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Shell & BP: The Dynamic Duo of Climate Chaos

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**Shell even reassured us it won’t be buying BP—for at least six months. How noble.**

Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Oil, two fossil-fuelled juggernauts stood shoulder to shoulder atop a scorched planet. Their names? Shell and —the Bonnie and Clyde of carbon capitalism, the Gordon Gekkos of global warming. If the Earth had lungs, these two would’ve been chain-smoking them for decades.

And now, just when you thought it couldn’t get more grotesque, we have merger whispers. Shell flirted with the idea of swallowing BP whole, because nothing says “energy transition” quite like an all-British megamerger to keep the fossil flame alive. read more

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Shell, Spies & Sin Stocks: The Fossil-Fuelled Farce That Never Ends

Jun 30th, 2025

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It’s almost poetic how Shell manages to be simultaneously everywhere and innocent—like a billionaire arsonist blaming the match. The latest flare-up in the company’s scorched-earth public relations portfolio? An espionage scandal in Italy so shady it makes James Bond look like a data privacy officer.

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Shell’s New Hobby: Spying for Fun and (Mostly) Profit

Turns out that Shell, that shining beacon of climate leadership (pause for laughter), has allegedly been a customer of a rogue Italian outfit called Equalize. Now, Equalize isn’t your average reputation-laundering consultancy. No, this one comes with options: hacking tax authorities, infiltrating law enforcement systems, bribing witnesses, spying on employees—and allegedly serving a side of mafia, Mossad, and Vatican connections. read more

How Shell Showed Contempt for the Planet – and Got Tax Breaks for It

Jun 11th, 2025

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Behold the Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex: a billion-dollar plastic-spewing behemoth where climate pledges come to die, and carcinogens go to party. Nestled in the rolling green of Potter Township, this petrochemical monster—cheerily dubbed “Shell Polymers Monaca”—is Shell’s love letter to deregulation, tax holidays, and fossil-fueled hypocrisy.

Built with the subtlety of a Bond villain lair and $1.65 billion in public subsidies (yes, you read that right), the plant turns fracked gas from the Marcellus Shale into over a million tons of plastic pellets per year. Because when Shell talks about “the energy transition,” what they really mean is transitioning the planet into a floating garbage patch. read more

Shell & BP Sin Syndicate: Pollution, Profits, and Privilege – The Real Energy Transition

Jun 9th, 2025

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What do you get when you cross two oil giants with a fondness for dictatorship-era espionage, apartheid-era diplomacy, and fireballs of carcinogens? You get Shell and BP: the dynamic duo of destruction, the real masters of global transition—transitioning the planet from livable to cooked, one explosive scandal at a time.

Let’s begin with , Britain’s teetering national oil champion, desperately trying to cling to its “independence” like a CEO clings to a bonus while oil rigs burn. With shares down 22% over the last year, BP is now more of a discount bin than a blue-chip. The vultures are circling—US oil giants and even Shell (because nothing says “rescue” like handing the keys to another moral sinkhole). read more

Shell Games: When Explosions, Carcinogens, and Tax Breaks Are Just Business as Usual

Jun 6th, 2025

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By The Fossil-Fuel Files Editorial Team

Stop the presses—but not the pollution. Shell, that gentle guardian of our planet’s health (sarcasm so thick it’s practically a fossil fuel), has once again blessed us with a “minor incident” at its Pennsylvania ethane cracker, because what’s a little benzene and 1,3-butadiene between friends?

On June 4th, at approximately 2:20 p.m., Shell’s Potter Township petrochemical playground went boom. Smoke billowed from furnace unit number five, sending plumes of “nothing to worry about” into the atmosphere. Shell, of course, handled the matter with all the calm precision of a fire brigade at an arsonists’ convention. They evacuated 15 employees, reported one heat-related injury, and called it a day. read more

Shell-Shocked: How a Dutch Court Greenlit More Earthquakes for Gas Profits

Jun 5th, 2025

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In yet another dazzling display of fossil-fuel fanaticism, the Dutch Council of State has officially handed Shell and ExxonMobil’s joint venture—NAM (Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij)—a shiny new license to keep shaking the earth for gas in Groningen, because clearly, what’s a few collapsed homes when energy giants need to make their quarterly billions?

