This information comes from an analysis of leaked secret US embassy cables. Ann Pickard, a then senior Shell executive, was directly involved in the OPL 245 deal, and the primary indiscreet source of the secret information. Extracts below from various publications provide evidence of her role in...
This information is unsurprising given the content of leaked secret cables from the US Embassy in Muscat published by WikiLeaks in December 2010, suggesting a degree of hostility or unease towards Shell. The Sultan was at that time considering taking gas fields away from PDO (34% owned by ...