Blogger cost Royal Dutch Shell Billions of dollars for being honest

The set of links below are designed to show how the powerful corporations mitigate bad news and show a story line in front of the truth. A simple human rights report that shakes the corporations to their knees. Bp covering up a lack of workers rights concerning Kazahkstan.

BP is also trying to sell shares in a Multibillion dollar deal to clear the last of the gulf compensation payment to the USA

To begin with, below are links to a 95 year old blogger that has been annoying Royal Dutch Shell

FROM A HAPLESS SHELL OFFICIAL:

John and Alfred Donovan well known in UK / Hague. They perceive Shell played them and so have made it their mission to embarrass, belittle and criticize Shell, which they do quite well. Their website, royaldutchsellplc.com is an excellent source of group news and comment and I recommend it far above what our own group internal comms puts out.

WE ENTIRELY AGREE WITH THIS ANALYSIS…

http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2012/04/08/shell-endorsement-of-donovan-website/

Worlds leading source of information about Royal Dutch Shell

Sep 4th, 2012 by John Donovan.

Blogger holds Royal Dutch Shell to account

See VIDEO here http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2012/09/04/worlds-leading-source-of-information-about-royal-dutch-shell-2/

And this from a recent article

After Mishaps, Shell Dials Back Arctic Oil-Drilling Plans

Sep 17th, 2012 by John Donovan.

Christopher Helman, Forbes Staff: 9/17/2012

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But this is a disappointment for Shell, which has spent $5 billion so far on its dream of drilling the Alaskan arctic and had earlier hoped to complete five Alaska wells this year in both the Chukchi and Beaufort seas. Drilling of the Beaufort wells have not yet been approved, and the window of opportunity there closes by Halloween.

Today’s announcement was triggered by damage to a piece of equipment called a containment dome that would be lowered to the seabed to trap oil in the unlikely case of a blowout. The damage occurred during a test of what Shell says would be the first-ever containment system deployed in Arctic waters. “It is clear that some days will be required to repair and fully assess dome readiness,” said Shell in a statement this morning.

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http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2012/09/17/after-mishaps-shell-dials-back-arctic-oil-drilling-plans/

and here is a warning to prospective whistleblowers!

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WARNING TO SHELL EMPLOYEES: Shell Global Affairs Security “CAS”) is spying on Shell employees globally trying to trace who is visiting, posting, or leaking information to this website from Shell premises. Threats, including death threats, have allegedly been made against conscience driven Shell whistleblowers supplying us with information. The worlds biggest leak of employee details as part of a claimed corporate revolution by 116 Shell employees, suggest the espionage operation, threats and draconian litigation have not been entirely successful in cutting off the supply of information to this website.

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On the main home page

Of course Royal Dutch Shell are in a lot of places such as Kazahkstan

By Nariman Gizitdinov on August 30, 2012

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Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) and Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) are seeking bigger stakes in the Kashagan oil field and operating control before starting to expand the $46 billion project, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

Exxon and Shell also want Kazakhstan’s government to extend the production-sharing agreement for 20 years before investing more in the Caspian Sea field, touted as the world’s biggest discovery in four decades when found, the people said, declining to be identified as the talks are confidential.

The Kashagan project, centered on a man-made island 70 kilometers (44 miles) from Kazakhstan’s coast, is slated to produce its first oil by the end of this year. It may reach commercial output by June next year, said Lyazzat Kiinov, head of state-run KazMunaiGaz National Co., said in December 2011 when he was deputy oil minister.

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http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2012/08/30/exxon-shell-said-seeking-control-of-46-billion-kashagan-field/

So are Royal Dutch Shell involved in a human rights scandal then? This is a recent story by Inside Story and some other links to give you an idea what is happening in the old Soviet Union and others

Are workers protected in Kazakhstan?

As the government stands accused of violating workers’ rights we ask if such abuse has become a trend around the world.

Inside Story Last Modified: 12 Sep 2012 11:08

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“What we’ve seen in Kazakhstan is representative of what’s going on in many parts of the world now. Fundamentally workers in so many places are at the mercy of employers because governments are not putting in place proper legislation and not abiding by international rules.”

Tim Noonan, the International Trade Union Confederation

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A human rights group has accused the government of Kazakhstan and three oil companies of abusing and repressing workers in the country’s oil fields.

Human Rights Watch (HRW), in the 153-page report released on Monday, examined last December’s events in western Kazakhstan in which at least 15 people were killed and more than 100 injured.

The incident happened when police fired on oil workers who were on strike.

The HRW report accused the government and the oil companies of restricting workers’ rights to freedom of assembly, association and expression.

“The government must hold the companies accountable for the way that they operate in the country and whether they respect national and international laws. To put all the blame on the companies is inaccurate … and the government appears to be avoiding responsibility.”

– Jane Buchanan, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch

Al Jazeera’s Robin Forestier-Walker reporting from Almaty said the government in a statement blamed the industrial unrest mainly on mismanagement by the oil companies, and local officials. Political opponents were also accused of stoking the violence.

