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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: 19 SEPTEMBER 2026

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: 19 SEPTEMBER 2026

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The Sakhalin Papers LII: The Type-C Account — How a 2022 Rouble-Payment Dispute Became a €1.5 Billion Claim Against Shell

Russia’s Prosecutor General is seeking approximately €1.5 billion from Shell Energy Europe over disputed 2022 gas payments — and wants approximately 94 billion roubles set aside for Shell’s Sakhalin compensation used against the claim. The two sums arise from different transactions. Moscow has joined them together in one closed-door lawsuit. Shell says liability remains uncertain. As of July 2026, the next reported hearing was not due until January 2027.

The previous instalment followed the 94.8 billion roubles attached to Shell’s former Sakhalin II interest.

The money did not simply reach Shell.

Instead, approximately 94 billion roubles became trapped inside Russia’s post-2022 financial machinery and subsequently appeared in a lawsuit concerning an entirely different commercial relationship:

pipeline gas supplied by Gazprom Export to Shell Energy Europe for Germany.

That distinction is essential.

The Russian claim now links:

Shell’s withdrawal from Sakhalin II; read more

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The Shell Leaks Files: 29 JULY 2026

Jul 29th, 2026

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The Sakhalin Papers IV: Behind Closed Doors — Internal Communications During the Crisis

Archive Reference: SLF-2007-014
Collection: The Sakhalin Papers
Evidence Standard: Authenticated documentary material, contemporaneous reporting, official company statements, court records where applicable, and primary-source historical documentation.

Introduction

Public statements tell only part of the story during a corporate crisis.

Behind every press release lies a parallel world of internal correspondence, management briefings, legal advice and operational reporting. These documents rarely become public at the time they are written. When they do emerge—through authorised disclosure, litigation, whistleblowers or the passage of time—they often provide valuable context rather than dramatic revelation. read more

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: A Living Documentary Archive

Jul 19th, 2026

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THE SHELL LEAKS FILES

A Living Documentary Archive

Archive Reference: SLF-2006-002

PART TWO: Tender Benders – When Shell’s Internal Emails Began Telling a Bigger Story

Historical Context

The previous instalment introduced a leaked internal communication issued in December 2006 by Shell Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer. By itself, the message appeared to be an internal management communication responding to difficult circumstances.

Viewed in isolation, such documents can seem routine.

Viewed alongside other contemporaneous records, however, they become part of a much broader documentary record concerning one of Shell’s most controversial projects: Sakhalin-2.

This instalment examines that wider context. read more

Shell may have to write off investment of more than £3bn in major Russian gas project after Vladimir Putin moves to seize control of site

Jul 2nd, 2022

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This is MONEY

Shell may have to write off investment of more than £3bn in major Russian gas project after Vladimir Putin moves to seize control of site

By CALUM MUIRHEAD FOR THE DAILY MAIL

PUBLISHED: 21:57, 1 July 2022 | UPDATED: 21:57, 1 July 2022

Shell may have to write off an investment of more than £3billion in a major Russian gas project after Vladimir Putin moved to seize control of the site.

The Kremlin has drawn up plans to transfer ownership of the Sakhalin-2 plant, located in the far east of the country, to a new Russian firm citing national and economic security interests.

Putin has given the project’s backers a month to decide whether they will take a holding in the new company, meaning those that refuse could lose all their money. Shell owns nearly 28 per cent of the Sakhalin-2 plant worth around £3.4billion. read more

ARGUS FSU ENERGY INTERVIEW WITH KREMLIN ATTACK DOG, OLEG MITVOL

Oct 6th, 2017

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Extracts from the ebook “John Donovan, Shell’s Nightmare” (now available on Amazon websites globally)

From pages 8 & 9 covering an energy news media interview with my Russian government minister contact Oleg Mitvol, memorably described by the Guardian newspaper as a “Kremlin Attack Dog” (“On one side was Oleg Mitvol, 6ft 2in and dressed in a black coat, the Kremlin’s attack dog leading the charge against the vast Sakhalin-2 oil and gas development off Russia’s far east coast.”)

Extract from the ebook:

An English language version of the German TV documentary segment was then broadcast across Europe by the European Journal under the title: “Shell’s Enemy No. 1” Greenpeace might take issue with the No. 1 ranking bearing in mind that its activities have achieved greater visibility.

However, in terms of financial impact, the confidential Shell internal information that I supplied to the Russian government concerning the Sakhalin2 gas project in Russia, did, in fact, cost Shell billions of dollars, as has been widely reported. read more

Death of 193 Dutch Strains Russian Relations for Shell, Heineken

Jul 22nd, 2014

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At one point the largest foreign investor in Russia, Shell declined to comment on whether its business would be affected after the downing of the plane. The company lost four employees in the incident, it said yesterday.

