Posts on ‘November 15th, 2007’

By John Donovan Friday 16 November2007 Below is a link to a transcript of the Videotaped Deposition of former Royal Dutch Shell Group MD and Chief Executive of Shell Exploration & Production – Mr Walter van de Vijver, in Washington, D.C. 16 Wednesday, January 31st, 2007: (first 390 pages) http://www.shellnews.net/classactiondocs/365_2.pdf Further parts of Van de Vijver deposition [...]

CNN downplays danger, still criticizes Shell’s John Hofmeister about ‘profit reports.’ By Julia Seymour 11/15/2007 12:21:46 PM High gas prices may have a lot of people down, but apparently they also have someone feeling homicidal. According to CNN’s November 15 “American Morning” Shell president John Hofmeister has gotten hate mail and even a death threat [...]

TOMORROW WE WILL PUBLISH THE DEPOSITION OF FORMER ROYAL DUTCH SHELL GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF SHELL EP, MR WALTER VAN DE VIJVER. THE VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION TOOK PLACE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2007. WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE NEWS MEDIA THAT SHELL IS REFUSING TO CONFIRM OR DENY THE AUTHENTICY OF [...]

By Alfred and John Donovan The website royaldutchshellplc.com publishes on a daily basis confidential documents relating to Royal Dutch Shell, the world’s second largest publicly owned oil company. The website is owned by the authors of this article. Shell hit the news headlines in January 2004 when news broke of a huge fraud involving the [...]

By DULUE MBACHU – 2 hours ago LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A major pipeline feeding one of Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s two main oil export terminals in southern Nigeria was attacked and ruptured by unknown assailants, the company said Thursday. The pipeline supplies crude oil to the Forcados oil export terminal, said Precious Okolobo, a [...]

  Pipeline fire in Nigeria By Alfred and John Donovan Reuters report that Shell is investigating the impact on exports and output of an incident this morning at the Forcados oil pipeline in Nigeria when attackers used dynamite to blow up a crude oil pipeline operated by Shell.  The following are extracts from an article [...]

Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:04 PM GMT LONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile , Research) said on Thursday it was investigating the impact on exports and output of an incident at the Forcados oil pipeline in Nigeria. “We have been informed of the incident at a pipeline feeding to the [...]

By Paddy Briggs Former Shell Brand Executive At a recent event with Alastair Campbell – formerly Tony Blair’s Press Secretary and chief spin doctor – he discussed (inter alia) crisis management.  One of the crises that he talked about which happened in September 2000 in Tony Blair’s first term was the protests by haulage companies [...]

By Zasika Musdi Bandar Seri Begawan – Universiti Brunei Darussalam yesterday marked another milestone in its 22-year history with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding and sponsorship agreement with Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd (BSP) and Shell Exploration and Production (EP) International Limited to strengthen the university’s engineering capability, and support the drive [...]

By Upstream staff Talks to settle a dispute between Kazakhstan and the operators of its giant Kashagan oilfield may extend beyond the formal deadline of 30 November, but a deal could still be reached by the end of this year, Kazakh Energy Minister Sauat said today. Mynbayev said that negotiations – set to continue this [...]

EXTRACT: Executives at Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell have also said the oil major has pulled back its activities in Iran – which included talks on the multi-billion Pars liquefied natural gas project – after US politicians criticised the proposed deal. By Upstream staff Italian oil major Eni will not abandon its contracts in Iran, chief executive [...]

EXTRACT: “… cases such as the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project created a damaging precedent. After seeing Royal Dutch Shell strong-armed by Gazprom out of controlling the $22bn project, some investors may baulk at partnering with the state in infrastructure developments.” By Neil Buckley Published: November 15 2007 02:00 | Last updated: November 15 2007 02:00 [...]

By Dino Mahtani in London Published: November 15 2007 02:00 | Last updated: November 15 2007 02:00 Royal Dutch Shell is to reorganise its Nigerian units to save costs after oil production cuts due to militant attacks and shortfalls in government funding. Basil Omiyi, Shell’s managing director in Nigeria, said: “We are operating in an [...]

Terry Macalister · The $100 barrel is hurting producers, says cartel boss · Increasing output ‘will not solve world’s problems’ Terry Macalister in Riyadh  Thursday November 15 2007 The head of Opec said yesterday that oil prices at close to $100 a barrel were hurting producers as much as consumers and there was no question [...]

So how does someone who specialises in the development of medical devices find himself back in the classroom? November 15, 2007 Sarah Hiscock It somehow seems fitting that someone whose interest in engineering started with Meccano sets is now teaching students how to build cars. “I’m acutely aware of the falling number of young people [...]