Royal Dutch Shell Sex and Drugs Scandal
U.S. Department of The Interior: Office of Inspector General: Investigative Report of Gregory W. Smith (Redacted) 7 August 2008 Pages 1 to 22 (By accepting the Shell gratuities in fiscal years 2003, 2004, and 2005, and by accepting the GWEC gratuities in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005, Smith violated federal ethics regulations that prohibited accepting items valued in excess of either $20 per occasion or $50 in total from one source in a given year. )
Denver Post: Sex, drugs alleged in oil deals: 10 September 2008 (Many of the alleged misdeeds occurred when Gale Norton was secretary of the interior. Now a general counsel with Shell in Denver, Norton declined to comment, even when asked to address the portion of the reports dealing with the department she headed.)
The Denver Post: Interior Dept, scandal: Sex, Drugs alleged in oil deals: 10 September 2008
CNN: Sex, drugs, gifts uncovered in government oil probe: 10 September 2008
The New York Times: Sex, Drug Use and Graft Cited in Interior Department: 10 Sept 2008
Reuters: US gov't workers in oil industry sex, drug scandal: 10 September 2008
Forbes.com: Sex, Drugs and Oil: 10 September 2008
Wall Street Journal: Federal Oil Officials Accused In Sex and Drugs Scandal: 11 September 2008 (The report named four companies -- Chevron Corp., a U.S. unit of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Gary-Williams Energy Corp. and Hess Corp. -- as gift givers.)
BBC News: US oil agency rapped over conduct: 11 Sept 2008
Reuters: US Interior Secy 'outraged' by oil-sex scandal: 11 September 2008
USAToday: Oil brokers sex scandal may affect drilling debate: 11 September 2008
CBS News: Sex Scandal Taints Oil Drilling Debate: 11 September 2008
Daily Telegraph: US government staff ‘had sex and drugs with energy firm employees’: 12 Sept 2008
Baltimore Sun: Viewpoint: Sex, drugs and natural gas royalties: 17 September 2008
Reuters: US House hearing looks into gov't oil-sex scandal: 18 September 2008
The Wall Street Journal: Lawmakers Assail Interior Over Scandal: 19 September 2008
Investigative Report of MMS Oil Marketing Group -Lakewood (Redacted) for U.S. Department of the Interior: Office of the Inspector General: 19 August 2008
Investigative Report of Gregory W. Smith (Redacted) for U.S. Department of the Interior: Office of the Inspector General: 19 August 2008
CNN: Whistleblower: Oil watchdog agency 'cult of corruption': 14 October 2008
New York Times: Eight Years of Madoffs: 10 January 2009
Shell in U.S. Gov. Sex, Drugs and Corruption Scandal: 24 January 2009 (John Donovan article)