Shell’s Fatal Mistake In Buying BG Group?

Shell’s Fatal Mistake In Buying BG Group?

May 26th, 2015 

by John Donovan. 

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When Shell announced that it was planning to buy BG Group last month, opposition to the deal started to build immediately. 

By Rupert Hargreaves – Tuesday, 26 May, 2015

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I’m always on the lookout for companies that are not acting in the best interests of shareholders.

Indeed, as shareholders are ultimately owners of the businesses they invest in, management teams should, at all times, act inthe best interests of shareholders.

But in many cases, management ignores this fundamental goal. 

And there are signs that Gulf Keystone Petroleum and Shell’s executives have made this fatal mistake.  

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Posted in: Ben van Beurden, BG Group, Gas, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell.
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No Shell Arctic Oil Until 2030’s

No Shell Arctic Oil Until 2030’s

May 26th, 2015 

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By: MICHEAL KAUFMAN: Published: May 26, 2015 

Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s (ADR) (NYSE:RDS.A) head of oil and gas production in Americas, Marvin Odum has told the Financial Times (FT) in an interview that the company’s Arctic drilling operations would take at least a decade to extract oil reserves, which would then be sent to production.

The leading executives dealing with this particular exploration project stated that there are enormous difficulties that the company is facing during the process of securing environmental approvals. Amid strong opposition from environmental groups, to obtain the needed approvals is taking longer than the expected time.

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Posted in: Alaska, Arctic, Ben van Beurden, Bidness Etc, BP, Chukchi Sea, Climate Change, Environment, Fracking, Greenpeace, Gulf of Mexico, Litigation, Oil, Oil Spill,Pollution, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shale Gas, Shale Oil, Shell, United States.
Tagged: Alaska · Arctic Ocean · Ben van Beurden · BP · Chukchi Sea · Environment · Gulf of Mexico · Oil · Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Shell

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Big Data In Big Oil: How Shell Uses Analytics To Drive Business Success

Big Data In Big Oil: How Shell Uses Analytics To Drive Business Success

May 26th, 2015

by John Donovan. 

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By Bernard Marr:  26 May 2015

The oil and gas industries are facing major challenges – the costs of extraction are rising and the turbulent state of international politics adds to the difficulties of exploration and drilling for new reserves. In the face of big problems, its key players are turning to Big Data in the hope of finding solutions to these pressing issues.

Big Data is the name used to describe the theory and practice of applying advanced computer analysis to the ever-growing amount of digital information that we can collect and store from the world around us. Over the last few years businesses in every industry have enthusiastically developed data-led strategies for overcoming problems and solving challenges, and the oil and gas industries are no different.

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5 Powerful Quotes That Prove Bernie Sanders Is a Damn Good Feminist

 By Julie Zeilinger May 26, 2015

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Most Americans believe it's time to end corporate welfare

Dear FRIEND,

More money out of your pocket. Less money for our communities. All so big corporations can pad their bottom lines.

Most Americans believe it's time to end corporate welfare. If you agree, I need you to watch and share this video right now.

No more handouts for Big Oil, no more special tax breaks for Wall Street.

The first step is to spread the word by sharing this message right now, because MoveOn will be campaigning for the idea that gets the most traction in our Big Picture series.

You can bet the corporate media isn't going to spend a ton of time talking about corporate welfare. That's why I am counting on you to get this video out there.

Thanks for all you do.

–Robert Reich

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JEB BUSH'S FAVORITE AUTHOR REJECTS DEMOCRACY, SAYS THE HYPER-RICH SHOULD SEIZE POWER

JEB BUSH'S FAVORITE AUTHOR REJECTS DEMOCRACY, SAYS THE HYPER-RICH SHOULD SEIZE POWER

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ASSUMING EVERY WOMAN IS A MINOR AND OTHER WAYS TEXAS PLANS TO RESTRICT ABORTION ACCESS

THE DRAMATIC PSYCHOLOGICAL TOLL OF A COMMON HOUSEHOLD PEST

JEB BUSH'S FAVORITE AUTHOR REJECTS DEMOCRACY, SAYS THE HYPER-RICH SHOULD SEIZE POWER

MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE SHOT IN CHICAGO OVER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, INCLUDING A 4-YEAR-OLD

SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO IS RACKING UP LEGAL BILLS. HE WANTS YOU TO HELP PAY THEM.

