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May 15th, 2005:

BruneiDirect.Com: Marine Cadet Does Country Proud

BruneiDirect.Com: Marine Cadet Does Country Proud

15 May 2005

By James Kon

Bandar Seri Begawan – Eleven Marine Cadet Officers received certificates of completion after a three year training course, while six new marine cadets signed contracts to join Brunei Shell Tanker Sdn Bhd during a convocation ceremony for the `Marine Cadet Officers Class of 2001′ and a contract signing ceremony for `Marine Cadet Intake 2005.’

The ceremony took place at the JPCC Royal Berkshire Hall on Friday. read more

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Scotland on Sunday: Shops say it will be business as usual

Scotland on Sunday: Shops say it will be business as usual

15 May 2005

BY KATE FOSTER

RETAILERS are planning to remain open for business during the G8 march through Edinburgh’s city centre, but have admitted they could close if police advise them of any predicted trouble.

Concerns about a major shutdown were sparked when it emerged McDonald’s and Shell garages will close on the weekend of July 2, when 200,000 protesters are expected for a Make Poverty History march.

Although it is billed as a peaceful anti-poverty protest, there are fears among many that it may attract anti-capitalist and anti- globalisation extremists. read more

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A Look at the Gas – To – Liquids Ventures

THE NEW YORK TIMES: A Look at the Gas – To – Liquids Ventures

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: May 15, 2005

Qatar hopes three key ventures will convert natural gas into more than 300,000 barrels per day of liquids, most of that diesel fuel, but also including naphtha, liquid petroleum gas and lubricating oil. The projects:

SASOL: The South African firm’s joint venture with state-owned Qatar Petroleum will be the first plant to come on line, producing 34,000 barrels a day by next year. A $6 billion expansion already is planned, with Sasol forming a GTL joint-venture with ChevronTexaco Corp. Then, the plant would be producing 100,000 barrels a day by decade’s end. read more

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Diesel From Natural Gas Could Cut Smog

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Diesel From Natural Gas Could Cut Smog

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: May 15, 2005

RAS LAFFAN INDUSTRIAL CITY, Qatar (AP) — The rat’s nest of pipes and columns snaking across the desert harbors a secret process that will use cobalt to turn natural gas into a powerful, clean-burning diesel fuel. By next year, rulers of this tiny desert sheikdom hope, these gas-to-liquids (GTL) reactors under construction will bring in billions of dollars while clearing big city smog belched by trucks and buses. read more

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Reserving a seat at Woodlands Resort conference circus

Financial Times: Reserving a seat at Woodlands Resort conference circus

By Ian Bickerton

May 15, 2004

When Royal Dutch/Shell executives fly into Houston for their two-day conference, they will be destined for The Woodlands Resort.

The last leg of their journey to the sprawling conference complex of golf courses, pools and meeting rooms should make them more than ready for the oasis that awaits them.

For it will be on a crowded highway, lined with the fast-food restaurants and nondescript strip malls that crowd America’s interstate highways, interspersed with dozens of car dealerships, distinguished from each other only by the huge, floating plastic animals tied to the roofs: gorillas, dinosaurs and bald eagles.
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