By John Donovan
For over a decade we have been drawing attention to the gap between Shell’s globally advertised General Business Principles compared with its track record of securities fraud, IP theft, price fixing cartels, fictitious trades, horrific pollution, evasion of UN sanctions, embedding spies in the Nigerian government, and involvement in torture, murder and human rights abuses.
Simply put, the oil giants evil deeds to not match the fine words in its much proclaimed ethical code, which is clearly designed to fool the public and investors.
The UK’s largest estate agency (real estate) and lettings network, Countrywide plc, with 46 well known high street brands, also claims to operate on an ethical basis.
“We are regulated by the Ombudsman for Estate Agents and are therefore required to adhere to the code of practice. Our service standards are closely and regularly monitored. We always and only act in our clients best interests, giving you confidence and peace of mind that we will act with integrity and professionalism.”
Estate agents have a toxic reputation on a par with second hand car dealers, so many people may feel that it would be safer to deal with a major chain, owned by a public company. Selling a house is a major event and it helps if you can trust the estate agency acting for you.
Unfortunately, like Shell, the claims of ethical trading by Carsons/Countrywide are a sham if the dire experience of my nephew, Richard Denton, is any guide. He has had the misfortune of being a client of Carson & Company Estate Agents, a subsidiary of Countrywide Plc. Some of their employees have turned out to be decidedly shady.
Despite Carsons claims of offering “consistently higher standards of performance, a more efficient service, better advice and faster results…”, they acted in a grossly negligent manner resulting in a living nightmare for Richard, who was made homeless for over a year after acting on their advice. As a further consequence, he was embroiled in extended legal proceedings before successfully evicting the alleged prospective purchaser. It was not better advice, but disastrous advice, possibly motivated by personal gain on the part of a Carsons employee, who was supposed to be representing Richard, not the prospective purchaser.
Although Carsons was only ever instructed to put the property up for sale, Richard was maneuvered by them into letting it to the prospective purchaser, supposedly on a very short term basis, using a disastrously flawed “Lettings Agreement” suggested, recommended, supplied and implemented by a Carsons employee, Christian Wicks, who has since admitted receiving a vintage bottle of champagne as a reward from a person now described by Carsons as a ‘con artist’.
In October 2009, Carsons introduced a prospective purchaser who made an acceptable offer. Richard was later informed by Christian Wicks, that there was a delay in funds allegedly in transit to the purchaser, but that the purchaser still wanted Richard to vacate the property by 6 November 2009. Richard advised that he was not comfortable to continue on such terms. The following day, Richard received a telephone call from Christian suggesting that the lettings division of Carsons could draw up a tenancy agreement to protect him so that he would be safe to vacate and allow the purchaser to move in.
Richard was however surprised when he arrived at Carsons office on the afternoon of Friday 6 November to sign the agreement (having vacated his home that day) to discover that the terms set out were scant, amounting to a few lines of text and that the date on the agreement was 9 November 2009. The whole agreement could have fitted on one page, but was spread over three, presumably to make it appear more substantial. Richard was assured by Christian that everything was in order and that he should take Christian’s advice and sign the agreement. Richard felt backed into a corner, but trusted that Carsons had the lettings expertise to safeguard his position, as they had claimed. Unfortunately his faith was misplaced.
The provenance of the so called “Lettings Agreement” is obviously at the heart of this matter.
Carsons/Countrywide has carried out two investigations.
The first by Regional Director Russell Mitten attempted to distance Carsons/Countrywide from any connection or responsibility for the hopelessly flawed “Lettings Agreement”. Mitten stated in his letter dated 4 November 2010:
“Mr XXXXX asked us to type up on plain paper an agreement between both parties for him to take possession of the property. This was not a Carsons letting Agreement and was totally nothing to do with Carsons Earley office.”
For legal reasons I have removed the name of the person in question described by Mr Mitten in the same letter as a very good and effective ‘con artist’. Mr Russell referred to the letting agreement transaction as “illegal dealings”.
Instead of accepting liability for its role in the “illegal dealings”, Carsons/Countrywide has tried to evade responsibility by engaging in a cover-up.
Richard has just received the results of a second investigation, this time by Carsons/Countrywide Managing Director, Steve Annells.
His letter dated 10 February is full of inaccuracies (and inconsistencies compared with the information set out in the first investigation). I will just deal with the key issue, the provenance of the “Lettings Agreement”.
