments, the company’s own financial disclosures reveal a complicated legal inheritance. Shell still reported ownership of 27.5% minus one share in the original Bermuda-registered company that once operated Sakhalin II, even though Russia had transferred the project’s operating rights to a replacement company. One long-term Russian LNG purchase agreement had been declared terminated following non-performance. Another, signed with a Novatek subsidiary in 2015, remained listed in Shell’s 2025 annual report. These are not indications that Shell secretly continued operating Sakhalin II. They demonstrate something more technically significant: withdrawing from an investment, losing control of its operating assets, terminating associated contracts and extinguishing every residual corporate right are different legal and financial events. The authenticated records allow those distinctions to be reconstructed. read more

Britain’s New Oil and Gas Ban Has a Second Door: An Independent Investigation into Shell, Adura and the Energy Independence Bill

Nov 4th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

4 November 2026

Researched and drafted with assistance from ChatGPT, drawing upon UK government publications, parliamentary records, Shell corporate disclosures, court documents and contemporaneous reporting.

Britain’s government has introduced legislation designed to end new licences for exploring oil and gas fields in the North Sea. But buried within the same legislative programme is a mechanism intended to permit additional production from areas adjoining existing fields. The government estimates that this could unlock approximately 60 million barrels of oil. For Shell, which jointly owns one of Britain’s largest offshore producers, the distinction between banning new exploration and permitting further development is commercially significant. The documents reveal a regulatory framework that seeks to restrict the geographical expansion of fossil-fuel exploration without bringing existing North Sea production to an abrupt end. read more

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 4 NOVEMBER 2026

Nov 4th, 2026

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 4 NOVEMBER 2026

Archive reference: SLF-2007-108

The Sakhalin Papers XCVIII: The Account That Could Not Pay — Shell’s 94.8 Billion Roubles and Russia’s Compensation Dispute

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

By the Donovan–Shell Archive

Researched and drafted with the assistance of ChatGPT, using authenticated Shell financial disclosures, Russian government legal instruments, contemporaneous reporting and available records of proceedings before the Moscow Arbitration Court.

Russia assigned a value of 94.8 billion roubles to Shell’s former interest in the Sakhalin II project. It approved a buyer, changed that buyer, and ultimately transferred the corresponding interest in the replacement Russian operating company to a Gazprom subsidiary. But Shell did not simply receive the money. The explanation lies partly in the original presidential decree of June 2022, which expressly restricted access to sale proceeds pending government-controlled investigations. The financial dispute subsequently became entangled with an entirely separate claim concerning unpaid gas deliveries. Four years after Shell announced its withdrawal from Russia, the company’s own SEC disclosures still describe substantial uncertainty. An examination of the original legal instruments reveals that the restrictions on payment were not an unforeseen complication: they were built into the restructuring from the beginning. read more

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 2 NOVEMBER 2026

Nov 2nd, 2026

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 2 NOVEMBER 2026

SLF-2007-106

The Sakhalin Papers XCVI: The India Option — Shell’s Attempted Sakhalin II Sale and the Buyers Who Never Took Control

By John Donovan — 2 November 2026

On 26 May 2022, Reuters revealed that Shell was discussing the sale of its 27.5% stake in the Sakhalin II oil and liquefied natural gas project with a consortium of Indian energy companies. ONGC Videsh and GAIL were among those identified. Separate negotiations reportedly concerned valuable long-term LNG and crude-oil supply arrangements. For Shell, the talks offered a possible commercial route out of Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. But five weeks later, Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree transferring Sakhalin II’s operations to a new Russian company. The Indian discussions never produced a completed acquisition. By March 2024, Russia had approved the transfer of the disputed 27.5% interest to a Gazprom subsidiary for 94.8 billion roubles. The money subsequently became entangled in a Russian lawsuit against Shell. Authenticated corporate filings, contemporaneous Reuters reporting and official Russian measures reveal how a proposed commercial exit became a struggle over ownership, compensation and legal rights. read more

Shell Knew: Climate Activists Recreate a 1960s Boardroom Outside Shell Headquarters — as Historic Documents Return to Haunt the Oil Giant

Oct 29th, 2026

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By John Donovan — 29 October 2026

Climate campaigners dressed as 1960s oil executives staged a theatrical demonstration outside Shell’s London headquarters on 28 October, accusing the company of knowing about the dangers of fossil-fuel pollution for six decades. The protest coincided with the launch of a new archive containing historical Shell climate documents and preceded the company’s announcement of $10.8 billion in quarterly adjusted earnings. Behind the costumes, fake banknotes and mock boardroom behaviour lies a serious documentary question: what did Shell know about climate change, when did it know it, and what did it do with that knowledge? read more

Shell’s Profits Double to $10.8 Billion as Iran War Drives Energy Prices Higher — Shareholders Receive $5 Billion Buyback

Oct 29th, 2026

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By John Donovan — 29 October 2026

Shell has reported one of the largest quarterly profits in its history as the war involving Iran disrupts global energy supplies and pushes refining margins to record levels. The oil and gas giant announced adjusted earnings of $10.8 billion for the third quarter of 2026, almost double the equivalent figure a year earlier, while increasing its next share buyback programme to $5 billion. The results illustrate a troubling paradox: the same international conflict that has damaged energy infrastructure, disrupted fuel supplies and increased costs for consumers has also created exceptionally profitable trading and refining conditions for some of the world’s largest energy companies. read more

