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August, 2013:

Shell investigates leak in Niger delta

Aug 23rd, 2013
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Shell is facing legal action in a UK court on behalf of 11,000 members of the Niger delta Bodo community, who say the company is responsible for spilling 500,000 barrels in 2008. Shell has admitted liability for two spills in the Bodo region but estimates the volume is far lower.

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  • Reuters in Yenagoa
  • The Guardian,

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Royal Dutch Shell‘s Nigerian unit is containing an oil spill in the Niger delta, the company said on Friday, after the military reported liquid “jetting” out of a pipeline. Massive oil theft, sabotage of infrastructure and leaks from ageing pipelines are all cutting into the profits of the big oil companies operating in Nigeria, as well as damaging public finances.

The hundreds of spills a year in the Niger delta do serious environmental damage, destroying fishing communities and poisoning water used for drinking and bathing. read more

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Shell ordered to revise plan for cleaning Carson’s Carousel neighborhood

Aug 23rd, 2013
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Screen Shot 2013-07-20 at 12.11.46By Sandy Mazza, Daily Breeze: 08/22/13

Shell Oil Co. was ordered this week to revise major portions of its plan to clean the soil in Carson’s highly contaminated Carousel tract neighborhood.

This is the first time the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board has acknowledged the validity of arguments that Shell is shirking its responsibilities since the agency ordered Shell to clean the 50-acre property more than two years ago. The latest order comes just a few weeks after the Carson City Council declared a local environmental emergency at the housing development, which sits on land that housed an oil tank from the 1920s to 1960s. Large amounts of waste oil seeped into the ground beneath the tract. read more

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SHAMBLES AT MOTIVA PORT ARTHUR REFINERY

Aug 23rd, 2013
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By John Donovan

Anyone who has read the postings made on this website in recent years by insiders working on the Motiva Refinery expansion project should not be in the least surprised by the series of serious mishaps following the restart, which taken together, can only be described as a complete and utter shambles.

Troubled Motiva refinery, biggest in U.S., faces lengthy 2014 work: sources

MOTIVA PORT ARTHUR REFINERY: ANOTHER SHELL PROJECT HUMILIATION

Motiva Enterprises is jointly owned by Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Saudi Aramco. read more

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Troubled Motiva refinery, biggest in U.S., faces lengthy 2014 work: sources

Aug 22nd, 2013
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The biggest U.S. oil refinery could shut its main crude distillation unit for up to three months next year to replace a vibrating pipe that prevents the 325,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) unit from running at full capacity, sources familiar with operations said. That would be another blow to the Motiva Enterprises, 600,000-bpd plant since the $10-billion (U.S.)refinery, in Port Arthur, Tex., opened last year. Motiva is owned by Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi Aramco.

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ERWIN SEB: HOUSTON — Reuters: Published

The biggest U.S. oil refinery could shut its main crude distillation unit for up to three months next year to replace a vibrating pipe that prevents the 325,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) unit from running at full capacity, sources familiar with operations said.

That would be another blow to the Motiva Enterprises, 600,000-bpd plant since the $10-billion (U.S.)refinery, in Port Arthur, Tex., opened last year. Motiva is owned by Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi Aramco. read more

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Garda Ombudsman gave false information about Shell corruption scandal

Aug 22nd, 2013
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Screen Shot 2013-08-22 at 14.05.39Various statements, it claims, have been issued in recent days by Shell and the police force, and notes with dismay that neither group has yet denied the accusations, but merely pushed them away with talk of repeated internal investigations with no possibility of independence.

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HEADLINE: Garda Ombudsman Admits a Complaint on alleged Delivery of Alcohol to Belmullet garda Station was Received but was Inadmissable

Created on Thursday, 22 August 2013 12:51

Today the Garda Ombudsman’s Office has admitted to Midwest News that it had received a complaint about an alleged large delivery of alcohol to the garda station in Belmullet sent to it by Shell, at Christmas 2007.