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http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2012/09/2012912982931415.html

Kazahkstan has most of the worlds big players within its folds and it would be no surprise that British Petroleum (BP) might also be there. But when you go on the web site of BP to see the information page on Kazahkstan the page has been removed on the 10 September 2012, jst a few days before the Hman Rights Watch Report on the abuses in Kazahstan, also, yo will find below on the links the withdrawal of the USA Peace Corp after their own abuses..

The whole thing has been hushed up and all the players are mitigating the damage in various ways. Bp though did leave a trace of the missing page on the google cache which I have posted in its entirety below. I have also posted a link to the indonesian section of the BP website where you can see nice ecology links as well as social support links etc etc.. these are ominously missing on the BP cache for Kazahkstan. I think Tony Blair has dropped the PR ball with WPP via Lord Mandelson

qoute

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The former trade secretary has established his own advisory firm, Global Counsel LLP, with the financial support of advertising company WPP. Also has a senior advisory role at international investment bank Lazard. Rumoured to be a contender to become the next director general of the World Trade Organisation.

Source: see below

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With Tony Blair involved in the Making Kazahkstan look good project and the next possible prime minister of the UK or even all of Europe and Lord Mandelson with the Advertising giant WPP funding the way, maybe this PR disaster can be avoided. It certainly worked for WPP when they covered up the extent of the contamination in Japan from the Fukushima meltdowns (ongoing) and the Gulf of Mexico disaster too for that matter (ongoing).

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As a result of such deals Kazakhstan has a direct tie to the Fukushima meltdown. Investigative reporter Greg Palast explained in a March 2011 story: “One of the reactors dancing with death at Fukushima Station 1 was built by Toshiba. Toshiba was also an architect of the emergency diesel system.”

Sorce: see below

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Below is the BP cache page and below that links to Blair,Mandelson, the Human Rights Report 2012, the link between Kazahkstan and Fukshima nuclear disaster (ongoing uranium purchase deals too! Contracts signed even though Japan is stopping nuclear??..) and more.

This is Google’s cache of http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=192&contentId=2000635. It is a snapshot of the page as it appeared on 10 Sep 2012 05:45:08 GMT. The current page could have changed in the meantime. Learn more

BP has been in Kazakhstan since 1992. Our interests are mainly based on oil and gas exploration and production and pipeline development

What we do

Kazakhstan is a major producer of oil and gas in the Caspian region, with vast proved reserves of oil and gas. Yet its landlocked location surrounded by five countries on the crossroads between Europe and Asia increases the difficulty of stable and direct access to international markets.

Our investment in the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) has allowed us to participate in the development and construction of a pipeline to connect the oil producing fields in Kazakhstan with a new terminal on Russia’s Black Sea coastline near Novorossiysk

Our lubricants business in Kazakhstan is represented by both the BP and Castrol brands.

Our people and partners

Through our merger with Amoco in 1998 and acquisition of ARCO in 2000, we acquired interests in CPC and the giant Tengiz oil field operated by Tengizchevroil JV whose shareholders are Chevron, Exxonmobil, KazMunayGas and LUKArco. The Amoco merger also brought an interest in a joint venture with KazMunayGas in Kazakhstan Pipeline Ventures (KPV) – which in turn owns an equity interest in CPC.

The acquisition of Arco brought an interest in the LUKArco joint venture, of which BP owns 46% and LUKoil 54%. LUKArco remains a holding company of a 5% equity share in the Tengiz field, as well as a 12.5% equity share in CPC.

The BP Kazakhstan Ltd representative office is located in Almaty and is managed by Sagindyk Nuraliyev. There are four BP employees there.

Community investment

BP is a sponser of the:

Kazakh – British Technical University

British Alumni Club Kazakhstan

Coordination Centre on Climate Change

We have also made one-off donations to a local orphanage.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Uj-eiQK_wgUJ:www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do%3FcategoryId%3D192%26contentId%3D2000635+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

And here’s the environmental etc information on the Indonesia page. You will notice a more comprehensive set of links to transparent statutory data. Unlike the above Kazahkstan page..

http://www.bp.com/genericsection.do?categoryId=4761&contentId=7008744

BP oil spill: Tony Blair is the right man to be BP chairman

By Neil Collins, Reuters Breakingviews11:15AM BST 16 Jun 2010

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As for the chairman, the senior non-executive director is Sir Ian Prosser, who was vetoed by the big shareholders as chairman of UK retailer J Sainsbury. It’s unlikely that either William Castell or Paul Anderson, the only two credible internal candidates, would relish the task of rebuilding BP’s name in its most important market. It requires political skills of a high order, from someone who is respected in the United States and whose name opens doors.

Preferably, he should also have something to prove to a UK audience, perhaps to overcome the legacy of an even worse disaster than the Macondo well.

It’s a task for Tony Blair.

Restoring BP to its former glory would help atone for the Iraq war, earning the thanks of a grateful nation of pensioners and fund managers.