BloombergBusinessweek article by Celeste Perri, Maud van Gaal and Fred Pals published 22 July 2014

For centuries, the fortunes of the Netherlands, the wind-swept country carved out of North Sea wetlands, have relied on preserving the peace with its global trading partners. Last week’s downing of an airliner carrying 193 Dutch nationals is testing one of its most important relationships, involving companies from Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) to Heineken NV. (HEIA)

The Netherlands was Russia’s third-biggest trading partner last year, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The Dutch, home to the busiest container port in Europe and the region’s biggest energy company, send dairy products, meat and machinery to Russia, which the U.S. says is complicit in the attack. read more

Is Russia’s Hostility Exposing Royal Dutch Shell?

May 17th, 2014

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Extracts from a Motley Fool article by Arjun Sreekumar published 17 May 2014

Shell clearly has significant exposure to Russia. The worst-case scenario for the company, as well as for BP and other companies operating in the nation, would be if the U.S. and European Union sanctioned Russia’s energy sector. Such economic penalties would make it problematic for Shell to maintain relations with Gazprom… As I understand it, such a sanction, if imposed, would not impact Shell’s existing projects. However, it would affect new projects and expansion plans, including perhaps the proposed expansion of Sakhalin-2. It could also hamper Shell’s 50/50 joint venture with Gazprom in western Siberia’s Salym fields… I remain cautious about Shell’s exposure to Russia. read more

Shell Corrib Gas 12 years behind schedule and four times over budget

Mar 2nd, 2014

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Extract from an article by Nick Webb published Sunday 02 March 2014 by Independent.ie

THE controversial Corrib gas field is expected to come onstream by “mid 2015.” Gas was originally expected to flow from the Mayo field back in 2003. The project is now likely to be 12 years behind the original schedule. The cost of developing the field could be four times the initial estimate of €800m at over €3bn.

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ADDED BY JOHN DONOVAN: “The Bad News” slide appeared in a 62 page Royal Dutch Shell internal PowerPoint presentation prepared in June 2000: “Excom Early Look Business Plan 2000″. Turned out to be chillingly accurate in relation to many Shell projects, including Sakhalin2 and the Alaska debacle. read more

Arctic 30: Greenpeace turns on Shell

Nov 13th, 2013

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As the detention of Greenpeace’s ‘Arctic 30’ by Russian security services approaches its second month, a shift of campaign tactics is taking place. Now Shell, Gazprom’s partner in developing oil and gas on the Arctic Shelf, is in the firing line.

The Ecologist: 13th November 2013

As the detention of Greenpeace’s ‘Arctic 30’ by Russian security services approaches its second month, a shift of campaign tactics is taking place. Now Shell, Gazprom’s partner in developing oil and gas on the Arctic Shelf, is in the firing line.

Greenpeace is targetting Shell in a new round of protests aimed at securing the release of the Arctic 30 protestors arrested on a Russian oil platform owned by oil and gas giant Gazprom in the Arctic Ocean 56 days ago. read more

Sakhalin-2 News

Jan 30th, 2012

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Gazprom Expansion of Sakhalin-2 LNG Plant May Cost $7 Billion

January 30, 2012, 5:20 AM EST

By Jake Rudnitsky

Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — OAO Gazprom and its partners in the Sakhalin-2 project may decide on expanding their liquefied natural gas plant this year, to add supplies by 2018, said Andrey Galaev, the ventures chief executive officer.

An expansion may cost $5 billion to $7 billion based on preliminary estimates, Galaev told reporters today in Moscow. Depending on changes in oil and gas prices, the construction cost may drop as low as $3 billion or climb as high as $8 billion, he said. read more

Shell seen interested in Sakhalin 3 project

Jun 11th, 2009

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Feb 27th, 2009

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Oil and natural gas development off the coast of Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East could have forced endangered whales to leave their habitat in the area, a local WWF spokesperson said on Thursday.

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Sakhalin 2

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES: 19 SEPTEMBER 2026

SLF-2007-062

The Sakhalin Papers LII: The Type-C Account — How a 2022 Rouble-Payment Dispute Became a €1.5 Billion Claim Against Shell

The Shell Leaks Files

SLF-2007-014

The Sakhalin Papers IV: Behind Closed Doors — Internal Communications During the Crisis

Introduction

THE SHELL LEAKS FILES

A Living Documentary Archive

Archive Reference: SLF-2006-002

PART TWO: Tender Benders – When Shell’s Internal Emails Began Telling a Bigger Story

Historical Context

Shell may have to write off investment of more than £3bn in major Russian gas project after Vladimir Putin moves to seize control of site

Extracts from the ebook “John Donovan, Shell’s Nightmare” (now available on Amazon websites globally)

At one point the largest foreign investor in Russia, Shell declined to comment on whether its business would be affected after the downing of the plane. The company lost four employees in the incident, it said yesterday.

BloombergBusinessweek article by Celeste Perri, Maud van Gaal and Fred Pals published 22 July 2014

Extracts from a Motley Fool article by Arjun Sreekumar published 17 May 2014

Extract from an article by Nick Webb published Sunday 02 March 2014 by Independent.ie

As the detention of Greenpeace’s ‘Arctic 30’ by Russian security services approaches its second month, a shift of campaign tactics is taking place. Now Shell, Gazprom’s partner in developing oil and gas on the Arctic Shelf, is in the firing line.

Gazprom Expansion of Sakhalin-2 LNG Plant May Cost $7 Billion

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