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1998 Shell Internal TINA Group Scenarios 1998-2020 Report

In 1995 Royal Dutch/Shell Group (“Shell”) initiated a scenario planning process to examine how the company should respond to the forces of globalization, liberalization, and technology. The resulting internal reports, first published in 1998, have now been unearthed by Jelmer Mommers of De Correspondent. Named “TINA” for “There is no alternative” the scenarios anticipate changes […]

1998 Shell Speech “Reflections on Kyoto” presented at Davos World Economic Forum

At the 1998 World Economic Forum, Royal Dutch/Shell Group’s (“Shell”) Chairman of the Committee of the Managing Directors, Cor Herkströter, delivered his “Reflections on Kyoto” to the attendees. A part of a larger group of documents unearthed by Jelmer Mommers of De Correspondent, this document marks an important time in Shell’s history as they reckoned […]

1997 Press Conference “Shell International Renewables”

This is a 1997 press conference on Royal Dutch/Shell Group’s (“Shell”) renewables section. This is a part of a larger collection discovered by Jelmer Mommers of De Correspondent in a trove of internal Shell documents. Delivered by Managing Director Jeroen van der Veer and Shell International Renewable President Jim Dawson on October 6, 1997. 1997 […]

1997 E&P Forum Position Paper on Sustainable Development in Oil and Gas Industry

This document is a position paper on sustainable development in the oil and gas industry, written by the Sustainable Development Task Force of the Oil Industry International Exploration and Production Forum (E&P Forum) which became the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP) in 1999. The E&P Forum was founded in 1974 as an […]

Shell Pamphlet Enhanced Exploration and Production “Act Now to Create Our Future”

This undated pamphlet “Act Now to Create Our Future” is a part of a larger collection discovered by Jelmer Mommers of De Correspondent in a trove of internal Royal Dutch/Shell Group (“Shell”) documents. Shell Pamphlet Enhanced Exploration and Production “Act Now to Create Our Future” (PDF) Shell Pamphlet Enhanced Exploration and Production “Act Now to […]

1997 Shell Presentation “Sustainable Development – the challenge for energy”

This document is a presentation at the “Business and the Environment Programme” by John Jennings, a Shell Managing Director and Chairman of Shell Transport and Trading Company. Part of a larger collection discovered by Jelmer Mommers of De Correspondent in a trove of internal Shell documents, this presentation shows the discord within Shell, as some […]

1997 Shell Statement of General Business Principles

This is a 1997 Royal Dutch/Shell Group (“Shell”) Statement of General Business Principles. This document is a part of a larger collection discovered by Jelmer Mommers of De Correspondent in a trove of internal Shell documents. 1997 Shell Statement of General Business Principles (PDF) 1997 Shell Statement of General Business Principles (Text) Interested in more […]

Undated Shell Education Pamphlet on Biomass

This Shell Education Service “Biomass” document is a part of a larger collection discovered by Jelmer Mommers of De Correspondent in a trove of internal Royal Dutch/Shell Group (“Shell”) documents. Interested in more Shell documents? Full index here. Share this post on your feed Twitter Facebook Google+

1996 IPIECA Report on Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP2)

This is a 1996 report on the Framework Convention on Climate Change (“COP2”) for the members of the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (“IPIECA”), a group started in 1974 which serves as the main communication channel between the oil and gas industry and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (“UNFCCC”). Part of […]

1996 Shell Planners Newsletter and Forum “Foresight: Exploring and Creating the Future”

Presumably circulated to the team who worked on the “1995 Global Scenarios,” this internal newsletter discusses different studies on foresight. This document is a part of a larger collection discovered by Jelmer Mommers of De Correspondent in a trove of internal Royal Dutch/Shell Group (“Shell”) documents. 1996 Shell Planners Newsletter and Forum “Foresight: Exploring and […]


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