Shares in BG Group moved higher in early afternoon deals as traders noted vague talk that Royal Dutch Shell might be casting an acquisitive eye over the group.
June 19th, 2008:
Royal Dutch Shell to bid for BG Group?
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Nigerian Militants Attack Oil Rig, Prompting Shell to Cut Production
The attack is a big blow to Shell, which said it had suspended all production at its Bonga field while it investigates the attacks.
Nigeria attack stops Shell’s Bonga offshore oil: U.S. Captain kidnapped
After the attack, the gunmen came across a separate oil supply vessel and kidnapped its U.S. captain in an apparent opportunistic attack, navy spokesman Henry Babalola said.
Reply by John Donovan to “appalled Shell insider”
I will say one thing for Shell senior management based on your comments and my long experience of dealing with the top people at Shell. They are at least consistent; i.e. incompetent, disreputable and supportive of bullyboy tactics and corrupt practices.
Comment received from “appalled Shell insider”: email address supplied
Let me share some more of unethical practices inside Shell. They don't even spare their employees!
Do we draw this conclusion that in Shell, one has to be scoundrel to survive other scoundrels out there or just quit?
Oil Rebounds After Attack Shuts Shell’s Nigerian Bonga Oilfield
Crude oil rebounded after Royal Dutch Shell Plc said a militant attack shut Nigeria's offshore Bonga oilfield.
Will $4 Gasoline Trump a 27-Year-Old Ban?
One was an oilman from Texas, the other a high-paid energy executive. Despite that, or perhaps because of it, for seven years George W. Bush and Dick Cheney have been unable to persuade Congress and the public that domestic oil drilling is an answer to Americas energy needs.
Mr. Smith Goes to War With KBR
In the annals of Iraq war profiteering, put Charles Smith down as one of the casualties.
Dearth of Ships Delays Drilling of Offshore Oil
As President Bush calls for repealing a ban on drilling off most of the coast of the United States, a shortage of ships used for deep-water offshore drilling promises to impede any rapid turnaround in oil exploration and supply.
Power struggle over oil shale
Shell Exploration & Production Co. is working an oil-shale research project on three 160-acre parcels in Colorado. Spokeswoman Darci Sinclair in Houston said that the company wants "commercial development as soon as feasible." She declined to answer whether Shell believes development is commercially viable. She said that the lack of regulatory framework on oil shale "creates additional uncertainty for companies trying to prove viability of new technologies."
Oil companies see their fortunes in the sands
Eni's discovery of oil fields in the Congo shows how far groups are willing to go to tap alternatives to conventional crude - however developing these resources into usable fuel presents a huge challenge.
Militants say they’ve attacked Nigerian oil rig, kidnapped one foreign worker
LAGOS, Nigeria The most powerful militant group in Nigeria said it launched a rare attack early Thursday against an offshore oil rig but failed to cripple the installation far from shore.
Shell shuts down Nigerian oil field after attack
Royal Dutch Shell says it has shut down production at a Nigerian oil field that produces about 200,000 barrels per day after a militant attack.
Shell settlement wins approval
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Europe's largest oil company by market value, won preliminary approval of a $120-million US settlement over claims it misled investors about oil and natural gas reserves.
Woodside Says LNG Market May Stay `Tight’ Beyond 2015
June 19 (Bloomberg) -- Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia's second-largest oil and gas producer, said the liquefied natural gas market will stay ``tight'' until 2015 and possibly beyond, driven by rising demand and delays in supply projects.
Bush calls for lifting of ban on Alaska oil drilling
George Bush, responding to public alarm over soaring petrol prices, yesterday proposed overturning decades-old bans on drilling for oil off the US coast and in the pristine Alaskan wilderness.
In Saudi Oil Output Discussions, The Old Clout Will Be Missing
Dozens of world leaders and executives are meeting to weigh how to reverse oil prices, which have shot up over 40% this year. Their numbers show how tough finding a remedy is likely to be.
Cashing in on the Oil Boom
Obviously, oil is in a raging bull market. That has taken it to just shy of $140 a barrel. The Saudi oil minister has basically admitted his country has little extra output to add.
Saudi Arabia faces an oil dilemma
Saudi Arabia has exacerbated a market squeeze caused by rising demand in the fast growing economies of China and India.
Bush backs candidate on oil drilling
George W. Bush yesterday offered his support to John McCain's plan to lift the ban on fresh oil drilling off the US coast and accused Democrats of contributing to record energy prices by restricting domestic production.
Darling warns of ‘disastrous’ pay demands
Trade unions were warned yesterday against a "disastrous" return to 1970s-style inflationary pay demands, after striking Shell tanker drivers secured a big wage settlement...
Deals with Iraq are set to bring oil giants back
Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP ? the original partners in the Iraq Petroleum Company ? along with Chevron and a number of smaller oil companies, are in talks with Iraq's Oil Ministry for no-bid contracts to service Iraq's largest fields, according to ministry officials, oil company officials and an American diplomat.
It’s enough to make you weep.
The Secretary of State for Business and Enterprise has said that the Shell tanker drivers' pay deal reflected the "particular conditions in the industry...
Mitvol wins Order of the Broom Cupboard
Having bullied Shell into handing over control of its Sakhalin-2 gas field, we thought his reward would be the Order of Lenin, not a broom cupboard.
Oil in Rocky Mountains no easy play
Shell Exploration & Production Co. is working on its own lands in western Colorado but has permission to work three 160-acre parcels of federal land on an experimental basis. It wants the federal government to set a firm date when development of larger and more productive oil shale fields will be allowed. Shell says it needs the certainty to pace its capital and research investments. "The regulatory framework will be very important as we move forward," said Darci Sinclair, a Shell Oil Co. spokesman in Houston.
Shell settlement triggers fears of summer of discontent
"This really is going to sound some alarm bells in Downing Street," one said on Wednesday night.
ALFRED DONOVAN LETTER TO SHELL SOLICITORS FREEMAN KENDALL REGARDING SHELL UNDERCOVER ACTIVITY
You have written off my account of the cloak and dagger events leading up to the last settlement as being a parody of the truth and characterised it generally as being nonsensical and based on wider conspiracy theories. The problem you have Mr Joseph is that you cannot change what you and Shell director Richard Wiseman have already admitted in writing about undercover activity by Shell agents involving fraud and deception. Your letters are now a matter of historical fact.
Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
