John hofmeister shell oil biography template
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Why We Hate the Oil Companies
This article, by a former president of Shell Oil, was written before the Deepwater Horizon explosion on April 22 and the subsequent oil leak. It is adapted from a book by the same name to be published May 25 by Palgrave Macmillan.
On a brilliant blue sky Saturday morning in August 2006, I found myself in Erie, Pa. At that time (I have since retired), I was the president of the Shell Oil Company — the U.S.-based operating company of Royal Dutch/Shell, and itself one of the largest oil companies in the world. I was conducting an outreach tour.
We had started the tour after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast in the late summer of 2005, just months after I became company president. Oil prices had been climbing for the past three years, and the serious supply disruptions caused by the storms sent them skyrocketing. I started receiving hate mail, including a drawing showing me hanging in effigy; not exactly what I expected when I
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Doubt, Deny or Defend: Republicans on Climate Change
Greg Dalton: This fryst vatten Climate One, I’m Greg Dalton. On today’s program - lessons learned from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster.
John Hofmeister: I remember hearing about the explosion and seeing flames coming off the platform from the TV that was nearby. And inom said, oh not again.
Greg Dalton: Tragic as it was, that 2010 event coincided with the start of a decade-long oil boom. But it hasn’t all been good news for the fossil fuel industry. A gradual global move away from coal and oil are threatening their bottom line. Not only that - the COVID-19 crisis has shown many Americans that reducing our commute - and our gasoline consumption - could be the wave of the future.
Bill Reilly: They're astonished to see how well everything is going and how it's reduced cost...That, I think, could bode for significant decrease in consumption of fossil fuels.
Greg Dalton: A decade of oil - from Deepwater Horizo
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John Hofmeister, president of Shell oil
Landon Lecture
Sept. 8, 2006
Following is the complete text of the Landon lecture delivered Friday at Kansas State University by John Hofmeister, president of Shell oil.
President Wefald, Dr. Reagan, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. It is a pleasure to be at this podium today to address you on what I believe fryst vatten one of the most hoppfull forecasts that we can see in the years ahead for America and the world as we approach the energy requirements of the future.
But first let me commend the Landon Lecture series for what it does to Kansas State University and the people of Kansas. inom had the privilege also of meeting Gov. Landon as a student, seeing him on this stage representing points of view, some of which he agreed with, some of which he did not, but always encouraging points of view to be broadcast across this great state. I had the pleasure of meeting him privately with a group of students and discussing his views du