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May 21st, 2004:

Shell Nigeria Reports Second Pipeline Fire In Week

The Wall Street Journal: Shell Nigeria Reports Second Pipeline Fire In Week

 

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

May 21, 2004 1:32 p.m.


LAGOS — Shell Nigeria reported a second pipeline fire in a week Friday, and said one person was believed dead after the blaze.

 

The company said the pipeline fire was in the Oguta-Egbema region of which is south eastern Nigeria.

 

A company statement said that a tanker without a registration plate number, which may have been used to steal oil from the pipeline, was burning at the scene.

 

Shell says its fire crew has put out the blaze and staff are trying to clamp the leaking line. read more

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Shell Confirms 3 Dead in Oil Well Fire

AllAfrica.com: Shell Confirms 3 Dead in Oil Well Fire

Mike Oduniyi

Lagos

Posted 21 May 04

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), has confirmed the death of three people from its oil well fire in Afam, Oyigbo Local Government, Rivers State.

In a press statement signed by its Corporate Relations Manager, Mr Don Boham, the three were “probably illegal oil bunkerers that had dug into the Afam well-16, with intent to steal crude”.

Meanwhile, the fire was still raging as at press time, as the fire fighting crew from Shell backed by teams from French oil firm Total and the Port Harcourt Refinery deployed to the site were unable to put out the fire, Shell said.
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Argentina Fuel Price Deal Leaves Refiners In Tight Spot

The Wall Street Journal: Argentina Fuel Price Deal Leaves Refiners In Tight Spot

By LAURENCE NORMAN

May 20, 2004 1:06 p.m.

Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

Posted 21 May 04

BUENOS AIRES — A late night phone call between Argentina’s President Nestor Kirchner and Alfonso Cortina, president of oil giant Repsol YPF SA (REP), has transformed the rules of the game in the local oil sector and squeezed refiners into a lose-lose situation.

 

Late Tuesday, while producers and refiners were still working on a new version of a fuel price accord that would have seen fuel prices raised for the first time in 16 months, Kirchner asked Cortina to block the hikes, according to an industry official. read more

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Shell NZ Sells Pohokura Gas To Contact,Genesis, Multi Gas

The Wall Street Journal: Shell NZ Sells Pohokura Gas To Contact,Genesis, Multi Gas

 

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

May 21, 2004 2:57 a.m.

 

WELLINGTON — Shell New Zealand Ltd., a unit of Royal Dutch/Shell (RD), said Friday it has signed long-term contracts to supply three companies with gas from the offshore Pohokura field.

 

The contracts with electricity generator and retailer Contact Energy Ltd. (CEN.NZ), state-owned Genesis Power Ltd., and Multi Gas NZ Ltd. come into effect when the field starts production in mid-2006 and run until 2012 or longer, Shell said in a statement.

 

Shell owns 48% of the Pohokura field, which is offshore Taranaki on the west coast of the North Island. OMV NZ Ltd., a unit of Austria’s OMV Aktiengesellschaft (OMV.VI), and local energy investor Todd Ltd. each own 26%. read more

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Drug company finds the right remedy for fat-cat headlines

The Times: Drug company finds the right remedy for fat-cat headlines

 

By David Yelland

May 21, 2004   

 

“THE likelihood is I will never see that £18 million,” was the message from J. P. Garnier, GlaxoSmithKline’s embattled chief executive, at this week’s annual meeting as he successfully defended his remuneration package against the thronging hordes.

It was the correct message, underlining that Garnier’s pay depends on his ability to deliver success for the company.  

 

Last year, in an unprecedented instance of shareholder revolt, Garnier’s pay award was voted down at the annual meeting. But this year his £2.8 million base salary and his incentive package won the support of more than 80 per cent of shareholders who voted. read more

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Cook’s tenure at Shell Canada far too brief

TheGlobe&Mail.com: Cook’s tenure at Shell Canada far too brief

By DEBORAH YEDLIN

Friday, May 21, 2004 – Page B2

Well that didn’t last long, did it?

Linda Cook’s tenure as the first woman to lead an integrated oil and gas company in North America is going to be clocked at less than one year, not exactly what anyone expected, including Ms. Cook.

Back in September, barely a month after settling in the saddle as Shell Canada’s chief executive officer, Ms. Cook was “white hatted” in true Calgary fashion and welcomed into the disappointingly small circle of 70 prominent women from the city’s business community.
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