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October 29th, 2007:

Controversies surrounding Royal Dutch Shell

By John Donovan

I have for some time been a major contributor to Wikipedia articles about Royal Dutch Shell, including the major article: “Controversies surrounding Royal Dutch Shell”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_surrounding_Royal_Dutch_Shell

On 6 October 2007, a Wikipedia administrator who uses the pseudonym “Jreferee” nominated the article for deletion.

Although personal attacks are frowned upon under Wikipedia etiquette, Jreferee, who is aware that I post information using my real name rather than a pseudonym, made a number of serious allegations about me which are untrue. read more

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CNBC: India says 4 oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria are safe

Updated: 1:02 p.m. ET Oct. 29, 2007

LAGOS, Nigeria – Four Indian oil workers who were kidnapped in the Niger Delta region last week are safe, officials said Monday.

The Indians were among six foreign workers abducted at dawn Friday from an oil facility off the coast of Nigeria. The other hostages are Polish, according to Italian energy giant Eni SpA.

Eni had originally reported that the hostages included Nigerians and at least one Filipino.

“There is confirmation of the news that four (Indian nationals) are safe and unharmed,” said Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna. read more

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MORE CONFIDENTIAL ROYAL DUTCH SHELL INTERNAL DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE HERE EVERY DAY

EMAIL SENT TODAY TO MICHIEL BRANDJES, COMPANY SECRETARY & GENERAL COUNSEL CORPORATE, ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC

From: John Donovan [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 29 October 2007 12:58
To: ‘michiel.brandjes
Cc: jeroenvanderveer; malcolmbrinded; richardwiseman
Subject: Top Secret Shell Internal Documents

Dear Mr Brandjes

As you are probably aware, we have published a number of confidential Shell internal documents relating to the reserves fraud: –

http://www.shellnews.net/2007/royal-dutch-shell-reserves-litigation-may-2007.html read more

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Bloomberg: Shell China Chemical Venture to Reach Full Capacity (Update1)

By Wang Ying

Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s largest oil company, and China National Offshore Oil Corp. will run their petrochemical venture in southern China at full capacity this year to meet rising demand.

“The annual capacity will meet design capacity, if not more,” Rob Routs, head of Shell’s refining business, told reporters in Beijing today. “It will be the same level next year, unless we find ways to develop the plant.”

The $4.3 billion chemical plant in Huizhou in Guangdong province started operating in January last year. Nearby, China National Offshore is building its first refinery to process as much as 12 million metric tons a year of crude oil into fuels starting in June 2008 and to supply naphtha to the chemical joint venture. read more

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International Herald Tribune: Pressure on oil companies grows to end gas flaring in Nigeria

By Sarah J. Wachter

Monday, October 29, 2007
 
PARIS: For three minutes, on the day last May when Royal Dutch Shell released its first quarter earnings figures, a flame shot high into the air in front of the company’s head office in The Hague, scorching a human chain of about 40 protesters that circled it, a few meters away, to block police efforts to stamp it out.

The 15-meter, or 50-foot, tall gas flare, created by the Dutch artist Erik Hobijn, was engineered by Friends of the Earth Netherlands to protest gas flaring by Shell in Nigeria. read more

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Aspen Daily News (Colorado): Shell counting on ice for oil shale development

David Frey – Aspen Daily News Correspondent
Mon 10/29/2007 00:01AM MST

RIO BLANCO — Above northwestern Colorado’s rolling hills studded with piñon, juniper and sagebrush rises a maze of giant pipes and frost-covered tubes that circle a football-sized testing site and plunge into wells bored a quarter-mile into the pale rock below.

A refrigeration and pump unit the size of a warehouse pumps cooling fluid into the wells in an effort to turn the groundwater into walls of ice that will line the holes. read more

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Bloomberg: Europe Energy Day Ahead: Crude Oil Rises Above $93 Due to Storm

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Financial Times: Crude oil price likely to hit peak

By Javier Blas in London
Last updated: October 29 2007 08:08

Crude oil prices appear increasingly likely to hit a record in real terms reached during the second oil crisis in 1979, as nominal prices on Monday continued rising well above $90 a barrel.

West Texas Intermediate crude hit a fresh nominal all-time high of $93.20 a barrel oon Monday on a combination of renewed geopolitical tension over Iran’s nuclear programme, weakness of the US dollar and low inventories.

The price leap came after Mexico said it was shutting about 600,000 barrels a day of oil output, or 20 per cent of its total, due to bad weather in the Gulf of Mexico. Authorities hope to restore output in the near term as the cold weather front moves away from the production and terminal areas. read more

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Financial Times: Alberta treads fine line on oil royalties

By Sheila McNulty in Houston and Daina Lawrence in Ottawa
Published: October 29 2007 02:00 | Last updated: October 29 2007 02:00

Canada may have just done the impossible – raising royalties on the oil industry without casting itself as greedy and unreasonable and driving companies out of the country.

