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January, 2010:

Supreme Court hears arguments in case against Shell Oil Products

U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Mac's Shell Service v. Shell Oil Products Case could affect “tens of thousands” of US leases

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Shell Gas Stations Argue in Supreme Court on Fees

WASHINGTON (CN) - The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over whether Shell Oil terminated a contract with franchise gas stations -- in violation of a Petroleum Market Practices Act -- when it raised fees.

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Deeply ingrained culture of dishonesty and cover-up at Royal Dutch Shell

John Donovan

For several years, Shell Oil Products, a division of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, was complicit in a sleazy fraud perpetrated on customers at an oil lube chain in Illinois.

I published an article on the subject in August 2007.

USA consumer fraud involving Pennzoil and Shell Oil Products

As a result of Shell being legally compelled to supply me with Shell internal communications, we now know about the frantic activity that was going on inside Shell at the time in relation to my article about the scam. (Some information has been redacted from the emails by Shell on claimed legal grounds) read more

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Labour issues hold up Shell’s sale of Stanlow refinery

FINANCIAL CHRONICLE Mumbai

Labour issues hold up Essar’s deal with Shell

By Yassir A Pitalwalla   Jan 19 2010, Mumbai

Royal Dutch Shell has for the second time extended its exclusive negotiations with Essar Energy Holdings on the sale of three of its European refineries. The two sides still have to settle issues relating to personnel, pensions and health, and safety and environment liabilities.

The exclusive talk period was first extended in November and is believed to have ended in December.

David Williams, spokesperson for Royal Dutch Shell, confirmed to Financial Chronicle that the exclusive negotiations were still on but declined to give details. An Essar spokesperson gave the same response.

An industry official said Ruia family members and senior executives, including Essar Oil’s managing director Naresh Nayyar, are negotiating with Royal Dutch Shell. He said some issues had already been settled. But pensions, human resource deployment and contracts and potential liabilities with respect to health safety and environment are still unresolved issues.
read more

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Shell Investors Seek Review of Oil-Sands Operations

BLOOMBERG

By Fred Pals

Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s second-largest oil company, faces shareholder scrutiny of the investment risks at its Canadian oil-sands projects as environmental groups object to development plans.

A coalition of 142 shareholders have requested a review of the risks, in a resolution to be addressed at Shell’s annual meeting in May, according to FairPensions, which is coordinating the investor campaign. A statement from FairPensions cited a likely increase in carbon costs and potential damage to Shell’s reputation from environmental degradation as some of the risks. read more

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Four Shell kidnapped contractors released in Nigeria

Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta denied involvement in the abduction of the contractors.

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — Four Shell contractors — three Britons and a Colombian — have been released after being kidnapped a week ago, a police spokeswoman said Tuesday.

The abductions in the oil-rich Niger Delta happened last Tuesday when attackers ambushed a bus in which the four were traveling, according to Rita Inoma, a police spokeswoman in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

The former hostages were doing well, Inoma said. read more

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BP Shines Among UK Oil Companies; Shell Suffers

The speed with which cost savings and efficiencies introduced in the program can filter through to Shell's financial performance will determine whether the company can return to profit growth early in the first half of the year, or if that recovery will be delayed to the third or fourth quarter as some analysts fear.

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It’s One Shell of a building, but will giant oil company stay put?

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By Ralph Bivins January 18th, 2010 at 12:00 AM

A big change may be in store for the first downtown skyscraper developed by the legendary Gerald D. Hines — the 50-story One Shell Plaza in the center of Houston. There’s credible market intelligence indicating that Shell Oil — the namesake tenant of the landmark building — could be moving out, or at least shrinking its presence significantly.

“Shell is clearly talking about downsizing its downtown offices,” says Sanford Criner, executive vice president of the CB Richard Ellis real estate firm. read more

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Shell under attack from shareholders

Interactive Investor

Fiona Bond 18.01.10

Oil heavyweight Shell (RDSB) has come under attack from a hoard of investors demanding greater clarification surrounding its investment in Canada’s controversial tar sands.

