Five weeks have been put aside for the court hearing of the action by 700 former Southern shareholders who are suing Shell Exploration New Zealand...
May 11th, 2008:
Trial underway against Shell Exploration New Zealand
Iran says South Pars phase to come on stream soon
Mohammad-Javad Shams, board member of the Pars Oil and Gas Company, was speaking a day after Royal Dutch Shell RDSa.l said it had pulled out of developing another phase of South Pars, after pressure not to participate from U.S. lawmakers.
Anger at Shell’s Golden Handcuffs
...sources say that Shell seems very willing to ensure that its top executives maintain their high-living lifestyles when they retire, whilst turning a blind eye to the thousands of their ex-employees who live in less comfortable circumstances.
Oil industry’s lobby working overtime
The American Petroleum Institute, the industry's main lobby, has embarked on a multiyear, multimedia, multimillion-dollar campaign, which includes advertising in the nation's largest newspapers, news conferences in many state capitals and trips for bloggers out to drilling platforms at sea.
Who’s Really to Blame for Rising Oil?
During 2007 the largest oil companies were bringing in an astounding $1,300 per second! If I were them I wouldnt lower prices either.
Big oil now seeing green
Shell co-owns a wind farm in Lamar and is involved in 11 wind projects in the U.S. and Europe.
Colorado’s oil shale lures Shell
In its quest to remove oil from western Colorado's shale, Royal Dutch Shell has been buying land and water rights in anticipation of what is likely to be a thirsty new industry.
Former Shell Exec Paddy Briggs comments on the article: Anger at Shell’s golden handcuffs
There is a common pattern here - greed mendacity, selfishness and, most culpable of all, stupefying ignorance. Add to this a meanness of sprit - no wonder many of us in the Shell afterlife feel that we don't know the company at all any more.
Anger at Shell’s golden handcuffs
Royal Dutch Shell is facing a showdown with investors over its plans to pay £3m to directors simply to stay on the board for three years.
Sabotage of our Nigerian facilities is at disaster level – Shell
Following recent in-cessant attacks on its production facilities and widespread theft of its crude oil and condensate, especially in the volatile Niger Delta region, the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has described the situation as precarious and an impending disaster in the oil industry.