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June, 2016:

Shell to exit up to 10 countries after BG deal

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LONDON | BY RON BOUSSO AND KAROLIN SCHAPS: Tue Jun 7, 2016

Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) will exit oil and gas operations in up to 10 countries in a drive to deepen cost cuts and narrow its focus following its $54 billion acquisition of BG Group.

Presenting its strategy following the close of that deal in February, the Anglo-Dutch company outlined plans to target annual spending of $25 billion to $30 billion until the end of the decade.

It lowered its planned 2016 capex to $29 billion in a third cut from an initial $35 billion.

Shell also raised its target for savings from the integration of BG to $4.5 billion, up $1 billion from previous guidance.

Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden hopes the new cuts will help boost Shell’s shares, which have underperformed rivals since the BG deal was announced in April 2015. read more

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FT: Shell’s asset disposal plans face delay

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By: Carl Surran, SA News Editor: Jun 6, 2016

Royal Dutch Shell’s (RDS.A, RDS.B) $30B asset disposal plan put in place after its takeover of BG Group likely will drag on beyond 2018 if oil prices remain depressed, Financial Times reports.

Shell is planning to sell off a large chunk of its portfolio because the BG deal significantly increases the combined group’s debt load, but people involved in the sale process tell FT that while that timeline is still in place, the deadline could be pushed back if Shell cannot secure what it thinks the assets are worth. read more

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Will Royal Dutch Shell plc survive the oil crisis?

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By Peter Stephens – Monday, 6 June, 2016

With the price of oil having risen from $28 per barrel earlier this year to around $50 per barrel, many investors may feel as though the worst is now over. Certainly, such a rapid gain in the price of any asset indicates a step change in investor sentiment and looking ahead, the price of oil could rise yet further. However, with there being a major imbalance between the supply of and demand for oil, its price could easily come under further pressure in the short-to-medium term.

In such a situation, it may be prudent for investors to hold shares in oil stocks with sound financial backgrounds. One such company is Shell (LSE: RDSB), with it having a strong balance sheet and excellent cash flow. In fact, evidence of Shell’s financial strength can be seen in its acquisition of BG Group during the oil crisis. This indicates that Shell is very confident in its ability to survive a low-oil-price environment. And with it having a debt-to-equity ratio of just 41% even after the acquisition of BG, it seems capable of making further acquisitions in future. read more

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Shell share price: Group set to unveil deeper cost cuts

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by Tsveta Zikolova

Monday, 06 Jun 2016, 09:25 BST

Royal Dutch Shell (LON:RDSA) is set to lay out plans for deeper cost cuts and a potential delay in its asset sale programme when it updates investors on its strategy tomorrow, The Sunday Times has revealed. The update will come as the group’s chief executive Ben van Beurden is under increasing pressure to justify the £35-billion acquisition of BG Group which completed earlier this year.

Shell’s share price has advanced in London this morning, having gained 1.55 percent to 1,702.00p as of 08:54 BST, and outperforming the benchmark FTSE 100 index which currently stands 0.73 percent higher at 6,254.90 points. The Anglo-Dutch group’s shares have lost some 10 percent of their value over the past year, but are up more than 11 percent in the year-to-date. read more

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Shell hit with notice from Norwegian safety body for Draugen

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Written by Niamh Burns – 03/06/2016 11:01 am

The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Shell a number of improvement notices after an audit was carried out on the management of the oil major’s working environment on the Draugen field.

The safety body said the objective of the activity was to assess Shell’s competence and resources for safeguarding the company’s administration and management of logisitics.

A number of non-conformities were identified in connection with personnel lifts and register of at-risk employees. read more

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Can This Troubled LNG Project Still Deliver for Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Royal Dutch Shell?

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By Jay Yao: Jun 4, 2016

Australia’s Gorgon LNG is one of the largest liquefied natural gas projects in the world. When complete, the Gorgon is expected to produce 15.6 million metric tons of LNG a year and last for 40 years. For Australia, the Gorgon was supposed to add hundreds of billions of dollars to Australia’s GDP and employ thousands of people. For the companies that invested, Gorgon was supposed to be one of the cornerstones of their LNG portfolios and deliver long-lasting shareholder value. read more

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Chevron, Shell: Will Nigerian Crude Production Come to a Halt?