Let’s call this what it is: Earthquakes for profit. The most recent 2.1-magnitude quake in Warffum wasn’t enough to raise eyebrows in The Hague, where the judges decided that “the interests of NAM and the Minister of Climate and Green Growth… weigh heavier” than the basic human right not to have your house fall on your head. read more

Shell-BP Megamerger: When Greed Meets Greenwash in a Match Made in Hydrocarbon Hell

Jun 3rd, 2025

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When Shell CEO Wael Sawan responded to speculation about a mega-merger with BP, he said the bar for acquisitions was “very high.” Clearly, it’s not nearly as high as Shell’s tolerance for greenhouse gas emissions, human rights controversies, or sheer corporate arrogance.

Now, as rumours swirl about Shell swallowing up its once-proud British cousin, BP, we are once again reminded that in Big Oil, consolidation is just a polite word for “expanding your emissions footprint while doubling your marketing budget.” read more

Shell’s Prelude to Disaster: Floating Time Bomb Gets Regulatory Shrug While Transparency Sinks

May 29th, 2025

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If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a multibillion-dollar floating gas bomb loses power and the regulators simply nod along—look no further than Shell’s Prelude FLNG, the world’s largest offshore floating liquefied natural gas facility, and possibly the most expensive game of Russian roulette ever parked in Australian waters.

In December 2021, Shell’s bloated $17 billion Prelude vessel suffered a catastrophic blackout, knocking out critical safety systems, including emergency power, communications, and fire suppression. You know, just the stuff that keeps explosions from happening. Workers were left stranded, helicopters grounded, and any notion of “safe operations” went out the nearest gas vent. read more

Shell Buys a Bigger Piece of Nigeria’s Misery – With Extra Crude on Top

May 29th, 2025

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In a move that can only be described as heroically tone-deaf, Royal Dutch Shell — the planet’s favourite petrochemical pariah — has decided it simply doesn’t own enough of Nigeria’s oil-drenched legacy. So, with the grace of a vulture buying a bigger piece of a rotting carcass, Shell is snapping up TotalEnergies’ 12.5% stake in Nigeria’s Bonga deep-water oil field for a smooth $510 million.

Because why settle for 55% when you can control 67.5% of an operation steeped in environmental degradation, political manipulation, and the lingering scent of gas flares and grief? read more

Shell Walks Free (Again): Because $58 Million is Just a Rounding Error When You Own the Earth

May 28th, 2025

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In another stunning display of corporate gymnastics, Shell — that benevolent guardian of scorched earth and oily profits — has slipped the legal noose in the United States, escaping a $58 million lawsuit from Nigerian contractor Forstech Technical Nigeria Ltd. It seems even when money is owed, Shell’s favourite strategy remains: deny, deflect, and lawyer up until the sun explodes or the court gets bored — whichever comes first.

The Good Oil Never Pays

Let’s be clear: Forstech wasn’t asking for charity. The lawsuit alleged that Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary — the ever-controversial Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), now renamed Renaissance Africa Energy Company(because nothing says “clean break” like a full-blown rebrand) — stiffed them on processing fees related to a contract with the Bayelsa State government. read more

Shell’s Billion-Dollar Bailout: Greenwashing, Grift, and the Usual Grease

May 28th, 2025

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In the latest episode of Who Wants to Be a Corporate Vampire?, Shell — the ever-thirsty fossil fuel behemoth — is trying to tiptoe out of South Africa’s downstream market, shedding 600 fuel stations and a century of oily fingerprints in a $1 billion fire sale. But instead of bowing out quietly, Shell has found itself embroiled in what can only be described as a sordid little soap opera of corporate backstabbing, political puppetry, and good old-fashioned greed.