The office has indicated to RTE News on Tuesday that it was not investigating the matter because no complaint was made to it.

Today a spokesperson for the office says it should have stated that no admissible complaint was made to it about the alleged incident. read more

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SHELL CORNERED ON CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS

Aug 21st, 2013
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Screen Shot 2013-08-21 at 21.37.35You can bring this whole episode to a speedy conclusion if Shell simply states that the OSSL allegations are entirely false and the items listed on the related invoice dated 24 August 2012 entirely fictitious.  It would follow that if the allegations are false and the items on the invoice false, then bearing in mind that OSSL has been pressing Shell for payment on false grounds, Shell must surely be legally bound as a public company to call in the Garda and/or the UK police to immediately investigate the relevant Irish or UK citizens responsible for what would undoubtedly be a very serious criminal act. If Shell fails to clarify the situation by making an unambiguous statement along the lines I have suggested, then the good people of Ireland will be able to draw their own conclusions.

EMAIL FROM JOHN DONOVAN TO THE COMPANY SECRETARY & GENERAL COUNSEL CORPORATE OF ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC, MR MICHIEL BRANDJES

From: John Donovan <john@shellnews.net>
Subject: OSSL Allegations
Date: 21 August 2013 21:30:07 GMT+01:00
To: michiel.brandjes@shell.com
Cc: peter.p.voser@shell.com

Mr Brandjes

I first wrote to you about the OSSL allegations nearly a year ago and have been regularly publishing articles on the matter ever since.

In recent days your company has stated that it unequivocally rejects the allegations made by OSSL.

Is that rejection based on your internal investigation?

If it is, it undermines the validity of the rejection because your investigation was carried out by Shell employees and consequently was not independent. read more

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SHELL POLICE ALCOHOL OSSL EXPRESS DELIVERY

Aug 21st, 2013
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OSSL EMAIL TO SHELL EP IRELAND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, MICHAEL CROTHERS

From: THE OSSL COMPANY <osslbangor@hotmail.com>
Date: 21 August 2013 16:58:10 BST
To: Michael Crothers <m.crothers@shell.com>, Peter Voser <peter.p.voser@shell.com>, Michiel Brandjes <michiel.brandjes@shell.com>, “<Iain.Middleton@Shell.com>” <Iain.Middleton@Shell.com>
Subject: Police alcohol ..your open discussions …  Confirming the existence of alcohol deliveries

…..Michael …we won’t stand by and let the authenticity of the outstanding invoice be questioned ,
You have had open and frank discussions on the matter in the presence of your legal lady Julia Busby and OSSL legal Marc Fitzgibbon both in London on the 9th of March 2012 in Shells HQ,and in the Burlington Hotel Dublin two months later. read more

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SHELL/STATOIL GARDA BRIBERY

Aug 21st, 2013
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Pobal Chill Chomain Press Release – SHELL/STATOIL GARDA BRIBERY – 21/08/2013

As a community group committed to solving the continued difficulties with the ongoing Shell/Statoil Corrib Gas controversy, we are extremely concerned with the most recent developments regarding allegations of bribery and deception involving senior members of An Garda Siochana and agents acting on behalf of the Corrib developers; i.e. the long-term bribery of Garda members with gifts of alcohol, and misleading a Garda Ombudsman investigation.

These allegations strike at the heart of our community, but strike also at the basic notion of democracy and transparency in this country, and must be rooted out at their foundation if we are to move on from conflict and mistrust. read more

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Shell rejects, but does not categorically deny, OSSL allagations

Aug 21st, 2013
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RTE TV NEWS CLIP: Garda­ in Belmullet: Shell denies supplying alcohol to gardai in Bellmullet: Shell Ireland have again rejected claims of supplying alcohol to garda­ in Belmullet… read more

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Woodside Awaits Israel Court Decision Before Completing Gas Deal

Aug 21st, 2013
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By James Paton: August 21, 2013

Woodside Petroleum Ltd. (WPL), Australia’s second-biggest oil producer, is waiting for an Israeli court decision later this year before completing a deal to invest in the Leviathan natural gas project.

