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June 29th, 2016:

EI appoints Malcolm Brinded as president elect

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Written by  OE Staff Date created Wednesday, 29 June 2016 

The Energy Institute (EI) has appointed former executive director for Shell Upstream International, and current chairman for the Shell Foundation Malcolm Brinded CBE FREng FEI as president-elect, in addition to the announcement of several other EI appointments.

Brinded, who joined the EI’s Council in 2013, will succeed Professor Jim Skea CBE FEI as EI President in 2017 for a two-year term. He was main board executive director of Royal Dutch Shell for a decade until retirement in April 2012. His last role in a 38-year career at Shell was as executive director for Upstream International. He was previously executive director for global exploration and production from 2004 to 2009, managing director of Royal Dutch Shell from 2002, and Shell UK chairman from 1999. He is currently chairman of the Shell Foundation, a non-executive director of Network Rail, CH2M HILL and BHP Billiton. read more

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Shell exec expands on plan to build cracker plant in Beaver County

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Screen Shot 2016-05-21 at 10.18.28BY DAVID CONTI | Tuesday, June 28, 2016, 6:36 p.m.

Royal Dutch Shell’s decision to build a multibillion-dollar petrochemical plant in Beaver County came down to three key considerations: location, location and tax incentives.

Pennsylvania lies above the ethane the facility will consume, is close to most customers of the polyethylene it will produce, and offered the global energy giant a package of credits worth as much as $1.6 billion over 25 years.

“I can tell you, hand to my heart, that without these fiscal incentives, we would not have taken this investment decision,” Shell Appalachia Vice President Ate Visser told industry officials who gathered Downtown on Tuesday for the Northeast U.S. & Canada Petro­chemical Construction Conference. read more

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Idemitsu, Showa Shell Fall as Merger at Risk Amid Opposition

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By Tsuyoshi Inajima: Emi Urabe and Stephen Stapczynski: June 29. 2016

  • Idemitsu founding family opposes merger with Showa Shell

  • Family owns 33.9% stake in Japan refiner Idemitsu: statement

Japanese refiners Idemitsu Kosan Co. and Showa Shell Sekiyu KK fell one day after descendants of Idemitsu’s founder said they oppose a merger between the two companies because of Showa Shell’s ties with Saudi Arabia.

Idemitsu in Tokyo fell as much as 10.4 percent to 2,063 yen as of 11:59 a.m. local time, the biggest intraday drop since March 2011. Showa Shell fell as much as 6.6 percent, extending a 10 percent decline on Tuesday after the family announced its opposition.

Idemitsu has maintained a close relationship with Iran and descendants of the company’s founder oppose a deal in part because of heightened tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia, according to a statement from the Daiichi-Chuo Law Office, which is representing the family. The descendants own 33.9 percent of Idemitsu, which means they may be able to use veto power on the merger at a special shareholder meeting. read more

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Royal Dutch Shell plc and Gemfields plc: the perfect resources partnership?

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By Peter Stephens – Wednesday, 29 June, 2016

With the price of oil having made a storming comeback since earlier this year, Shell (LSE: RDSB) now has a much brighter future than it did just a few months ago. Clearly, there are still challenges ahead for the oil major, with there being a very real possibility that the price of oil could come under further pressure. That’s especially the case if Brexit acts as a negative catalyst on global economic growth and demand for oil falls yet further.

However, even in such a situation, Shell remains an appealing play due to its size and scale. In fact, Shell would be likely to benefit from such a situation, since it could likely outlast most of its sector peers and emerge in a stronger position with greater market share when oil eventually recovers. read more

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Japan’s Idemitsu denies report to dilute founding family stake

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Japan’s Idemitsu denies report to dilute founding family stake

TOKYO | BY OSAMU TSUKIMORI AND TAIGA URANAKA: Wed Jun 29, 2016

Japanese oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co denied it plans to issue new shares to dilute its founding family’s one-third ownership, after the family issued a threat to derail a $4 billion takeover of rival Showa Shell.

Idemitsu was responding to a Kyodo News report earlier on Wednesday that said the company planned to issues new shares to an unidentified third party. Kyodo did not cite a source for its information nor the size of the potential allotment. read more

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