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September 28th, 2005:

Spending on ports keeps rising

Lloyds List: Spending on ports keeps rising

“Royal Dutch Shell, along with its partners, TotalFinaElf and Mitsui, is developing a $370m LNG import facility in Altamira.”

Wednesday Sept 28, 2005

Foreign cash in Lazaro Cardenas, Progreso and Altamira terminals

Private and public investment in Mexico’s port system is set to reach Ps$7.4bn (US$657m) this year, taking the total investment in port infrastructure to Ps$27bn in the last five years.

Foreign investors such as Hutchison Port Holdings, Terminal de Contenedores de Barcelona and Shell are driving this year’s favourable figures.

HPH is developing a container terminal in Lazaro Cardenas, TCB is developing the container terminal in Progreso and Shell is constructing a LNG import terminal in Altamira. In Lazaro Cardenas, HPH subsidiary, Lazaro Cardenas Terminal Portuaria de Contenedores (LCTRC), has started the construction of a 1.8m teu container facility to capitalise on growth in volumes for both Mexico and the US, investing upwards of US$500m. read more

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Iran threatens economic backlash over IAEA vote

Financial Times: Iran threatens economic backlash over IAEA vote

“…European pressure over Iran’s nuclear programme was putting at risk multi-billion dollar energy deals with oil majors, including Total and Royal Dutch Shell.”

Wednesday 28 Sept 2005

By FT reporters

Published: September 27 2005

Iran said on Tuesday it would reconsider economic ties with countries that voted against it at last week’s board meeting of the UN atomic watchdog.

Hamid Reza Asefi, foreign ministry spokesman, said Tehran was particularly surprised by the vote against it from India, which has recently agreed to to import 5m metric tons of liquefied natural gas annually from Iran via a gas pipeline project linking the two countries.

Tehran in June signed a $22bn liquefied natural gas deal with India, under which a consortium will purchase 5m tonnes of LNG a year for 25 years from 2010. read more

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Solar industry needs stable markets: business leader

chinaview.cn: Solar industry needs stable markets: business leader

The solar-power industry needed stability to become competitive, the Vice President of Royal Dutch Shell’s Hydrogen Business Jeremy Bentham said here on Wednesday.”

28 September 2005

www.chinaview.cn 2005-09-28 23:16:14

JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 28 (Xinhuanet) — The solar-power industry needed stability to become competitive, the Vice President of Royal Dutch Shell’s Hydrogen Business Jeremy Bentham said here on Wednesday.

Jeremy Bentham told the World Petroleum Congress in Johannesburg: “The solar industry needs stable markets. With fair and good incentives we can have solar power competitive in ten year’s time.”

He said over the course of time different companies gave different incentives to get markets moving, and that these incentives changed, upsetting the industry. read more

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Shell to Sea campaign to hold a national demonstration in Dublin

Galway Independent (Ireland): “Shell to Sea march to the Dáil

“The Shell to Sea campaign will hold a national demonstration in Dublin on Saturday 1 October.”

Wednesday 28 September 2005

The Shell to Sea campaign will hold a national demonstration in Dublin on Saturday 1 October.

The demonstration will start in the Garden of Remembrance at 2pm and will march to the Dáil. A variety of campaign representatives will speak at the event as well as invited speakers, which include Dr Owens Wiwa, brother of Ken Saro Wiwa, and Stephen Mills of the Sierra Club.

On Sunday, a concert will take place in the Ambassador Theatre in Dublin and will feature several of Ireland’s best-known musicians. read more

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