Its unclear how many of Shells 13,000 employees in Houston will be affected by the migration plans. Partly, thats because company officials are still deciding which jobs will stay or go abroad, and are rolling out the plans in phases that run into next year. But at least a few divisions in Houston are preparing to be downsized dramatically.
December 20th, 2009:
Shell transferring thousands of jobs to India, Philippines
Shell plans £3bn sale in Nigeria
The Sunday Times
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The auction comes as Nigeria prepares to impose harsher terms on foreign operators next month and hand greater control to domestic firms.
Shell is the biggest western oil firm in Nigeria, the worlds tenth largest producer, and has had operations there for 70 years.
It is understood that the company recently launched a formal sales process that is being overseen by Ann Pickard, head of Shell Nigeria.
Shell Nigeria has no reports of attack on facilities
Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:51pm GMT
LAGOS, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) said on Saturday it had no reports of attacks on facilities operated by its SPDC joint venture in Nigeria, following a claim by militants to have struck an oil pipeline overnight.
“At this time we don’t have reports of our facility being attacked,” a Shell spokesperson said. (For more Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: af.reuters.com/ )
(Reporting by Nick Tattersall; editing by David Stamp)