And, unlike his worthy but almost impossible mission to broker peace in the Middle East, it’s a job that can, with hard work, be accomplished.

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Preferably, he should also have something to prove to a UK audience, perhaps to overcome the legacy of an even worse disaster than the Macondo well.

It’s a task for Tony Blair.

Restoring BP to its former glory would help atone for the Iraq war, earning the thanks of a grateful nation of pensioners and fund managers.

And, unlike his worthy but almost impossible mission to broker peace in the Middle East, it’s a job that can, with hard work, be accomplished.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/7832228/BP-oil-spill-Tony-Blair-is-the-right-man-to-be-BP-chairman.html

SFO To Investigate BP-Related Payments, According To Report

By Richard L. Cassin | Wednesday, July 11, 2012

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The Telegraph said oil giant BP may face an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office ‘over bribery allegations relating to engineering projects’ in Azerbaijan.

One of BP’s contractors, still unnamed, self-reported bribery allegations to the SFO last year, the Telegraph said. ‘Although there is no suggestion bribes were paid by BP employees, the oil major could be liable if the contractor is found to be culpable,’ according to the report.

The story was reported last weekend by Jonathan Russell, the Telegraph’s assistant city editor, and journalist Emily Gosden.

The U.K. Bribery Act became law on July 1 last year. It includes an offense for failing to prevent bribery. The Telegraph said ‘both BP and the contractor could be prosecuted under the Bribery Act.’

Neither the SFO nor BP commented on the report.

The Telegraph said the SFO investigation doesn’t involve the $25 billion Shah Deniz development in Azerbaijan, one of the biggest pipeline projects in the world, but ‘previous oil and gas pipeline engineering work BP has undertaken in Azerbaijan.’

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Investors

15. Interests in the Project are held by subsidiaries of major oil and gas companies: BP;

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC); Mitsubishi Corporation; INPEX Corporation;

Nippon Oil Exploration, Ltd.; Japan Oil, Gas, and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC);

Kanematsu Corporation; Overseas Petroleum Corporation; and LNG Japan Corporation. The

investors’ corporate profiles are in Appendix 3.

C. Project Description

16. The Project is a major greenfield development to extract natural gas from gas fields in

the Berau and Bintuni bay area of Irian, and to liquefy it into LNG for shipping to export markets.

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BP is one of the endorsers of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, proposed by United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair.

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Nippon Oil Corporation, formerly Nippon Mitsubishi Oil, is Japan’s largest oil importer

and distributor. Its business activities include exploration; import; refining; distribution and

marketing of oil and petrochemical products; and exploration, import, and distribution of coal

and natural gas. It has experience in LNG projects in Malaysia, and is growing its Asian LNG

business to include Indonesia. Nippon Oil Corporation has other exploration and production

activities in Australia, Canada, North America, the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, Viet Nam, and

other Southeast Asia countries. Nippon Oil Corporation, which has a 23% share of the

Japanese gasoline market, operates approximately 11,000 service stations across Japan. Its

activity in the Tangguh LNG Project is via Nippon Oil Exploration, Ltd., a wholly owned

subsidiary, which is making a joint investment in the Project with Japan National Oil Corporation

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http://www2.adb.org/Documents/RRPs/INO/38919-INO-RRP.pdf

UN Security Council annual debate on children and armed conflict

This year’s debate on Children and Armed Conflict at the UN Security Council was held on September 19.

The Security Council adopted a resolution strongly condemning violations of international law against children in armed conflict, calling on States to bring persistent perpetrators of violations to justice, including those who recruit and use children, kill and maim, commit sexual violence or attack schools and hospitals, and reiterating its readiness to take targeted and graduated measures against such perpetrators.

The resolution was adopted by a vote of 11 in favour and none opposed with four abstaining – China, Russia, Azerbaijan, Pakistan. This is the first time a country has ever abstained from a resolution of the Security Council protecting children and armed conflict.

http://watchlist.org/un-security-council-holds-open-debate-on-children-and-armed-conflict/

BP Azerbaijan: Stimulating social and economic progress

What we do

We opened our office in Baku back in 1992. Two years later BP and the consortium of international oil companies signed a major contract with the government of Azerbaijan. Today, offshore Caspian has become one of the world’s leading hydrocarbon provinces.

The development of the region’s offshore oil and gas fields and onshore pipelines made Azerbaijan a focal point of the global energy market and a gateway through which international investments reach the Caspian region and beyond.

This development has stimulated social and economic progress in the region. Its success is measured to a large extent by the degree to which their benefits are shared with the people of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey and the region as a whole.

How we do it

We seek to improve performance on a continuous basis by focusing on the achievement of safe, reliable and complaint operations and by putting safety and operational risk management at the heart of our activities.

We strive to make our socio-economic impact a positive one by running our operations responsibly and by investing in communities in ways that benefit both local population and BP.

Find out more

For more information on the developments undertaken in AGT please visit

http://www.bp.com/caspian/

http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=430&contentId=2000578