Today, to coincide with Royal Dutch Shell’s Annual General Meeting in Den Haag, Netherlands and London, UK, the three main ShellGuilty coalition members plus Greenpeace UK released a stunning new report.

Research by the four leading environmental groups/oil watchdogs – Greenpeace UK, Oil Change International, Friends of the Earth, and PLATFORM/Remember Saro-Wiwa – reveals the carbon intensity of the top international oil companies.

Shell is now the most carbon intensive oil company in the world based on its total resources.

CLICK HERE to download the report as a PDF document.

From the press release:
The research examined the leading international oil companies and measured their carbon intensity by calculating emissions per future barrel of oil produced. While all the companies are moving into higher carbon production, Shell stands out because of its reliance on Nigerian crude which is associated with huge levels of gas flaring, liquefied natural gas which is highly energy intensive, and Shell’s massive gamble on Canada’s tar sands. Shell revealed to investors last year that 30% of its total resources are tar sands.

“As carbon control legislation moves forward in the US, and the world looks towards Copenhagen for action to limit climate change, Shell is going the wrong way by massively increasing the carbon intensity of its production,” said Steve Kretzmann, Executive Director of Oil Change International, and one of the authors of the report.

“Next week, Shell will go on trial for crimes against humanity and murder for its activities in Nigeria 14 years ago,” said Kretzmann. “The company publicly expresses regret over the hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa, but maintains its innocence despite mountains of evidence to the contrary. One wonders if 14 years from now, they will similarly profess innocence for the state of the world’s climate.”