Chinese Whispers about the death of a Hakluyt agent
Updated: 2012-03-31 19:36:29
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 Chinese Whispers about the death of a Hakluyt agent Mar 31st , 2012 by John Donovan The fact that Mr Heywood worked for Hakluyt the corporate intelligence firm closely linked with Shell is said to be seen by some as a clue to his untimely death . Titled Shell directors were the ultimate spymasters and major shareholders in Hakluyt . EMAIL SENT BY JOHN DONOVAN TO MR MICHIEL BRANDJES , COMPANY SECRETARY GENERAL COUNSEL CORPORATE , ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC . POSTED AS AN ARTICLE Dear Mr Brandjes I am sure you will be aware of the recent articles concerning sinister events in . China Today , BBC News published an article : China arrests over coup
A recent article in The Economist discussed the effect that rising food prices played in the unrest leading up to the Arab Awakening, and how efforts to combat high food prices continue to affect governments in the Middle East.
Record prices during the global food crisis of 2007-2008 brought ...
Over the past few years, I’ve worked with Prof. Roger Clark at Leeds University, supervising students on their 1-year industrial geophysical MSc program, so the group there, and some of the local ale-houses, are well known to me, courtesy of Roger’s guided tours. On this visit, Roger asked me to supplement the SEG HL lecture [...]
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 Thieves steal 2.8bn of oil out of Shell’s pipelines in Niger Delta Mar 29th , 2012 by John Donovan By Rob Davies In Port Harcourt , Nigeria : PUBLISHED 20:59, 28 March 2012 Thieves siphoned up to 4.5bn 2.8bn of oil out of Shell’s pipelines in the Niger Delta last year , in a worsening epidemic that threatens to overwhelm efforts to reduce oil . spills Bunkering’ the industry term for stealing oil from pipelines resulted in lost production of up to 100,000 barrels per day last . year The sheer scale of the problem means SPDC Shell’s joint venture with the Nigerian government is losing more oil to bunkering than is produced by countries such
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 Want to buy some oil wells Mar 28th , 2012 by John Donovan By John Donovan Its another normal day at the Donovan household in . Colchester One party who contacted me offered to sell us some oil . wells Another asked us to provide a Well Completion . Update A few days ago , one of the job applications we received was for the Shell Spy police in Nigeria . Applicant submitted an impressive CV . Also received many business propositions from China . Shell seems perfectly relaxed about the Donovans acting on their behalf in handling these matters and it all k eeps life interesting for . us Growing media interest in our unique relationship with
Earlier today President Obama challenged Congress to either stand with Big Oil, or stand with the American people. A vote on legislation introduced by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) that would have eliminated over $2.4 billion in annual tax deductions to the top 5 oil companies was subsequently defeated a few hours later. Once again Congress...Continue reading 'Senate Fails to Cut Favors to Big Oil, Once Again'.
If you read any literature from the oil and gas industry it always argues that it is one of the best regulated industries in terms of safety and preparedness. This is an industry that understands the dangerous risks of drilling, prepares for it and mitigates to make sure accidents do not happen. If an accident...Continue reading '“No Idea How to Fix” North Sea Gas Leak'.
For some Saturday’s Anniversary would have been a painful reminder of the reckless behaviour of Big Oil. It was on the 24 March 1989, that the Exxon Valdez ploughed into rocks in Prince William Sound in Alaska spilling at least 11 million gallons of oil. Although, the Exxon Valdez’s Anniversary no longer makes the news elsewhere,...Continue reading 'RIP Exxon Valdez'.
This was the first evening lecture of the tour, and was hosted by BP at their office complex in Sunbury. Pat Connolly (a previous SEG DL tour speaker) organised the event, which was attended mostly by non-BP participants. There is a very large geoscience community in this region of the UK, as most of the [...]
Two items out today have reinforced what we have known all along about gas prices and domestic drilling. The first provides strong statistical evidence that there is no correlation between domestic drilling in the United States and gas prices. The second shows that gasoline prices in Canada, a net exporter of crude oil, follow the same volatile...Continue reading .
More here
Update: I found a bit more time to give some more background on First Solar and German feed in tariffs here. If I had the time, I would love to try to research and list every subsidy recieved by a company like First Solar. Here are just a few: First Solar is an Arizona-based manufacturer [...]
At the height of the Deepwater disaster, then CEO of BP, Tony Hayward said it was only a drop in the ocean, so not to worry. BP’s scientists and cronies were quick to argue that the vast majority of the oil had been broken down and dispersed and that there was nothing to worry about....Continue reading 'BP’s Oil “Entered Food Chain”'.
The respected chief economist of the IEA, Fatih Birol, has warned that the world will become increasingly reliant on shale gas and oil from Iraq in the coming decades. In part to help stave off the growing public backlash against shale gas, the IEA is preparing, along with a number of governments, a set of “best...Continue reading 'IEA’s “golden rules for the golden age of gas”'.
In a commentary in the National Post tonight Rex Murphy calls the Tar Sands “Canada’s great national project for the 21st century” and those who might deride those same Tar Sands and advocate for greener energies (like Dalton McGuinty) as, …
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: March 15, 2012
The New York Times
To be a modern Republican in good standing, you have to believe — or pretend to believe — in two miracle cures for whatever ails the economy: more tax cuts for the rich and more drilling for oil. And with prices at the pump on the rise, [...]
March 16, 2012
By Rex Weyler
This article is a must read. Great summary of our current dilemma.
Vandy
Oil company cheerleaders proclaiming huge supplies of oil are dead wrong. Peak oil is as real as rain, and it is here now. Not 2050. Not 2020. Now.
Oil production has been flat since 2005. This is not by choice. The [...]
Dear Editor, RE: “We need to be refining oil flowing through B.C” I’ve seen many of the same complaints rise with gas prices. “It’s a Plot by the Oil Companies!” “It’s Government Taxes!” “We need more Refineries!” In fact the …
As the International Energy Agency warns that world oil markets face a “bumpy ride” in the months ahead, Barack Obama has being trying to defend his energy policies. His defence comes at a time when rising gas and energy production prices look increasingly likely to be become a key election issue in November, with his...Continue reading 'US Oil Boom “Increases Energy Vulnerability”'.
Some twenty five years ago when Amoco were exploring for oil offshore Somalia, the company was convinced that the waters of East Africa contained vast reserves of oil and gas. But its exploration was unsuccessful, Somalia was ripped apart by civil war and the waters of East Africa, once the tranquil domain of dhows and...Continue reading 'Africa’s New Scramble for Gas'.
The volume of unused allowances in the European emission trading scheme (EU ETS) will likely rise to 2.7 billion tonnes by 2013/2014. Nevertheless – the carbon price has remained for many years near 15 €/t because market participants bank unused allowances for future use. At the end of 2011 the carbon price declined to 7 [...]
I was met at the airport by Prof. Michele Pipan, who runs the geoscience course at the University of Trieste. Monday morning started with coffee with Michele and the dean of science, again discussing university enrollment and attracting students. In Italy the situation is somewhat different than France and the UK, in that Italy has [...]
ENERGY & EQUITY: Nikiforuk on how oil lubricates bellicose statecraft.
By Andrew Nikiforuk, March 5, 2012, TheTyee.ca
Excellent article. Worth the read. Vandy
Whenever North Americans fill up their vehicles with gasoline these days they should reflect on their ongoing contribution to the dysfunctional status of petro states and the Islamic Republic of Iran in particular.
Iran’s civilian [...]