Alleged Shell violation of U.S. Export Restrictions
Updated: 2010-05-31 21:20:42
. Royal Dutch Shell plc com News and information on Royal Dutch Shell . Plc Skip to Content Home Contact Us Contributors Mission Shell Blog Shell Library Alleged Shell violation of U.S . Export Restrictions May 31st , 2010 by John Donovan NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS OF WHISTLE BLOWER WITHHELD FROM PUBLICATION Dear , John As a Shell insider I need to stay anonymous but I will point you to the right . story As you possible know , there are export restrictions to export software and technology which is US based to restricted countries like Iran , Sudan , Syria , North Korea and Cuba . Shell violates this export restrictions as Shell is using software and technology without a valid export . license One example will be that in the joint venture from Shell and Sinopec both companies are using
Royal Dutch Shell plc com News and information on Royal Dutch Shell . Plc Skip to Content Home Contact Us Contributors Mission Shell Blog Shell Library BP Prepares to Take New Tack on Leak After Top Kill’ Fails May 30th , 2010 by John Donovan THE NEW YORK TIMES Win Mcnamee Getty Images : Crews worked Saturday on the failed top kill effort to stanch the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico . BP will try another . strategy By LESLIE KAUFMAN and CLIFFORD KRAUSS A version of this article appeared in print on Sunday May 30, 2010, on page A1 of the New York . edition NEW ORLEANS In another serious setback in the effort to stem the flow of oil gushing from a well a mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico , BP engineers said Saturday that the top kill” technique had failed and , after consultation with
Royal Dutch Shell plc com News and information on Royal Dutch Shell . Plc Skip to Content Home Contact Us Contributors Mission Shell Blog Shell Library BP share price fear over latest setback May 30th , 2010 by John Donovan The Sunday Telegraph BP’s share price is likely to take another battering this week as the company last night admitted it was failing in its latest attempts to stop the Gulf of Mexico oil . leak By Angela Monaghan Sunday 30 MAY 2010 Since the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, BP shares have lost a quarter of their value , however with the latest failure of efforts to stem the flow of oil the stock is likely to continue its fall when the London market opens on . Tuesday Speaking last night at a news conference in Louisiana , Doug Suttles , BP’s
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