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Thursday, September 14
BBC News: EU fines cartel over bitumen fix (with Shell getting the largest penalty of $137m)
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Thu 14 Sep 2006 09:34 AM BST
“The fines for Shell were the highest because it was a repeat offender and because it played a leading role in the cartel,” said the Commission’s spokesman Jonathan Todd. more »
Monday, September 4
BBC Monitoring Service: Nigeria: Oil firms accused of "mass murder" of Niger Delta negotiators
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 04 Sep 2006 07:40 AM BST
Published: Sep 03, 2006 Text of report by Chido Okafor entitled "Ijaw Buries Negotiators, Warns Oil Firms" published Nigerian newspaper ... more » Monday, August 28
BBC Monitoring Service: Summary of Russian press for Monday 28 Aug 06
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 28 Aug 2006 02:42 PM BST
Posted by Royal Dutch Shell Plc.com at August 28th, 2006 Published: Aug 28, 2006 3. Denis Rebrov article saying that ... more » Monday, July 24
“Live Chat” Comment on BBC News story: Shell announces new £25m centre
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 24 Jul 2006 10:16 PM BST
Guest 57: McFadyen always claimed to be a fighter of overheads. “I am a welder from Glasgow”. Now it has ... more »
BBC News: BP has avoided going to court over pipeline project
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 24 Jul 2006 09:55 PM BST
Oil giant BP has agreed an out-of-court settlement with a group of Colombian farmers over a pipeline it built. The ... more »
BBC News: Oil giant Shell has announced plans for a new £25m “centre of excellence” in Aberdeen to show its commitment to the North Sea.
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 24 Jul 2006 08:04 PM BST
Shell’s European technical vice-president Kieron McFadyen said: “This is excellent news for Shell, excellent news for the city and excellent news for the oil and gas industry. more »
Wednesday, July 19
BBC NEWS: BP shuts down 12 Alaska oil wells
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Wed 19 Jul 2006 10:26 PM BST
BP has shut 12 producing wells at its Alaskan operations after workers told the Financial Times the wells were leaking oil or diesel insulating agent. The British oil firm said they had been shut while the allegations were being investigated. more »
Monday, July 17
BBC NEWS: Shell criticised over oil deaths
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 17 Jul 2006 07:52 PM BST
He also criticises Shell for failing to assess the consequences of starting up the platform in August 2003 in the knowledge that an emergency shutdown valve had failed. And he says the accident could have been avoided if the temporary repair had been appropriate and properly managed. more »
Thursday, July 6
Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com: Unofficial transcript of BBC Radio - Brent Bravo/Bill Campbell interview
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Thu 06 Jul 2006 05:39 PM BST
Bill Campbell had discovered a culture where safety procedures were being broken or ignored. Vital maintenance work wasn’t being done in case production had to be halted. And rig managers were lying to cover it up. more »
Wednesday, July 5
BBC NEWS: Duma approves Gazprom export bill
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Wed 05 Jul 2006 05:03 PM BST
A bill confirming state-owned gas giant Gazprom's monopoly of exports has been approved by Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma. more »
Thursday, June 15
BBC NEWS: The rocky road to oil riches
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Thu 15 Jun 2006 07:34 AM BST
Colorado, America's "Centennial State", is home to four-and-a-half million people, lots of cattle, and potentially the world's biggest reserves of oil. more »
Wednesday, June 14
BBC News: Shell 'ignored accident warning'
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Wed 14 Jun 2006 08:29 AM BST
Shell was later fined £900,000 after admitting health and safety breaches, including failing to carry out a risk assessment on the platform. : "If Shell, in 1999, had listened to what he said and taken action then, then the two guys wouldn't have died." more »
Friday, June 9
BBC Monitoring Service: Shell to invest at least 100m dollars in Ukrainian oil fields
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Fri 09 Jun 2006 07:27 AM BST
According to the document, which was signed during a meeting between Yushchenko and Shell representatives in the Hague, Shell will invest 100m dollars in the project at the first stage, the agency said. more »
Saturday, May 27
BBC News: Russia looks at oil control move
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sat 27 May 2006 10:40 PM BST
Russia is floating the idea of taking majority control of three oil projects in Siberia owned by Western firms Shell, ExxonMobil and Total. more »
Tuesday, May 23
JURIST (USA): Royal Dutch Shell misses court deadline to pay $1.5 billion for Nigeria pollution
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Tue 23 May 2006 08:33 AM BST
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta [BBC report], a militant group whose attacks have reduced the flow of oil from Nigeria by 20 percent this year, has demanded that Shell pay the Ijaw. more »
Sunday, May 21
BBC Monitoring Service:
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sun 21 May 2006 09:07 AM BST
A federal high court sitting in Port Harcourt Rivers State [Niger Delta] has ordered Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to pay the sum of 1.5bn dollars to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), latest by 12 midday [local time] on Monday [22 May]... "We have over 1,850 documented deaths linked to the exploration and exploitation activities of the oil company. more »
Saturday, May 13
BBC NEWS: Shell sued by oil death partner
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sat 13 May 2006 09:13 AM BST
The partner of a man who died on a North Sea oil platform is seeking £800,000 in damages. Shell has already been fined £900,000 and the result of a fatal accident inquiry is also due soon. more »
Saturday, May 6
BBC News: Petrol firm suspends chip-and-pin
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sat 06 May 2006 03:42 PM BST
The Association of Payment Clearing Services (Apacs) said the fraud related to just one petrol chain. Shell said it hoped to reintroduce chip-and-pin as soon as possible. more »
Friday, May 5
BBC NEWS: Net censorship spreads worldwide
