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August, 2005:

Oil Edges Up Near $66 on Supply Worries

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Oil Edges Up Near $66 on Supply Worries

“Protesters in major exporter Nigeria ended a week-long siege of oil facilities on Monday, to pave the way for talks with Royal Dutch Shell over compensation for an oil spill and fire in 2003. Such protests underlined fears over global supply security and refining constraints that have helped keep U.S. oil at an average of $53.79 this year versus $41.47 in 2004.”

Tuesday 23 August 2005

By REUTERS

Published: August 23, 2005

Filed at 2:15 a.m. ET

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices inched up toward $66 on Tuesday as fears over persistent global supply disruptions countered recovering output from Ecuador and an expected slight increase in U.S. crude stocks.

U.S. light crude was 20 cents higher at $65.85 a barrel by 0527 GMT in the new front-month October contract, after September expired on Monday up 10 cents at $65.45. London Brent crude rose 20 cents to $64.70 a barrel. read more

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Cnooc, Other Chinese Oil Companies May Lead Oil Mergers

BLOOMBERG: Cnooc, Other Chinese Oil Companies May Lead Oil Mergers

“BG Group Plc, Repsol YPF SA, Woodside Petroleum Ltd. and even Royal Dutch Shell Plc also “could be in the hands of other players…”

Tuesday 23 August 2005

Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) — Cnooc Ltd., Petrochina Co. Ltd. and other Chinese oil companies may be back in the takeover hunt to get access to more reserves to meet demand in the country’s growing economy, a Foresight Research Solutions energy analyst says.

After the sting of Cnooc failing to prevail in the bidding for Unocal Corp., the company and its Chinese rivals are likely to stay away from U.S., Canadian, Australian and European targets, said Bernard Picchi, an energy analyst for Foresight in New York in a note to investors. read more

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Sultan of Brunei marries his second, second wife

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By Sebastien Berger, South-East Asia Correspondent 12:08AM BST 22 Aug 2005

The Sultan of Brunei, once the world’s richest man, has taken a former newsreader 32 years his junior as his second wife, reports said yesterday.

Family members and close friends were the only people to attend the wedding of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, 58, and his 26-year-old bride, Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim, in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, the New Straits Times said.

Azrinaz was educated in Malaysia and worked as a television reporter and newsreader until leaving her station three months ago, saying she wanted to “venture into other undertakings”. read more

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ROYAL DUTCH SHELL’S TARNISHED ROYAL PREFIX

ShellNews.net: ROYAL DUTCH SHELL’S TARNISHED ROYAL PREFIX

Monday 22 August 2005: 09.15 EDT

By Alfred Donovan

My son John recently received his first letter from Royal Dutch Shell Plc. It proudly displays the royal crown of the Dutch royal family. The oil giant bears the Royal prefix because Royal Dutch has enjoyed a strong link with the Dutch royal family for over a hundred years.

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands granted a royal charter to a small oil exploration company founded in 1890 by Jean Kessler, along with Henri Deterding and Hugo Loudon, which evolved into the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company. Queen Wilhelmina was a very shrewd investor and became the wealthiest woman in the world. At one time, the Dutch royals apparently owned as much as 25% of the oil company. read more

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Globe and Mail: Shell’s project: preserving backcountry

Globe and Mail: Shell’s project: preserving backcountry

“Environmentalists and energy companies don’t often make good bedfellows…”

Monday, August 22, 2005

By DAWN WALTON

Monday, August 22, 2005 Updated at 3:44 AM EDT

Calgary — Environmentalists and energy companies don’t often make good bedfellows, particularly in Alberta and especially when they’ve long butted heads over access to a valuable swath of Rocky Mountain wilderness. What a difference a study makes.

Roger Creasey, manager of ecosystem management at Shell Canada Ltd., sounds positively granola-loving when he talks about the future of a 1,000-square-kilometre piece of backcountry known as the Castle Carbondale region, tucked in the southwest corner of the province. read more

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Shell and BG to swap key North Sea gas assets

The Business: Shell and BG to swap key North Sea gas assets

“The news shows that last month’s deal to exchange a 25% stake in Shell’s $20bn (£11bn, E16.4bn) Sakhalin Liquefied Natural Gas project for 50% in a vast Western Siberian field is just the first in a stream of swap agreements being negotiated by the firm as it desperately manoeuvres to make up for a shortage of oil reserves compared with its peers.”

Posted Monday 22 August 2005

By: Richard Orange

OIL giant Royal Dutch Shell is in advanced talks with gas major BG Group to swap key gas assets in the North Sea, The Business has learned.

The news shows that last month’s deal to exchange a 25% stake in Shell’s $20bn (£11bn, E16.4bn) Sakhalin Liquefied Natural Gas project for 50% in a vast Western Siberian field is just the first in a stream of swap agreements being negotiated by the firm as it desperately manoeuvres to make up for a shortage of oil reserves compared with its peers. read more

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FRESH TROUBLE BREWS IN RIVERS, NIGERIA’s OIL STATE, OVER SHELL

PHXNews: FRESH TROUBLE BREWS IN RIVERS, NIGERIA’s OIL STATE, OVER SHELL

“Nobody this time around can stop us. Enough is enough. I don’t think it is our place to be begging oil companies to live up to their social responsibility. Shell is simply wicked…”

Monday 22 August 2005

AKANIMO SAMPSON BUREAU CHIEF, PORT HARCOURT

FRESH communal problem is currently brewing at Bille, in Degema Local Government Area of Nigeria’s Rivers State, where the community youths are locked in confrontation with Shell, a transnational oil and gas supermajor.