The Anglo-Dutch group has been called upon to include a special review of the risks associated with its Alberta oil sands operations in its upcoming May annual general meeting, after mounting pressure from a coalition of investors.

Up to 142 investors, including Co-Operative Asset Management and UNISON Staff Pension Scheme, have teamed up with responsible investment organisation FairPensions, to demand Shell addresses its concerns. read more

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Safety issue at Shell Stanlow refinery

FROM A SHELL STANLOW INSIDER

I write to make people aware of an incident which happened recently at Stanlow refinery. A hydrogen sulphide leak had developed and an operator, using BA equipment, went onto the unit to investigate. While he was on the unit the BA set developed a problem and he hastily made an exit from the unit. Following the incident the operator submitted a safety report highlighting the failure of the set.

Shortly after the event the operator received a phone call at home from one of my colleagues who tried to persuade him to change his statement about the incident, and to say that the BA set had failed during the pre-use checks. By saying this he was told that the HSE would not need to be involved! The person who contacted the operator was Stuart Warburton, manager of fire and security department. read more

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Shellfire over sands: Investors quiz oil giant

OilSandsTelegraph

Daily Telegraph 18 January 2010

A coalition of institutional and private shareholders are calling on Royal Dutch Shell to provide transparency on risks associated with its controversial Canadian oil sands project.

The protesting shareholders, who hold a combined £156m stake in the oil company, will make their case to Shell’s management at its annual general meeting on May 18.

Environmentalists, such as this demonstrator at a protest in Dublin, have raised concerns about the energy intensive extraction. read more

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Shell faces shareholder revolt over Canadian tar sands project

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Royal Dutch Shell

• Investors call for review of oil production in Alberta
• Tar sands deliver less than 2.5% of total oil and gas production

Terry Macalister
The Guardian, Monday 18 January 2010

Royal Dutch Shell group’s dissident shareholders will press for a review of its tar sands project in Canada, at the oil firm’s annual meeting in May. Photograph: Jeff McIntosh/AP

Shell chief executive Peter Voser will be forced to defend the company’s controversial investment in Canada‘s tar sands at his first annual general meeting, after calls from shareholders that the project be put under further scrutiny.

A coalition of institutional investors has forced a resolution onto the agenda calling for the Anglo-Dutch group’s audit committee to undertake a special review of the risks attached to the carbon-heavy oil production at Athabasca in Alberta. read more

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Shell says former Shell exec Paddy Briggs should choose his friends more carefully

A SHELL INTERNAL EMAIL DATED 25 JUNE 2007 SUPPLIED TO JOHN DONOVAN UNDER DATA PROTECTION ACT LAW

From:
Sent: 25 June 2007 13:57
To:
Subject: RE: DONOVAN – WEBSITE

FYI, xxxxxs latest contribution – I think he should choose his friends more carefully….

In the absence of “Tell Shell” I think that this is possibly the best forum for those of us who care about Shell and have informed opinions about the company to share with others. The Donovans perfume (subsequently corrected!) a very useful function and, whilst I don’t always agree with them, I do admire them and certainly do not question their motives or their integrity. read more

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Iraq completes Shell-led deal for huge oil field

Shell Chief Executive Peter Voser said his company looks "forward to a good cooperation with the government," but he refused to say how much money will be spent on the project.

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Shell-Petronas Grp Inks Accord For Iraq Majnoon Oil Field

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

JANUARY 17, 2010. 8:50 A.M. ET

By Hassan Hafidh

Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

AMMAN (Dow Jones)–A consortium made up of Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) and Malaysia’s Petronas finalized in Baghdad Sunday an agreement to develop southern Iraq’s supergiant Majnoon oil field, having won the contract in the country’s historic second oil-field auction held in December.

Shell has the biggest stake in the venture with 60% while Petronas holds the remaining 40%. The consortium proposed to receive a fee of just $1.39 a barrel and pledged to increase production to 1.8 million barrels a day from the field which holds some 12.8 billion barrels of proven oil reserves. read more

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Niger Deltans demand fair share of oil proceeds

It is time for Niger Deltans to stop living on their knees living on hand-outs from the deceptive NDDC or Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, and stand on their feet .

