A painstaking attention to detail is the key to the recent $4bn (£2bn), five-year outsourcing contracts that Royal Dutch Shell has signed with three IT suppliers.
May 8th, 2008:
Shell decided to opt for multiple suppliers when it signed $4bn-worth of outsourcing contracts
Investors get much of Big Oil’s cash windfall
Executives such as Shell Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer say their companies are doing their bit. Shell invested $7.6 billion in the first quarter, more than larger rival Exxon.
Shell To Start Output At Brazil BC-10 Oil Block In 2009-Valor
RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) next year will start producing from heavy oil fields in the BC-10 block in Brazil's Campos Basin, the Valor newspaper said Thursday.
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Shell says no timeframe yet for Nigeria oil return
LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday part of its oil production in Nigeria remains shut following a spate of sabotage in April to its oil facilities and it still does not know when it can restore the lost production.
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Oil steady above $123 as dollar rise trims gains
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil futures were steady over $123 a barrel on Thursday...
Chevron, 11 Oil Companies to Pay $423 Million in MTBE Lawsuits
The settling companies include units of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe's biggest oil company, ConocoPhillips, the second- largest U.S. refiner, Marathon Oil Corp., the fourth-largest U.S. oil company, Valero Energy Corp. and Sunoco Inc. Chevron is the second-largest U.S. oil company. BP is Europe'ssecond- largest oil company.
Oil Firms Settle Claims In MTBE Leak Cases
The companies in the settlement include BP America Inc., a unit of BP PLC; Chevron Corp.; ConocoPhillips; Shell Oil Co., an arm of Royal Dutch Shell PLC; Marathon Oil Corp.; Citgo Petroleum Corp.; Sunoco Inc.; and Valero EnergyCorp. At least six companies declined to settle, the largest being Exxon MobilCorp.
Court rules on BP blast victims rights
A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that the rights of victims in BPs fatal Texas City explosion in March 2005 were violated by US prosecutors who reached a secret plea agreement with the UK oil group late last year before consulting victims.
Shell Oil boss calls for new energy policy
On a day that oil futures touched a record $123 a barrel, John Hofmeister, president of Shell Oil Co., the U.S. division of Royal Dutch Shell, said oil companies need to find unconventional sources of oil as existing sources dry up.
Niger Delta Rebels Bomb Shell; Say They Accept Obama Cease-Fire Appeal
Is it possible that in the midst of the most grueling political ordeal of his life, Barack Obama took time out last week to negotiate with Nigerian Militants?
Energia to buy Royal Dutch Shell fuel businesses
Galp Energia has signed an agreement to buy Royal Dutch Shell fuel businesses in Mozambique, Swaziland and Gambia, for a total amount of $55 million.
TNK-BP wins record tax rebate in Russia worth almost £215m
Pressure from Mr Mitvol two years ago led rival Royal Dutch Shell to sell part of its holding in the Sakhalin 2 field.