Contrary to the earlier assertion that the defective agreement had nothing to do with Carsons Earley office, there is no denial by Annells that it was printed on Carsons paper, by a Carsons employee, at Carsons Earley office. However, it is now claimed that a Carsons employee, John Munday, never mentioned by Mr Mitten, typed out the agreement dictated to him over the phone by my nephew. This is totally at variance with the explanation given by Russell Mitten in the first investigation. Richard has no legal, estate agency or property lettings expertise whatsoever and would not know where to start in drafting a Lettings Agreement, or indeed any other legal agreement. The claimed telephone conversation is a total invention. It never happened.
In response to the cover-up contained in the Annells letter, Richard on 14 February 2011 made a Subject Access Request to Carsons/Countrywide under the Data Protection Act. Under UK law, Carsons/Countrywide must now supply him within a prescribed period, all information held by them in which his name appears or reference is made to him. This includes all correspondence, reports, emails, drafts, legal advice etc. Since false evidence has been manufactured, he has asked Carsons/Countrywide to notify all involved employees of criminal offenses under The Data Act relating to the withholding or destruction of any such information. People willing to manufacture false evidence are just as likely to destroy evidence.
Correspondence relating to this matter can be viewed here
I believe that many people who read the correspondence will share the conclusions and views I have expressed in this article.
Further information will be published shortly.
If I were Grenville Turner, the Group Chief Executive of Countrywide, I would intervene immediately to find out the truth about the provenance of the so called Lettings Agreement foisted on my nephew in very dubious circumstances. It is in the best interests of Countrywide Plc investors that the cover-up is exposed and stopped before more damage is done to the reputation of the Group. Gemma Stacey at Countrywide plc head office was notified about this case on 19 January, so the parent company had plenty of time to establish the facts and ensure the matter was dealt with properly.
When we first approached Shell senior management getting on to 20 years ago, they resorted to a cover-up, which led to our determined campaign against the company involving 6 high court actions, including two for libel, plus a county court action and proceedings by Shell through the World Intellectual Property Organisation. Shell has never won a single case and has been engulfed in negative publicity throughout this period. Carsons/Countrywide has set out on the same cover-up path.
I invite Carsons/Countrywide plc to issue defamation proceedings against me. Indeed, I challenge the company to do so. If Mr John Munday has made the claim attributed to him, let’s see if he is prepared to commit perjury in a sworn witness statement and repeat that perjury under oath in the witness box, where his evidence will be subjected to cross examination. Does he really want to run the risk of potential imprisonment if he is part of a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, designed to evade responsibility for the financial consequences for the “terrible ordeal” suffered by my nephew (the unsolicited apt description given by Russell Mitten). His “terrible ordeal” arose from the gross negligence and/or reckless incompetence of Carsons/Countrywide plc employees.
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Wednesday, February 16
Countrywide plc cover-up of role in ‘illegal dealings’
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Wednesday, April 14
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL TOP ARTICLES FOR DECEMBER 2009
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on Wed 14 Apr 2010 11:38 AM BST
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Royaldutchshellplc.com outspoken Royal Dutch Shell articles in July 2009
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Tue 21 Jul 2009 02:56 PM BST
Shell gripe with The Wall Street Journal over royaldutchshellplc.com website?: 21 July 2009 Is Shell the world’s biggest company due to merit or malevolence?: 20 July 2009 Two men and a website mount vendetta against an oil giant: 19 July 2009 Email from Shell official fuels rumors of Convent Refinery sale: 16 July 2009 Shell turns the thumbscrews on contractors and ALL contractor labour suppliers: 6 July 2009 Shell’s Sinister Relationship with Nigerian Militants: 1 July 2009 Defending Shell’s good name and reputation: 1 July 2009
