1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1602+ words) For years, Sakhalin II had been discussed as though international public finance might determine whether the project could proceed. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development examined a proposed Phase 2 financing package. The US Export-Import Bank was also involved in…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (1563+ words) The 17 August instalment of The Shell Nigeria Files examined a particular issue: whether Shell’s programme of divestment risked transferring massive decommissioning and pollution problems along with the assets. This article addresses a different question. What did Shell’s shareholders know, from…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1565+ words) By 2013, Shell’s senior leadership was confronting an increasingly uncomfortable reality in the Niger Delta. And inside Shell, executives were discussing another option: A Shell “Nigeria Strategy Review” presented to members of the company’s Executive Committee in April 2013 said that continuing…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1583+ words) Some corporate documents are damaging because they reveal what went wrong. Others are more troubling because they reveal what executives feared might one day be discoverable about what went wrong. Two sets of internal Shell emails now public through the…...