[vampyregirl]

the Royal Dutch Shell Group has developed low sulfur diesel, syndiesel, syngas from coal and other enviro friendly technology. keep that in mind when you see the Shell sign. respects to all

[Bas]

Ah, you have a sense of pride working for Shell Vgirl? We could ofcourse also think about all the shady business deals Shell makes with questionable governments. But then again, we could also take public transport instead of using the car when we can. What about BP and their solar division?

Anyway, I guess what I really want to ask is: why this sudden outburst of Shell "patriotism"? Is the company getting worried about the backlash PeakOil might have on it?

[TheTurtle]

I for one started buying exclusively from Shell right after they were caught having grossly overestimated their proven reserves. When it was revealed that they had lied to us and actually had less oil than originally declared, I considered it my duty as a world citizen to help them deplete all of their holdings as soon as possible.

[Bas]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheTurtle', 'I') for one started buying exclusively from Shell right after they were caught having grossly overestimated their proven reserves. When it was revealed that they had lied to us and actually had less oil than originally declared, I considered it my duty as a world citizen to help them deplete all of their holdings as soon as possible.

[TheTurtle]

Well, I also hate them because they're Dutch, Bas.

No, just kidding. I know all the other oil companies are overestimating their reserves too. It's just that I felt personally betrayed by Shell since they had always been my favorite gas station. So I continue to buy my gasoline there, but now I imagine I am helping to deplete their reserves each time I do (which is true when you think of it).

[bodigami]

I prefer new renewable and clean companies. Google is funding R&D about it. Petroleum (and Big Oil) is the past.

[dorlomin]

Wasn't shell deeply implicated in the Ken Sarawiwo killing and in cahoots with the Sani Abacha dictatorship in Nigeria?

[Kingcoal]

I buy from the lowest bidder. Where I live, that's SUNOCO, which along with BP, is on top of the Sierra Club's list (pick your poison) of most environmentally friendly oil companies. Shell got a mid rating, with Exxon/Mobil at the bottom. As a disclaimer, the Sierra Club looks at all oil companies as evil and the list is just a lesser of those.

Link

SUNOCO is headquartered in Philadelphia and has a huge refinery and secondary processing plant there. Philly has used this refinery as a “supplier of last resort” for their natural gas consumption. A couple of years ago in the deep of winter, Philly literally ran out of natural gas and the refinery obliged by making it for them until supplies returned. This refinery is the oldest continuously operating oil refinery and dates back to the days when Pennsylvania was the world’s biggest producer of crude.

Link

[basil_hayden]

"Our" contributions?

So you own Shell?

You do realize that if you do not own Shell, that you're just another peon that's been completely brainwashed, correct?

Hence the handle "vampyregirl" is correct, you're a sucker.

OK, now we can move on.

[vampyregirl]

i am loyal to the Royal Dutch Shell Group. not only did they give me a job they gave me a scholarship to go to school and have even helped pay for daycare for my son. yes not long ago some senior members were forced to resign due to the misreporting reserves scandal. i don't think that will be repeated in the future. as for Nigeria those accusations against the Group were made by a rebel group who are guilty of kidnapping and murder. i would think twice before taking the word of proven criminals.

[vampyregirl]

ps. thats the last i have to say on this subject

[lateStarter]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vampyregirl', 'i') am loyal to the Royal Dutch Shell Group. not only did they give me a job they gave me a scholarship to go to school and have even helped pay for daycare for my son. yes not long ago some senior members were forced to resign due to the misreporting reserves scandal. i don't think that will be repeated in the future. as for Nigeria those accusations against the Group were made by a rebel group who are guilty of kidnapping and murder. i would think twice before taking the word of proven criminals.

[dorlomin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vampyregirl', ' ')as for Nigeria those accusations against the Group were made by a rebel group who are guilty of kidnapping and murder. i would think twice before taking the word of proven criminals.

[dissident]

I guess this is "Wall Street"-think. The profit level in 2008 was abnormally high so the drop is taking things back to 2007 and earlier levels, i.e. normal. They are still making a profit so they can't complain about uncertainty and not being able to make investments.

[frankthetank]

This is the good stuff:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'V')oser also addressed whether so-called "peak oil" -- the theory, around since the 1950s, that global demand will ultimately outpace supply -- has now been effectively debunked.

The CEO demurred, answering instead that despite developments in technologies such as electric cars, wind power and other alternative energy sources, "we will need conventional oil" for the foreseeable future.

"We cannot switch it off, and we can make it lower-carbon."

"I think what is dead is cheap oil," Voser said, adding, "There is sufficient oil around," but producers "will have to spend more to get it. ... And I think you'll see that in the end price for consumers."

[KevO]

so it begins?
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Royal Dutch Shell halts gasoline supplies to Iran, trade sources say Shell sold 1.65 mln bbls of gasoline bet Apr-Oct in 2009 By Luke Pachymuthu
DUBAI March 10 (Reuters) - Oil major Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) has stopped gasoline sales to Iran, oil traders said on Wednesday, the latest addition to a growing list of firms that have halted supplies under threat of future U.S. sanctions.
The Anglo-Dutch oil firm will join the likes of BP (BP.L), Reliance Industries (RELI.BO), and independent Swiss trader Glencore, among suppliers that have either stopped fuel sales to Iran or have made a decision not to enter into new trading agreements with the world's fifth largest oil exporter. …

[Ferretlover]

And, yet, if Iran Were to fall in line with all the demands being made on them, and then require the services of one or more oil companies outside of Iran, which ones do we think would rush right over, saying, "We didn't REALLY want to cut you off... ?"

[ki11ercane]

Sanctions of shenanigans from the rest of the world no longer have the teeth people think they have. If anything else, they are used a market tools.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/libra ... irna06.htm

Necessity is the mother of invention. Iran also gets around sanctions using black market schemes as well:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/world ... tions.html

The fact that the world hasn't figured out yet that the sanctions from the West and the threats of retaliation from Iran are all puppet show identifies how stupid Main Stream People are. (and we always blame it on Main Stream Media) I wouldn't be surprised if Iran, the West, and major business ventures schedule and plan their fear mongering to assist in their political and fiscal gains.

Iran needed to be reduced to glass 40 years ago. Now, it's too late.

[Ferretlover]

Makes you wonder if he said this because they were cutting off Iran.

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ki11ercane', 'S')anctions of shenanigans from the rest of the world no longer have the teeth people think they have. If anything else, they are used a market tools.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/libra ... irna06.htm

Necessity is the mother of invention. Iran also gets around sanctions using black market schemes as well:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/world ... tions.html

The fact that the world hasn't figured out yet that the sanctions from the West and the threats of retaliation from Iran are all puppet show identifies how stupid Main Stream People are. (and we always blame it on Main Stream Media) I wouldn't be surprised if Iran, the West, and major business ventures schedule and plan their fear mongering to assist in their political and fiscal gains.

Iran needed to be reduced to glass 40 years ago. Now, it's too late.