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 28 OCTOBER 2026

Oct 28th, 2026

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 28 OCTOBER 2026

SLF-2007-101

The Sakhalin Papers XCI: The Security Report Withdrawn — How Germany’s October 2021 Approval Became a February 2022 Reversal

In October 2021, Germany’s economy ministry concluded that certifying Nord Stream 2 would not endanger European gas supplies. Its 54-page assessment acknowledged Russian state control of Gazprom, previous supply interruptions and objections from Poland and Ukraine. Four months later, Germany withdrew the assessment. The original document, subsequently released to the public, reveals what officials believed about Russian gas dependence before the invasion of Ukraine — and why the distinction between commercial infrastructure and geopolitical risk became so consequential for Shell’s investment.

Archive reference: SLF-2007-101
Publication date: 28 October 2026
Collection: The Sakhalin Papers — Shell, Gazprom and Russia
Previous instalment: SLF-2007-100, The Sakhalin Papers XC, 27 October 2026

Principal sources: German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Security-of-Supply Assessment dated 26 October 2021; the ministry’s announcement dated 22 February 2022; Bundesnetzagentur certification proceedings BK7-21-056; Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine correspondence dated December 2021; the German-American joint statement of 21 July 2021; Court of Justice of the European Union judgment C-848/19 P; Shell’s original 2017 financing announcement; Shell’s announcement dated 28 February 2022; and Shell’s financial statements filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. read more

ADMISSIONS AND APOLOGIES BY SHELL

Oct 27th, 2026

by John Donovan.

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ADMISSIONS AND APOLOGIES BY SHELL

A documented chronology of corporate failures, public acknowledgements, apologies and admissions of responsibility

Updated 26 October 2026 | Historical record and additional sources

The history of Royal Dutch Shell, now Shell plc, includes a substantial record of occasions when the company or its executives acknowledged serious mistakes, admitted failures, apologised for corporate conduct or accepted responsibility for events with significant consequences.

These admissions concern matters ranging from the misstatement of billions of barrels of oil and gas reserves to failures of offshore safety, environmental damage, bribery, project mismanagement and inadequate communication with affected communities. read more

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 25 OCTOBER 2026

Oct 25th, 2026

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 25 OCTOBER 2026

SLF-2007-098

The Sakhalin Papers LXXXVIII: The Thirty-Day Exit — Washington’s October 2020 Sanctions Ultimatum and the Companies Caught Between Two Legal Systems

On 20 October 2020, the United States gave companies supporting Nord Stream 2 a sharply defined choice: end certain activities within 30 days or face potential sanctions. The warning extended to businesses supplying equipment, facilities and services to the vessels needed to complete the Russian gas pipeline. An examination of the original Federal Register notice, Shell’s financial disclosures, German parliamentary records and contemporaneous reporting reveals how Washington used an expansive interpretation of existing legislation to intensify pressure on a project already facing serious regulatory and political difficulties.

Archive reference: SLF-2007-098
Publication date: 25 October 2026
Collection: The Sakhalin Papers — Shell, Gazprom and Russia
Previous instalment: SLF-2007-097, The Sakhalin Papers LXXXVII, 24 October 2026
Principal sources: US Department of State Public Notice 11236; Federal Register, 5 November 2020; Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019; German Bundestag parliamentary records; European External Action Service statements; Shell’s authenticated April 2017 financing announcement; Shell’s 2022 Annual Report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission; contemporary S&P Global and Reuters reporting; and subsequent US government sanctions records. read more

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 10 NOVEMBER 2026

The Sakhalin Papers CIV: The Half-Million-Tonne Question — Sakhalin’s Forgotten Gas-Chemical Ambition

A Documentary Investigation into Two Louisiana LNG Contracts, a New York Court Judgment and the Fine Print Governing Shell’s American Gas Supplies

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

The Sakhalin Papers CI: The 1994 Agreement — The Contract Behind Twenty Years of Conflict

How a production-sharing agreement signed before Russia had enacted its governing legislation placed a 17.5% investment-return threshold at the centre of Sakhalin II — and why its financial provisions became the subject of political confrontation, regulatory scrutiny and litigation.

Illustration: A shareholder confronts the boardroom over corporate accountability, climate risk and the right to challenge management. Conceptual artwork; not an actual Shell board meeting

The Sakhalin Papers C: The Hundredth File — How Russia Twice Changed the Rules of Shell’s Biggest Energy Gamble

A documentary investigation into the Kremlin’s interventions of 2006 and 2022, the environmental and financial disputes, the surviving Shell records, and the consequences that remain unresolved.

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 5 NOVEMBER 2026

The Sakhalin Papers XCIX: The Shareholding That Survived — Shell’s Bermuda Company, Its Russian LNG Contracts and the Exit That Remained Incomplete

AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES — 4 NOVEMBER 2026

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SLF-2007-106

The Sakhalin Papers XCVI: The India Option — Shell’s Attempted Sakhalin II Sale and the Buyers Who Never Took Control

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The Sakhalin Papers XCI: The Security Report Withdrawn — How Germany’s October 2021 Approval Became a February 2022 Reversal

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