Israeli’s high court is expected Sept. 17 to consider whether the cabinet’s gas export plan, which affects the Leviathan project, needs to be approved by the parliament, Woodside Chief Executive Officer Peter Coleman told analysts today on a call. A court decision after the hearing is expected in the second half of 2013, he said. read more

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Approval for $40bn gas giant at James Price Point ‘unlawful’

Aug 20th, 2013
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  • Nicolas Perpitch and Andrew Burrell
  • From: The Australian
  • August 20, 2013 12:00AM

THE development of vast natural gasfields off Western Australia’s Kimberley coast has suffered a setback after the state’s Supreme Court found the environmental approvals for a critical gas-processing hub north of Broome were unlawful.

In an embarrassment for the Barnett government, Chief Justice Wayne Martin yesterday ruled the environmental approvals needed to build a gas hub for Woodside Petroleum’s $40 billion-plus Browse Basin project at James Price Point should be set aside because of conflicts of interest among the environmental watchdog’s board members. read more

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Woodside offshore gas push blow to Barnett

Aug 20th, 2013
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COLIN Barnett’s push to create thousands of construction jobs by keeping the huge Browse gas project onshore has suffered another blow after Woodside Petroleum said it wanted to develop the project using radical floating LNG technology.

Woodside and its joint venture partners are now expected to formally commit within months to using FLNG for the Browse gas fields.

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Warnings of Arctic drilling risks

Aug 20th, 2013
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John,

Here are a few links that report findings by the US Government Accounting Office about drilling in the Alaskan Arctic.

Your readers might be interested in what they have to say.

GAO finds Arctic offshore-drilling risks despite toughened oversight … read more

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SHELL ALCOHOL FOR THE GARDA: CHRISTMAS GIFT OR BRIBE?

Aug 20th, 2013
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Screen Shot 2013-08-20 at 23.18.11COMMENT BY A KNOWLEDGEABLE SOURCE ON SHELL SPONSORED ALCOHOL FOR THE GARDA: CHRISTMAS GIFT OR BRIBE?

John

Shell have a rule that gifts are acceptable up to a certain value.  I don’t know the current figure, but 100 Euros would probably be about right.

300 garda times 100 Euros = 30,000 Euros, so if OSSL only spent 29,500 Euros that would mean that they were 1 Euro below the limit at which the gift would have been a bribe and hence unacceptable. So Shell can probably hold their hands on their hearts and say that they did not (according to their own definition) bribe the garda. Hence rejection rather than denial. read more

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Alleged sinister developments in OSSL Shell corruption scandal

Aug 20th, 2013
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Screen Shot 2013-03-29 at 17.00.32By John Donovan

I have published this email from OSSL because I know for a fact (including from my own experience) that Shell has used undercover agents to intimidate perceived enemies of the company and has engaged in widespread industrial espionage using former MI6 agents. I have the documentary evidence to prove what I say is 100% true.

I do not know whether the concerns expressed by OSSL in this email are well founded, but thought it best, for safety’s sake, to put their concerns into the public domain, so that senior Shell executives cannot afterwards claim that they were unaware of these matters. read more

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Nigeria: Shell, Chevron, Others Declare $38.76bn Dividend

Aug 20th, 2013
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By Michael Eboh, 20 August 2013

Nigerians were once again the losers, as six international oil companies — Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhilips, Chevron, Total, Eni and ExxonMobil — paid their shareholders a dividend of $38.76 billion (N6.201 trillion) in 2013.

The dividends were for the 2012 financial year, which was approved by their respective shareholders a couple of weeks ago.

The dividends declared by the six oil majors represent about 52.93 per cent of the Nigerian Stock Exchange’s, NSE, market capitalization of N11.714 trillion. read more

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