Bille youths recently shut down Shell flowstations in the area, claiming that the community has no tangible development project to show for the over four decades of the oil giants’ operations in their territory. This time around, they are alleging that the oil company was no longer enthusiastic about the “agreement” they reached with them on the socio-economic development of Bille. read more

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Shell Offers U.K. Small Businesses Cash for Emissions Cuts

 GREENBIZ.com: Shell Offers U.K. Small Businesses Cash for Emissions Cuts

Monday 22 August 2005

Source: Edie News

LONDON, Aug. 22, 2005 – Oil giant Shell has set up a new fund to provide small businesses in the U.K. with more incentive to tackle climate change.

Shell Springboard will pay companies up to £40,000 if they come up with practical, commercially viable steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and do their bit to slow climate change.

Awards of between £20,000 and £40,000 will be made to six companies spread across the UK and judges will be looking for innovative ideas which are backed up by sound financial planning and an understanding of markets. read more

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Shell Reopens Oil Facilities in Nigeria

FORBES/Associated Press: Shell Reopens Oil Facilities in Nigeria

Monday 22 August 2005

Royal Dutch Shell PLC has reopened two oil facilities producing nearly 40,000 barrels of crude a day after closing them last week amid a compensation dispute, a company spokeswoman said Monday. A lawyer said talks to resolve the dispute would resume.

Villagers demanding compensation for an oil spill and a fire nearly two years ago launched protests in mid-August that prompted Shell to close the facilities in the oil-rich Niger delta’s Obio-Akpor district.

Bernadette Cunnane, a Shell spokeswoman, said by telephone from London that the Agbada I flow station producing 14,000 barrels a day reopened Sunday while the Agbada II station, which produces 25,000 barrels daily, reopened early Monday. read more

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Shell declines comment on reported asset swap with BG

FORBES/AFX News Limited: Shell declines comment on reported asset swap with BG

Monday 22 August 2005

LONDON (AFX) – The Royal Dutch Shell PLC has declined to comment on a weekend report claiming it is considering a North Sea asset swap arrangement with BG Group PLC.

‘We have no comment on that,’ said a Shell spokeswoman.

According to an unsourced article carried by the Business newspaper, Shell and BG are in advanced discussions to exchange certain gas producing fields in the North Sea.

BG is looking at handing Shell some of its 22 pct stake in the giant Buzzard field, the largest UK gas find in a decade, in exchange for a share of Shell’s interest in the Ormen Lange field. read more

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Shell has no case to answer in Nigerian standoff: company spokesman

ChinaView.cn: Shell has no case to answer in Nigerian standoff: company spokesman

Sunday 21 August 2005

www.chinaview.cn

2005-08-21 04:14:32

LAGOS, Aug. 20 (Xinhuanet) — As the standoff between the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and local communities in Nigeria’s southern state of Rivers entered the fourth day, a Shell’s spokesman said Saturday the company had no case to answer.

The six communities on Tuesday shut the company’s flow stations in the area because of the unresolved issue of compensation and clean-up of the December 2003 spillage.

Explaining the circumstances that led to the impasse, SPDC’s Corporate External Affairs Manager Donald Boham said the attitude of the communities and weather conditions were responsible for the delay in the resolution of the crisis. read more

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Equity firms head Shell gas race

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Equity firms head Shell gas race

“The sale is part of Shell’s $15bn divestment programme, launched last year by Jeroen van der Veer, the chief executive, which is designed to help fund the group’s £25bn investment in its oil reserves.”

Sunday 21 August 2005

By Sylvia Pfeifer (Filed: 21/08/2005)

Private equity groups are leading the race to buy the $3bn (£1.6bn) liquified petroleum gas (LPG) business put up for sale by Royal Dutch Shell earlier this year.

First round bids for the business were submitted earlier this month and it is understood that potential buyers were informed late last week whether or not they had made it through to the next round.

Those believed to be on the shortlist include: a consortium made up of Repsol, the Spanish oil and gas giant, and CVC Capital Partners, the private equity group; a joint bidding group made up of Blackstone, the US private equity firm, and its UK counterpart Permira; and a combination of America’s Bain Capital and PAI Capital Partners of France. read more

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Shell boss says history against Rockall oil find

The Sunday Business Post (IRELAND): Shell boss says history against Rockall oil find

“Ten licences have been granted at Rockall, but eight have been returned after no financially viable quantities of oil or gas were found.”

Sunday 21 August 2005

By Laura Noonan

Shell’s latest oil exploration licence has been granted for an area for which 80 per cent of the licences issued have been returned to the state years before they were due to expire.

Ten licences have been granted at Rockall, but eight have been returned after no financially viable quantities of oil or gas were found.

