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August 8th, 2007:

Financial Times: Putin appoints Rosneft ally to Sakhalin

By Isabel Gorst in Moscow
Published: August 7 2007 21:05 | Last updated: August 7 2007 21:05

Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Ivan Malakhov, the governor of Sakhalin Island, and named Alexander Khoroshavin, the mayor of Okha, an oil town on the north-east of the island, as his temporary replacement.

The Russian president earlier criticised Mr Malakhov’s administration for its slow response to an earthquake last week that left thousands homeless on Sakhalin Island, a narrow strip of land bordering one of the world’s biggest untapped oil and gas provinces. read more

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Globe & Mail: Alberta okays plans for North West upgrader

NORVAL SCOTT
August 8, 2007

CALGARY — Alberta’s energy regulator yesterday approved an application by North West Upgrading Inc. to build a new upgrader northeast of Edmonton that could eventually process 231,000 barrels a day of bitumen blend.

The province has seen a recent wave of upgrader-related announcements. Last week, Royal Dutch Shell PLC said it will build a 400,000 b/d facility that could ultimately cost $27 -billion.

North West’s project is unusual, in that the privately held Calgary-based company doesn’t plan to produce any oil itself, but will instead process bitumen from other producers eager to realize better prices for their output. read more

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Comment by William C. Overton Jr., the Shell Whistleblower who received a $600,000 settlement from Shell after reporting violations on offshore rigs

August 8th, 2007 00:55

The public should know that a case like this can only be handled by the best of attorneys. I employed two attorneys, one specialized in employment law and the other is a professor of law at Tulane University and manages his own firm in New Orleans. If anyone is seeking attorneys of this caliber please contact me.

[email protected]

William C. Overton Jr.

The comment by William C. Overton Jr., was in relation to the article below published on 19 December 2006

Associated Press: Morgan City Shell whistleblower gets more than $600,000 (*Please take note Dr Huong) read more

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The Independent: Pension funds back in surplus after five-year stint in the red

By James Daley, Personal Finance Editor
Published: 08 August 2007

The pension funds of Britain’s largest companies have seen a dramatic turnaround in their fortunes over the last year, with the schemes of the FTSE 100 combined registering a net surplus for the first time in five years.

The annual Accounting for Pensions survey, published today by actuarial consultancy Lane Clark & Peacock, shows the combined pension schemes of FTSE 100 companies now have a net surplus of some £12bn – up from a deficit of £36bn this time last year. read more

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The New York Times: U.S. Says Iran-Supplied Bomb Is Killing More Troops in Iraq (*Iran, business partner of Royal Dutch Shell)

By MICHAEL R. GORDON
Published: August 8, 2007

BAGHDAD, Aug. 7 — Attacks on American-led forces using a lethal type of roadside bomb said to be supplied by Iran reached a new high in July, according to the American military.

The devices, known as explosively formed penetrators, were used to carry out 99 attacks last month and accounted for a third of the combat deaths suffered by the American-led forces, according to American military officials.

“July was an all-time high,” Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the No. 2 commander in Iraq, said in an interview, referring to strikes with such devices. read more

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Bloomberg: Shell, Nexus Start Drilling in Australia, Seeking Gas (Update2)

By Angela Macdonald-Smith

Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s largest oil company, and Nexus Energy Ltd. started drilling the first well in a program off northwest Australia to seek reserves suitable for liquefied natural gas production.

Drilling started at the Fossetmaker-1 well in the Browse Basin on Aug. 6, part of a $55 million deal agreed in October for the partners to appraise the Echuca Shoals gas field, Melbourne-based Nexus said today in a statement. A second well at the site is planned for mid-2008 while an exploration well in a separate permit will be drilled early next year, it said. read more

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The Wall Street Journal: Kazakhstan Toughens Oil-Project Stance

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•  What’s New: Kazakhstan may remove Italy’s Eni as operator of a key project after production delays and cost overruns.

•  The Trend: Kazakhstan’s stance comes as resource nationalism is on the rise in other oil-rich nations, such as Venezuela and Russia.

•  What’s Next: Firing Eni is unlikely because of the project’s complexities, but Kazakh authorities may demand a bigger and possibly earlier take from revenue.

Threat to Fire Eni Group
Over Delays, Rising Costs
Aims to Gain Concessions
By GUY CHAZAN
August 8, 2007; Page A2
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NewsGirl.Org: Noise threatens last western gray whales

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Sakhalin gray whale
Credit: ICUN / David W. Weller

August 7, 2007
Courtesy of  Far North Science
By Doug O’Harra

Hunted almost to the brink of extinction, the gnarly gray whales of the eastern North Pacific have rebounded to about 20,000 animals. That population, protected from commercial whaling for many decades, now treks from the Baja to the Alaskan Arctic in one of the world’s great migrations.

Their Journey North along the Pacific Northwest and southern Alaska gets studied by scientists, watched by whale-lovers, tracked by school children. During the trip, it’s an undulating conga-line of muscle and blubber through the green-water swells. read more

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