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What is royal dutch?
Largest oil company in the world (as of 2010; in 2009, it was #2). Sales in 2009 were $285 billion. Worldwide proved reserves of 14.1 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Most of the oil giant's crude is produced in Nigeria, Oman, the UK, and the USA. Shell is also investing heavily in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project, which converts oil sands in Alberta to synthetic crude oil. The company operates 44,000 gas stations (the world's largest retail fuel network) in more than 80 countries.
Shell is implicated in exploitation and support for dictatorships in Nigeria, Angola, and elsewhere. It operates a huge, stunningly toxic facility in the Niger River Delta, but provides almost no compensation to the Ogoni people. In 1994, Ogoni activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was arrested for allegedly inciting violence against Shell staff and executed, along with 8 other Ogoni.
Royal Dutch Shell is, like BP, p.l.c. and Exxon Mobil, very large, very old, and very evil. It is based in the Hague--ironically enough, near the International Court of Justice.
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Royal dutch - what is it?
The only force that could rescue 105 kids held hostage and eighty more in a trainjacking.
1977- South Moluccan revolutionaries storm a school and a train almost simultaneously, which were both held up for around 3 weeks. The Royal Dutch Marines came in and crushed them, losing only 2 hostages.
What does "royal dutch" mean?
The combination of a Dutch rudder and a posh wank...
I'm meeting Dave for a royal dutch tonight