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Oil trading scandal ‘unsurprising’ based on BP and Shell’s past record
16 May 2013 Reacting to the unfolding oil price fixing investigations of BP and Shell, Platform oil campaigner Mika Minio-Paluello said: “The scale of the likely market-rigging by BP and Shell is shocking but unsurprising. BP and Shell have a record of making massive profits at the expense of the public by either price-fixing or…
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Revealed: Vince Cable, ‘Minister for Shell’
Documents obtained by Corporate Watch show that Vince Cable has been acting as âContact Minister for Shellâ. In a letter to Vince Cable, dated 19 March 2012, Malcolm Brinded, (who, at the time of writing, was Chief Executive of Shell Upstream International) thanks Vince Cable for attending a Shell strategy presentation; adding that he hopes…
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RBS finance for tar sands revealed on eve of AGM â students protest
Platform [1], UK Tar Sands Network [2] and the Indigenous Environmental Network [3] have revealed that in the past year the Royal Bank of Scotland underwrote bonds worth $131.25 million [4] for controversial Canadian tar sands pipeline company Enbridge Energy Partners [5]. At the RBS AGM tomorrow in Edinburgh student groups are planning to protest…
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Tate Modern removes oil from its new galleries
What were âThe Oil Tanksâ at Tate Modern have now been rebranded as âThe Tanksâ within recent Tate press communications it has been noted by campaign group Platform [1]. It appears that the forthcoming launch of its new space has prompted Tate to remove the word âoilâ from the name of its new galleries that are now referred to…
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Tate Soundscape Hijacked by Artists
BPâs environmental record is appalling yet many people are prepared to turn a blind eye to the fact that Tate is in bed with BP, one of the âten worst corporationsââ based on its environmental and human rights record. A new series of artworks questioning Tateâs relationship with BP has been commissioned by three activist…
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Artists & activists react angrily to BP sponsorship announcement
Artists and environmentalists have reacted angrily to an announcement this morning that BP will be pledging ÂŁ10m over the next five years to sponsor the British Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Opera House and Tate Britain. The announcement from BP comes at a time when the sponsorship arrangements between oil companies and cultural…
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Tate Director Serota says decision on BP sponsorship soon
Pressure mounts on Trustees to reject extension of relationship with BP as more than 8,000 Tate Members and visitors sign open letter calling on the art museum to break links with oil company 5 December 2011 â For Immediate Release The decision about whether or not to renew an increasingly controversial sponsorship contract with oil…
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Eni misleads shareholders over end to gas flaring in Nigeria
15 November 2011 Italian oil major Eni is misleading shareholders over the companyâs commitment to end gas flaring in Nigeria, according to a new report [1] by an international delegation of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), following a recent fact finding mission to the Niger Delta. Gas flaring is illegal in Nigeria. The report, entitled The reality behind EU âenergy…
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New research reveals Shell paid militants who destroyed Nigerian towns
Shell fuelled human rights abuses in Nigeria by paying huge contracts to armed militants, according to a new report published by Platform and a coalition of NGOs and featured today in The Guardian. [1] Counting the Cost implicates Shell in cases of serious violence in Nigeriaâs oil-rich Niger Delta region from 2000 to 2010.[2] The report uncovers how Shellâs…