Andy Pyle, chief executive of Shell’s Irish exploration company, said the area’s history of poor returns reduced the likelihood of his company finding oil there. read more

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Shell bosses live high life on oil profits

THE SUNDAY TIMES: Shell bosses live high life on oil profits

“Jeroen van der Veer, the chief executive, and fellow senior executives are understood to have bought three new Falcon aircraft for their boardroom fleet at a cost of nearly £60m.”: “The lavish arrangements for directors are partly a result of the company’s bulging coffers.”: “News of the luxury jets comes as the company begins to rebuild its reputation following a corporate scandal. Last year, it was accused of misleading the stock market by overestimating its oil reserves and had to pay £82m in fines.”

Sunday 21 August 2005

Robert Winnett

THE directors of Shell have cashed in some of the windfall from high oil prices to upgrade their fleet of corporate jets.

Jeroen van der Veer, the chief executive, and fellow senior executives are understood to have bought three new Falcon aircraft for their boardroom fleet at a cost of nearly £60m.

According to aviation experts, Shell replaced older Falcons, while a Gulfstream has been kept on, meaning there are now four jets in the fleet.

At a time when other multinational companies have been getting rid of their executive planes, Shell’s top directors have signed new contracts which spell out their right to use the company planes to fly them around the world. read more

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ROYAL DUTCH SHELL EXECUTIVES JET FUELLED ARROGANCE

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL EXECUTIVES JET FUELLED ARROGANCE

Sunday 21 August 2005: 11.10 ET

By Alfred Donovan

A report published in The Sunday Times today, reveals that Shell senior management has bought three Falcon jet aircraft creating a Royal Dutch Shell plc boardroom fleet of 4 luxury executive jets.

The cash to buy the jets is being generated by the one element over which Shell management has no control – record high oil prices and consequential humungous profits. Shell recently announced profits of £5.6 billion for the first half of 2005. In other words, Shell is currently making almost £1 billion GB pounds per month (nearly $2 billion US dollars per month). read more

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Daily Telegraph: More sounds from Shell

Daily Telegraph: More sounds from Shell

Mr van der Veer believes “it is important to allow people to contribute to Shell in their own way, while the leadership helps them to focus their energies on what matters”.

City diary

Edited by Rose Murray-West (Filed: 20/08/2004)

Following my revelation that Clive Mather, head of Shell Canada, will be the special guest at an Evangelical Alliance evening on valuing trust, here’s another executive who wants a word in your Shell-like.

For just £142 you can hear Jeroen van der Veer, chairman of Royal Dutch/Shell, speaking at the Energy Institute’s autumn lunch. According to the blurb, Mr van der Veer believes “it is important to allow people to contribute to Shell in their own way, while the leadership helps them to focus their energies on what matters”. read more

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Guardian: Corporate battle lines

Guardian: Corporate battle lines

“The collapse of Enron, and the related and unrelated stories of corporate fraud, unbridled greed and negligent auditing”: “How different are the skills required to succeed in, say, Shell, from those needed in the Treasury? (Apart, of course, from the need in the former case to cultivate a blind eye.)

The Economics of Innocent Fraud: Truth for Our Time

by JK Galbraith

Reviewed by Howard Davies

Guardian Weekly

It is some time since we have heard from JK Galbraith, which is not entirely surprising. At 95 he may be excused some gaps in what has, for 75 years, been a regular flow of stimulating political and economic writing. The general assumption, I think, was that he had finally retired from the fray. The Economics of Innocent Fraud shows that is far from the case. He has re-emerged with a pungent, if short, essay on economics, corporate politics and the terminology of public discourse. read more

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Instant messaging used in ‘untraceable’ City leaks

Financial Times: Instant messaging used in ‘untraceable’ City leaks

“follows a string of cases where e-mails have provided crucial evidence, such as when Royal Dutch/Shell disclosed e-mails showing the feud between two of its directors over its overstatement of reserves.”

By Bob Sherwood, Legal Correspondent

Published: August 20 2004

City professionals are increasingly using untraceable electronic instant messaging systems to communicate sensitive information secretly, computer experts have warned.

Many workers at financial institutions have woken up to the dangers of sending improper communications by e-mail after so many “smoking gun” messages have been exposed in recent years.

Instead, they are turning to Microsoft’s MSN Messenger and other real-time “instant messaging” systems to send information that their employers cannot detect, according to Kroll Ontrack, part of the global risk consultancy. read more

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Oil minister says Shell, Exxon Mobil out of Venezuela gas project

MarketWatch: Oil minister says Shell, Exxon Mobil out of Venezuela gas project

Posted Saturday 20 August 2005

CARACAS (MarketWatch) — Venezuela’s oil minister said Friday that Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil Corp. will no longer participate in the Mariscal Sucre natural gas project.

Venezuela will begin to develop the project’s initial two fields on its own, Rafael Ramirez told reporters.

Venezuela had been in talks with the two companies for the Mariscal Sucre project but had reached no agreement. The minister said the government will use its own resources to launch the project. read more

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Sunny days for an alternative power play

The Independent: Sunny days for an alternative power play

“As with wind power, some very well known companies are interested in solar power – Shell, BP and Sharp, for example, all have operations – while smaller companies are specialising on niches of the sector.”

