The oil giant Shell has made a disconcerting start to the new year attracting a considerable amount of negative publicity, most recently after announcing what has been described as “obscene” net profits of $31.3 billion in 2007, the highest ever for a British company.

Since the 1990s, Royal Dutch Shell has been at war with a family who registered a gripe website, royaldutchshellplc.com. Further hostilities took place today.

Jeroen van der Veer, the fat cat Chief Executive of the world's second largest oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell, claims to be hurt by criticism over employee safety issues.

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A senior Russian environmental official, Oleg Mitvol, has claimed that a $50 million bribe was allegedly offered to him by the oil giant Royal Dutch Shell in respect of the multi-billion dollar Sakhalin-2 project in Russia.

Former Group Auditor of Shell International, Bill Campbell, blows the whistle on an alleged policy by Royal Dutch Shell management of putting oil production before the safety of Shell offshore employees.

Royal Dutch Shell fights it out in multi-billion dollar worldwide class action lawsuit arising from the reserves fraud which first hit the news headlines in January 2004

David Greer, Shell Deputy Chief Executive of the $22 billion Sakhalin-2 project in Russia is exposed as a plagiarist after circulating a motivational memo containing inspirational passages borrowed liberally from a speech made by U.S. General George S Patton over 60 years ago