Search for: "Shell Oil Company"
Results 1 - 20 of 183
Sorted by Relevance | Sort by Date
9 Apr 6:10 am
... view of the climate change issue as follows (at page 39): "It said that Shell and Albian believed that human activities could affect
climate and that those companies were taking action to reduce GHGs. Albian stated that ... targets for the projects as part of the above applications and has subsequently refused
to follow through with that commitment, the Oil Sands Environmental Coalition is likely relying on this statement as the ground for its request
for review. Exhibits filed by Shell in respect ...
5 Feb 4:17 am
... Co., 549 F.3d 1204, 1206-07 (9th Cir. 2008). Royal Dutch Shell plc is the parent company of both
Shell Oil and Equilon (collectively " ... class action, the district court erred in remanding the
class action to state court because Shell and Tesoro failed to include each other in their separate notices of removal. ... was untimely as it
was filed more than 30 days after service of the class action on Shell., id. The Ninth Circuit disagreed. The Circuit Court noted the split in
authority, still unresolved ...
15 Jul, 2008 3:47 pm
... in their Shell Frontier stock equal to the basis of the property transferred to Shell Frontier.
Shell Western E&P Inc. was one of the companies contributing properties to Shell Frontier.
As it turned out, the basis of much of the ... -tax purpose for the transfer for a sham argument to succeed. An interesting aspect of the case was that the structuring plan came from
the Shell Oil tax department. However, the department specifically held back from management the tax
benefits of the transaction, ...
18 Sep 6:08 am
... in office, her department granted three tracts in Colorado to a Shell subsidiary for shale exploration. Also while in office, she
reportedly had conversations with the oil company about future employment. Was her discussing
potential job opportunities at the ... committee about his ties to Jack Abramoff, the disgraced lobbyist who is now in prison. The department's dealings with energy companies
that lease government-managed land have been frequently faulted. Last fall, an investigation by Devaney' ...
8 Dec, 2008 12:00 pm
... treatment, and arbitrary detention. Plaintiffs charged Chevron with complicity in brutal attacks against demonstrators in Nigeria who protested the oil company's environmental destruction and economic disruption in their communities. According to the plaintiffs,
in May ... state court next year on these same charges. It also faces a lawsuit in Ecuador over environmental contamination. Shell goes to
trial in February in New York over its activities in the Niger delta. So in the longer run, with ...
17 Nov 7:25 pm
A deputy sheriff with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is suing several companies for Florida personal injury. Richard Ragali sustained burn injuries on over 60% of his ...
Corp, Circle K Stores Inc., Circle K store No. 2386, Shell Oil Products Co, Shell Oil Corp, and Motica Enterprises LLC. Ragali's Florida injury ... to enjoy life, medical bills, and nursing
expenses. Gas Station Accidents: Gasoline companies and gas station owners are aware of how dangerous a gas station can be for patrons in the ...
6 Apr, 2007 9:31 am
... is owned by a consortium consisted of U.S. based Chevron Oil Corporation, as well as Royal Dutch Shell, along with a number of local energy companies.[2]. The purpose of the pipeline is to move natural gas both onshore and offshore from ... as an
offshore company, they will be immune from many necessary local laws. Secondly, the presence of the oil companies in the region will escalate the already high tensions between the countries. Residents have suffered greatly at the hands of
multinational ...
4 Jun 6:53 pm
Catherine Boyle of the TimesOnline reports: Shell, one of the world's biggest oil companies,
will go on trial over allegations that it was complicit in the execution of a well-known Nigerian environmental activist and author… If the action is successful, the trial will be a
landmark case on how global companies can be held accountable for human rights abuses in countries in which they operate. It is a test for the Alien Torts Statute, ...
29 May 11:08 am
... a violent protest on a company oil platform in Nigeria, finding that the Nigerian government was
to blame for the deaths of protesters after the company called in the military to remove them. This time, the defendant is Royal Dutch
Shell. The claim: Royal Dutch ... false testimony against Saro-Wiwa and others who were convicted of murder and hanged based on fabricated
evidence. Shell, represented by Cravath, has said the suits are meritless, stating that it "in no way encouraged or advocated any act ...
30 Jun, 2005 8:38 am
[JURIST] The US Justice Department has officially ended its probe into Royal Dutch/Shell Group [corporate website], announcing on Wednesday
that it will not prosecute the company for overstating gas and oil reserves [JURIST report].