Certainly no one is thrilled to be paying more than the current low royalties, but the increases unveiled late on Thursday are rising with the price in oil.

While many other oil-rich nations are provoking the ire of international oil companies with unreasonable demands, the sliding scale determined by the price of oil starting January 2009 seems mild by comparison. read more

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Financial Times: Alberta treads fine line on oil royalties

By Sheila McNulty in Houston and Daina Lawrence in Ottawa
Published: October 29 2007 02:00 | Last updated: October 29 2007 02:00

Canada may have just done the impossible – raising royalties on the oil industry without casting itself as greedy and unreasonable and driving companies out of the country.

Certainly no one is thrilled to be paying more than the current low royalties, but the increases unveiled late on Thursday are rising with the price in oil.

While many other oil-rich nations are provoking the ire of international oil companies with unreasonable demands, the sliding scale determined by the price of oil starting January 2009 seems mild by comparison. read more

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The Guardian: Greenwash fatigue

Consumers are demanding genuine action from businesses on sustainability and GNM initiatives, such as the Climate Change Summit, are helping them achieve it

Monday October 29 2007

THE GUARDIAN: This is the beginning of an interesting and dynamic journey for the commercial departments as we look at how to implement our commitment to become a successful sustainable media company.

We recognise it will neither be easy nor quick, and answers rarely present themselves in simple black and white terms.

Our first step has been to become the first media organisation to employ a fulltime commercial sustainable development manager. The creation of the post was the result of our work with Forum for the Future. read more

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Daily Telegraph: Aim market: oil and gas potential M&A targets

By Ben Bland
Last Updated: 12:21am GMT 29/10/2007

The oil and gas sector is set for a major M&A boom with every stock in the sector a possible bid target, according to new research from the corporate finance team at Ernst & Young.

The Alternative Investment Market (Aim) has been relatively quiet in terms of deal flow since the credit crisis hit markets over the summer. But that trend could well be reversed as the 90-plus companies in the oil exploration and production sector seem likely to go through a phase of significant consolidation. read more

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breitbart.com: Oil Sets Record, Surpassing $93 a Barrel

Oct 29 02:04 AM US/Eastern
By GILLIAN WONG
Associated Press Writer       
 
SINGAPORE (AP) – Oil prices surpassed $93 a barrel Monday in Asian trading to hit a new trading high amid concerns about political tensions in the Middle East and the weakening U.S. dollar.

Prices were also supported by worries about inadequate supplies ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter, when demand is expected to be strong.

Light, sweet crude for December delivery jumped $1.32 to $93.18 a barrel in Asian electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange midmorning in Singapore. read more

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The Washingon Post: Iran Adapts to Economic Pressure

Oil Market Could Help It Weather U.S. Sanctions

By Steven Mufson and Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, October 29, 2007; A01

Confronted by mounting U.S. and U.N. pressure, Iran has been steadily shifting its trade from West to East and, with the benefit of record high oil prices, is likely to be able to withstand the new U.S. sanctions, according to U.S., European and Iranian analysts.

China, a permanent member of the Security Council that can veto any U.N. resolution, is expected to overtake Germany as Iran’s biggest trading partner this year. Germany and other European countries had consistently been Iran’s largest trading partners for more than a decade, according to the Iran Investment Monthly. read more

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Business Week: GM’s Fuel-Cell Hedge

October 29, 2007

General Motors is investing in fuel cells, but major obstacles suggest that other alternative-energy technologies have a better chance of success

By Jim Henry

General Motors (GM) says it is determined to force fuel-cell vehicles past the chicken-or-the-egg stage, where they have been stuck for decades, with a goal of a small but commercially viable fuel-cell fleet by around 2015. Fuel cells run on hydrogen, producing electricity to run an electric motor. The only emission is pure water. But which comes first? Fuel-cell vehicles or the infrastructure to keep fuel-cell vehicles supplied with hydrogen fuel? read more

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Indymedia.org: Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year hit by singing protest

Indymedia.org image 

 Shell’s real effect on wildlife

rikki | 28.10.2007 00:01 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | London

Today at the natural history museum in london, the Shell-sponsored exhibition of wildlife photography was targeted by activists from ‘rising tide’ and others. they used singing and leafleting to peacefully highlight the greenwash and irony of an oil company sponsoring a wildlife photography exhibition.

At lunchtime today, activists entered the grand hall of the natural history museum and suprised security guards by staging a melodic protest at the entrance to the shell-sponsored exhibition. read more

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Reuters: UPDATE 1-Shell expects China naphtha cracker to run at full

Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:16am GMT 

BEIJING, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile, Research) expects its Chinese naphtha cracker to meet or surpass its design annual capacity of 800,000 tonnes this year and next, a top executive said on Monday.

The cracker in southern Guangdong province operated at 94 percent of capacity in the first nine months of this year, up from 85 percent last year, Rob Routs, Shell Group Executive Director Downstream told a group of reporters.

“Annual production this year will meet design capacity if not more,” Routs said. “Next year they promised me it will be at the same level.” read more

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