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Iraq completes Shell-led deal for huge oil field

Associated Press

BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraq has finalized a deal with a consortium led by Royal Dutch Shell to develop one of Iraq’s mammoth oil fields in the south.

Shell and partner Malaysia’s state-run Petronas won the right to develop the 12.5 billion barrel field last month during Iraq’s second postwar bidding round.

The companies will be paid $1.39 per barrel produced. They plan to raise production at the Majnoon field from the current 45,900 barrels per day to 1.8 million barrels per day over 10 years. read more

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Philippines threatens seizure of $923 million worth of Shell imports for alleged non payment of taxes

Shell said the planned seizure of its imports would force it to shut down its Batangas refinery, resulting in fuel shortage, job losses and massive disruption of critical industries such as power, and sea and air transportation.

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Shell Philippines refinery closure to result in massive job, revenue losses

“The potential closure of Shell Batangas refinery as a result of the seizure by BoC of imported raw materials processed in the refinery means that 823 workers in the refinery alone stand to lose their jobs while the company expects to lose P11 billion a month,” the company said.

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Shell investors call for clarity

Financial Times

By Charlie Kirby

Published: January 17 2010 08:30

A UK coalition of institutional and private shareholders is calling on Royal Dutch Shell to provide transparency on risks associated with Canadian oil sands projects. read more

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Shell pledges $100,000 to aid Haitians affected by the earthquake

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Shell Announces Disaster Relief Support for Haiti

January 15, 2010: 06:30 PM ET //

HOUSTON, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Shell Oil Company and Motiva Enterprises, LLC are donating $100,000 to the American Red Cross to aid in disaster relief and recovery efforts in Haiti.

“This is a trying time for Haiti and a chance for the rest of the world to lend a hand to those in need,” says Marvin Odum, president of Shell Oil Company. “Shell has a long track record of supporting disaster relief efforts. The people of Haiti are in our thoughts and prayers.” read more

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Sanctions against Iran: The first target is Royal Dutch Shell

Unity on new penalties will be tough. Major economies such as China rely on Iran’s crude oil, and many non-US energy companies including Royal Dutch Shell are invested in Iran, which has the world’s second-biggest natural-gas and oil reserves. The first target is Royal Dutch Shell, the British-Dutch energy company headquartered in The Hague...

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Ready to save the world – but not yet

Financial Times

By Ed Crooks, Financial Times

Published: January 15 2010 16:06

For the clean energy industry, Copenhagen was a disappointment. It was not, however, a significant setback. At least, not yet.

Peter Voser, the chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, the oil and gas group, was typical of executives who had wanted to see a clear signal sent. In spite of its dependence on fossil fuels for its revenues, Shell wants an international framework for controlling carbon dioxide emissions that will give it certainty to plan its investments. It sees long-term opportunities in selling natural gas – a lower-carbon option than coal for power generation; in advanced biofuels – where it is backing one of the world’s largest research and development programmes; and in technology for capturing carbon dioxide emissions from factories and power plants and storing them underground.Mr Voser said after Copenhagen: “We … recognise that the accord reflects a true political willingness to combat climate change. However, it remains unclear how this political willingness will translate into concrete steps.” read more

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Shell threatens to shut down oil refinery

BusinessWorldONLINE

Saturday, January 16, 2010 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES

Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. threatened Friday to shut down its oil refinery in Batangas and cause a fuel supply shortage if the Bureau of Customs (BoC) seizes P43 billion worth of the oil company’s imports to pay for supposed backtaxes.

Customs wants to seize Pilipinas Shell’s shipments worth $923 million arriving on February to May 2010 to cover tax deficiencies from 2004 to 2009 involving shipments of Catalytic Cracked Gasoline (CCG) and Light Catalytic Cracked Gasoline (LCCG). read more

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Nigerian kidnappers demand ransom hostages

(AFP) 15 January 2010

LAGOS — Nigerian gunmen have demanded a ransom of 300 million naira (1.98 million dollars, 1.38 million euros) for the release of three Britons and a Colombian abducted this week, the police said Friday.

