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December 6th, 2006:

Business Week: Shell-led project in Russia scrutinized

The Associated Press December 6, 2006, 10:43AM EST

MOSCOW

Russian prosecutors have uncovered more than 100 violations of environmental, labor and migration law at a giant oil and liquefied natural gas project run by Royal Dutch Shell PLC on the Russian island of Sakhalin, according to a report Wednesday.

The report by news agency RIA-Novosti, which cited an unidentified source in the local prosecutor’s office, is the latest in a steady flow of charges from Russian officials, who have threatened since this summer to pull key permits at the Sakhalin-2 development and hit it with economic sanctions. read more

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Globe & Mail (Canada): Russia tries to lure foreign investment

Despite bad rap, official says Russia welcomes business from Canada
SHAWN MCCARTHY

GLOBAL ENERGY REPORTER

OTTAWA — The Russian government is pressing ahead with efforts to attract foreign investment and says it wants Russian companies to be welcomed around the world — despite criticism in the West that the Kremlin employs heavy-handed tactics that threaten foreign investors and consumers in other countries.

Russian Natural Resources Minister Yury Trutnev is in Canada this week to lure investment to the energy and mining sectors, and improve bilateral co-operation in oil field services and geophysical mapping. read more

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RIA Novosti: Prosecutors find over 100 breaches in Sakhalin-II

14:49 | 06/ 12/ 2006 

VLADIVOSTOK, December 6 (RIA Novosti) – At least 100 violations of the environmental, migration and labor laws have been discovered in the Sakhalin-II energy project, local prosecutors said Wednesday.

Sakhalin-II run by British-Dutch Royal Dutch/Shell has been under scrutiny since Russia’s Natural Resources Ministry canceled its own 2003 approval of the project in mid-September.

“It has been established that builders of the gas pipeline in six districts of the Sakhalin Region have caused serious damage to rivers where Pacific salmon spawn,” the prosecutors said. read more

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ShellNews.net: EMAIL TO THE BORNEO BULLETIN: NEWS BLACKOUT ON ROYAL DUTCH SHELL GROUP vs. Dr JOHN HUONG

By John Donovan

Attn Editor, Borneo Bulletin

Dear Sir or Madam

I read with interest the glowing and reverential account in your newspaper by Magdalene Rogers about Shell Malaysia, its chairman, Saw Choon Boon, and the recent Shell Kenyalang Press Awards. Quite frankly, the article could have been written by Shell’s PR department.

Borneo Bulletin: Shell invests 90 per cent of oil exploration in Bintulu

I would be interested to know why not a single word has been written in the Borneo Bulletin, or indeed any other Malaysian news publication, about the draconian High Court proceedings brought by EIGHT Royal Dutch Shell multinational companies against Dr John Huong, a Malaysian production geologist? Dr Huong, a humanitarian of the highest integrity, worked for Shell in Malaysia for over 29 years. read more

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Irish Times: Judge refuses to allow Shell docket

Wednesday 6 December 2006

The High Court has refused an application by two opponents of the route of the Corrib gas pipeline for an order that a document of Shell E & P Ireland’s lawyers can be used in proceedings brought against the company.

Mr Justice Thomas Smyth yesterday dismissed claims by Brendan Philbin and Breege McGarry that a solicitor’s attendance docket, mistakenly included by Shell’s lawyers in documents for court proceedings last year, showed an abuse of the court process by Shell. read more

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Financial Times: ‘the case for merging Royal Dutch Shell with BP or Total is compelling…’

By Neil Hume and Robert Orr: Published: December 6 2006 02:00 | Last updated: December 6 2006 02:00

A firm oil price and upgrade to “buy” from ABN Amro saw Royal Dutch Shell gain 2 per cent to £18.25.

“We argue that the case for merging Royal Dutch Shell with BP or Total is compelling and overlooked. We believe Royal Dutch Shell shareholders could gain by £10 per share from such a combination,” the broker said a note to clients. Meanwhile, BP rose 1.8 per cent to 578p after UBS saidit was one of its top picksfor 2007. read more

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Borneo Bulletin: Shell invests 90 per cent of oil exploration in Bintulu

By Magdalene Rogers

KUCHING – Shell Malaysia is placing importance in its investment in Sarawak and would continue to do so as currently it has invested some 90 per cent of its RM70 billion investment in oil exploration and production in Bintulu in the state.

Its chairman Saw Choon Boon said at the Shell Kenyalang Press Awards here recently that “Sarawak continues to be the heartland of our exploration and production business and a key area of operations.”

“With the hub of our business in Sarawak, there are also many leading Sarawakians in top positions in Shell. Bintulu is also the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the world and that helps to put Sarawak in the map,” he said. read more

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allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Shell, Ijaw Truce

Daily Champion (Lagos)
EDITORIAL
December 4, 2006
Posted to the web December 5, 2006

Lagos

The protracted face-off between the oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), and its host communities in the Niger Delta region may have produced more human blood than oil. This is because virtually every week the crisis in the region increasingly assumes a dangerous dimension, often resulting in hostage-taking, outright killings, aerial bombardment and general insecurity.

Indeed, since the crisis in the Niger Delta region began, the nation’s crude oil production level has gone down considerably. Some oil companies operating there have been forced to shut down production. The Royal Dutch oil company Shell has had cause not long ago to shut down its western division operation and declared force majeure. Only last October, Shell announced that its annual profit has dropped by 34 percent to $5.94 bn, while revenue rose by 10 percent to $84.25 bn. The company also has lost 455, 000 barrel per day and revenue in excess of $3.2 bn since February this year as a result of the rift between it and the Ijaw communities. read more

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Vanguard (Nigeria): Court insists on hearing Arms company suit against Shell

By Innocent Anaba
Posted to the Web: Wednesday, December 06, 2006

LAGOS—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, insisted on hearing the 11 years old suit brought by X.M Federal, an International Arms Company, in which the company had sued Shell Petroleum Development Company, over the termination of its contract to supply arms to the oil company. The court said it will hear the case today.

Counsel to Shell, had at the resumed hearing in the matter, drawn the attention of the court to an application, in which they had sought for extension of time to amend their statement of defence. Counsel to the plaintiffs, however, argued that the application was meant to delay the case. In response, counsel to Shell said that an application for extension of time to amend can not be said to be a delay tactics. read more

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