OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia has arrested 701 Islamists in the past six months on suspicion of plotting attacks on oil industry installations, the interior ministry announced on Wednesday.
June 25th, 2008:
Saudi arrests 700 over ‘oil attack’ plots
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Exxon Valdez $2.5 bln oil spill ruling overturned
WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out the record $2.5 billion in punitive damages that Exxon Mobil Corp had been ordered to pay for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska, the nation's worst tanker spill.
Shell says world can stabilize greenhouse gas levels
Thirst for energy will double in the first half of the century, but increased biofuel production and carbon storage could help the world stabilize greenhouse gas levels by the 2020s, oil giant Shell said on Wednesday.
Nigeria army clashes with suspected Bonga attackers
Nigerian security forces have clashed with militants believed to be responsible for an attack on Royal Dutch Shell's main offshore Bonga oilfield, a military officer said on Wednesday.
The jokers at Royal Dutch Shell legal department
By John Donovan
We are currently scanning more Shell internal documents released to us following an application we made to Shell under The Data Protection Act.
The next batch of documents being published tonight covers:
*Shell internal email correspondence recording intent to “Kill” a Sunday Times story about our involvement in the Sakhalin-2 debacle;
*Shell top secret plans in the event of a terrorist attack;
*Over 100 pages relating to Shell’s concern at our contact with former HSE Group Auditor of Shell International, Mr Bill Campbell. This includes Shell’s panic stricken letters to Mr Campbell’s solicitors.
Shell Signs On for Possible China Refinery
BEIJING -- Royal Dutch Shell PLC said it has signed a letter of intent withPetroChina Co. and the international arm of Qatar Petroleum to study the feasibility of a new refinery and petrochemical complex in China.
Ukraine plan fuels Regal revival
The surprise appointment of Mr Greer and two other directors at Regal resulted in the abandoning of a plan for Shell to take a majority stake in the Ukrainian assets for $410m (£210m).
Shell resumes work at Bonga site
Royal Dutch Shell resumed production yesterday at its giant deepwater Bonga oilfield off the coast of Nigeria, which was shut down last week after an attack by speed-boat riding militants, reports Matthew Green in Lagos .
As energy prices surge, the world is wondering where it will all end.
This delicate balancing act is exemplified by the decision of Royal Dutch Shell and Repsollast month to withdraw from the development of what is known as phase 13 of South Pars. Before they pulled out of phase 13, the cost of the Shell-Repsol liquefied natural gas project had rocketed to as much as $16bn, leading to delays and disputes with Iranian authorities
Business warns of daunting task
He follows Paul Gray, a respected civil servant who left after the Revenue's embarrassing loss of the personal details of 25m child benefit claimants last autumn. Sir David Varney, a former Shell executive, was Mr Gray's predecessor for two years until August 2006.
Congress Looks for a Culprit for Rising Oil Prices
Until recently, lawmakers had focused on the traditional suspects: oil companies and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. But increasingly, they are casting a suspicious eye on the role of investors, including speculators, in driving up prices.
Decision time for the planet
As global coal use spirals, governments must decide whether to embrace a controversial new technology that some say is our only hope of tackling climate change
Fiat criticised for CO2 ad claims
Previously the ASA has censured companies such as Suzuki, Shell, Ryanair and Toyota for so-called "greenwash" where companies overstate their environmental credentials.
Cowboy builder Gordon Brown blamed for leaky roof
Philip Hammond, for the Conservatives, said it is a huge hole which should have been fixed years ago, and laid the entire blame on Gordon Brown for believing that the sun would go on shining forever.
Life on the fringes of U.S. suburbia becomes untenable with rising gas costs
Suddenly, the economics of American suburban life are under assault as skyrocketing energy prices inflate the costs of reaching, heating and cooling homes on the outer edges of metropolitan areas.
Oil Rises a Fourth Day on Nigerian Output, Goldman’s Forecasts
Chevron's unit said yesterday it declared force majeure on onshore wells in the country after a pipeline was breached on June 19, shutting production. Royal Dutch Shell Plc closed the Bonga field in Nigeria June 19 after militants attacked a production vessel at the offshore facility.
Faster Inflation May Unleash `Financial Tsunami’
Rising consumer prices will leave more U.S. consumers unable to pay their debts and may lead to a financial tsunami...
You can fill ‘er up with hydrogen
On Thursday, Shell Hydrogen will unveil California's first retail station to sell both gasoline and hydrogen, and only the second in the country after one in Washington, also operated by Shell.
Shell Malaysia shuts P.Dickson plant for maintenance
KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell has shut its 125,000 barrels per day (bpd) oil refinery at Malaysia's Port Dickson for regular maintenance, the company said on Wednesday.
Anglo American to invest 400 million dollars in Zimbabwe: report
The Times said British American Tobacco and Barclays Bank would not add investment, while energy giants BP and Shell were "reviewing their presence in the country" according to the report.
Redrawing frontiers: Natural resources firms
Royal Dutch Shell paid $2.1bn in a separate auction for blocks in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska. The price for the 277 blocks was the most it has ever paid for offshore exploration rights. When the company begins drilling wells there by the end of the decade, it will officially bring to an end a 25-year absence of oil and gas groups in the ecologically sensitive area.
Mr No-nonsense leads at Regal (An example of spin by the Financial Times)
David Greer knows about bad publicity. As deputy chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell's Sakhalin arm, running the Sakhalin-2 project off the far-east coast of Russia, he suffered the indignity of having an internal memo, which was designed to motivate his managers - "lead me, follow me, or get out of my way" - leaked to the Financial Times last year.
Outrage over £200m UK investment in Zimbabwe
BP and Shell jointly own a chain of petrol stations in Zimbabwe and tonight said that they were reviewing their presence in the country.
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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