“The kidnappers have asked for payment of 300 million naira before the men can be released,” Rivers State police spokeswoman Rita Abbey told AFP. She gave no further details.

The four — contract workers for the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell — were abducted on Tuesday between oil city of Port Harcourt and nearby Aba in Abia State. read more

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Hakluyt notorious spying for oil giants Shell and BP

By Alfred Donovan

Printed below in an article published today by the London Evening Standard, plus a related letter I sent to Members of Parliament in 2004 on the same subject.

London Evening Standard

Recession puts Hakluyt spies out in the cold

Rosamund Urwin
15.01.10

British intelligence group Hakluyt & Company warned today of a drop in revenues this year after businesses cut back on spying on their rivals in the recession.

But the Mayfair-based firm, which has been described as “a retirement home for ex-MI6 officers” and whose boardroom roll reads like a Who’s Who of the City, said demand for corporate spooks had started to pick up again. read more

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Refining Squeezes Oil Profits

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

January 14, 2010 6:01 P.M. ET

Depressed Demand for Fuel Causes Headaches Even as Crude Prices Firm

By GUY CHAZAN

The global refining industry is turning into a major headache for big Western oil companies, putting a drag on earnings even as rising oil prices improve the prospects for other parts of the oil business.

Refining has been hit as the global recession depressed demand for industrial and transportation fuels, especially in Europe, just as additional capacity is coming onstream in China, India and the Middle East.

Meanwhile, prices for oil products like gasoline and diesel have failed to keep pace with the rising price of crude, putting intense pressure on profit margins for refining—the difference in value between the products a refinery makes and the crude oil used to produce them. read more

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Email from Alfred Donovan to Gavin White, Shell International, 14 Jan 2010

On a personal note, you are welcome to email to us a head shot photograph for display on our website on appropriate articles, as your colleague Richard Wiseman has already done.

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Not much time for Shell to lick BP inflicted wounds

Times Online

The Times

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Business big shot: Simon Henry, of Royal Dutch Shell

Emma Keens

After being knocked off the top spot as Europe’s largest oil and gas producer by market capitalisation this week, Shell executives did not get much time to lick their wounds.

The Anglo-Dutch company’s shares continued their slide yesterday amid talk that it had been guiding analysts to reduce their fourth-quarter earnings forecasts by about 20 per cent. A handful of downgrades served only to fuel that fire.

One man feeling the pain more than most will be Simon Henry (right), Royal Dutch Shell group’s chief financial officer, whose first year in the role has been anything but smooth, with falling demand continuing to pummel the oil industry. read more

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Analysts Cut Shell Earnings Forecast On Grim Refining

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

JANUARY 13, 2010, 12:58 P.M. ET

By James Herron

Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Several analysts cut their earnings forecasts for Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) Wednesday as an increasingly grim picture of the company’s refining and marketing operations emerged.

Brokerage Evolution Securities reduced its full year clean earnings per share estimate for Shell by 12% to $1.91. Royal Bank of Scotland cut its fourth quarter earnings estimate for the company 19% to $2.9 billion, citing “extremely weak refining margins.” read more

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Email from Alfred Donovan to Gavin White, Shell International Limited

I note from the Shell internal documents supplied to my son that Shell has engaged in some wishful thinking regarding my age (I am now almost 93). Unfortunately for Shell, I am still very much alive and kicking.

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Shell Shares Fall on Talk Of Weak Q4

THE NEW YORK TIMES

By REUTERS Published: January 13, 2010

Filed at 6:25 a.m. ET

LONDON (Reuters) – Shares in Royal Dutch Shell Plc <RDSa.L> fell over 2 percent on Wednesday on market talk that the company was guiding analysts to reduce their forecasts for the oil major’s fourth-quarter earnings.

“Consensus for Shell’s Q4 appears to be falling sharply. Lower gas realisations and losses downstream suggest earnings of around $2.6 billion (1.6 billion pounds) in the fourth quarter versus expectations previously closer to $3.3 billion,” one dealer said. read more

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Three British workers kidnapped in Nigeria

The men were working at the Shell-operated Afam gas and power plant east of Port Harcourt. They work for Netco Dietsmann, a venture between Nigeria’s state-owned National Engineering and Technical Company and the Dutch company Dietsmann.

