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January 2nd, 2016:

Investor halves BG Group stake as doubts grow over Shell deal

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By Ben Martin, and Ben Marlow, THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: 3 JAN 2016

One of the world’s largest investors has more than halved its stake in BG Group, sparking fresh speculation that some of the oil explorer’s top shareholders are sceptical about the prospects for its proposed tie-up with rival Royal Dutch Shell.

Capital Group, which is also one of the biggest investors in Shell, offloaded £417m of BG shares over the course of December, slashing its shareholding in the FTSE 100 giant from 2.2pc to 0.9pc, stock exchange filings show.

The American fund management firm continued to reduce its stake even after Shell published the prospectus for the blockbuster BG takeover on December 22, in which it sought to convince shareholders of the merits of the deal by outlining additional capital spending cuts. read more

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Environmental group condemns Shell for poor response to oil spill incident at Adibawa Oil field

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By NAN on January 2, 2016

An Environmental Rights group has condemned what it called the ‘slow response of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to the oil spill incident of July 12,2015 at the Adibawa Oil field, operated by the company.

Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) made the condemnation in its field report on the oil field, a copy which was made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa on Saturday.

The group regretted that more than six months after the oil leak incident was reported, oil recovery was yet to be completed, exposing the environment to continued pollution by spilled crude. read more

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US Gulf oil spill nearly ruined BP, says chief Bob Dudley

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The giant oil spill from a BP rig off the US coast in 2010 nearly ruined the company, its chief executive has said.

Bob Dudley described the fire on the Deepwater Horizon and its aftermath as “a near death experience” for the firm.

It was one of the worst environmental disasters in the US and saw BP pay fines and compensation and sell off more than £30bn ($45bn) in assets.

Mr Dudley told ex-BP boss Lord Browne – a guest editor on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme – it was a “tragic accident”. read more

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Fund management industry’s credibility on show in planned BG-Shell merger

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Screen Shot 2015-12-23 at 09.03.45By Ian McVeigh: 3:35PM GMT 02 Jan 2016

Shell bid for BG in April last year, after the oil price had halved. It is impossible to say what the price of BG would be without the bid, far lower for sure and most calculations suggest that a premium of around $20bn to $25bn is being paid to the shareholders of BG.

I am not suggesting that the board and management of Shell are thinking “I’ll be gone, you’ll be gone”.

The people at Shell take a more long-term view than those on the trading desks of the banks might take, but when you consider the CFO’s comment not to worry about the price paid, this sounds like a classic case of a deal made using other people’s money to me. read more

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