Because when Shell exits, it doesn’t just exit. It leaves behind scorched earth, scorched ethics, and probably a few scorched aquifers. read more

Shell Hits the Offshore Jackpot-While the Planet Picks Up the Tab

May 28th, 2025

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By John Donovan: royaldutchshellplc.com

BREAKING: Shell has fired up yet another climate cannon.

The oil giant, forever young in its fossil fuel addiction, has begun pumping from the Mero-4 platform off the coast of Brazil. That’s right—just when you thought the world might try to slow down on emissions, Shell straps on its rig boots and cranks open the taps in one of Earth’s most carbon-loaded treasure chests.

Operating in Brazil’s pre-salt Santos Basin—because if you’re going to torch the future, you might as well do it offshore and under two kilometres of ocean—the FPSO “Alexandre de Gusmão” now joins the ever-swelling Mero family of floating oil factories. It’s named after a 17th-century diplomat, because nothing says “legacy” like an oil slick. read more

HELLFIRE MERGER: When Shell Meets BP, the Planet Burns

May 28th, 2025

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By John Donovan: royaldutchshellplc.com

Is it a match made in heaven or a merger forged in the flaming pits of fossil-fuel hell?

Shell and BP—Britain’s beloved petro-behemoths—are flirting with a union so unholy it could make even Beelzebub blink. Bloomberg’s whispers and spreadsheets are in overdrive, but let’s cut the polite analyst drivel: this isn’t about synergy—it’s about greed, greenwashing, and grabbing the last oily dollars before the planet croaks.

“Greenwashing Since 1907,” reads the headline in our accompanying cartoon (see above), and we mean it. Shell and BP have been gaslighting the public longer than most countries have had electricity. And now, they’re pondering a mega-merger that could hand them even more power to pollute, profiteer, and pretend they’re helping the planet. read more

Life Story of the Founder of Royal Dutch/Shell, Sir Henri Deterding

May 23rd, 2025

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REVIEW BY JOHN DONOVAN OF THE BOOK:

Power and Powerlessness: The Life Story of the Founder of Royal Dutch/Shell, Sir Henri Deterding

Author: Jochen Thies

Please note: While preserving the integrity of the meaning, we have abbreviated longer extracts translated from the original German edition of the book.

Jochen Thies, a respected German historian, opens this biography by posing a provocative question: “How close was Deterding to Hitler? Did he help the Nazis rise to power?” Thies promises that his book provides an answer. read more

Shell’s Oil-Soaked Toxic Legacy in Nigeria

May 21st, 2025

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“It’s Hell in the Niger Delta.” That’s not a protest slogan. It’s a summary of Shell’s business model.

While Shell executives clink glasses and rake in obscene profits behind the comfort of a Heathrow hotel AGM—conveniently sealed off from the unwashed masses by court injunction—just outside, campaigners from Amnesty International UK, Fossil Free London, and the Justice 4 Nigeria coalition were busy staging a protest as sticky and damning as Shell’s conscience ought to be.

The scene? Protesters in flaming Shell-logo suits theatrically spilling “oil” across a giant map of Nigeria’s Niger Delta, while seated activists bore shirts that read like an indictment: “Decades of Oil Spills”, “Polluted Waters”, “Devastated Communities.” A massive red location pin screamed, “It’s Hell in the Niger Delta.” But make no mistake—this wasn’t street theatre. This was truth. Vivid, unignorable, and slick with symbolism. read more

Shell Gets Paid to Pollute: £12.4 Million Refund While Britain Chokes on Oil and Austerity

May 21st, 2025

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It’s hard to overstate the sheer audacity of Shell. While ordinary Britons scramble to heat their homes and feed their families, this oily behemoth has perfected a perverse alchemy: turning climate destruction into taxpayer-funded profit. According to Shell’s own “Payments to Governments” report, the company paid a paltry £8.6 million in UK taxes in 2024 for its North Sea operations—only to be handed back a jaw-dropping £12.4 million by HMRC. That’s right: the UK government effectively paid Shell £3.8 million to keep drilling holes in the seabed and warming the planet. read more

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The Good Oil Never Pays

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