Shell had previously settled civil investigations [JURIST report] by both the US and UK governments, and accepted the resignation of its chief
financial officer [
25 Feb, 2006 11:47 am
[JURIST] A Nigerian court in the southern city of Port Harcourt Friday ordered Royal Dutch Shell [corporate website] to pay $1.5 billion to
compensate local communities for environmental pollution caused by the company's activities in the southern Niger delta region, the focus of
long criticism [CorpWatch backgrounder; HRW report] by environment and rights groups. Shell's oil
production
5 Jun 4:01 am
AP rounds up the bunch of Alien Tort actions in the headlines, including Shell/Nigeria, Chevron/Ecuador, Chevron/Nigeria (resolved recently
with a defense verdict), and an ExxonMobil/Indonesia case pending in Washington state court (after a federal-court claim was dismissed). Although the Shell/Nigeria...
27 Sep, 2005 8:26 am
[JURIST] New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey filed lawsuits Monday against Hess [corporate website; PDF complaint], Shell [corporate
website; PDF complaint], and Sunoco [corporate website; PDF complaint], alleging that the oil and gas giants and several independent
gas-station owners illegally hiked prices in the days surrounding Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive]. The separate
15 May 9:43 am
... United States Supreme Court case of Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, et al. vs. United States, et al., which was handed
down ... products made by B&B included a chemical sold by Shell Oil Company. Shell Oil shipped the product to B&B in bulk. During delivery
... final placement of the product in the tank and that, during that process, the spilling occurred. The response was that "Shell would have
been the owner of the waste." The majority found, however, that the product had ...
28 Aug, 2008 7:12 pm
... years as an auto body repairman, mechanic, and boiler worker at various places throughout the state, including Shell Oil Company. Last September, Robert was diagnosed with lung cancer, which he died from in March. Mark says that ...
funeral and burial expenses. Mark is seeking compensatory and punitive damages. He is accusing Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of working
with the defendants to misrepresent the dangers that come with exposure to asbestos. If you or someone you love was injured on the ...
8 May, 2007 9:17 am
... to settling a European securities clai---it truly has never been done before." Shell, the largest European oil company, also agreed to ask the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to distribute an ... which helped
negotiate the European settlement, said the accord "highlights the benefits of pension funds collaborating to engage with investee companies and to resolve issues collectively
... The more European institutional investors who are supportive of the settlement the better." Looking Ahead ...
8 Sep, 2008 10:14 am
... of the country and create new sectarian, economic and political facts on the ground." One Iraqi oil company manager previously employed by Shell told her, "I see the future of Iraq as the United Arab Emirates...
separate states." The ... proud to state that our union, as a popular organisation in Iraq, was the first body to voice its opinions concerning the proposed oil law in Iraq…. As well as being critical of the production sharing agreement, we are critical of the process, how it was written, ...
30 Apr 10:28 am
The oil company Royal Dutch Shell said Thursday that it had
reached a $5.8 million settlement over claims of air pollution at its Deer Park refinery near Houston. The proposed settlement would require Shell to reduce ... Metzger, director of Environment Texas, said the settlement could provide a new benchmark for operations in the petroleum and refining
sector. "Shell will set an example for the rest of the industry that you can control these emissions," Mr. Metzger said. "We can exert some ...
19 May 10:31 am
... a 40.6 percent margin. At Shell, it appears that investors objected to the remuneration committee's decision to approve the vesting of
long-term incentive plan awards despite the failure of the Anglo-Dutch oil company to meet pre-set
performance targets. Co-operative Asset Management and Standard Life Investments were among the institutional investors that publicly opposed Shell's pay practices, according to The Times of London. The Association of British Insurers issued an "amber top" alert to ...
4 May 10:03 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says Shell Oil Co. cannot be held responsible for cleanup of a
contaminated site owned by a defunct company simply because it delivered chemicals to the site. The court, in a 8 ... the cleanup. A trial
court judge ruled, however, that the railroads were responsible for only a minuscule part of the cleanup costs and Shell was responsible for
part as an "arranger," since it arranged for the sale and transfer of chemicals. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San ...
Search on: Blawgs.FM | BlawgSearch Google Co-op | Blawg.com | Bloglines | Feedster | Google Blog Search | Technorati | Google | MSN | Yahoo!