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View Article  TODAYonline: Energy initiative takes centre stage at EBRD conference
Meanwhile, the EBRD is mulling new investment in the controversial Sakhalin II project, on the island of Sakhalin, 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Japan's coast.    more »
View Article  Silicon.com: Shell's £1m chip and PIN fraud 'an inside job'
A £1m chip and PIN fraud at a Shell petrol station was "an inside job", according to UK payments body Apacs. Shell suspended the use of chip and PIN payments at 600 UK petrol stations over the weekend as a precautionary measure following the theft of more than £1m from customer accounts.   more »
View Article  Expansion: Repsol buys emission rights from Shell (Repsol compra derechos de emision a Shell)
Leading Spanish petrochemicals group Repsol YPF is to acquire 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission rights from Anglo-Dutch petrochemicals giant Royal Dutch Shell. These rights have a market value of 205,000 euros.   more »
View Article  Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (Barbados): Shell to pay farmers
They claim that a leak in a fuel oil line has severely hampered production in the area, with yields dropping significantly since the problem was detected several years ago. Sources say the paying out of a multi-million dollar compensation package is expected to resolve the matter and the amount of money to be paid is now being formally negotiated.    more »
View Article  New Europe: Gazprom, Shell mull SLF production in Russia
“Gazprom and Shell are holding consultations on working together in the GTL field. It would be premature to talk about any specific agreements,” a source from Gazprom said. A source familiar with Gazprom plans, however, told Interfax there was a joint project between Gazprom and Shell to build an SLF production plant near Nadym.   more »
View Article  Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C.: Slave Labor at Royal/Dutch Shell Group
Shell additionally held the dubious distinction not only of having collaborated with the Nazi Regime to bring Deutsche Gasoline into fruition, but also of sharing control over the company with I.G. Farben Industrie - the infamous producer of Zyklon B poison gas. Despite its enormous wealth - as quantified by annual sales in excess of $93 billion - Shell has failed to compensate any of the men and women who worked on its grounds between 1943 and 1945.   more »
View Article  Les Echos - France: Total in shortlist for Shell LPG activities (Total serait parmi les 4 preselectionnes pour le GPL de Shell)
Royal Dutch Shell has included the French oil group Total in a shortlist of four offers for its liquefied petrol gas activities, according to sources familiar with the matter.   more »
View Article  Daily Times (Pakistan): VIEW: Nigeria’s road to ruin
There are also fears that the splintering of Dokubu’s militias has created fertile ground in the Delta for Islamist groups. A few weeks ago, a previously unknown organisation called “The Martyr’s Brigade” claimed credit for attacks on Delta pipelines, raising concerns among multinationals that mercenary resistance in the region is becoming ideological.   more »
View Article  THE SEATTLE TIMES: Chevron buys Alberta oil leases
The oil company said an estimated 7.5 billion barrels of oil are under the land and that two unnamed companies each have the option to purchase 20 percent of the leases. Chevron already has a 20 percent stake in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project, which is controlled by Royal Dutch Shell and based 24 miles southwest from the fields covered by the new leases.   more »
View Article  Interfax Information Services, B.V.: Gazprom and Shell Discuss Sakhalin-2 Project
Shell and Gazprom have set up a joint management committee to discuss the inclusion of the Russian gas giant in the Sakhalin-2 project, Chris Finlayson, Shell's manager in Russia, told journalists on Tuesday.    more »
View Article  New Vision Online: Shell (U) loses case to former employee
Five judges in a judgement delivered recently, upheld the Court of Appeal decision saying Shell’s appeal was incompetent and had also been filed out of time.    more »
View Article  TMCnet: SPD CEO appointed Shell Russia vice president for production

In addition to SPD, Shell is also taking part in the oil and gas project Sakhalin-2 in Russia, which is expected to build Russia's first plant to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG).
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View Article  New Scientist: If we don't stop burning oil...
THE 20th century was warmer than any time in the past thousand years, but that is nothing compared with how hot the Earth could become over the next millennium.   more »
View Article  AdRants: Shell Collects Consumer Info With Calling Card Promotion
Shell, in a seemingly innocent effort to give away a free phone card valued at $2 to students away from ...   more »
View Article  Anchorage Daily News: Shell appoints two lifelong Alaskans to navigate Beaufort Sea fields
For oil giant Shell to reach its goal of pumping oil from Beaufort Sea fields, it'll have to deal with two behemoths: the endangered bowhead whale, which North Slope Natives hunt and fervently protect, and the U.S. Department of the Interior, which regulates offshore drilling.    more »
View Article  PandCT.com: Shell and Sonatrach sign Memorandum of Understanding
Royal Dutch Shell plc ("Shell") and Sonatrach, the Algerian national energy company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering multiple business initiatives, both in Algeria and internationally.    more »
View Article  Enter Stage Right (Canada): Scaring people about energy
A case in point is a new field near Sakhalin, a remote island off Russia’s east coast. American, Japanese, Indian, and Russian oil companies funded the project which now taps a field that will yield some 250,000 barrels of oil a day by the end of this year along with some 60 million cubic feet of natural gas.   more »
View Article  TMCnet: Sakhalin-2 participants to meet with Gazprom on Feb 21
Participants in the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project - Anglo-Dutch Royal Dutch Shell and Japan's Mitsui and Mitsubishi - are to meet with Russian gas giant OAO Gazprom on February 21, a source close to preparations for the meeting told Interfax.more »
View Article  Fuel Cell Today: Shell Hydrogen Appoints New Vice President
With effect from 1 January 2006 Duncan Macleod has been appointed Vice President of Shell Hydrogen.    more »
View Article  MarineLink.com: Exxon, Shell Lose Nigerian Field Access
Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil lost an auction for Nigeria's most promising oil and gas fields last year to companies controlled by South Korea. In Venezuela, Royal Dutch Shell's bid to develop an offshore gas deposit collapsed when Brazil's state oil company stepped in.    more »
View Article  TreeHugger.com: Shell Bets on Thin Film Solar
Shell will instead focus on CIS thin film solar, based principally on Copper, Indium and Selenium. The cells typically produce a lower total energy output than crystalline solar cells but they're also cheaper to manufacture; most of all, they don't rely on silicon.   more »
View Article  Philippine Daily Inquirer: Palace tells gas firms to explain price hikes

MALACAYENANG WANTS oil firms in the country to justify their new round of price increases in the wake of record profits that global oil companies are reaping. Royal Dutch Shell announced on Feb. 1 that it earned $5.4 billion in the last quarter of 2005. Analysts said Shell's profit for the entire year, $22.94 billion, an increase of 30 percent from the previous year, was a record for a company listed in the United Kingdom.more »
View Article  Rutland Herald (Vermont): ExxonMobil recently reported record 2005 profits of more than $36 billion
The response from Shell Oil Company was nearly identical. "It is Shell and Motiva's view that public service funding decisions, such as funding and administering the low-income heating oil assistance program (LIHEAP), are a role and responsibility of the government," Shell spokeswoman Karyn Leonardi-Cattolica said in an e-mail. Shell posted a 2005 profit of $23 billion.    more »
View Article  MyWestTexas.com: Shell fourth-quarter earnings fall 4 percent on lower production
The company's main long-term problem is seen as the gap between the amount of oil and gas it is currently pumping and how much it will be able to produce in the future. ...Fortis Bank analyst Paul Andriessen said the 2005 ra