3 April 2012 Hundreds of Nigerian protesters blocked waterways in the Niger Delta to prevent Shell workers from reaching oil rigs. One protester said they wanted to remind Shell of its responsibilities to the local Nembe Island community, which needs electricity and other amenities. Later in the afternoon, a local chief ordered the protest to [...]
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Elgin platform gas leak: Shell evacuates Shearwater
The BBC understands workers were told ‘this is not a drill’, before being evacuated 26 March 2012 Last updated at 20:18 Elgin platform gas leak: Shell evacuates Shearwater. Oil workers have been removed from a second platform and drilling rig in the North Sea because of safety concerns. A gas leak near a rig 150 [...]
Shell Job Application Farce
Shell has been prepared to put up with the ignominy of its “No1 Enemy” receiving private communications meant for the company. Several years ago Mr Michiel Brandjes (right), Company Secretary & General Counsel Corporate, gave us written permission to vet incoming mail on behalf of Shell, using our discretion to remove and destroy what we [...]
Brazil to charge Chevron executives over fresh oil leak
Brazilian prosecutors say they will bring criminal charges against 17 executives from the US oil company Chevron and drilling contractor Transocean after a new leak of crude. 18 March 2012 Brazilian prosecutors say they will bring criminal charges against 17 executives from the US oil company Chevron and drilling contractor Transocean after a new leak [...]
Caribbean island Curacao faces oil refinery dilemma
Shell remained on the island for decades and became a major employer, especially in the 1950s and 1960s when the number of jobs at the refinery topped 10,000.
EU to vote on oil sands pollution
BBC NEWS: European Union officials are expected to vote on draft legislation that would label Canadian fuel as more polluting than oil from other parts of the world. Oil extracted from “oil sands” is regarded by some as energy intensive and environmentally damaging.
Shell’s Gannet Alpha leak pipeline audit three years overdue
An audit of a pipeline which leaked more than 200 tonnes of oil into the North Sea was three years overdue, an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive has shown. 20 February 2012 An audit of a pipeline which leaked more than 200 tonnes of oil into the North Sea was three years overdue, [...]
Shell Gannet Alpha platform evacuated over gas leak
9 February 2012 Nearly 50 workers had to be evacuated from a North Sea oil platform after natural gas began seeping out beneath it, it has emerged. Shell said staff were taken off the Gannet Alpha installation on Monday as a precaution. Production was shut down. The oil giant said the incident was not linked [...]
Canadian firm Osisko halts Argentina mining project
John Interesting that a Canadian company in Argentina is apparently far more responsive to local pressure than Shell in Canada, Ireland, Nigeria . If Shell had taken a similar approach to Osisko, development of tar sands, Corrib, and shales would never have occurred. Perhaps Shell could learn something here? (ARTICLE AND COMMENT SUPPLIED BY A REGULAR [...]
Shell closes its final-salary pension scheme
5 January 2012 Last updated at 17:18 Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell is to close its final-salary pension scheme to new employees in the UK. From early 2013, new staff at Shell will be offered membership of a scheme without a guaranteed level of pension. Existing members of the Shell scheme can continue contributing [...]
Ecuador appeals court rules against Chevron in oil case
4 January 2012 An Ecuadorean appeals court has upheld a ruling that Chevron should pay damages totalling $18.2bn (£11.5bn) over Amazon oil pollution. Chevron said the judgement was “illegitimate” and “a fraud”. Texaco, which merged with Chevron in 2001, was accused of dumping toxic materials in the Ecuadorean Amazon. The original ruling ordered Chevron to [...]
Oil cyber-attacks could cost lives, Shell warns
12 December 2011 The oil industry has been warned that cyber-attacks could “cost lives” and cause “huge damage”. Ludolf Luehmann, an IT manager for Shell, told the World Petroleum Conference in Doha that the company had suffered an increased number of attacks. He said the hacks had been motivated by both commercial and criminal intent. [...]
Super Puma’s North Sea death crash fault ‘not recognised’
24 November 2011 An indication of a fault that led to a North Sea helicopter crash in which 16 men died had not been recognised just a week earlier, a report has found. All 14 passengers and two crew lost their lives in April 2009 when the Bond Super Puma came down off Peterhead. The [...]
Oil drilling returns to Gulf of Mexico
John Moylan goes behind the scenes at Perdido to see how Shell’s operation works 9 November 2011 It’s a one-and-a-half-hour flight by helicopter to the loneliest platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Perdido lies 200 miles (322km) south of the coast of Texas. It’s just nine miles from the edge of US territorial waters. The [...]
State department faces Keystone XL review
8 November 2011 The US state department’s handing of a request to build Keystone XL, a 1,600-mile (2,700km) oil pipeline, will be reviewed for wrongdoing. Reports have surfaced that a company involved in the environmental review had listed developer TransCanada as a “major client”. The review decision comes a day after demonstrators protested against the [...]
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