big oil

The unravelling of stability at Shell

johnadonovan — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:21:06 -0600

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.

Royal Dutch Shell playing with fire in Iran

johnadonovan — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:31:58 -0500

The morally indefensible business relationship of Royal Dutch Shell with an Iranian regime supplying roadside bombs to blow up American and British soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan

Internet humiliation of Royal Dutch Shell Plc

johnadonovan — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:00:15 -0500

The oil giant Shell finds itself in an embarrassing and bizarre predicament.

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL DEFIES USA ON IRAN

johnadonovan — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:21:20 -0500

Is Shell skulduggery pumping up global oil prices?

johnadonovan — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:39:58 -0500

Is skullduggery by the oil giant Shell in far away Nigeria responsible for crimping the flow of oil, resulting in artificially inflated oil prices and alleged price gouging at the gas pump?

Clues confirming reported BP Shell mega merger

johnadonovan — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:04:27 -0500

Clues suggest that merger talks between two oil giants, BP and Royal Dutch Shell, to create the world's biggest corporate titan, eclipsing ExxonMobil are underway.

Royal Dutch Shell safety scandal

johnadonovan — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:08:31 -0500

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 in $13 billion securities fraud lawsuit

johnadonovan — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:10:55 -0500

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