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July 2011

Shell's drilling off Australia could 'devastate' endangered marine life

By: 
Alison Rourke. Friday 8th July 2011. Guardian.co.uk

WWF demands full environmental impact assessment before Shell starts work near the Ningaloo marine park, north of Perth.

Posted Date: 
9 July 2011

PEOPLES’ FORUM SEMINAR booklet

By: 
Introduction by Maura Harrington plus various contributers

 

PEOPLES’ FORUM SEMINAR

Over the past ten years the proposed Shell/Corrib Gas Project has highlighted issues that go to the heart of governance in Ireland: Community Consultation, Planning, Regulation, Environmental Protection/Human Rights, Media, Policing and the Common Good.

 

Posted Date: 
9 July 2011

DYING FOR OUR CHILDREN

By: 
Joy Phido – President – MOSOP-UK

The attached pdf "Dying For Our Children" was the address by Joy Phido, President of MOSOP UK to 'The People's Forum' held at Inver Community Centre, 1st and 2nd July 2011.

 

CONCLUSION

Posted Date: 
9 July 2011

Ireland’s share of revenue from its gas fields could be as low as 7%, report shows

By: 
William Hederman - IrishOilandGas.com

[Shell to Sea] Check out William Hederman's new Blog:  www.irishoilandgas.com

The tax write-offs under Ireland’s licensing terms for oil and gas are so generous, oil companies could end up paying the exchequer as little as 7% of the revenue from Irish gas fields. This shocking figure is extrapolated from information provided by Brian O’Cathain, former head of the Corrib Gas project. He also predicted Corrib would not now pay any tax. By William Hederman

Posted Date: 
8 July 2011

Oil companies plan to export directly from Irish oil fields

By: 
William Hederman - IrishOilandGas.com

Currently the stock defence offered for Ireland’s excessively generous licensing terms for oil and gas is that they encourage exploration, which in turn will create jobs, investment and secure supply when the resources come ashore. There’s just one problem: the oil companies don’t plan to bring them ashore in Ireland. William Hederman investigates

Posted Date: 
8 July 2011

Maura Harrington update on Shell Corrib project

By: 
RoyalDutchShellPLC.com

 

Dear John,

I’ve attached for your perusal up to the minute stuff connected with the proposed Shell/Corrib project in north Mayo.

Posted Date: 
7 July 2011

Shell platform to shut down amid continuing concerns about safety

By: 
Shetland Times

The Shell-operated Brent Charlie platform 125 miles north-east of Lerwick is to shut down from next Friday on the orders of oil industry regulators amid continuing concerns about safety.

No oil has been pumped ashore from the installation, the hub for the Brent pipeline that comes into Sullom Voe, since January and gas production, which goes through the FLAGS pipeline to St Fergus on the north-east coast of Scotland, has been restricted to one well.

Posted Date: 
7 July 2011

North Sea oil: Whistleblowers speak out

By: 
Terry Macalister and Rob Evans - The Guardian

Publicly, workers are told to report anything that goes wrong. But the private attitude of managers is different

Workers in the North Sea oil industry are under pressure to keep quiet about accidents as companies are desperate to avoid losing money, whistleblowers have told the Guardian.

Posted Date: 
7 July 2011

Gas Flaring Increases in the Niger Delta

By: 
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

Despite repeated commitments by oil companies and governments, gas flaring continues in Nigeria at an environmental cost.

Below is an article published by Think Africa Press:

Posted Date: 
7 July 2011

Shell ‘disappointed’ by ruling on fracking ads

By: 
Sue Blaine - Business Day

Advertising Standards Authority orders the multinational to withdraw "unsubstantiated" and "misleading" claims it made in a series of full-page print advertisements

PRO-FRACKING advertisements Shell SA placed in national newspapers were a technical statement of its opinions on the gas extraction technique to promote public understanding of the implications of shale gas exploration in SA, Shell SA chairman Bonang Mohale said yesterday.

Posted Date: 
7 July 2011