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Fri 05 May 2006 07:56 AM BST
Repressive regimes are taking full advantage of the net's ability to censor and stifle reform and debate, reveals a report. However, noted the report, governments have woken up to the fact that the people they regard as dissidents are active online. Many are now moving to censor blogs and the last year has seen many committed bloggers jailed for what they said in their online journal. more »
Wednesday, April 26
BBC NEWS: Local protestors delay gas development on the west coast of Ireland
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Wed 26 Apr 2006 12:05 AM BST
In County Mayo a number of locals were imprisoned as a result of their opposition to an onshore pipeline Shell wishes to build as part of this project. The group have now been freed, but are still trying to prevent the work from going ahead. more »
Monday, April 17
BBC Monitoring Service: Nigeria: Ogoni rights group accuses oil giant Shell of breaching peace talks
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 17 Apr 2006 09:33 AM BST
In a statement last Thursday, Shell's management accused irate Ogoni youths of attacking 13 of its staff, who went on inspection of its oil wells in Ogoni, to assess their integrity preparatory to securing them. The management explained that its workers went to clean up the spills caused by the rupture of the company's pipeline at Bomu Well-2 but that the team's vehicles and equipment were also seized. more »
Sunday, April 2
BBC Monitoring Service: Nigerian military confirms 30 March clash with Niger-Delta separatists
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sun 02 Apr 2006 08:45 AM BST
The clashes took place near a petrol production plant belonging to the Shell [oil] firm. The station had earlier sustained damages in previous fighting that was quite violent. more »
Tuesday, March 28
BBC NEWS: Trading on your reputation
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Tue 28 Mar 2006 12:17 AM BST
For companies as much as for individuals, it can be a slow, hard job to convince the world that you're safe to talk to, deal with or rely on. Then - in the blink of an eye - a chance event, or a misjudgement, can rip your reputation to shreds. And once gone, rebuilding it can sometimes be impossible. No wonder, then, that the number of people managing reputational risk is mushrooming. more »
Wednesday, March 22
BBC NEWS: Putin hints at China oil pipeline
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Wed 22 Mar 2006 08:51 AM GMT
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said a pipeline carrying Siberian oil could be built through China. more »
Monday, March 20
BBC Monitoring Service: Nigerian Delta militants suspend talks following attacks
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 20 Mar 2006 08:53 AM GMT
Chances of early release of the remaining three hostages held by militants in Delta State got slimmer at the weekend following reported attacks on the youths negotiating freedom for the captives. more »
Sunday, March 12
BBC Monitoring Service: Nigeria: Oil workers blame government for frequent abductions in Niger Delta
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sun 12 Mar 2006 02:20 PM GMT
Pengassan [Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria] and Nupeng [National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers] have condemned the abduction of nine foreign oil workers at the Shell oil field in Delta State. more »
Thursday, March 2
BBC Monitoring Service: Nigeria rebels release six foreign oil-worker hostages
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Thu 02 Mar 2006 03:00 AM EST
After two weeks of detention, six out of nine foreign Shell [oil company] workers were released yesterday in Nigeria. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said it did not receive any ransom. The separatists are still holding three hostages and have threatened to keep them until all their demands are met. more »
Friday, February 24
BBC NEWS: Shell told to pay Nigeria $1.5bn
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Fri 24 Feb 2006 10:25 AM EST
Shell's lawyers argued in the federal court in Port Harcourt that the joint committee of the National Assembly that made the order in 2000 did not have the power to compel the oil company to make the payment. But Judge Okechukwu Okeke ruled that since both sides had agreed to go before the National Assembly, the order was binding on both sides. more »
Friday, February 17
BBC NEWS: Second lease of life for Omani oil wells
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Fri 17 Feb 2006 03:25 AM EST
By Jeremy Howell
BBC News business reporter in Oman Oil is almost never found in convenient places. The huge oilfield ... more » Tuesday, February 14
BBC NEWS: Shell workers in job threat
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 13 Feb 2006 07:36 PM EST
"We're at the sharp end doing the business for the business and get nothing while the top bananas are stuffing their pockets and the pockets of shareholders. "This is a real slap in the mouth from Shell and is probably going to cost them dear because a lot of people are putting in transfers and looking for other jobs." more »
Friday, February 10
BBC NEWS: Carbon addicts and climate debt
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Fri 10 Feb 2006 04:05 AM EST
Shell: In profit only because of 'fantasy economics'? more »
BBC NEWS: Climate 'makes oil profit vanish'
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Fri 10 Feb 2006 03:59 AM EST
The huge profits reported by oil and gas companies would turn into losses if the social costs of their greenhouse gas emissions were taken into account. That is the conclusion of research by the New Economics Foundation (Nef). "The same calculation puts Shell £4.5bn ($8bn) in the red, even as it reports an annual profit of £13bn ($23bn)." more »
Saturday, February 4
ResourceInvestor.com: Shell President Forced to Address 'Peak Oil' Theory
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sat 04 Feb 2006 04:21 AM EST
“[Van der Veer] did say that ‘easy oil has peaked’ but then said ‘look at what is elsewhere like the arctic, deepwater and so on.’ But if you listen to people like PFC Energy, the Washington based consultancy, they have suggested that deepwater will peak early in the next decade. He also mentioned oil sands but the overall plan for oil sands is to make just 5 million barrels a day by 2030. I must say it was not terribly convincing,” Strahan said. more »
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