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View Article  Petroleum News: Chevron-led oil sands project on the move
Shell Canada, as well as evaluating a multi-billion dollar expansion of Athabasca, is considering its option for Ells River.   more »
View Article  Petroleum News: 2nd quarter Canadian M&A activity lively
Shell Canada’s C$2.5 billion buyout of BlackRock Ventures was the only deal outside the trust sector that exceeded the billion-dollar mark.    more »
View Article  Petroleum News: Alaska raids seen as second step in FBI crackdown on suspected public corruption

EXTRACTS: More fallout from the scandal is expected in the November elections when some congressmen implicated in the scandal will ...   more »

View Article  Petroleum News: Shell postpones Beaufort Sea well cellar work until 2007

Shell is postponing the excavation of well cellars in the federal waters of Alaska’s Beaufort Sea until 2007. The company ...   more »

View Article  Petroleum News: Situation normal — upheaval rules

EXTRACT: On the heels of Shell Canada’s startling revelation that the cost of its proposed Athabasca expansion may have soared ...   more »

View Article  Petroleum News: Russia using environmental challenges

Government appears to be putting pressure on Shell and other multinationals to win concessions for state-controlled companies

By Allen Baker...   more »

View Article  Petroleum News: This is no Shell game: Shell Canada has shredded the reputation of parent company Royal Dutch Shell for fiscal caution…

Comes to terms with inflation, gets serious about building oil sands future

By Gary Park
For Petroleum News

Shell Canada ...   more »

View Article  Petroleum News: Major players ask for contract changes

State receives substantive critiques of proposed gas line fiscal contract from oil and gas companies, Doyon, North Slope Borough

By ...   more »

View Article  Petroleum News: Newfoundland gamble on grand scale

Chevron-partnership ready to spud C$140 million exploratory well in Orphan basin in mid-August; downplays chances of success

By Gary Park...   more »

View Article  Petroleum News: Feuding over Alberta royalties: industry, energy minister warn changes could be destructive to oil sands

EXTRACT: Neil Carmata, a Petro-Canada vice president and the former head of Shell Canada’s oil sands division, said investors and ...   more »

View Article  Petroleum News: Oil Patch Insider

Canada’s leader spreads the energy gospel in Europe

Canada, a superpower?

Prime Minister Stephen Harper thinks so and that’s the ...   more »

View Article  Petroleum News: Explorers lose Mackenzie test case; Petro-Canada hikes Arctic offer — again
Imperial, lead partner in the Mackenzie Gas Project, with Shell Canada, ConocoPhillips Canada and ExxonMobil Canada as its partners, flatly rejected that idea, insisting that the gathering lines in the Mackenzie Delta and a natural-gas-liquids line from Inuvik to Norman Wells should be subject to the COGO Act.    more »
View Article  From Petroleum News: Anadarko farewell fires up buyers’ market
Others deemed to be in the running are Canadian Oil Sands Trust, Shell Canada, Nexen and ConocoPhillips, all hungry for gas production to support their oil sands ventures.   more »
View Article  Petroleum News: Deep Panuke back from Deep Six
That keeps the spotlight on Shell Canada, which analysts believe is eager to obtain more reserves to support its 31.3 percent stake in Sable.   more »
View Article  Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com: Shell talks up Arctic exploration
From Petroleum News: Shell, Talley reported, has 103 tracts in the Beaufort Sea “north of Alaska and Canada.”    more »
View Article  Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com: Oil sands projects face credit concerns
From Petroleum News: Neil McMahon, an oil analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, said major players such as ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, and Italy’s Eni may turn to oil sands and other unconventional assets for a larger chunk of their reserves by 2020 to offset declining conventional resources.   more »
View Article  Royal Dutch Shell Plc. com: Seismic survey permits issued to Shell Offshore and ConocoPhillips Alaska
From Petroleum News: The agency said Shell, ConocoPhillips and GX have entered into conflict avoidance agreements with “the appropriate North Slope communities to avoid conflict with subsistence activities.”   more »
View Article  Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com: Meet the oil CEOS
FROM PETROLEUM NEWS: Top officials at Chevron, Shell and ConocoPhillips sat down with Tim Russert on Meet the Press June 18 to address the questions, “‘Why are gasoline prices so high, while oil company profits are soaring?’ and ‘Can we be self-sufficient in our energy needs?’”   more »
View Article  Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com: Shell targets hike in oil sands output
: From Petroleum News: Having locked up 92.8 percent of BlackRock Ventures and completed its C$2.4 billion takeover of the company, Shell Canada has its eye on boosting production from the junior producer to 30,000-50,000 barrels per day.   more »
View Article  Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com: More twists in Arctic gas contest
From Petroleum News: However, Mackenzie lead partner Imperial Oil has insisted there is no intention to ship the Mackenzie gas to current and planned oil sands projects operated by the Delta anchor gas owners — Imperial, Shell Canada, ConocoPhillips Canada and ExxonMobil Canada.   more »
View Article  Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com: Clark: Some contract renegotiation possible
From Petroleum News: Who’s bidding? Five “significant oil companies,” like Shell, Chevron and Statoil are interested in building the GTL plant, he said, “on a normal commercial basis.” That means those companies “are willing to gamble billions of dollars today on the forecast that gas prices in the world are going to be low. …   more »
View Article  Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com: Port authority lawsuit dismissed
Petroleum News: The lawsuit claimed that Exxon and BP are restricting the nation’s supply of natural gas and eliminating competition for the exploration, development and marketing of natural gas from Alaska’s North Slope to U.S. markets.   more »
View Article  Petroleum News: BP confirms receiving subpoena in Alaska
British oil company BP PLC confirmed June 8 it had received a subpoena from a U.S. grand jury investigating a massive oil leak in Alaska.    more »
View Article  Petroleum News: Oil sands get mining sector attention
There had been an earlier breakthrough when employees of BHP Billiton, after being laid off as part of a North American downsizing by the Australian mining giant, formed Western Oil Sands, which now has a 20 percent share of Shell Canada’s Athabasca project.   more »
View Article  Petroleum News: Global trend reaches Canada High Arctic
A report by the Resources Ministry said development of ExxonMobil’s Sakhalin-1, Shell’s Sakhalin-2 and Total’s Kharyaga production-sharing agreements are behind schedule, over budget and lacking Russian involvement. The ministry said Russia’s Academy of Natural Science urged Russian companies in the projects should have a 51 percent presence to solve the problems.   more »