Saturday 20 August 2005

Funds to get you into alternative energy

Published: 20 August 2005

There’s a simple explanation for the seemingly ever-upwards march of the oil price: while demand for black gold keeps rising, supply is failing to keep pace.

Political uncertainty and setbacks at various refineries around the world may be behind this month’s increases to a record-breaking $67 (£37) a barrel – analysts think the price could even hit $70 before 2006 – but in the long run, as oil supplies dwindle, there is little prospect of sustained price falls. read more

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Ireland On-Line: Shell ‘committed to ending pipeline dispute’

Ireland On-Line: Shell ‘committed to ending pipeline dispute’

Posted Saturday 20 August 2005

Energy giant Shell today offered to look at any initiative that could secure the release of the five Mayo men jailed over their protests against a gas pipeline.

After a meeting between Shell bosses and Mayo County Council chiefs, the company insisted it was committed to finding a resolution to the crisis.

The men, known as the Rossport Five, have been locked up in Cloverhill Prison for seven and a half weeks over their protests against the onshore pipeline designed to bring gas from the Corrib field to a refinery. read more

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Irish Times: Shell and councillors in talks over gas pipeline impasse

Irish Times: Shell and councillors in talks over gas pipeline impasse

“While Shell had “taken significant steps to create an atmosphere in which the men could see the merit of dialogue and are pleased that they have agreed to pursue this path”, Mr Pyle said the company had to “preserve” its “legal position in relation to the authorised construction of the onshore pipeline and the protection of our staff from unlawful interference”.

Saturday August 20, 2005

Lorna Siggins, Marine Correspondent

Shell E&P Ireland says it is working with Mayo County Council’s cathaoirleach, Fine Gael councillor Henry Kenny, to seek a solution to the current impasse over the Corrib gas project.

The cathaoirleach and Fine Gael’s whip, Cllr Paddy McGuinness, intend to meet the five Mayo men in Cloverhill Prison, Dublin, next Wednesday, to try and secure their release. The men, who are opposed to the pipeline on health and safety grounds, have now spent 52 days in prison. read more

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Share buybacks create an illusion of gain

THE TIMES (UK): PERSONAL INVESTOR: Share buybacks create an illusion of gain

“Royal Dutch Shell is mounting a £5 billion buyback by way of apology for management lapses. Something must be thrown to the vultures; shareholder’s money is an obvious choice.”

Saturday 20 August 2005

By Graham Searjeant

COUNTRYWIDE, the estate agency chain, achieved a notable stock market triumph when it reported its first-half results. Income was down a fifth and pre-tax profit collapsed from £30.7 million to £3.5 million. The interim dividend was carved from 4.5p to 1p. Yet Countrywide shares stayed firm above 300p, a level implying a complete recovery in the housing market.

The only potentially positive surprise was that Countrywide promised to spend cash saved on the dividend to buy shares back from institutional investors. The board explained that the shares are now owned mostly by Americans, who prefer buybacks to dividends, which suffer withholding tax. UK fund managers, who have notoriously little grasp of risk, did not care either way. So the change was made. read more

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Shell takes next step in oil shale testing project

The Billings Gazette (Montana): Shell takes next step in oil shale testing project

Saturday 20 August 2005

MEEKER, Colo. (AP) – Shell Oil is preparing the next phase of its multimillion-dollar effort to see if oil shale production is viable enough to crank up a large commercial facility.

Shell has received approval from Rio Blanco County, state and federal officials to conduct a $50 million, two- to four-year study of a groundwater freezing process, company spokeswoman Jill Davis said Thursday.

“We’re still looking to decide if we’ll move on to commercial production by the end of the decade,” she said. “It’s been promising, so we want to take it to the next level with an environmental test of our ‘freeze wall’ process.” read more

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Out of the shell

Financial Times: Out of the shell

“…a recent spate of defections to a far smaller rival, BG Group, has raised eyebrows among some Shell-watchers”: “Shell has been hit hard in recent times by a reserves downgrade scandal and news that some of its newest projects are behind schedule and badly over budget. Uncharitable souls are saying that the departure of future Shell leaders could be a sign of worse things to come.”

Friday 19 August 2005

By Clay Harris

Published: August 19 2005

A job at Royal Dutch Shell once meant a job for life. So a recent spate of defections to a far smaller rival, BG Group, has raised eyebrows among some Shell-watchers.

The latest Shell person to quit for BG is Iman Hill, who had been appointed Shell’s country chairwoman in Egypt only 15 months ago. Hill, who is Saudi-born but went to school in Scotland, has been asked to stay on until a suitable replacement can be found – a somewhat surprising choice given that BG is a rival for Egyptian gas. read more

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Business Times (Malaysia): Shell earnings fall on shutdown

Business Times (Malaysia): Shell earnings fall on shutdown

Friday August 19, 2005

A ONE-MONTH statutory plant shutdown caused a 53 per cent drop in Shell Refining Co (Federation of Malaya) Bhd’s net earnings for the second quarter ended June 30.

The firm, which is 52 per cent-controlled by Dutch oil giant Shell, recorded a net profit of RM82.4 million compared with RM175 million in the same quarter last year.

