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September 1st, 2008:
Live Chat Guest points out typo on Shell’s “exiting” Corrib Gas Project website
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Welcome to the Corrib Natural Gas Project, one of the most exiting and ambitious engineering projects ever undertaken in Ireland. Within these pages, you will find details about the history of the project, how the gas was found and how it will be taken ashore for distribution to the Irish market. |
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Shell accused of manipulating environmental reportbusinessGreen.comEnergy giant accused of leaning on authors of independent environmental report to help secure financial backing for controversial oil and gas extraction projectTom Young, BusinessGreen, 01 Sep 2008 Royal Dutch Shell is facing allegations that it was heavy handed in influencing a supposedly independent environmental report on one of the world’s largest oil and gas extraction projects. A report in The Observer yesterday cited email evidence that allegedly shows Shell looked to downplay some of the environmental criticism included in the review of the $22bn Sakhalin II Project in Russia which has now received the bulk of the funding it required for work on the project to begin. Shell says UK’s FLAGS gas pipe to reopen late MonShell's terminal at St Fergus closed for the first time in 18 years on Aug. 18, stopping three pipelines from delivering gas from North Sea fields to Britain. The Times: Need to know September 1, 2008: Damaging claims against ShellNeed to know Royal Dutch Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil and gas group, faces damaging claims over its influence on a supposedly independent environmental audit to determine whether the $22 billlion (£12.1 billion) Sakhalin II energy scheme off the coast of Russia, the worlds biggest oil and gas project, would receive vital bank funding. Shell owns a 27.5 per cent stake in the Sakhalin project, with Russias Gazprom holding just over 50 per cent. (The Observer) http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/aug/31/royaldutchshell.sakhalin Garda gets Interpol aid on Corrib protestersGARDAÍ POLICING the protest about Shell's Corrib gas project have enlisted the help of Interpol... Shell to Close Capline Crude Pipeline as Gustav Nears (Update1)
Shell to Close Capline Crude Pipeline as Gustav Nears (Update1)By Christian Schmollinger and Nesa Subrahmaniyan Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc plans to close its Capline crude oil pipeline system today because of dwindling supplies from fields shut as Hurricane Gustav approaches, the company said in a statement. Capline runs 650 miles from St. James, Louisiana, to Patoka, Illinois, and has the capacity to transport 1.2 million barrels of oil a day. Shell’s Houma, Louisiana-to-Houston oil pipeline has already ceased operations. Other onshore pipelines and tank farms have closed, the company said. U.S. Refineries Are Shut, Offshore Wells Closed, for HurricaneMotiva Enterprises LLC, a Houston-based joint venture of Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Saudi Arabia's state oil company, said it shut its Norco, Louisiana, plant, which can process 236,400 barrels a day. |