This company first reimagined the status quo as the “Belle Époque” (“bell ay-POCK”) and prepared for situations like “The Carter Miracle” as part of a pioneering risk assessment method developed by Pierre Wack called “scenario planning.” Amador Nita and “Papa” Godett led a strike against this company and founded the 30th of May Workers’ Liberation Front. John Major purportedly called the board of this company “wimps” for backing down on a plan to decommission the Brent Spar. While researching at this company, M. King Hubbert developed a “peak theory” about resource depletion. This company is the primary target of the social justice group MOSOP (“moh-sop”). The Ogoni Nine, including Ken Saro-Wiwa, opposed Sani Abacha’s support for this company’s activities in the Niger Delta. For 10 points, identify this European oil company whose name recently dropped the words “Royal Dutch.” ■END■
ANSWER: Royal Dutch Shell [or Shell Oil; accept Shell Nigeria or Shell Petroleum Development Company; accept Shell USA or Shell Oil Company; accept Shell UK; accept Royal Dutch Petroleum Company or Koninklijke Nederlandse Petroleum Maatschappij until “Royal Dutch” is read; prompt on Werkspoor by asking “it is a subsidiary of what company?”] (The third line refers to the 1969 Curaçao Uprising. MOSOP is the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People.)
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