Oil company bosses’ bonuses linked to $1tn spending on extracting fossil fuels

Oil company bosses’ bonuses linked to $1tn spending on extracting fossil fuels

May 25th, 2015 

by John Donovan. 

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Bosses at the world’s big five oil companies have been showered with bonus payouts linked to a $1tn (£650bn) crescendo of spending on fossil fuel exploration and extraction over nine years, according to Guardian analysis of company reports.

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Posted in: BP, Chevron, Climate Change, Environment, Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell, Total.
Tagged: BP · Chevron · ExxonMobil · Global Warming · Oil · Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Shell· Total

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National Security, The Seattle Oil Rig, And Greenpeace’s Dirty Money

National Security, The Seattle Oil Rig, And Greenpeace’s Dirty Money

May 25th, 2015 

by John Donovan. 

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By Ron Arnold, Executive Vice President, Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise: 25 May 2015

National Security, The Seattle Oil Rig, And Greenpeace’s Dirty Money

President Obama had it all wrong in his commencement addressat the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. He warned that climate change “deniers” endanger our national security – denying “undermines the readiness of our forces.”

In fact, climate change believers are the threat to our national security, such as the recently notorious Seattle mob ofGreenpeace “kayaktivists” paddling around Puget Sound trying to stop Polar Pioneer, Shell Oil’s Arctic drilling rig, from making a layover at the Port of Seattle to gear up for Alaskan waters. When thwarted by the Coast Guard’s 500-foot no-approach cordon, the Greenpeace canoe crowd left the harbor and took to the streets where they blocked supplier access to the rig until city police dispersed them.

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Posted in: Alaska, Arctic, Chukchi Sea, Environment, Greenpeace, Litigation, Oil Spill,Pollution, President Obama, President Putin, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Russia, Shell,United States.
Tagged: Alaska · Arctic Ocean · Chukchi Sea · Litigation · Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Shell

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Shell’s Arctic extraction to take decades before oil flows

Shell’s Arctic extraction to take decades before oil flows

May 25th, 2015 

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Marvin Odum, Shell’s head of oil and gas production in the Americas, told the Financial Times that the company’s success or failure this year and next in making a significant discovery was critical for the future of Arctic oil development.

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WARNS THAT PRODUCTION IS UNLIKELY TO COMMENCE UNTIL THE “2030s”

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Tagged: Alaska · Arctic Ocean · Chukchi Sea · Environment · Litigation · Oil · Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Shell

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Shell to drill in Alaskan Arctic with protesters in pursuit

Shell to drill in Alaskan Arctic with protesters in pursuit

May 25th, 2015 

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Ten years after it first started acquiring new leases in the Arctic, and having spent almost $7bn, Shell has still not yet drilled a single well into oil-bearing rocks. A series of law suits, regulatory objections and its own mistakes have held it up.

FULL FT ARTICLE WITH WORKING LINKS. SETS OUT SHELL’S 2012 DEBACLE IN SOME DETAIL

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Posted in: Alaska, Ann Pickard, Arctic, Climate Change, Environment, Greenpeace,Litigation, Oil Spill, Pollution, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell, Shell Employee Safety,Shell Project Delays, Shell Project Overruns, United States.
Tagged: Alaska · Arctic Ocean · Chukchi Sea · Environment · Gas · Litigation · Oil ·Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Shell

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Fuel crisis worsens Nigeria’s power problems

Fuel crisis worsens Nigeria’s power problems

May 25th, 2015

by John Donovan. 

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WE UNDERSTAND FROM INSIDER SOURCES THAT THE INTERNAL NIGERIAN FUEL CRISIS DESCRIBED IN THIS PUNCH ARTICLE IS SEVERELY AFFECTING SHELL OPERATIONS, WITH POWER CUTS AND A LACK OF FUEL FOR VEHICLES.

 

MAY 25, 2015 : AKINPELU DADA, STANLEY OPARA, FEMI ASU AND GODWIN ISENYO 

The current nationwide scarcity of refined petroleum products has reached a crisis point with a litre of petrol selling for between N200 and N600 in many parts of the country, while diesel, household kerosene and liquefied natural gas have also become elusive.

Also, with power generation dropping to an all-time low of 1,327 megawatts, most Nigerian households are now living without electricity as they have also run out of fuel to power their generators.

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Posted in: Africa, Nigeria, Oil, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell.
Tagged: Nigeria · Oil · Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Shell

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Republicans for Bernie

Republicans for Bernie Michael Hertz: In the past few days, I've run into two Republicans who said that they want Bernie Sanders for President. Republicans for a avowed democratic socialist. How did that happen? READ MORE shared from

MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015 Republicans for Bernie Michael Hertz: In the past few days, I've run into two Republicans who said that they want Bernie Sanders for President. Republicans for a avowed democratic socialist. How did that happen? READ MORE Police Manhandle Pregnant Black Woman Jessica Price: If you do exercise your right to refuse to show your ID, an officer might arrest you. It would be a wrongful arrest, but it would be an arrest. READ HERE Mad Men: Fetishism of Commodities Ed Rampell: Watching the series unspool was like reading chapters of a great novel, by Tolstoy or Balzac. READ MORE What Veterans Really Get James Rhodes: From the inception of this great nation, deceased veterans have been revered as fallen heroes while, on the other hand, living veterans, in many cases, have been shortchanged and discounted. READ MORE Biological Weapons Convention Turns 40: Are We Any Safer? Janet Phelan: There is no way for the Convention to check to see if those who have signed and ratified the Convention are in fact abiding by its dictates. READ HERE

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