In a statement, Shell Refining said the shutdown, which occurred in June, was at the Long residue catalytic cracker unit and the complex 2 unit, comprising a crude distiller and a platformer. read more

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NBC President, Myron ‘Mike’ Weinblatt

By John Donovan

BUSINESS PARTNERS OF DON MARKETING

I had a meeting in  1979 with NBC Entertainment President, Myron “Mike” Weinblatt (left). My colleague Don Redhead and I made a presentation to the full board of NBC at the Rockefeller Centre in New York. Also present; Irwin S. Segelstein (President NBC Television) and W Watts Biggers (Buck Biggers – shown right) NBC VP Advertising & Promotions.

Following negotiations in New York and London with NBC Senior Vice President Steve Sohmer, I subsequently signed an agreement for a joint NBC/Don Marketing project with Ray Timothy, President of NBC Television. Lars H Lenck, President of Don Marketing USA, a former Chevron executive, was also involved in the negotiations with NBC. read more

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Royal Dutch Shell has won exploration licence off Irish coast

Financial Times: Royal Dutch Shell has won exploration licence off Irish coast

“Royal Dutch Shell, the Anglo-Dutch energy group, has been awarded a licence to explore for oil and gas off the west coast of Ireland, where it is engaged in a legal dispute with residents about a proposed gas refinery and pipeline.”: “Separately, Shell confirmed it was considering a bid for several Arctic oil and gas fields in Russia as part of its efforts to expand its depleted reserves.”

By John Murray Brown in Dublin and Thomas Catan in London

Published: August 18 2005

Royal Dutch Shell, the Anglo-Dutch energy group, has been awarded a licence to explore for oil and gas off the west coast of Ireland, where it is engaged in a legal dispute with residents about a proposed gas refinery and pipeline.

Shell submitted an application in partnership with Eni of Italy and OMV of Austria for four blocks in a deepwater area known as the Irish Rockall Trough, 150 miles off the Donegal coast. The company now has five licences for offshore exploration in the waters off Ireland. Island Oil and Gas, an Irish company listed in London, was also awarded a licence. read more

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NIGERIAN PROTEST SHUTS DOWN RIVERS STATE OIL PRODUCTION

FINANCIAL TIMES: NIGERIAN PROTEST SHUTS DOWN RIVERS STATE OIL PRODUCTION

Published: August 18 2005

Shell yesterday shut down 14,200 barrels of daily oil production in Nigeria after community groups surrounded two of its facilities in Rivers State, in the oil-rich south-east of the country.

Shell normally produces more than 1m barrels of oil a day in Nigeria as part of a joint venture with Eni of Italy, Total of France and the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Shell is Nigeria’s largest oil producer.

The community groups from Rukpokwu, Rivers State, surrounded the Agbada 1 flowstation in the Niger delta, said Shell, shutting down 14,200 barrels of daily production. read more

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Bangkok Post (Thailand); Non PTT stations to sell NGV soon

Bangkok Post (Thailand); Non PTT stations to sell NGV soon

“Natural gas for vehicles (NGV) will soon be available…”: “Shell Thailand has asked the department for permission to sell NGV, while state-run Bangchak Petroleum Plc (BPC) said it was also considering selling the fuel.”

Thursday 18 August 2005

Natural gas for vehicles (NGV) will soon be available at the pumps of vendors other than PTT to meet what boosters of the fuel call fast growing market demand, said Viroj Klangboonkrong, director general of Department of Energy Business (DEB).

Shell Thailand has asked the department for permission to sell NGV, while state-run Bangchak Petroleum Plc (BPC) said it was also considering selling the fuel.

BPC’s executive vice-president Manoon Siriwan said Bangchak was now in talks with PTT on selling NGV. If the negotiations succeed, Bangchak stations in the Bangkok area will be the first to add NGV. read more

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ABC NEWS Australia: Shell rejects concerns over Geelong refinery emissions

ABC NEWS Australia: Shell rejects concerns over Geelong refinery emissions

“Shell says the community should not be concerned about the emissions of a cancer-causing agent from its Geelong refinery. Geelong residents have accused Shell of withholding data that indicates high emissions of benzene during April.”

Thursday 18 August 2005

Shell says the community should not be concerned about the emissions of a cancer-causing agent from its Geelong refinery.

Geelong residents have accused Shell of withholding data that indicates high emissions of benzene during April.

But company spokeswoman Adwina Pribyl says the emissions are not dangerously high.

“Benzene concentrations in the Geelong community are well within acceptable levels [and] Shell Geelong refinery have gone to considerable lengths to be open and honest with the community on benzene and other matters relating to our operations,” she said. read more

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Residents, council fight chemical storage bid

The Age (Australia): Residents, council fight chemical storage bid

“The EPA has ordered an investigation of Shell’s air-monitoring equipment. It is also considering court action against Shell over an oil spill into Corio Bay in April – one of hundreds of environmental breaches at the company’s Geelong refinery in recent years.”

Thursday August 18, 2005 – 2:05PM

By Sasha Shtargot

The City of Greater Geelong and residents’ groups are fighting plans to store a toxic chemical next to the Shell oil refinery in Corio.

