Interview with Shell CEO

Jeroen van der Veer: Shell doesn't like flaring and is not in the oil business for the money.

The Green Rush: Full transcript of interview with Jeroen van der Veer - Times Online

In Shell's view, we do not like flaring at all, so our policy is already for years that wherever we flare that we try to reduce or completely stop it. If I look at the world, at the Shell operations, basically we have only the problem in Nigeria left.

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I'm always amazed that people think that oil companies they are just for the money and greedy and like to do a lousy job.

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We think to take environmental aspects into account is good long-term business as well because it prevents problems, and it helps that people think that Shell is doing a good job so that if they have a consumer choice they fuel up with our gasoline.

Really? We fuel up with Shell if we have a choice?