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Four Shell workers grabbed by gunmen in Nigeria

Lagos - Gunmen on Tuesday seized three Britons and a Colombian, shooting dead their police escort in the first major kidnapping for six months in southern Nigeria's Niger Delta. The four - contract workers for the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell - were abducted as they travelled to work from the southern oil city of Port Harcourt to the Shell-operated Afam power plant, police said.

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Tobacco corporations lobby to hamper passing of EU health laws, say academics

The EPC then formed an organisation called the Risk Assessment Forum and approached companies to join. Among the companies that became members were Shell, Elf Aquitaine, ICI and several pharmaceutical companies, including Bayer, Johnson and Johnson, SmithKline Beecham, Solvay and Zeneca.

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Royal Dutch Shell deceiving itself

Printed below is a Shell internal document from May 2006 which we assume was prepared by Shell in-house lawyers for the misinformation of Shell senior management. It deliberately paints a false picture, probably to protect Richard Wiseman, the former Shell Legal Director...

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Call On Royal Dutch Shell to Provide Full Disclosure of its Business Dealings in Iran

In a letter to Peter Voser, the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, UANI President, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, wrote: “We are writing to call your attention to a very serious issue involving deficiencies in your company’s public filings, specifically, your company’s ongoing failure to disclose the full nature and extent of Royal Dutch Shell plc’s activities in, and risks of doing business with, Iran.

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Nigerian Gunmen Kidnap Four Shell Workers in Ambush

BLOOMBERG

By Dulue Mbachu and Tony Tamuno

Jan. 12 (Bloomberg) — Nigerian gunmen kidnapped three Britons and a Colombian working for Royal Dutch Shell Plc during an ambush at Obehi, near the West African nation’s oil hub of Port Harcourt, police said.

“Their police escort was shot dead and the driver was shot and injured,” Rita Inoma-Abbey, a police spokeswoman, said in a telephone interview today from Port Harcourt. “We’ve sent our men after them.”

A 2 million naira ($13,250) reward is being offered for information that will assist police with the rescue of the expatriates and arrest of the criminals, she said. The driver is in a critical condition following the attack, which happened at 7:15 a.m. local time while the four were on their way to work, Inoma-Abbey said. No ransom has yet been demanded. read more

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Shell No Longer Looks To Nigeria To Drive Oil Output Growth-CEO

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

JANUARY 12, 2010, 7:34 A.M. ET

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) no longer looks to its troubled Nigerian operations to drive growth in its oil and gas output, said Chief Executive Peter Voser in comments posted on the company’s Web site Tuesday.

“Nigeria is still a heartland for Shell, but we no longer depend on it for our growth aspirations,” said Voser. “This gives us more flexibility in deciding when and how to develop oil and gas resources in Nigeria.” read more

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Tough Sanctions May Not Persuade Iran to Quit Nuclear Program

Unity on new penalties will be tough. Major economies such as China rely on Iran’s crude oil, and many non-U.S. energy companies including Royal Dutch Shell Plc are invested in Iran, which has the world’s second-biggest natural-gas and oil reserves.

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Shell’s seven consecutive years of falling oil and gas output

FT: BP overtakes Shell in market capitalisation

By Ed Crooks, Energy Editor

Published: January 11 2010 21:45 | Last updated: January 11 2010 21:45

BP overtook Royal Dutch Shell in market capitalisation for the first time in more than three years on Monday, reflecting the contrasting fortunes of the two rivals for the title of Europe’s biggest oil company. read more

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BP Set to Pass Shell in Market Value for First Time Since 2006

BLOOMBERG

By Eduard Gismatullin and Fred Pals

Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc is poised to unseat Royal Dutch Shell Plc as Europe’s largest oil company by market value for the first time in more than three years after reviving output growth and cutting costs at a faster pace.

