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View Article  SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: Chavez putting up a fight to get even bigger stake in oil Venezuela’s rich reserves give it bargaining power

By ROBERT COLLIER
Tuesday, September 26, 2006

El Tigre, Venezuela — On the hot, shrub-covered plains around this dusty, dingy ...   more »

View Article  San Francisco Chronicle: Coaxing oil from huge U.S. shale deposits

Robert Collier, Chronicle Staff Writer

Monday, September 4, 2006

(09-04) 04:00 PDT Meeker, Colo. — Underneath the high, scrub-covered rangeland ...   more »

View Article  The Wall Street Journal: Oil News Roundup: September 1, 2006 4:59 p.m.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE
September 1, 2006 4:59 p.m.

Crude oil prices tumbled to nearly $69 a barrel on ...   more »

View Article  Moscow Times: Shell Rejects Environment Report: Monday, August 28, 2006.
The Royal Dutch Shell-led Sakhalin Energy venture rejected a report that it had failed to respond to a list of environmental violations.   more »
View Article  ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH: Steelman is a terror with state fund

EXTRACT: Two already have been tossed out: Royal Dutch Shell, for drilling for oil in Iran, and Deutsche Bank, for ...   more »

View Article  FloridaToday.com: Shell president wants oil exploration

BY SCOTT BLAKE
FLORIDA TODAY

Shell Oil Co. President John Hofmeister on Tuesday delivered Big Oil’s message to the masses. ...   more »

View Article  The Wall Street Journal: Putin Signs Law That Confirms Gazprom’s Export Monopoly
President Vladimir Putin signed a law that enshrines the monopoly over Russia’s gas exports of OAO Gazprom, the world’s largest gas company, his office said.   more »
View Article  Dow Jones Newswires: Shell Aims To Complete Sakhalin Swap By End '06
MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) aims complete the swap of a stake in its Sakhalin-2 project for assets belonging to Russian natural gas giant OAO Gazprom (GSPBEX.RS) by the end of the year, Shell chief executive Jeroen Van der Veer said in an interview with Russian newspaper Vedomosti published Tuesday.    more »
View Article  Forbes.com: Energy Tsar
Vladimir Putin is using publicly traded Gazprom, and its monster reserves, to remake Russia. Should you own a piece of it?   more »
View Article  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Rosneft IPO Seen Near Range's Top
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, which had been talking to Rosneft about an investment of around $1 billion, may not end up on the order books...   more »
View Article  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Oil News Roundup
SHENHUA AND SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Co. -- a unit of Shenhua Group, China's top coal producer -- agreed to pursue a three-year study of a coal-to-liquids plant in the remote western Ningxia region, taking another step closer to a project that could involve an investment of $5 billion to $6 billion.more »
View Article  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Rosneft Halts IPO Orders A Day Ahead of Schedule
Royal Dutch Shell PLC also is considering investing, although at the low end of the price range, meaning it might not participate, these people said.   more »
View Article  The Houston Chronicle: Ultra, Shell get clearance to put wells closer together
Ultra Petroleum Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell have received approval from Wyoming to tighten well spacing in the Pinedale natural gas field to lift output, Ultra said Tuesday.   more »
View Article  CentreDaily.com: The political tide is favoring Big Oil
After hurricanes Katrina and Rita hammered the Gulf Coast last summer, authorities responded to at least 595 oil, gas and chemical spills in the region, according to a study by The Houston Chronicle.   more »
View Article  THE NEW YORK TIMES: Volcanic Leaks Point to Climate Gas Storage Risks
Many companies are researching carbon storage, including Schlumberger, Alstom and oil companies such as Shell and Statoil.   more »
View Article  The Boston Globe: State pension fund has ties to firms operating in Sudan
The pension fund's investments in Sudan and Iran are dominated by foreign oil firms. The fund has $119.8 million in Royal Dutch Shell and $33.3 million in PetroChina, which both operate in Sudan and Iran.   more »
View Article  THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE: Royal Dutch Sells Assets to Gilligan
Dutch energy company Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Wednesday its Shell Oil Products U.S. division has sold stakes in 31 sites and 10 fuel supply contracts to Gilligan Oil Co., an Ohio wholesaler, for an undisclosed sum.   more »
View Article  Bangor Daily News: Negotiating Royalties
Many large companies, which own the vast majority of leases, such as Shell Oil and Chevron Corp., say they are ready to discuss changes in the lease agreements to resolve the issue.   more »
View Article  The Houston Chronicle: Japan has a request of Exxon Mobil
Combining Exxon Mobil-led Sakhalin-1 and Shell-led Sakhalin-2 would reduce costs and prices. Shell last July doubled its estimate for the cost of developing Sakhalin-2 to $20 billion, and Russia's Gazprom is reviewing cost overruns.   more »
View Article  Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com: Rosneft Courts Share Buyers
From THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: By BENOÎT FAUCON: BP PLC of the U.K., Anglo-Dutch major Royal Dutch Shell PLC; India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corp., or ONGC; China Petrochemical Corp., or Sinopec; and China National Petroleum Corp. are among the companies that have been offered a large share of Rosneft’s IPO, said people involved in both sides of the talks.   more »
View Article  Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com: Iraq Offers to Sell Kirkuk Oil Through Term Contracts
FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: It announced Friday that it awarded some 3.6 million barrels in a second tender to Repsol, Royal Dutch Shell and Vitol's North Atlantic.    more »
View Article  Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com: The False Hope of Biofuels
It's difficult to understand how advocates of biofuels can believe they are a real solution to kicking our oil addiction.   more »
View Article  Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com: Chevron Gets Sole Rights to Texaco Brand
From The Houston Chronicle/The Associated Press: Oil giant Chevron Corp. said Friday it is now the sole owner of U.S. rights to the Texaco brand of gas after a licensing agreement with Royal Dutch Shell PL expired.   more »
View Article  Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com: Methvin to head Shell Chemical
From Houston Business Journal: Stacy Methvin has been appointed president and CEO of Shell Chemical LP, effective July 1.    more »
View Article  Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com: Judge sides with gas station owner fighting Shell Oil
From San Jose Mercury News: At issue is whether Shahbazi defamed Shell and thus broke his franchise agreement last fall when he passed out fliers and erected two large signs outside his station attacking Big Oil.   more »