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April 13th, 2008:

Shell says Capline shut as Tenn. repairs continue

Reuters: Shell says Capline shut as Tenn. repairs continue

Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:11pm EDT

HOUSTON, April 13 (Reuters) – Shell Oil Co said the 667-mile (1,073 kilometer), 40-inch (1.016 meter) Capline crude oil pipeline remained shut on Sunday afternoon as work continued to repair a leak in Tennessee.

Shell was unable to estimate when the pipeline, which brings crude from the Gulf of Mexico to the U.S. Midwest, would return to service, the company said in a statement.

(Reporting by Erwin Seba, editing by Leslie Gevirtz) read more

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Broadwater’s Defeat

The Hartford Courant: Broadwater’s Defeat

April 13, 2008

In a courageous and correct decision to protect Long Island Sound, Gov. David A. Paterson and other New York state officials rejected a proposal by Broadwater Energy to anchor a liquefied natural-gas terminal in the middle of this magnificent estuary.

“The fact is, Broadwater is behind us,” Mr. Paterson proclaimed Thursday to a cheering crowd on Long Island.

New York officials concluded this past week that Broadwater’s industrial-strength proposal for a 1,200-foot-long vessel moored in New York waters just nine miles off Long Island (and 10 miles off Branford) is inconsistent with the state’s coastal zone management plan and wrong for the Sound. read more

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Student-Built Prototype Vehicle Breaks Mileage Record at 2008 Shell Eco-Marathon(TM) Americas

MarketWatch: Student-Built Prototype Vehicle Breaks Mileage Record at 2008 Shell Eco-Marathon(TM) Americas

Mater Dei’s 2,843.4 mpg achievement stretches boundaries of fuel efficiency

Last update: 12:49 a.m. EDT April 13, 2008

HOUSTON, April 13, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — “Ladies and gentlemen, start your fuel-efficient engines” were the words that kicked off the 2008 Shell Eco-marathon(TM) Americas; and that’s exactly what more than 300 students from Canada, Mexico, and the United States did today. Mater Dei High School of Evansville, Ind., set a new mileage record at the 2008 Shell Eco-marathon Americas, a challenge to design, build and test fuel-efficient prototype vehicles that travel the farthest distance using the least amount of fuel. read more

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No plans for increasing Showa Shell stake says Aramco

oilandgasnewsonline.com: No plans for increasing Showa Shell stake says Aramco

Volume: 25, No. 15: April 14 – 20, 2008
DOHA:

Saudi Aramco has no plans to increase its stake in a Japanese refiner but continues to seek a share in a plant in China, a company official said.

“We have no plans to increase the stake in Showa Shell refinery at this time,” Adil Al-Tubayyeb, vice president for marketing and joint venture coordination told Reuters.

Aramco has a 15 per cent stake in the Showa Shell Sekiyu, and is the company’s second biggest investor after Royal Dutch Shell. In December, the company said it may increase the stake. State-run Aramco hopes to conclude talks this year on a stake in Sinopec Group’s 200,000 barrels per day east China Qingdao refinery, Tubayyeb also said
“We are continuing discussions on this and we are hoping they will be concluded this year,” he said. read more

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Shell wants to set up a global CO2 market

Houston Chronicle: Shell wants to set up a global CO2 market

Push to ensure India, China join reduction efforts

By FRED PALS
Bloomberg News

Royal Dutch Shell, Europe’s largest oil company, wants a global carbon market to be introduced as “quickly as possible” to ensure that nations like India and China participate.

“We need this as soon as possible to ensure that CO2 reduction dollars focus on the most cost-effective and implementable solutions globally,” Malcolm Brinded, Shell’s head of exploration and production, said at an energy conference in Paris last week. India and China would participate in a global carbon market, based on binding “cap and trade” agreements, Brinded added. read more

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Oil pipeline leak repair under way

State Gazette Shell pipeline image

Royal Dutch/Shell workers saw the inch-thick steel casing surrounding the 40-inch diameter oil pipeline on Saturday to reveal the source of the leak found Friday about two miles east of RoEllen.

Dyersburg State Gazette: Oil pipeline leak repair under way

Dyersburg, Tennessee
Sunday, April 13, 2008 
 
A crack about the size of a dime was found as the source of the leak in a key oil pipeline on Saturday.

Emergency workers had toiled around the clock since the Friday afternoon discovery of petroleum that had seeped onto the surface of the company’s right-of-way, about two miles east of the RoEllen community. read more

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Britain ignored risk of whale extinction in rush for oil and gas

The Independent: Image of Grey Whale

AP: Only about 120 grey whales survive and they are listed as ‘critically endangered’

The Independent: Britain ignored risk of whale extinction in rush for oil and gas

Documents that government fought for three years to keep secret reveal warnings of devastation to wildlife

By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor
Sunday, 13 April 2008

Britain agreed to bankroll controversial drilling for oil and gas, despite a warning from its own officials of the “potentially devastating effects” on a critically endangered species of whale. The decision to flout their own experts’ advice is revealed in deeply embarrassing documents the Government fought for three years to keep secret. read more

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Shell’s future in Nigeria in doubt

The Observer: Shell’s future in Nigeria in doubt

Nick Mathiason
Sunday April 13 2008

Royal Dutch Shell is facing pressure from the Nigerian government and increasingly violent opposition in the Niger Delta oil-producing region, raising questions over its long-term future in the country.

Sources in the Delta say the Nigerian government has withheld up to $1bn as part of a production-sharing agreement while the two sides are locked in talks over how to pay for new investments in the oil industry. The decision to withhold funds is preventing contractors from getting paid, say sources. read more

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