Royaldutchshellplc.com outspoken Royal Dutch Shell articles in June 2009
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Tue 21 Jul 2009 02:51 PM BST
Shell’s botched attempt to seize its own Internet domain name: 25 June 2009 Voserfication at Royal Dutch Shell Plc: 21 June 2009 Names of over 60 Shell Exec appointments leaked: 21 June 2009 Leaked email from incoming Shell CEO Peter Voser reveals list of senior appointments: 20 June 2009 Shell retiring CEO Jeroen van der Veer: a candid assessment by Paddy Briggs: 20 June 2009 Shell, Nigeria, Militant Attacks, and the Escalating Price of Oil: 18 June 2009 Exxon taking more active role in NAM joint venture company with Shell?: 17 June 2009 $15.5M SETTLEMENT: SHELL HAS ANOTHER DAY IN COURT: 13 June 2009 Corrib Gas War: Is Shell skulduggery behind the sinking of an Irish fishing vessel by armed mercenaries?: 11 June 2009 Shell’s $15.5m settlement: the robber barons knocking at the Ogoni door: 10 June 2009 Shell’s blood money settles the Wiwa case: 8 June 2009 Safety last at Shell Centre: 8 June 2009 SNAPSHOT OF CIVIL DOCKET (COURT DOCS) FOR KEN WIWA vs. SHELL TRIAL 5 JUNE 2009 Shell settlement in the Wiwa v. Shell U.S. trial imminent: 4 June 2009 The breathtaking hypocrisy of Shell bosses Malcolm Brinded and Richard Wiseman: 2 June 2009 Friday, July 27
www.oneworldtrust.org: Accountability in Action: July 2007 Newsletter: Issue No 15
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Fri 27 Jul 2007 10:46 PM BST
Donovan “wanted the site to become a magnet for people who had a problem with the company.”2 The site has not only cost Shell billions of dollars in Russia, but Prospect Magazine reports that the Ogoni tribe of Nigeria also use the website to spread information about Shell’s activities in the Niger Delta, and that even Shell insiders unhappy with the company use it.3 more »
Friday, July 20
Mondaq.com: Shell Discovers The Perils Of Plagiarism
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Fri 20 Jul 2007 09:48 PM BST
David Greer, Shell Deputy Chief Executive of the $22 billion Sakhalin-2 project in Russia was recently exposed as a plagiarist after circulating a motivational memo containing inspirational passages borrowed from a speech made by U.S. General George S Patton over 60 years ago. more »
Thursday, June 21
The Moscow Times: Sakhalin Energy's Greer Steps Down
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Thu 21 Jun 2007 11:23 PM BST
A motivational e-mail written by Greer to staff working on the project, originally leaked to an anti-Shell web site, Royaldutchshellplc.com, was the subject of a front-page story in the Financial Times earlier this month. more »
Saturday, June 9
Financial Times: Shell's team in 'hell' feels the heat
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sat 09 Jun 2007 12:54 AM BST
In a leaked e-mail from David Greer, the deputy chief executive of Sakhalin Energy Investment Company, the consortium running the Sakhalin 2 project, he reveals that he despises cowards and urges his staff to "Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way". more »
The Moscow Times: Sakhalin Pep Talk From 'Old Blood and Guts'
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sat 09 Jun 2007 12:25 AM BST
a leaked e-mail from a top Sakhalin Energy executive, exhorting his pipeline engineers in the style of U.S. General George Patton, has prompted one international newspaper to ask its readers, "Is this the worst motivational memo ever?" more »
Saturday, May 19
ShellNew.net: Article by former Shell Executive, Paddy Briggs: Royal Dutch Shell AGM 15th May 2007
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sat 19 May 2007 05:30 PM BST
Twinkly old Mark Moody-Stuart would wiggle his eyebrows in astonishment when anyone suggested impropriety and Phil Watts would glower down at us contemptuously as if we were all particularly inattentive students at his bible class. We suspected that deep down they were really, all of them, only just on the right side (or the wrong side in Watts case) of being mendacious bastards – but at least they were our bastards! more »
ShellNews.net: Are these astonishing allegations about the Sakhalin-2 project true or false?
