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Shell to sign Russian Arctic deal with Gazprom Neft, Kremlin reveals
Royal Dutch Shell is poised for a fresh attempt at Arctic oil exploration through a deal with Russia’s Gazprom Neft, the Kremlin revealed on Thursday night. By Emily Gosden: 7:54PM BST 04 Apr 2013 The companies are preparing to sign an agreement that will cover joint offshore drilling in the Russian Arctic as well [...]
Short list of praiseworthy senior Royal Dutch Shell executives
Now we have his equally scandal tainted successor, Peter Voser, Chairman of the UBS Audit Committee at the time when UBS was engaged in all kinds of criminal activity. Posting on Shell Blog by LondonLad on Jan 17th, 2013 at 19:56 In all honesty can the Donovan’s kindly list some of the past and present [...]
Chris Finlayson: One can of worms after another
Despite his scandal-ridden record at Shell, Chris Finlayson was recently appointed as Chief Executive of BG Group plc. We have already published articles relating to his involvement in the Shell reserves fraud and his time as head of Shell in Russia, when he played a starring role in the Sakhalin 2 debacle, which cost Shell [...]
How Chris Finlayson bungled the Mother of all Projects: Sakhalin II
Chris Finlayson representing Shell and Alexander Medvedev, Gazprom’s Vice Chairman By John Donovan Chris Finlayson, the newly appointed Chief Executive of BG Group, held a leadership position in Shell’s Sakhalin II project in Russia from September 2005 to September 2009. The venture was described as “the Mother of all Projects” by the Financial Times. We [...]
Shareholder alarm over appointment of BG Group CEO Chris Finlayson
Can BG Group shareholders and employees place their trust in the newly appointed Chief Executive, Chris Finlayson? Unfortunately the answer is NO. In the next few days we will publish confidential Shell internal documents, leaked information, court documents and video evidence to support this conclusion. Mr Finlayson has been involved in multiple cover-ups at his [...]
The loose cannon from Sakhalin Energy
“I appreciate your intent but I think you are taking significant risks for your own safety with these emails. I strongly suggest you leave these things behind you and look for other opportunities and the future. Just forget about this as it is not worth it!” By John Donovan Our new Sakhalin source, whose identity [...]
Donovans mud throwing campaign against Shell
“It looks like the Donovans, the Royal Dutch Shell humiliators and mud throwing campaign initiators, the donors of cheat and steal approach are indemnified, otherwise they could have been sued for their below the belt statements derogating human dignity and respect. And the methods they use are outrageous examples of brainwashing of the people not [...]
Corrib Gas Project Engulfed in Corruption Allegations
The latest allegation is that the local Irish Police involved in the Corrib Gas Project were supplied with alcohol by Shell EP Ireland. By John Donovan Printed below is a self-explanatory email I sent on 11 November 2012 to Mr Michiel Brandjes, Company Secretary & General Counsel Corporate, Royal Dutch Shell Plc. I sent him [...]
Constant attacks on the website royaldutchshellplc.com
For over a year we have received attacks on the site in the form of massive numbers of blog entries being received. They have recently reached a level whereby legitimate blogs are crowded out, effectively blocking criticism against Shell. EMAIL SENT 11 NOVEMBER 2012 BY JOHN DONOVAN TO MR MICHIEL BRANDJES, COMPANY SECRETARY & GENERAL [...]
Shell’s ‘hands off’ approach pushes up costs
From our November 2005 Shell News Archive Financial Times: Shell’s ‘hands off’ approach pushes up costs “Shell’s dependence on contractors may help explain why it has lost control over costs at some of its largest projects. This summer, the company said the price tag of Sakhalin-2, a giant natural gas project in eastern Russia, had [...]
Shell News Archive 3 November 2005
From Our Shell News Archive 3 November 2005 openprovider.co.uk: The EU domain battle “A recent example of an expensive lawsuit is the Shell case for royaldutchshellplc.com and royaldutchshellgroup.com. Shell lost this case. So far the lawsuit has cost millions and the domain still doesn’t belong to them.“ (Comment by John Donovan on 3 November 2012: [...]
Putin slams Shell’s Sakhalin costs – paper
From our Shell News Archive 2 November 2005 Reuters: Putin slams Shell’s Sakhalin costs – paper “President Vladimir Putin told executives of major oil company Royal Dutch Shell Russia would not approve Shell’s request to let it double costs at its huge Sakhalin project to $20 billion”: “…Putin had spent more than 30 minutes criticising [...]
Russia ‘Off Limits’ to Big Oil After BP Wins Putin’s Approval
By Joe Carroll and Edward Klump on October 22, 2012 Now that BP Plc (BP/) has partnered with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to oversee the world’s second-biggest oil industry, other international energy companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) and Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) are facing dwindling access to one of the last untapped troves [...]
Shell’s pipeline costs overflow to $22bn
From our October 2005 Shell news archive The Observer: Shell’s pipeline costs overflow to $22bn “The financial crisis has prompted Gazprom, the state-owned Russian energy giant, to delay rubber-stamping a deal that would see it take a 25 per cent stake in Sakhalin-2.”: “Shell is desperately trying to secure bank loans to help finance Sakhalin-2, [...]
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