BP rose as much as 2.7 percent to 638.30 pence, the highest price in almost 20 months, and traded at 634.20 pence as of 3:15 p.m. in London. That valued the company at 118.979 billion pounds ($192 billion). Shell added as much as 1.6 percent to 1,941 pence, and was last at 1,928 pence, giving it a market value of 118.346 billion pounds. read more

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Shell Shuts Ormen Lange Gas Field After Bad Weather

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January 11, 2010, 05:37 AM EST

By Ben Farey and Mathew Carr

Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc said its Ormen Lange natural-gas field, Europe’s third-largest, halted output this weekend and remains closed because of bad weather.

“Production at Ormen Lange has been shut as a result of continued bad weather in Norway” and Shell is working to resume operations, David Williams, a company spokesman, said today by telephone from The Hague. Shell operates the Norwegian field.

Ormen Lange, the main source of gas for the Langeled pipeline from Norway, is expected to meet as much as 20 percent of Britain’s gas demand for the next 40 years, according to shareholder Statoil ASA. Shell expects the field to reach maximum output of 70 million cubic meters a day this year. read more

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Grahaeme Henderson, MD of Brunei Shell

Message to Shell staff from Dr. Grahaeme Henderson: MONDAY 11 JANUARY 2010:

We have received an email today from the Office of the Chairman of Brunei Shell Petroleum, concerning the unexplained absence from Brunei of Mr. Grahaeme Henderson, MD of Brunei Shell.

It says:

I refer to your recent article on the subject above and would like to inform you that such rumors are not true. Mr. Henderson is currently away on a personal trip and not because of any deportation imposed.

The message was from a senior official of the Brunei government. read more

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Storage tank overflows at Shell facility

There was a situation at Shell Deer Park facility. The company said there was never any danger to the surrounding community or the employees who were working at that particular site.

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Groundwater decontamination from Valero refinery involving Motiva Enterprises to cost tens of millions

Costs for containing and cleaning up soil and groundwater alone are likely to run into the "tens of millions," Small said. Motiva Enterprises, a joint venture of Shell and Saudi Arabia's national oil company, is responsible for most of the groundwater cleanup.

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Shell praise of its arch critics – the Donovans

What Royal Dutch Shell Plc had to say about The Sunday Times article – “Two men and a website mount vendetta against an oil giant

“You know the background to this one. The Donovans come across well in the story”

The comment was contained in a Shell internal email sent on the day the article was published, 19 July 2009. The names of Shell employees involved in the email correspondence have been deleted to protect their identity. read more

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Motiva Port Arthur Plants FCCU Shut Down Friday – Filing

NEW YORK (Dow Jones) -The Motiva Port Arthur refinery operated by Shell Oil reported that the fluid catalytic cracking unit went offline due to equipment failure Friday morning, according to a filing submitted to state environmental regulators.

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Dutch Court to Decide on Shell Lawsuits

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

JANUARY 9, 2010

By SPENCER SWARTZ

LONDON — A Dutch civil court in The Hague is expected to decide Wednesday whether to hear two lawsuits accusing Royal Dutch Shell PLC of failing to properly maintain pipelines.

According to the suits, Shell’s lax maintenance led to spills in late 2005 that eventually ruined some Nigerian fishing areas and farmland.

Last month, the same Dutch court ruled that a similar case against Shell will go to trial starting Feb. 10. The three cases against Shell seek unspecified financial damages and were filed by the U.K. advocacy group, Friends of the Earth, on behalf of Nigerian farmers. read more

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Gale Norton’s Questionable Oil Industry Work

THE HUFFINGTON POST: Colorado’s Top 5 Scandals of 2009

Luis Toro: Director, Colorado Ethics Watch

Posted: January 8, 2010 10:20 AM

Gale Norton’s Questionable Oil Industry Work: In September 2009 the Department of Justice issued subpoenas as part of an investigation into Bush administration Interior Secretary and former Colorado Attorney General Gale Norton. The Department of Justice is reportedly investigating whether Gale Norton used her position in the Interior Department to benefit Royal Dutch Shell by allowing her department to enter into three potentially lucrative amendments to oil leases with Royal Dutch Shell on federal land in Colorado, then took a job as an adviser to the oil-shale division of Royal Dutch Shell. read more

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