The EPA has approved an application by Terminals Pty Ltd to keep butadiene at its existing Corio facility, across the road from the Shell plant.

The council and residents’ groups are challenging the EPA’s works approval in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in Melbourne today.

Geelong Community for Good Life spokeswoman Sue McLean said before the hearing that residents were concerned about toxic emissions from the storage facility. read more

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The Age (Australia): Shell under fire over secrecy on discharges

FROM OUR AUGUST 2005 SHELL NEWS ARCHIVE

The Age (Australia): Shell under fire over secrecy on discharges

“Shell Australia has been accused of withholding data showing that high levels of potentially cancer-causing benzene have been released from the oil giant’s Geelong refinery.”

Thursday 18 August 2005
By Ewin Hannan

Geelong Grammar in the foreground with the Shell Geelong oil refinery in the background.
Photo: Craig Abraham

Shell Australia has been accused of withholding data showing that high levels of potentially cancer-causing benzene have been released from the oil giant’s Geelong refinery.

Former CSIRO scientist Chris Mardon, who analysed benzene data recorded by Shell’s air-monitoring equipment, claims record levels of benzene emissions came from the refinery, which is near Geelong Grammar and primary schools, over 13 days in April. read more

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Manchester Evening News: Shell offers cash for climate change

Manchester Evening News: Shell offers cash for climate change

“MANCHESTER’S small business community has been invited to pitch its ideas on how to combat climate change in exchange for cash rewards. Shell Springboard, a fund set up by oil giant Shell to encourage positive approaches to environmental issues, will select the six best initiatives.”

Thursday 18 August 2005

Sarah Walters

MANCHESTER’S small business community has been invited to pitch its ideas on how to combat climate change in exchange for cash rewards.

Shell Springboard, a fund set up by oil giant Shell to encourage positive approaches to environmental issues, will select the six best initiatives.

And it will give companies up to £40,000 to get their ideas off the ground.

Three regional panels of independent experts will pick the finalists, who will go head-to-head to be named the UK company with the best approach to climate change. read more

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Shell loses claim for royaldutchshellplc.com versus 88-year old war veteran

halvorsen.org (Norway): Shell loses claim for royaldutchshellplc.com versus 88-year old war veteran

Read more at Alfred’s spicy RoyalDutchShellPlc.com. Alfred is a hard nut to crack…”

Thursday 18 August 2005

Shell loses claim for royaldutchshellplc.com versus 88-year old war veteran (The Times, possible regreq). The Geneva-based WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre has ruled in favour of Alfred Donovan, who has said that he will not relinquish the site until the company gets rid of all the management he deems responsible for its various recent woes, notably the reserves scandal.

Read more at Alfred’s spicy RoyalDutchShellPlc.com. Alfred is a hard nut to crack, Alfred Donovan had NO legal representation in the SMART trial (nor in the WIPO proceedings). Shell had an army of in-house lawyers and sleazy external lawyers (Kendall Freeman) for the SMART trial, plus undercover agents and unlimited financial resources. The compromise settlement covered up a conspiracy of deliberate deception practised by Shell managers in a tender process for a major contract… SCORE TO DATE: SHELL HAS NOT WON A SINGLE CASE. read more

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Royal Dutch Shell has bought a minority stake in Choren Industries

Financial Times: Investment made in biofuels

“Royal Dutch Shell has bought a minority stake in Choren Industries, a German company that plans to turn wood chips into tar-free biofuel for use in cars.”

Thursday 18 August 2005

By Rebecca Bream
Published: August 18 2005

Royal Dutch Shell has bought a minority stake in Choren Industries, a German company that plans to turn wood chips into tar-freebiofuel for use in cars.

Shell would not disclose how much it had invested in Choren, which proposes to build a €50m (£34m) biofuel plant in Freiberg, eastern Germany. But it is understood that Shell’s stake in the private company is less than 25 per cent.

Choren plans to produce 15,000 tonnes of biofuel a year. It is marketing the product as SunFuel to petrol retailers and motorists. read more

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ABC NEWS ONLINE (AUSTRALIA): Authority clears Shell over refinery pollution fears

ABC NEWS ONLINE (AUSTRALIA): Authority clears Shell over refinery pollution fears

Thursday 18 August 2005

The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) says concern over the emissions of a cancer causing agent from Shell’s Geelong plant in Victoria are unfounded.

Some residents have accused Shell of withholding data that indicates there were high emissions of benzene during April.

The EPA has warned the company to continue to work towards lowering its emission levels.

EPA spokesman Bruce Dawson says residents should not be concerned.

“EPA scientist have examined Shell’s data and we conclude that that does not show high levels of benzene,” he said.wduv read more

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Shell tries ‘getting to know you’ ploy to woo rebels

Daily Telegraph: Shell tries ‘getting to know you’ ploy to woo rebels

“The news comes after a number of high-profile City names emerged last week to vent their anger about the shake-up, which will leave them with a multi-million pound tax bill.”

Wednesday 17 August 2005

By Christopher Hope (Filed: 17/08/2005)

Shell has asked for rebel investors in Royal Dutch Petroleum to provide details of their “characteristics” as the oil and gas giant seeks to tidy up its multi-billion pound restructuring.

