Shell—the ultimate sin stock with a moral compass that spins like a loose bearing—has a new headline act: a fresh lawsuit claiming its Houston corporate security team purged white staff and parachuted in “weaker” replacements under the banner of DEI. Add it to a long, messy rap sheet of security-side controversies featuring Crockett Oaks III, Michael G. Oliveri, Walied Shater, and Shell’s own global security boss of yesteryear, James W.D. Hall. Investors like BlackRock, Vanguard, and Norges Bank keep cashing the dividends while the spook show rumbles on. read more
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Let’s talk about Shell’s Prelude FLNG, a.k.a. the biggest corporate midlife-crisis purchase ever parked on the ocean. Shell didn’t just build a platform; they launched a 488-meter-long, 74-meter-wide, 600,000-tonne floating factory that maritime media straight-faced called “the largest offshore structure ever built”—and, yes, “it displaces six times as much water as the largest aircraft carrier.”
Anchored some 475 km (295 miles) off Australia, Prelude was moored with 16 giant chains to a 93-meter turret—“secured to the seabed by mooring lines”—so the behemoth could spin with cyclones and still keep pumping. Very metal. Very expensive. And very on-brand for a company that thinks the solution to climate and cost risk is… more steel. read more
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Shell’s plastic palace, the “brilliant basics,” and the slow-motion corporate moonwalk toward the exit
Remember when the U.S. Department of Energy promised Appalachia was “on the cusp of an energy and petrochemical renaissance,” with Shell’s ethane cracker outside Pittsburgh as “the first of what could be multiple facilities”? Yeah—about that. Five years later, Shell stands alone as the only mega-project that actually got built… and now it wants out.
Shell’s CEO Wael Sawan told analysts, verbatim: “The issue is it’s our only one, our only major facility” making this kind of plastic. “And that’s why we’ve said we’re not the natural owner of that asset.” Translation: we spent billions building a single plastic pellet factory in Pennsylvania and, whoops, our corporate strategy is oil and gas again. Or, in his words, back to “the brilliant basics.” read more
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So, Shell—the globe-trotting fossil overlord known for turning everything it touches into carbon or chaos—has once again demonstrated how to fumble a “green” investment faster than you can say “climate crisis.” Yes, folks, the oil giant that tried to act like it cared about electric vehicles by buying Volta Inc. in 2023 has now killed it off, like a CEO burying a sustainability clause in a shareholder meeting.
According to Shell’s statement to CSP Daily News, it’s all part of a brilliant (read: brutally profit-driven) pivot. The company’s latest masterstroke? Ditch Volta’s retail-based, ad-supported EV charging network to focus instead on—you guessed it—fast chargers at Shell-branded gas stations. read more
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Oh, look who’s back in the news—Shell, that benevolent oil behemoth, always sniffing around for greener (or at least greener‑labelled) pastures while leaving everything else darker than a tar pit. This time, the drama’s being served up courtesy of Raízen, a sugar‑and‑ethanol outfit proudly backed by Shell and Brazil’s Cosan. What’s new, you ask? Raízen is now desperately tapping the capital‑call bell because, surprise, bets on biofuels didn’t pan out, debts have ballooned, and shares have sunk like a lead balloon. read more
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Shell’s Investors: The Puppet-Masters of Pollution
Before we dive into the carnage, let’s talk ownership. Shell isn’t run by wild-haired cowboys—it’s chaired by mega institutional shareholders puffing on the dividends. BlackRock, in particular, wields its muscle—owning around 4% of the company according to Shell’s own disclosures . Vanguard isn’t far behind with around 3% . So while you’re outraged at Shell, don’t sleep on the financial vultures pulling the strings.
1. South African Slap in the Face: Courts Smack Down Shell & Total
Shell’s grand plans for environmental devastation off South Africa’s coast have hit a wall. The Western Cape High Court just set aside TotalEnergies’ offshore drilling permit—Shell was supposed to swoop in and take over operations—but nope. Judge Mangcu-Lockwood said, in effect, “You forgot to study the actual impacts. Try again”—spelling out flaws in risk assessments, community engagement, and disaster planning. read more
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Let’s get this straight: Shell—the oil Goliath with a BlackRock thumbprint, a penchant for espionage, and an endless appetite for green devastation—is not just a fossil fuel baron, it’s a masterclass in corporate ethical bankruptcy.
1. Spying on the Good Guys: Hakluyt, MI6—and Yourself
Brace yourself. Shell quietly engaged Hakluyt & Company—a spy firm founded by ex-MI6 officers—to infiltrate and target Greenpeace campaigns. According to investigative journalists, “two oil companies hired a private espionage service… to infiltrate Greenpeace, Germany” Hakluyt may deny ties now, but the firm “still schmoozes Shell, BP & the British Establishment” . Translation? Shell didn’t just fuel climate denial—they employed espionage to squash activism. read more
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1. Environmental & Logistical Risks
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Severe Weather — Alaska’s late summer can still serve up high winds, turbulence, and sudden storms, which could delay or reroute flights.
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Remote Geography — Vast stretches of wilderness make emergency landings difficult; search-and-rescue logistics are challenging.
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Air Traffic Complexity — VIP flights mean temporary flight restrictions, but military and commercial routes could still create airspace conflicts.