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Was Santa Barbara Disaster Inevitable?

TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015 Was Santa Barbara Disaster Inevitable? Dan Bacher: Until people challenge the power of Big Oil in California and the industry's control over the state and federal regulatory agencies, we will see more of the Refugio-type of oil spill disasters in the future. READ MORE shared from

TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015 Was Santa Barbara Disaster Inevitable? Dan Bacher: Until people challenge the power of Big Oil in California and the industry's control over the state and federal regulatory agencies, we will see more of the Refugio-type of oil spill disasters in the future. READ MORE New Girl on Salt Flat Road Marcy Winograd and Jackie Hirtz: Tween novel star Lola Zola is back. . . and this time the New Girl on Salt Flat Road rocks her world. READ HERE Minimum Wage: Justice Matters Rosemary Jenkins: My fear for the minimum wage is that by July 2020, $15 will be worth much less—leaving workers to be challenged by the same deflated buying power they are facing now. READ MORE "I’m Pissed Too!!” Maintaining White Allies Hasira Asheuma: The reactionary, repressive and divisive forces along with their media mouthpieces would love for us to buy into the paradigm that police brutality, income inequality, and social justice are unmistakably black vs. white issues. READ MORE Common Core Does Not Cure Student Mobility Steven Singer: We have too many children attending our public schools that don’t stay put. They move from district to district and therefore miss valuable instruction. READ HERE

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BIG OIL IS TEAMING UP TO WRECK THE CLIMATE TALKS

Help kick Big Oil out of climate policy!

Friends,

Last week, news broke that the major European oil companies will be teaming up because they’re worried their voices aren’t loud enough. That’s right, mega-corporations like BP and Shell have joined forces to make sure they have even more influence over climate policy.

But we're pushing back and with your help we won't let them win. We’ve joined a broad coalition of organizations calling on our government officials to kick big polluters out of climate policy. And we need as many people as possible joining the call.

The timing of this new oily partnership is no accident — at the end of the year a major international climate summit will be taking place in Paris, France. With this news, it’s more clear than ever the fossil fuel industry is going to do everything they can to derail progress. 

Big Oil is currently considered a legitimate "stakeholder" by some at the talks, but letting them influence climate policy is like letting Big Tobacco into a conference on how to quit smoking. 

We need to stop treating these polluters as stakeholders and remove them from climate policymaking. The only way we’ll make political progress on climate is if we limit the corporate interference that has watered down action for decades.

Big Oil won't give up without a fight, but the writing is on the wall: a fossil-fueled future is not in the cards. Our movement is stronger than ever and growing by the day.

Join the call to give corporate polluters the boot. Your message will be delivered at an important meeting happening this June in Bonn, Germany. 

A global coalition removed Big Tobacco from international public health policymaking a decade ago, and it saved lives. It’s time we do the same thing for the climate.

-David Turnbull
Campaigns Director
Oil Change International

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Good Bill Passes, Bad Bill Likely Vetoed