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By Micheal KaufmanJun 4, 2016 at 10:50 am EST

The Nigerian government’s problems are only expected to worsen; the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, has vowed again to bring the country’s crude oil production to “zero.” In the past few months, the group has attacked oil and gas facilities of foreign energy companies, including Chevron, Shell, and Eni, in a bid to force them to leave the southern region of the Niger Delta. The militants want international oil companies to end oil pollution in the country and give a higher share of crude sale revenue to the locals. read more

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Niger Delta Avengers Attacks: Oil Production Grounded In Bayelsa As Agip, Aiteo, Shut Down 140,000bpd

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BY SAHARA REPORTERS, NEW YORK: JUN 05, 2016

The attacks by the militant group Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) on oil installations in Bayelsa State have effectively grounded the operations of Agip, Aiteo and Shell, with production outages by Agip and Aiteo alone now put at 140,000 barrels daily as from May 2016.

At $48 per barrel, an estimated $6.72 million daily is lost by the two operators due to the attacks on oil export pipelines being operated by those two companies.

Aiteo, operator of the Nembe Creek Trunk Line, which conveys crude to the Bonny export terminal, came under attack by the NDA on May 28, and spokesman Shola Omole said the line has been shut down. read more

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Shell News Stories from Australia

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Angela Macdonald-SmithEnergy Reporter: June 6, 2016

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NSW and Victoria may have to consider importing LNG from Queensland or Papua New Guinea if the states don’t act to get onshore gas out of the ground, even though it would be a costly solution to the current stalemate, Shell Australia chairman Andrew Smith has suggested.

Mr Smith told the APPEA oil and gas industry conference in Brisbane on Monday that the time has come to “think creatively” about how best to serve local gas customers to ensure they have adequate and reliable supplies. read more

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Report suggests Shell may be about to reveal more cost-cutting

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Screen Shot 2016-05-21 at 10.18.28Written by Keith Findlay – 06/06/2016 7:09 am

Oil giant Shell may be about to announce further cost cutting and a possible delay to its plans to offload assets, a report said yesterday.

Chief executive Ben van Beurden is under “increasing pressure” to justify the firm’s £35billion takeover of BG Group in the middle of a severe oil and gas industry slump, it added.

Shell is holding a capital markets day for investors tomorrow and it is thought it may update on its sale plans and fresh cost-cutting then.

Last month, Shell chief financial officer Simon Henry said cost levels in the North Sea needed to come down “substantially”.

Action already taken to integrate BG within Shell’s operations, including job cuts, were “probably about it for now” but he did not rule out further headcount reductions. read more

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Shell poised for deep cuts as BG casts shadow

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Danny Fortson: June 5 2016, 12:01am, The Sunday Times

Shell could show fresh signs of financial strain from its takeover of rival BG this week as it lays out plans for deeper cost-cuts and a potential delay in the mammoth asset sale launched by the oil giant to help pay for the £35bn deal.

Chief executive Ben van Beurden is under increasing pressure to justify the blockbuster acquisition, which he pulled off despite the plunging oil price.

Crude closed on Friday at $49 a barrel, less than half its 2014 high. read more

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Shell confirms signs of leak in Forcados export pipeline after attacks

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Business | Fri Jun 3, 2016 7:18pm BST

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd on Friday confirmed signs of a leak in the 48 inch Forcados export pipeline at a location between shoreline and the Forcados terminal in the western Niger Delta.

Its statement came after a reported attack on the pipeline in the early hours of Friday.

“We are yet to fully evaluate the potential impact and damage to the pipeline resulting from this latest incident. We have however mobilized appropriate oil spill response measures,” Shell said in a statement. read more

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Shell confirms Avengers’ attacks on Forcados pipelines, suspends oil exports indefinitely

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June 3, 2016Samuel Ogundipe

The Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited, the Nigerian subsidiary of Dutch oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell, on Friday confirmed militants’ claims that a major damage was done to its oil installations in Delta State in the early hours of Friday, saying the attack had forced it to shut down crude exports indefinitely.

