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June 18th, 2008:

Email correspondence on 16, 17 & 18 June 2008 with Shell International Limited General Counsel Richard Wiseman

Although we have no claim against Shell and no intention of making any claim, we do intend to continue to vigorously criticise Shell on the Internet whenever we deem it appropriate, as is our right.

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Gazprom with Yamal shortlist

If a shortlist of foreign companies is established, it will include the company Royal Dutch Shell...

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Ogoni: Oil Companies Eager to enter Ogoniland

After Shell lost the court case against the Nigerian government and was ousted from Ogoniland, other oil companies are eager to take over the void left by Shell.

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Shell pilot oil shale project in Colorado

Shell plans to contain the kerogen by utilizing freeze walls -- using a refrigeration process requiring electricity to freeze groundwater -- to prevent migration into groundwater. As I said this is highly speculative although Shell has built a pilot project.

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BP, Shell CEOs To Attend Jeddah OPEC Summit – Spokespeople

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The chief executives of BP PLC (BP) and Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB) are set to attend a meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Sunday, spokespeople for the two companies said Wednesday.

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LNG project on Yamal could be structured as Shtokman – Gazprom

The LNG plant on Yamal is planned at the North and South Tambeiskoye fields, not at Kharasaveiskoye (whose gas is earmarked for transport on the Unified Gas Supply System). Project implementation "assumes participation of foreign companies, which might include Shell," he said.

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The Great Oil Swindle: manipulation or fraud?

The Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC) is investigating trading in oil futures to determine whether the surge in prices to record levels is the result of manipulation or fraud.

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Bush urges offshore oil drilling

President George W Bush is to ask Congress to end a 27-year ban on drilling for oil in US coastal waters, the White House says.

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Shell won’t challenge takeover of Nigeria oil wells

ABUJA (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell said on Tuesday it will not mount a legal challenge to the Nigerian government's plan to take over its oilfields in Ogoniland later this year.

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Nigeria: Shell – We’ll Remain Shareholders in Ogoniland

Royal Dutch Shell said yesterday that it would remain a shareholder in Ogoniland operations even if the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), also Shell's joint venture partner, becomes the operator of the oil fields. The company also ruled out the possibility of suing the Federal Government over the revocation of Ogoni oil fields.

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Bush Will Seek to Drop a Drilling Ban

President Bush, reversing a longstanding position, will call on Congress on Wednesday to end a federal ban on offshore oil drilling...

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Outspoken Russian environment official Mitvol demoted – source

n 2006 he gained international attention by leading a campaign against oil major Shell that led to a lucrative project being sold to Gazprom.

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Limits imposed on overseas oil trading

Walt Lukken, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said the environment was "ripe for those wanting to illegally manipulate the markets"

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Nigeria probes award of oil blocks under Obasanjo

Royal Dutch Shell warned last month that the government risked undermining investor confidence after Mr Yar'Adua demanded that Shell and ExxonMobil must pay a total of $1.9bn in unpaid taxes and revenues, following a government committee review of contracts for offshore oilfields signed in 1993.

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Shell drivers urged to back pay deal

Although details of the proposed settlement will not be presented formally to drivers until today, it is expected to include a big upfront payment, which could embarrass ministers who this week called for pay discipline to help hold down inflation.

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Hopes of breathing life into wind power

Last month Royal Dutch Shell sold its stake in what would have been the world's biggest offshore wind farm, the London Array, saying that Europe had been "built out" and wind's future was in North America.

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Iraq, Shell Discuss Natural Gas Venture

An Iraqi official said that Shell approached the Oil Ministry in December and that meetings have been held since then.

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Oil Trading’s Powerful “Dark Markets”

Now Congress and others are asking just how much of the crude oil futures market is being manipulated by either excessive buying designed to drive up the price, or phony transactions that imply a supply problem that does not exist.

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US watchdog wants London to tighten oil market rules

American regulators are heading for a direct confrontation with the Financial Services Authority (FSA) after trying to slap new trading restrictions on the London oil market without the approval of the British watchdog.

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