2. Third-Party “Foul Play” Threats
Terrorist Targeting — Though no credible public threats are reported, high-profile political events are inherently attractive to extremist actors. read more
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Imagine a world where the most valuable asset of a global powerhouse wasn’t real. This was the reality of Shell’s reserves scandal, a story of inflated oil reserves, executive resignations, and a company brought to its knees by its own ambition and deceit.
Shell, one of the world’s leading oil and gas companies, confessed to a bombshell revelation: it had overstated its “proven” oil and gas reserves by a staggering 3.9 billion barrels, approximately 20% of its previously declared holdings. read more
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Let me tell you a story (with the assistance of ChatGBT5)—about barrels that weren’t and a blue-chip oil giant that treated “truth” like a rounding error.
In January 2004, Shell detonated its own credibility by admitting it had been wildly overstating what matters most in the oil game: proved reserves. How wildly? It began with a 3.9 billion-barrel “recategorisation” on 9 January 2004—about 20% of previously claimed reserves—and kept spiraling across multiple follow-ups until 4.47 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) (≈23%) had been pushed out of the “proved” column by May 24, 2004.
The U.S. SEC later said Shell also overstated its standardized future cash flows by about $6.6 billion and juiced a key KPI—its reserves replacement ratio—from a real 80% to an advertised 100% for 1998–2002. read more
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The planet-wrecking colossus known as Shell — proudly backed by Wall Street heavyweight BlackRock — just lost its $1.7 billion arbitration battle against Venture Global. The scrappy U.S. LNG upstart sold cargoes on the spot market for huge profits instead of delivering them to Shell under long-term contracts. Shell whined: “Trust in long-term contracts is the bedrock of the LNG industry.” Translation: “We’re fine making billions, but only if it’s on our terms.”
Venture Global, which banked nearly $7 billion in 2022–23, crowed: “We have consistently honored these agreements without exception.” The ruling leaves Shell sulking and the rest of us wondering if corporate karma actually exists — because for once, Big Oil didn’t win. read more
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If evil needed a mascot, it would look suspiciously like a giant yellow shell. Forget SPECTRE and SMERSH—those were fiction. Shell’s record of villainy is all too real.
This is the story of an oil giant who funded Nazis, tested carcinogens on their own employees, and still have the gall to tell you they care about “net zero.”
From the Third Reich to Today: Same Script, Different Lies
Shell’s rap sheet starts early: during WWII, Shell effectively sacrificed its own Dutch employees to maintain ties with Nazi Germany, prioritising profits over human lives. Fast-forward a few decades and the playbook hasn’t changed—they’re still perfectly happy to gamble with lives, only now it’s under the glossy cover of corporate social responsibility. read more
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Tagged: Environment · John Donovan · Litigation · Nigeria · Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Shell
Question put to Google AI Mode: 10 August 2025
Who is the John Donovan connected with Shell?
John Donovan is primarily known for his long-standing conflict with Shell, which began with a business dispute between his marketing promotions company, Don Marketing, and Shell. Don Marketing, co-founded by John and his father Alfred, created successful promotions for Shell in the 1980s. However, this relationship ended in the early 1990s due to a dispute over intellectual property and alleged actions of an unscrupulous Shell executive.
This conflict has continued for decades, involving multiple court cases and interventions by Shell. John Donovan and his late father became vocal critics, running websites like royaldutchshellplc.com and others that are highly critical of Shell. read more
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After dabbling in green PR and selling off assets, Shell’s production tanks while Exxon and Chevron pump away. BlackRock yawns.
Oh, Shell. The self-proclaimed champion of “Powering Progress.” The oil giant that flirted with an “energy transition” just long enough to slap wind turbines on its annual report before sprinting right back to its first love: fossil fuels. And yet—somehow—it’s producing less of them than at any point in the last two decades.
Let’s set the stage. In the great oil-and-gas Olympics of Q2, Exxon and Chevron took home gold medals in pure, unapologetic extraction. Exxon pumped 4.6 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, fuelled by Guyana’s deepwater gushers and a little something called the Pioneer Natural Resources acquisition. Chevron cranked out 3.4 million barrels per day, with Kazakhstan, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Permian all coughing up crude like it’s still 1973. read more
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Six fresh Clean Air Act violations and nearly 50 since 2022, but hey—no worries! Shell’s just too busy torching plastic profits and ignoring your lungs.
Oh look—Shell’s back at it again. This time, not with an oil spill, a reserve scandal, or yet another shareholder payday funded by planetary collapse. No, this time the royal court jester of fossil capitalism is serving up a toxic buffet of formaldehyde, benzene, nitrogen oxides, toluene, and everyone’s favourite: fine particulate matter. All courtesy of its shiny new ethane cracker plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
Yes, Shell Polymers Monaca—built to turn fracked gas from the Marcellus Shale into billions of plastic pellets that the ocean will never digest—is exceeding Clean Air Act limits like it’s a competitive sport. Six high-priority violations already this year. That’s right—high-priority, according to the actual U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, meaning Shell’s antics are so egregious they warrant special scrutiny. But you wouldn’t know it if you lived nearby. read more
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HSBC to Shell: Your ‘Safety Premium’ Is a Joke – And So Is Your “Green” Hustle
Shell gets downgraded as analysts realise maybe, just maybe, this planet-wrecking trading junkie isn’t worth the premium.
Shell—our favourite planet-warming, dividend-pumping, sin-stock sweetheart—just got a little reality check from HSBC. After years of investors treating it like the least filthy shirt in the fossil fuel laundry pile, Shell’s so-called “safety premium” has officially been called out as, well… bullshit. read more
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