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sat 19 May 2007 05:15 PM BST
The entire information – every single word published herein, has been seen in advance by the legal department of Royal Dutch Shell. Shell General Counsel have been given the opportunity to identify any incorrect information in relation to basic elements, for example whether any of the contractor or other names stated as being associated with the Sakhalin-2 project is untrue. We invited them to bring any categorically false information to our attention. more »
Saturday, April 21
SeeItReal.com: Shell Loses Fifty to a Hundred Billion or so
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sat 21 Apr 2007 09:25 PM BST
Mr Mitvol is quoted as saying: “Who will take Sakhalin Energy to court? I will take them. I have documents proving that the Sakhalin Energy management was aware that the company violated technical standards, but carried on trying to meet project deadlines and refused to stop work. I am confident of winning my case in Stockholm. What documents are these? Where are they from? I have email correspondence between executives in Sakhalin Energy management from 2002. I received these letters from John Donovan, owner of the anti-Shell website www.royaldutchshellplc.com.” - for more info go to Wikipedia more »
Sunday, March 25
ShellNews.net: Aborted Sunday Times article claiming this website cost Shell $22 billion
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sun 25 Mar 2007 04:22 PM BST
The journalists’ main interest was in our role in Shell’s humiliation over the Sakhalin2 project. He thought that it was remarkable that a $2 a week website had pulled the rug out from under Shell on the multibillion dollar project, the biggest of its kind in the world. He had been in contact with the office of Oleg Mitvol to arrange an interview. He also spoke to at least one other important source. more »
The Wall Street Journal: Shell’s Safety Problem: ‘I am suspicious of you Mr. Donovan…’
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sun 25 Mar 2007 12:11 PM BST
BP has been criticized for its safety standards since the deadly Texas City refinery explosion in 2005. But Royal Dutch Shell was a far more dangerous company to work for in the past two years. more »
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL GROUP: CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sun 25 Mar 2007 12:01 PM BST
Included in legal provisions at December 31, 2006 is $0.5 billion in respect of a class action for alleged losses relating to the 2004 recategorisation of certain hydrocarbon reserves (see Note 32). more »
ShellNews.net: "Horrific" Shell fatality statistics for January and February 2007
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sun 25 Mar 2007 11:48 AM BST
This appears to be further concrete proof that the fears of Bill Campbell, the former Group Auditor of Shell International, about a ruthless Shell senior management which puts production (and profits) before the safety of Shell workers, are well founded. more »
In the pipeline: ‘horrific’ fatality statistics at Shell for Jan/Feb 2007?
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sun 25 Mar 2007 10:20 AM BST
“throughout Shell those fatality numbers are provoking some serious soul searching – regrettably there are always some fatalities, but these numbers are horrific. There are plenty of people who see a connection between Brinded’s and Botts’ style of management and the fatalities. Three years ago, Botts promised a 30% increase in production with a 30% reduction in costs by 2007. Instead, there has been a 30% increase in costs with a 30% reduction in production…..” more »
Brent Bravo unlawful deaths scandal returns to haunt Royal Dutch Shell
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sun 25 Mar 2007 09:58 AM BST
On 1 March 2007 I sent an email to Terry Macalister at The Guardian newspaper bringing his attention to developments relating to Shell’s safety record in its North Sea operations. On 5 March, The Guardian newspaper published an article under the headline: “Shell safety record in North Sea takes a hammering”. more »
Friday, March 2
Shell CEO Letter of Censure to Malcolm Brinded, Executive Director of Shell EP
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Fri 02 Mar 2007 12:06 AM GMT
While it seemed to the outside world that the repercussions of the Brent Bravo scandal had subsided, with media focus switched to BP’s troubles, Shell has in fact been trying to keep a lid on sensitive information emerging relating to the untimely deaths of innocent Brent Bravo workers. Sensitive because the machinations personally involve Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer and Malcolm Brinded, the Executive Director of Shell EP. As will become clear, Brinded had a vested interest in trying to cover-up past events. more »
Thursday, March 1
Do you have grounds to sue Shell? Have you, your firm or family been cheated or injured by Shell?
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Thu 01 Mar 2007 10:02 PM GMT
The owners of this website have been participants in countless proceedings with Shell stretching back to 1993. We are currently involved in proceedings brought by EIGHT companies within the Royal Dutch Shell Group. A High Court hearing took place on 8 February 2007. The next is scheduled for 7 August 2007. more »
Thursday, February 8
ShellNews.net: leaked Shell email spells trouble for Irina Gordiyenko
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Thu 08 Feb 2007 11:02 PM GMT