The news comes after a number of high-profile City names emerged last week to vent their anger about the shake-up, which will leave them with a multi-million pound tax bill.

The Anglo-Dutch company is seeking ways to persuade a stubborn rump controlling 1.3pc of the shares to accept the terms of the merger with Shell Transport and Trading to create Royal Dutch Shell. read more

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Reuters: Shell, Eni, OMV win Irish exploration licence

Reuters: Shell, Eni, OMV win Irish exploration licence

Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:30 AM BST

VIENNA (Reuters) – Oil major Shell, Italian energy group Eni and Austrian oil and gas firm OMV have been awarded an exploration licence off the northwest coast of Ireland, OMV said on Wednesday.

The licence, 2/05, covered a zone in the deepwater area of the Irish Rockall Trough roughly 150 km off the coast of Donegal and included four exploration blocks, OMV said in a statement.

Operator Shell held a 50 percent stake in the joint venture, OMV said. Eni had 40 a percent stake while OMV held the remaining 10 percent. read more

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U.S. Judge Allows Suit Against Shell to Proceed

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: U.S. Judge Allows Suit Against Shell to Proceed

“A federal judge has allowed a stock-fraud lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell PLC to continue, finding that the shareholders had “adequately” shown reason for the court to examine their allegations concerning the company’s restatements of its oil reserves.”

Associated Press
August 16, 2005 5:20 p.m.

NEWARK, N.J. — A federal judge has allowed a stock-fraud lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell PLC to continue, finding that the shareholders had “adequately” shown reason for the court to examine their allegations concerning the company’s restatements of its oil reserves.

The class-action lawsuit questions whether the company’s statements on its reserves, an important measure of future performance, purposely omitted or twisted important facts. read more

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JURIST Legal News & Research (USA): Shell to appeal judicial continuance of class action law suit

JURIST Legal News & Research (USA): Shell to appeal judicial continuance of class action law suit

Posted Wednesday 17 August 2005

Bernard Hibbitts, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

Shell to appeal judicial continuance of class action law suit
Elana Kornblit at 8:47 PM ET

Royal Dutch/Shell Group [corporate website] said Tuesday that it will appeal a decision which allows a class action lawsuit for stock fraud to continue against the company. A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the suit, questioning whether Shell’s statements on its reserves [JURIST report] purposely misrepresented important facts, adequately showed reason for further investigation into the shareholder plaintiffs’ allegations. The US Department of Justice [official website] has also launched a criminal investigation, according to the US District Judge John W. Bissell’s Tuesday opinion. This differs from the department’s June 29 statement that the criminal investigation was officially ended [JURIST report]. AP has more. read more

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Royal Dutch Shell Whistleblower, Dr. John Huong

ShellNews.net: Royal Dutch Shell Whistleblower, Dr. John Huong Yiu Tuong, offers insider evidence to the Shell Brent Bravo Public Inquiry

Wednesday 17 August 2005

Royal Dutch Shell Whistleblower, Dr. John Huong Yiu Tuong, offers insider evidence to the Shell Brent Bravo Public Inquiry

By John Donovan of ShellNews.net

Information has reached us that Shell whistleblower, Dr John Huong, is in correspondence with the Scottish Authorities and has offered to give evidence to the recently announced Brent Bravo Public Inquiry into the deaths of two Shell employees on the Brent Bravo oil platform.

In April, Shell was fined £900,000 after admitting blunders leading to the deaths of two offshore workers Mr Moncrieff, of Invergowrie, Dundee, and Mr McCue, of Kennoway, Fife. Both were tragically suffocated by an escape of gas while inspecting a patch on a safety-critical pipeline in the leg of the platform. read more

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Reuters: Nigerian protest shuts 14,000 bpd Shell oil output

Reuters: Nigerian protest shuts 14,000 bpd Shell oil output

Wednesday 17 August 2005

LAGOS (Reuters) – A community protest in Nigeria has forced Royal Dutch Shell to close 14,000 barrels per day of oil production, a company spokesman said on Wednesday.

The protest began on Tuesday as a result of a breakdown in talks between Shell and community leaders of Rukpokwu, in southeastern Rivers state, over compensation for an oil spill in 2003.

“There was a shutdown of Agbada-1. The flow station produces 14,000 barrels per day,” a spokesman said.

“We are doing everything we can to get them back to negotiations.” read more

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TAXING QUESTIONS ARISING FROM ROYAL DUTCH SHELL MERGER

TAXING QUESTIONS ARISING FROM ROYAL DUTCH SHELL MERGER

POSTED 17 AUGUST 2005: 11.45 ET

TAXING QUESTIONS ARISING FROM ROYAL DUTCH SHELL MERGER: Open Letter to Royal Dutch Shell shareholders from Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers

Association of Private Client

Investment Managers and Stockbrokers

London Office

114 Middlesex Street

London El 7JH

Tel. +44 (0) 20 7247 7080

Fax: +44 (0) 20 7377 0939

Email: [email protected]

5th July 2005

Letter to Royal Dutch Shell Shareholders

Dear Shareholder

Shell Reconstruction and Royal Dutch Shell Shareholders read more

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Shell turns eye of the tiger on hunt for big cats

Lloyds List: Shell turns eye of the tiger on hunt for big cats

“Shell’s involvement in the controversial Sakhalin II project that has seen a doubling in costs to $20bn for all operations to 2014 is a key part of its strategy to boost LNG output levels. Delays to pipelines and offshore platforms, plus calls for more environmental sensitivities has meant LNG deliveries from the project are delayed by at least six months to 2008.”