Senators Rob Portman and Jeanne Shaheen with President Obama Good Bill Passes, Bad Bill Likely Vetoed Good bill: The Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 was signed into law by President Obama.  This bipartisan bill was introduced by Senator Jeenne Shaheen (D-NH) with Senator Rob Portman (R-OH). ORI supported with 4,010 letters from ecostewards.  Lynn from Aurora IL writes with optimism: 'Children are our future and they will inherit the problems caused by climate change. Hopefully before the next generation matures, we will solve the problems."According to the American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy the bill will spur the creation of 190,000 jobs, save the country $16.2 billion a year on energy bills by 2030, and reduce planet-warming greenhouse gases. The Energy Efficiency Improvement Act includes three simple but effective provisions that have been scored to be budget neutral. Title I establishes a voluntary, market-driven approach to aligning the interests of commercial building owners and their tenants to reduce energy consumption.  Title II exempts certain electric resistance water heaters used for demand response from pending Department of Energy regulation. Title III requires that federally-leased buildings without Energy Star labels benchmark and disclose their energy usage data, where practical. Bad Bill: President Obama has joined with ocean advocates strongly opposing the current House version of Magnuson Stevens Fishery Act because it would "impose arbitrary and unnecessary requirements that would harm the environment and the economy... [and] would undermine the use of science-based actions to end and prevent overfishing." In the bill are provisions that would weaken the protections provided by the Endangered Species Act, the National Marine Sanctuary Act and the Antiquities Act.  This bad bill, HR 1335, would introduce uncertainty and delays in rebuilding fisheries and generate sector and interstate conflicts. We have the best managed fishery in the world.  In 2014 removed from overfishing were haddock in the Gulf of Maine, Snowy Grouper in the Southeast, Albacore in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico Jack Complex and Bluefin Tuna in the Western Atlantic.  The Rebuilt List includes Gag Grouper in the Gulf of Mexico, Golden Tilefish in the mid-Atlantic and Butterfish Gulf of Maine to Cape Hatteras.  282 fish stocks are not on the overfishing list; 26 (8%) fish stocks are subject to overfishing. We need to build on this positive momentum for sustainable fisheries. SHARED FROM Stakeholder Forum with Regional Ocean Planners in Salem MA An open forum for New England states and federal partners, ngo's and tribal groups, was held to coordinate and collaborate on regional approaches to support balanced uses and conservation of the region's ocean and coastal resources. Big news, it was announced that the Planning Document will be completed by June 2016. This consensus document comes out of three years of very deliberative work. It sets planning goals for how we will manage the ocean, and will include details on how the proposed goals will be implemented. This first-in-the-nation document will set the bar for other regional planning groups to strive for. Noa Randall, ORI Spring Intern, rode the rails out to Salem and reports on her observations of the meeting. Noa titles her blog posting: Stakeholders Unite.