Shell is desperately trying to find new specialist staff because management made a monumental blunder several years ago by getting rid of many highly experienced people during the so called “transformation” process instituted by the then Shell Group Chairman, Sir Mark Moody-Stuart. more »
GRIPING AND GRINNING: REPUTATION NETWORKS START WITH ONE
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Thu 08 Feb 2007 10:56 PM GMT
I want to share another story. According to this article, a single site run by a man and his octagenarian father in the UK has cost the petro-giant Shell billions of dollars. And it all started with a gripe. more »
Correspondence with Shell General Counsel Richard Wiseman on authenticity of leaked Shell top secret contingency plans
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Thu 08 Feb 2007 10:46 PM GMT
We receive a fairly constant flow from Shell insiders of leaked confidential and often highly sensitive Royal Dutch Shell information, including emails, documents, reports and internal presentations. We have on occasion published a Shell internal email from Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer on the very day that he sent it. more »
Tuesday, January 9
BUSINESS NEW EUROPE: Shell gets stuck in a Sakhalin blog-mire
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Tue 09 Jan 2007 11:19 PM GMT
Asked by a journalist from PetroleumArgus, a trade magazine, who his sources were for the environmental abuse charges he has laid against the Sakhalin Energy consortium developing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project on the island, Oleg Mitvol, deputy head of Russia’s environmental watchdog Rosprirodnadzor, said he had “email correspondence between executives in Sakhalin Energy management from 2002.” The kompromat, or compromising material, had come from Donovan, owner of the anti-Shell website www.royaldutchshellplc.com, Mitvol said. more »
Saturday, January 6
ShellNews.net: Shell Sakhalin II debate rages on
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sat 06 Jan 2007 03:13 PM GMT
Shame on you Donovans! You really should check out your facts and sources before you publish such diatribe as your article that you foolishly purport to be label the insider story on Sakhalin. You have no clue what you are talking about which only serves to further worsen the already sad stature of this very pathetic and misguided website more »
Friday, January 5
Investing in Russia: How Shell played Russian roulette and lost
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Fri 05 Jan 2007 11:45 PM GMT
Published below is a statement received from Mr Keith Ruddock, General Counsel Exploration and Production, Shell International B.V. It relates to the article herein: “The insider story of Shell’s Sakhalin II debacle”. more »
Saturday, December 16
ShellNews.net: EMAIL TO THE BORNEO BULLETIN: NEWS BLACKOUT ON ROYAL DUTCH SHELL GROUP vs. Dr JOHN HUONG
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sat 16 Dec 2006 10:25 AM GMT
Is Malaysia a Police State? Why has there been no reporting of this important unprecedented defamation case involving the issuing of multiple injunctions, contempt of court proceedings, threats of imprisonment etc. against Dr Huong? I have lost count of the High Court hearings on the case. They have also been countless legal documents filed with the High Court of Malaya in KL, most of which are in the public domain. Yet not one word about these matters has been reported in the Malaysian media. more »
ShellNews.net: Argus FSU Energy series of important Sakhalin II articles
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sat 16 Dec 2006 10:14 AM GMT
EXTRACT FROM MITVOL INTERVIEW: I have email correspondence between executives in Sakhalin Energy management from 2002. I received these letters from John Donovan, owner of the anti-Shell website www.royaldutchshellplc. com. I received them on 19 October and forwarded them to Sakhalin Energy with a request for an official reply. But I have not received any reply so far. I presume that they are in shock. more »
ShellNews.net: Email from John Donovan to The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development: Sakhalin II
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sat 16 Dec 2006 09:54 AM GMT
I wish to officially draw to your attention the existence of Shell internal correspondence in 2002 between senior Shell managers including the technical director of Sakhalin Energy which place a question mark over important safety and environmental issues and the possibility of a cover-up. more »
ShellNews.net: Financial Times guest columnist (and Royal Dutch Shell consultant) David Bowen replies to our criticism
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sat 16 Dec 2006 09:45 AM GMT
You are clearly using Wikipedia as assiduously as you used Tell Shell Forum, and in your role as thorn in the flesh of one company, you are clearly highly effective. more »
Monday, November 20
ShellNews.net: I supplied the evidence Mitvol is using against Sakhalin Energy in $10 Billion Claim
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 20 Nov 2006 11:18 PM GMT
We understand that some Sakhalin Energy employees have expressed concern over spying activity thought to be carried out by Shell “spooks”. It appears that Shell may be trying to expose sources of leaked Shell internal information we have been receiving. (We have been able to publish email from Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer within hours of it being sent). In view of the news from Oleg Mitvol that Russian “special services” are also active, events are getting more interesting by the day. more »
Friday, November 3
ShellNews.net: Royal Dutch Shell reputation issues