The statement corroborates earlier statements by the Niger Delta Avengers, a new militant group that has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on oil installations, in renewed hostilities across the oil-rich region. read more

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Niger Delta Avengers claims responsibility for overnight attacks on Shell installations in Forçados

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June 3, 2016Samuel Ogundipe

The Niger Delta Avengers in the early hours of Friday claimed responsibility for another catastrophic attack on an oil facility owned by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SDPC) in Delta State, saying it had issued a prior warning to the oil giant to desist from carrying out any repair activities in the area.

“At 3:00 am today @NDAvengers blow (sic) up the SPDC Forcados 48″ export line. We warned SPDC not to go ahead with repair works but they refused.”

The attack followed a series of bombings that rocked Chevron, Agip and NNPC oil and gas installations across the Niger Delta in the last few days. read more

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Nigeria finally starts clean up of oil pollution

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Maggie Fick in Lagos: 2 June 2016

The Nigerian government is finally starting a long delayed clean up of the area which first brought the neglect of the country’s oil-producing communities into the global spotlight.

Millions of barrels of oil have been spilt since oil was discovered in the southerly Niger Delta region in 1956, with much of the environmental destruction occurring in an area known as Ogoniland. Over the decades there have been thousands of spills, many as the result of oil theft and sabotage, but activists say companies including Royal Dutch Shell have consistently failed to prevent or clean up spills. read more

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Even for BP and Shell, North Sea remains a hard sell

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Markets | Thu Jun 2, 2016 7:39am EDT

* High costs, decommissioning hamper deals

* Shell not selling upstream assets at $48/bbl -CFO

* BP fails to sell stake in Forties pipeline -sources

By Ron Bousso

LONDON, June 2 When it comes to the North Sea, there is no such thing as an easy sale, even for oil giants Royal Dutch Shell and BP.

More than any other region in the world, the North Sea has suffered greatly over the past two years as a 60 percent drop in oil prices, high operating costs, dwindling reserves and a tough tax regime has hit operators hard. read more

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North Sea helicopter crash: Shell resumes flights with CHC

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Oil major Shell has resumed flights with CHC in Norway almost a month after a North Sea helicopter crash which killed 13 people.

The company had suspended its operations with the helicopter operator in the wake of the accident on April 29th.

Alternative flights were carried out to its two North Sea fields using Bristow Helicopters instead.

The decision to resume CHC flights comes as the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority decided to suspend all use of the Super Puma H225 after the Accident Investigation Board Norway (AIBN) called read more

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Shell continues investigation into offshore pipe mishap

Screen Shot 2016-06-03 at 08.27.16“We are still completing our assessment to fully understand what happened,” said Cameron Yost, spokesperson for Shell Canada Thursday.

“It’s too early to discuss the results or what our next steps may be.”

Earlier this year, the Stena IceMAX, a ship contracted by Shell Canada, dropped a specialized pipe, called a riser, onto the ocean floor.

The riser, used to connect a drill ship to an subsea well head, is now at the bottom of 2,000 metres of water.

The incident was caused by poor weather and rough seas, Shell officials said. No drill fluid or oil was leaked. read more

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Chevron Corporation: Another Day, Another Attack In Nigeria

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Shell, ConocoPhillips and Total are also considering to divest their assets in the Niger Delta.

By Micheal Kaufman: Jun 1, 2016

Operations of international oil & gas companies seem to be in a lot of trouble in Nigeria as militant activities have accelerated in the past few weeks. The militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, has again targeted a Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) facility today, pressurizing it to leave the impoverished area. This is the fourth attack on a Chevron facility in Africa’s biggest economy.

The militant group said on Twitter that it blew up the energy company’s RMP 23 and RMP 24 crude oil wells in the Niger Delta at 3:44 AM. According to the Niger Delta Avengers, these two wells are Chevron’s largest oil producing wells. read more

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Shell Nigeria boss warns Avenger attacks causing “significant decline” in production levels

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Shell’s Nigerian country chair said recent attacks by terrorists in the country had contributed to a “significant decline” in production levels.

A number of companies oil sites have been attacked recently in a spate of attacks by the Niger Delta Avengers.

Earlier today the group revealed it had attacked a Chevron oil facility.

Speaking to Nigeria media, Osagie Okunbor said unrest in the region had impacted on production, delays to projects and loss of government revenue. read more

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