BP shareholders registered a protest over bonus payments at the annual shareholders' meeting yesterday, with almost 38pc of votes cast against the oil group's remuneration package. However, the motion was still approved.
April 17th, 2009:
BP shareholders revolt against director bonuses
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North Sea Protection: U.K. Oil Industry Seeks Aid
New discoveries are miniscule compared to the big finds of its heyday and are harder to develop. Some of the world's biggest oil companies, such as BP PLC and Royal Dutch Shell, have reduced their exposure to the North Sea and have shifted their focus to places like Canada and offshore Angola.
Cnooc invites bids from foreigners on drilling blocks
Chinese oil giants are also increasingly looking to foreign ventures. Royal Dutch Shell PLC said this week that it is in talks with Chinese oil companies about jointly bidding for an Iraqi oil field.
David Greer still bobbing and weaving at Regal
In February, David Greer, chief executive, said he expected the loan documentation to be finalised within six weeks. However, on Wednesday he said: We chose to suspend talks with Macquarie because of the heavy obligations and onerous conditions that were being proposed.
Woodside agrees LNG land treaty
Under the agreement, the traditional landowners of James Price Point, which is north of Broome, would receive compensation of A$1bn (US$718m) over 30 years. BHP Billiton, BP, Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell have stakes in the Woodside-operated Browse Basin project.
The Biofuel Bubble
A horde of startups have smart ideas. But the challenges are many, and the winners likely will be Shell, BP, DuPont, and other majors
Iraq inquiry needs to look into the legacy of two Gulf wars
Except for the contentious initialisation of a Shell gas deal, the people have so far marshalled enough opposition to ward off multinational oil vultures' attempts to stake out 25-year rights to Iraq's resources on the back of shock and awe.
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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