According to reports, an advertising standards board in the Netherlands will formally censure Exxon and Shell, as part-owners of a Dutch petroleum company, for advertising the claim that natural gas is “the cleanest of all fossil fuels.” The ad campaign featuring this claim ran earlier this year. Just two months ago, the agency also admonished Statoil for making the claim that natural gas was a “low emissions fuel” and for calling it “clean energy.” As The Guardian reported: “The Dutch watchdog waived punitive action against the NAM company, which is part-owned by Shell and Exxon, in that light. FULL ARTICLE
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Exxon, Shell Censured for Claiming Natural Gas Is ‘Cleanest’ Fossil Fuel
Netherlands Protest Against Planned Shell Carbon Storage project
The Dutch government aims to cut down on carbon dioxide emissions by developing Carbon Capture Storage or CCS. Royal Dutch Shell has plans to take on this government project but is delayed because of opposition from locals in the town of Barendrecht, a suburb of Rotterdam.
Separating the myths from the facts about North Sea oil
To manage costs, Shell has been selling off some of its core assets in the North Sea to newer and more aggressive companies such as Fairfield Energy.
High oil prices threatens a prolonged period of lethal global stagflation: “will Chinese demand drive oil prices to $50 or $100 or $1,000?”
The escalation of oil prices, which this week reached a previously unthinkable $130 a barrel (with predictions of $150 and $200 soon to come), threatens to do far more damage to the world economy than the credit crunch.
Shell: Will a new boss be content with a Dutch treat?
It is a tough choice for Shell's bosses. Jeroen van der Veer, the Shell chief, will no doubt suffer with good grace the requirement to share his retirement bonus and pension with his fellow Dutchmen.
Mounting speculation Royal Dutch Shell may move its HQ out of The Hague
There is mounting speculation that Royal Dutch Shell may decide to move its headquarters out of The Hague.
Royal Dutch Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer sensitive about his fat cat income
He quotes Royal Dutch Shell's CEO Jeroen van der Veen, who in 2007 earned 9.4 million euros. He says people should realise that Shell is one of the world's five largest companies: "Either you have a headquarters and accept as part of the bargain that large numbers of people earn high salaries, or you don't. I've noticed there is very little understanding for the needs of a large company. I find this disturbing."
South Africa: Global Call Centre to Service Shell’s Customers, Improve Growth
Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on Tuesday opened a global call centre that will service customers for the oil multinational, Royal Dutch Shell, and improve economic growth in the country.
The call centre's establishment - in part a result of government's efforts to boost business process outsourcing (BPO) operations - is designed to service Shell's customers in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
Nigerians seek damages from Shell over pollution
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Four Nigerian villagers and an environmental group are demanding oil company Shell take responsibility for damage from oil leaks caused by its Nigerian subsidiary, lawyers said Wednesday.
DETERDING AIDS REICH AS WAY TO BAR REDS
THE NEW YORK TIMES: DETERDING AIDS REICH AS WAY TO BAR REDS: 31 December 1936
Explains Purpose of Plan to Buy Netherland Food Products for Shipment to Germany.
Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
AMSTERDAM. The Netherlands.
Dec. 30.–In a statement appearing in the leading newspapers here, Sir Henri Deterding, chairman of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company explains his plan to purchase about 10,000,000 guilders’ worth of Netherland cattle and agricultural products for the German food supply.