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March 23rd, 2008:

SeekingAlpha.com Russia Looking Into BP’s Environmental Practices

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Miranda Marquit: Bio & more articles 

posted on: March 23, 2008
Russia has BP in its sights

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menafn.com: Iraq allocates $2.5b to boost its oil output

MENAFN: Middle East North Africa Financial Network, Jordan
 
23/03/2008  
  
(MENAFN) An official at the Iraqi government said that Iraq may pay $2.5 billion for five major oil companies to boost the country’s oil output by nearly 25 percent, Iraq Directory reported.

According to the official, Baghdad will sign technical support contracts with BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Total to add 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) to the country’s current production of 2.27 million bpd. read more

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ONE WORLD TRUST: New Report on Parliamentary Oversight of Foreign Policy: A World of Difference

Introduction by John Donovan

At the invitation from the One World Trust, I attended a presentation at the Grand Committee Room of the Houses of Parliament last December. The One World Trust is an independent organisation affiliated with the UK Legislature and the UN promoting among other objectives, ethical conduct by multinational giants such as Shell. The main speaker was a Government Minister, Lord Malloch-Brown.

I support the admirable objectives of the One World Trust and I am therefore pleased to publish information about the initiative below. read more

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Reuters: OPEC chief sees oil at $80-$110 for rest of 2008

ALGIERS (Reuters) – Petroleum prices will range between $80 and $110 per barrel for the rest of 2008, OPEC President Chakib Khelil said on Saturday.

Khelil, who is also Algerian energy and mines minister, told Algerian television OPEC was under “big pressures” from consuming nations who liked to portray the group as responsible for high oil prices, when in fact the market was responding to U.S. economic problems and the falling dollar.

“Prices will continue to be high, and the prices for the rest of the year will be between $80 and $110,” he said. read more

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Daily Telegraph: Buyers drill deep for Shell biofuels group

By Mark Kleinman
Last Updated: 12:24am GMT 23/03/2008

A pack of the world’s biggest private equity firms is this weekend circling Infineum, a British biofuel additives producer owned by Shell and ExxonMobil that is valued at up to €2.5bn (£2bn).

Apollo Management, BC Partners, Carlyle Group, Cinven, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Vestar are all planning to submit offers for Infineum, which is based in Oxfordshire and employs 1,600 people globally.

The company, which is undertaking a strategic review initiated by its shareholders and handled by bankers at JP Morgan, is among the world’s largest manufacturers and marketers of petroleum additives for the fuels and lubricants industry. read more

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Bloomberg: Shell, BP Apologize for Gasoline Shortages in Sydney (Update1)

By Angela Macdonald-Smith

March 23 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc, two of Australia’s four crude-oil refiners, apologized in Sunday newspapers for shortages of gasoline in the Sydney region amid accusations of unwarranted price increases.

Shell’s V-Power, 95-octane unleaded and premium unleaded gasoline have been unavailable “for some weeks” in New South Wales because of the shutdown of a refinery unit, the company said today in the Sun-Herald. BP cited production issues at local refineries and constraints on imports for an “unprecedented level” of fuel supply shortages. read more

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AFP: Kremlin games behind BP spy arrests: analysts

MOSCOW, March 23, 2008 (AFP) — The arrest this week of two British-educated men on spying charges in Moscow was less a Cold War-style incident than a Kremlin power game around who controls oil giant TNK-BP, analysts say.

Russia’s secret service said Thursday that two Russian-American brothers had been charged with industrial espionage just a day after raids on the offices of TNK-BP and BP in Moscow.

“Business cards of representatives of the CIA and foreign defence departments” were found in the raid, security services said. read more

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Alaska Journal: The can it?’ vs. should it?’ debate heats up offshore drilling

By Margaret Bauman
Alaska Journal of Commerce
Web posted Sunday, March 23, 2008
 
Another round in the debate over exploration for oil and gas in the North Aleutian Basin began March 18, with opponents asking if it should be allowed, while others discussed how exploration and fisheries could possibly co-exist.

The two-day North Aleutian Basin energy-fisheries workshop, for which Shell Oil contributed $25,000, got underway at a downtown Anchorage hotel. Meanwhile, a group representing residents, fishermen and environmental groups protested the event. read more

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