Tuesday August 16, 2005

Global growth in demand for liquefied natural gas is driving the market leader Royal Dutch Shell to double its production capacity by the end of the decade, while it refocuses its exploration efforts to find the big cats, writes Martyn Wingrove

AFTER completing the unification of the two board of directors and the full merger into Royal Dutch Shell, chief executive Jeroen van der Veer wants is putting the focus back on growth through capital projects and building gas infrastructure. read more

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Lloyds List: Shell draws up blueprint to decommission five platforms

Lloyds List: Shell draws up blueprint to decommission five platforms

British government will scrutinise plans to decommission platforms on Indefatigable gas field, writes Martin Wingrove

Tuesday August 16, 2005

SHELL is preparing to submit a plan to the British government outlining how it will decommission five platforms on the Indefatigable gas field in the southern North Sea.

The Anglo-Dutch oil major intends to gather data on its decommissioning options and submit a plan to the Department of Trade and Industry this year. Shell has started discussions with contractors to find the most cost effective and safe method of decommissioning the wells, platform structures, associated pipelines and hose bundles from the Inde field. read more

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Irish Independent: Jailed five urge Shell to lift court ban and allow gas talks

Irish Independent: Jailed five urge Shell to lift court ban and allow gas talks

“They will not and cannot accept the pipeline, but are still prepared to talk to Shell.”: “In their letter, the men say that the dealings of the Government had seen their land rights given to a private company, the lives of families and neighbours endangered and the natural resource of the Irish people given away.”

Tuesday August 16, 2005

By Lorna Reid

THE Rossport Five have asked Shell to stand down their High Court injunction so they can leave prison to attend talks on the Corrib gas pipeline.

The men will have been in Cloverhill prison for 50 days tomorrow, and say that they want to enter talks with Shell to end the impasse over the pipeline.

In an open letter from their jail cells, the men said they are in prison for an indefinite time.

They will not and cannot accept the pipeline, but are still prepared to talk to Shell. read more

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A Black Eye for Royal Dutch Shell Chairman Lord Oxburgh in relation to Shell fraud allegations

ShellNews.net: A Black Eye for Royal Dutch Shell Chairman Lord Oxburgh in relation to Shell fraud allegations

Tuesday 16 August 2005 03.50 ET

A Black Eye for Royal Dutch Shell Chairman Lord Oxburgh in relation to Shell fraud allegations

By John Donovan

Shareholders and journalists who attended the AGM’s of Shell Transport and Trading Company plc in 2004 and 2005 witnessed the hostile exchanges between Shell Transport Chairman Lord Oxburgh and an outspoken, thoroughly disgruntled shareholder, Mr John Farmer.

During the particularly tumultuous 2004 AGM Mr John Farmer publicly branded Sir Philip Watts as a “crook” – a comment which caught the attention of the news media. (links below) read more

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Newark Star Ledger, NJ: Judge allows Shell fraud case to go forward

Newark Star Ledger, NJ: Judge allows Shell fraud case to go forward

“A Newark federal judge has ruled a massive securities fraud case against the world’s third-largest oil company can go forward.”: “The allegations were “adequately” made that the oil company “engaged in material and substantial fraudulent conduct in the United States,” Bissell wrote in the ruling issued last week.”: “A settlement in a separate case brought by pension holders who claimed losses as a result of the stock price drop, is expected to be wrapped up by the end of the month, court officials said yesterday. Shell has agreed to pay about $90 million to compensate the pensions.”

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Overstatement of oil reserves triggered massive stock losses

BY KATE COSCARELLI

Star-Ledger Staff

A Newark federal judge has ruled a massive securities fraud case against the world’s third-largest oil company can go forward.

U.S. District Court Chief Judge John Bissell issued a 147-page ruling noting the case against Royal Dutch/Shell had merit in American courts and could include foreign investors.

The case is rooted in a steep drop in Shell’s stock last year when the company said it had overstated its oil reserves, one of the key measures of an oil company’s wealth and future strength. read more

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THE TIMES: City Diary: Alfred Donovan and Royal Dutch Shell

THE TIMES (UK): City Diary

“AN ATTEMPT by Royal Dutch Shell to claim the website royaldutchshellplc.com from an 88-year-old veteran who uses it to publish material that criticises the oil giant has failed.”

Tuesday August 16, 2005

City Diary

By Dominic Walsh

AN ATTEMPT by Royal Dutch Shell to claim the website royaldutchshellplc.com from an 88-year-old veteran who uses it to publish material that criticises the oil giant has failed.

The Geneva-based WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre has just ruled in favour of Alfred Donovan, who has said that he will not relinquish the site until the company gets rid of all the management he deems responsible for its various recent woes, notably the reserves scandal. read more

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