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Fri 03 Nov 2006 09:46 AM GMT
I am concerned that the actions of Shell management in practice are not in line with your stated business principles of honesty, integrity and transparency in all of Shell’s dealings. I fear that there is a vast gap between what amounts to empty PR pledges, compared with hard commercial reality. more »
Wednesday, November 1
MosNews: Russian Audit Chamber Suggests Shell Sign a New Deal to Complement Existing PSA
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Wed 01 Nov 2006 10:23 PM GMT
Posted by Royal Dutch Shell Plc.com at November 1st, 2006 Created: 01.11.2006 12:19 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 13:36 MSK, Royal ... more » Monday, October 30
Itar-Tass: Russia Audit Chamber reveals violations in Sakhalin-2 project
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 30 Oct 2006 11:58 PM GMT
30.10.2006, 16.20 Tuesday, October 3
The Wall Street Journal: Top Engineer at BP Oil Venture Is Found Shot Dead in Siberia
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Tue 03 Oct 2006 08:38 AM BST
By GREG WALTERS MOSCOW — A top technician at an affiliate of BP PLC’s Russian ... more » Monday, October 2
RIA Novosti: TNK-BP subsidiary head found shot dead in Siberia-1 (*Shell Sakhalin II executives may wish to take note)
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 02 Oct 2006 09:46 PM BST
14:32 | 02/ 10/ 2006
The Guardian: Russian oil grab ‘puts western supplies at risk: only a matter of time before BP or Shell faces bid from Gazprom…
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 02 Oct 2006 09:43 PM BST
Russian oil grab ‘puts western supplies at risk’: BP and Shell face bids, says energy expert New UN body may ... more » Saturday, September 30
Financial Times: Sakhalin-2 fell foul of zealous official
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sat 30 Sep 2006 09:28 PM BST
By Arkady Ostrovsky What do a Soviet pop ... more »
Ogoni author Ben Wuloo Ikari argues that Shell should be classified as a terrorist organisation
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sat 30 Sep 2006 09:21 PM BST
Introduction by Alfred Donovan. Robert Aouad, a guest columnist in a U.S. College publication, recently took issue with a suggestion that ... more » Thursday, September 28
The Times: Putin takes hard line on Shell Sakhalin dispute… ominious twist last night
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Thu 28 Sep 2006 09:25 AM BST
September 28, 2006 Wednesday, September 27
RosBusinessConsulting: ecological damage from Sakhalin-2 may exceed $50bn
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Wed 27 Sep 2006 09:57 PM BST
Estimated damages from Sakhalin-2 project announced RBC, 27.09.2006, Moscow 16:37:57. The ecological damage from the Sakhalin-2 project may exceed $50bn, ... more »
Lloyds List: Seeing red over Russian policy
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Wed 27 Sep 2006 09:50 PM BST
EXTRACT: Russia wants to secure more control over its natural resources through taxation, deceit, bullyboy tactics, cunning and acquisitions. It ... more »
The Guardian: Shell hailed troubled gas project as world model
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Wed 27 Sep 2006 09:24 PM BST
Terry Macalister and Rob Evans Shell told the British government earlier this year that the now ... more »
The Wall Street Journal: Russia Softens Tone Regarding Sakhalin Project
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Wed 27 Sep 2006 09:13 PM BST
By GREGORY L. WHITE MOSCOW — Taking a more conciliatory tone with one of the world’s largest ... more » Tuesday, September 26
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: Chavez putting up a fight to get even bigger stake in oil Venezuela’s rich reserves give it bargaining power
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Tue 26 Sep 2006 09:02 AM BST
By ROBERT COLLIER El Tigre, Venezuela — On the hot, shrub-covered plains around this dusty, dingy ... more » Monday, September 25
Email to Jeroen van der Veer: Resolving the Sakhalin II impasse
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 25 Sep 2006 10:35 PM BST
25 September 2006 Dear Mr Van der Veer I received an email from a Shell insider this morning containing a ... more »
Deseret Morning News: Battle over oil (*the Ogoni of Utah?)
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 25 Sep 2006 10:29 PM BST
Australasian Investment Review: Gas/Coal to Oil
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 25 Sep 2006 10:24 PM BST
EXTRACT: The Victorian Government has just given the greenlight to a 50-year mining licence for a $5 billion joint project ... more » Sunday, September 24
The Observer: Moscow makes its power play
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sun 24 Sep 2006 09:46 AM BST
Last week, Russia threatened to scrap licences granted to Western companies in a bid to regain control of its energy ... more » Friday, September 22
Financial Times: Sakhalin-2 casts cloud over Japan energy strategy
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Fri 22 Sep 2006 08:36 AM BST
Russia's withdrawal of a permit for the $20bn Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas project could be a "massive blow" to Tokyo's plans to secure a strategic energy partnership with Russia, a senior Japanese official said. more »
AFP: Japanese firms talking to Russia over Sakhalin-2
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Fri 22 Sep 2006 08:14 AM BST
AFP , TOKYO Japanese stakeholders in the huge Sakhalin-2 energy project said yesterday they will ... more » |
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