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December 2nd, 2014:

Can BP plc Be Acquired By Royal Dutch Shell plc?

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Screen Shot 2014-10-28 at 12.29.57Bidness Etc discusses the prospects of BP being taken over by Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) owing to declining crude oil price

By: MICHEAL KAUFMAN
Published: Dec 2, 2014 at 2:21 pm EST

BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) stock is up 2.6% on speculation that Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) (NYSE:RDS.A) might be interested in acquiring the British oil supermajor and thus move toward greater consolidation in the European energy sector. Around 7.9 million BP shares had been traded by 12:30 p.m. EST, which is 25% higher than the 30-day average daily trading volume of 6.32 million shares. Meanwhile, Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) (NYSE:RDS.B) stock price is also up more than 2.5% today. read more

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BP surges on bid speculation

Screen Shot 2014-10-28 at 12.29.57The Telegraph: BP and BG boosted by bid talk

Oil and gas majors BP and BG Group were in demand on talk the two companies had been left vulnerable to predators after steep falls in their share prices.

BP spiked in afternoon trade and closed 19.35p higher at 433.85p – a 4.7pc gain – amid chatter that Royal Dutch Shell is eyeing a bid approach.

Minutes after BP surged, the excitement spread to gas group BG, which rose 30.9p, or 3.4pc, to 935½p on two rumours: one of a potential takeover by Shell, the other that ExxonMobil and Chevron were considering a break-up of the company. read more

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Shell’s disdain for its governing constitution, Shell Business Principles

Screen Shot 2014-12-02 at 17.24.15By John Donovan

A few days ago I published an article pointing out that the Shell Business Principles document, proclaiming Shell’s core values and setting out the ethical platform on which Royal Dutch Shell supposedly operates, is conspicuously out of date.

The version published on shell.com still bears the name of Peter Voser who resigned as Shell CEO in controversial circumstances a year ago.

The document is accessible in multiple languages on shell.com. Those in Dutch, Chinese, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese – are all signed by Peter Voser. read more

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Shell bid for BP?

Screen Shot 2014-10-28 at 12.29.57By John Donovan

Since May, we have posted a number of articles suggesting that a Shell bid for BP is in the pipeline.

Shell BP Mega-Merger?: 29 May 2014

It is therefore interesting to note that Reuters has today published speculation on the same subject under the headline: BP shares rise, traders cite talk of bid from Shell

Extract

(Reuters) – Shares of UK energy major BP rose more than 3 percent on Tuesday afternoon, with several traders citing market talk of a takeover bid from rival Royal Dutch Shell. read more

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