ALGIERS, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Algeria and the Netherlands discussed on Saturday a partnership involving Nigeria andRoyal Dutch Shell in a project to pipe Nigerian gas to Europe across the Sahara, Algerian official media reported.
January 10th, 2009:
Dutch, Algerians discuss Sahara gas venture-report
Sorry Jeroen it just won’t do…
A friend who knew that I have been a rather vocal critic of Shells corporate advertising over the past few years asked me if I felt vindicated by the admissions in George Monbiot s recent interview with Jeroen van der Veer: Of course for Jeroen to admit:
“If we are very big in oil and gas and we are so far relatively small in alternative energies, if you then every day only make adverts about your alternative energies and not about 90% of your other activities I don’t think that – then I say transparency, honesty to the market
Oil market manipulation alleged
A Shell spokeswoman said Friday that while her company was no longer shipping oil to the refinery, other oil suppliers were free to use the pipeline. In addition, the refinery draws crude from another pipeline not owned by Shell, said spokeswoman Alison Chassin. Flying J owes Shell money for crude already delivered to the plant, an amount she said was in the "tens of millions" of dollars.
BP signs peace deal with Russian partners
BP and its Russian partners in the TNK-BP joint venture have signed the peace deal they agreed in principle in 2008, weakening the British groups grip on the company.
Jobs at risk in UK oil industry as Schlumberger prepares cuts
The American group, which is based in Houston and whose customers include all the leading oil groups, such as BP and Shell, as well as national oil companies, operates in more than 80 countries and performs everything from specialist exploration to the drilling of wells and management of existing fields.