Blue Vision Summit 5 on Capitol Hill, Washington Rob and Ryan along with about 400 ocean advocates converged on Washington last week. Ralph Nader, Representative Sam Farr, Roger Berkowitz CEO Legal Sea Foods, Fabien Cousteau, Paul Rose, Sylvia Earle, Greg Stone, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Ed Markey all spoke to the necessity to do more for oceans.  Peter Benchley Ocean Awards were presented to HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco for Excellence in Stewardship by Enric Sala, Dr. Daniel Pauly for Excellence in Science by Jeremy Jackson,  Secretary of State John Kerry for Excellence in Policy by Senator Ed Markey, The Economist for Excellence in Media, Madison 'Pip' Stewart ("Shark Girl") For Youth Activism by Sylvia Earle, Nainoa Thompson for Excellence in Marine Exploration by Senator Brian Schatz.  And Todd Miller & Dana Beach for Hero of the Seas by Cynthia Sarthou. Up on the Hill 164 legislators were met by ocean conservation advocates.  Issues of concern included support of the Illegal international Unregulated, Unreported Fishing Bill and opposition to Offshore Drilling in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.  Nearly heartbreaking were Bristol Bay Alaska fishermen and tribal groups attempting to stop a 4 mile in diameter copper pit mine called Pebble Mine.  Hope bloomed in prospects for a Climate Change Education Bill involving families and adult decision-makers. David Helvarg, founder and Executive Director of Blue Frontier, spoke with Rob about Blue Vision Summit 5 and his book: Saved by the Sea, Hope, Heartbreak, and Wonder in the Blue World onMoir's Environmental Dialogues.  Senators Rob Portman and Jeanne Shaheen with President Obama Good Bill Passes, Bad Bill Likely Vetoed Good bill: The Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 was signed into law by President Obama.  This bipartisan bill was introduced by Senator Jeenne Shaheen (D-NH) with Senator Rob Portman (R-OH). ORI supported with 4,010 letters from ecostewards.  Lynn from Aurora IL writes with optimism: 'Children are our future and they will inherit the problems caused by climate change. Hopefully before the next generation matures, we will solve the problems."According to the American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy the bill will spur the creation of 190,000 jobs, save the country $16.2 billion a year on energy bills by 2030, and reduce planet-warming greenhouse gases. The Energy Efficiency Improvement Act includes three simple but effective provisions that have been scored to be budget neutral. Title I establishes a voluntary, market-driven approach to aligning the interests of commercial building owners and their tenants to reduce energy consumption.  Title II exempts certain electric resistance water heaters used for demand response from pending Department of Energy regulation. Title III requires that federally-leased buildings without Energy Star labels benchmark and disclose their energy usage data, where practical. Bad Bill: President Obama has joined with ocean advocates strongly opposing the current House version of Magnuson Stevens Fishery Act because it would "impose arbitrary and unnecessary requirements that would harm the environment and the economy... [and] would undermine the use of science-based actions to end and prevent overfishing." In the bill are provisions that would weaken the protections provided by the Endangered Species Act, the National Marine Sanctuary Act and the Antiquities Act.  This bad bill, HR 1335, would introduce uncertainty and delays in rebuilding fisheries and generate sector and interstate conflicts. We have the best managed fishery in the world.  In 2014 removed from overfishing were haddock in the Gulf of Maine, Snowy Grouper in the Southeast, Albacore in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico Jack Complex and Bluefin Tuna in the Western Atlantic.  The Rebuilt List includes Gag Grouper in the Gulf of Mexico, Golden Tilefish in the mid-Atlantic and Butterfish Gulf of Maine to Cape Hatteras.  282 fish stocks are not on the overfishing list; 26 (8%) fish stocks are subject to overfishing. We need to build on this positive momentum for sustainable fisheries. Margaret Cooney, IFAW Ocean Noise and Capitol Hill Ocean Day 2015 Margaret Cooney, U.S. Marine Campaign Lead for the International Fund for Animal Welfare, spoke with Rob about the harm of too much noise in the ocean.  This recording was made sitting outside of the National Geographic Society building in Washington DC where Margaret and Rob were attending the Blue Vision Summit. Internet talk radio is the best medium to demonstrate the frustration of whales whose primary means of communication is by sound, not sight.  We attempt to dialogue while an ambulance passes with extreme decibels.  Margaret explains three sources of too much sound: shipping, the Navy and the oil and gas industries use of seismic testing as a dipstick to measure oil/gas remaining in the ground beneath their drills. World Ocean Day is June 8 3 Easy Opportunities to Support ORI Monday June 8th is World Oceans Day.  In celebration of this day California Pizza Kitchen's Cambridgside Galleria location will be donating 20% of your purchase to the Ocean River Institute. So if you're near Cambridge, you may help us save the ocean by eating pizza. Present your server with the "It's pizza with a purpose!" flyer.  Click here for your flyer and to forward it to friends. We've got checks from Opinions for Good (Op4G) and from Amazon Smile  Join others in supporting us by using these two opportunities. Each time you shop or take a survey, you will earn money for ORI. Every time you make a purchase on the Amazon Smile website, Amazon donates a percentage to us. Your actions are adding up.  If you haven't already joined in these activities, please consider doing so. Click here to make ORI your chosen smile.amazon.com charity . Click here to earn money for yourself and us on Op4G.  Pathways To a Bluer and Greener Planet Earth Moir's Environmental Dialogues, Ocean River Shields of Achilles.Choose from ninety-six podcast episodes, also available free on iTunes. Join ORI's Fan page on Facebook.  Help us reach 2,000 likes. See what others are saying about ORI and why we are a five-star nonprofit on Greatnonprofits.org. Earn money for ORI when you shop at Amazon Smile and for yourself by joining Opinions 4Good (www.Op4G.com) . Consider donating 100% of your earnings.  Save our oceans and rivers with ORI logo items. Visit our "Ocean River Ducks and Paddlers Store". Twitter OceanRiverRob for wave breaking news and updates.

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