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Shell Environmental and Human Rights Crimes in Brazil

EMAIL RECEIVED BY JOHN DONOVAN

Hello John and good-afternoon from Brazil!

I don’t know whether you have been told or not but Shell and Basf have come to a judicial agreement and has paid for our rights along with medical assistance for direct former employees and its children for a lifetime.

Thank you so much for your help.

Truly yours,
Manoel Miguel

Extract

The factory was built in 1977 by Shell. Dozens of former employees of the plant have been diagnosed with prostate, thyroid and other types of cancer, circulatory, liver and intestinal illnesses, as well as infertility and sexual impotence. read more

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Shell, BASF Agree to Settle Brazil Contamination Case for $187 Million -Court

The Brazilian units of Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Germany’s BASF agreed to pay 370.8 million Brazilian reais ($187 million) to settle a lawsuit over suspected contamination at a now-shuttered pesticide plant, Brazil’s Supreme Labor Court said Monday.

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By Jeff Fick: Dow Jones Newswires: Published April 08, 2013

The Brazilian units of Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) and Germany’s BASF (BASFR) agreed to pay 370.8 million Brazilian reais ($187 million) to settle a lawsuit over suspected contamination at a now-shuttered pesticide plant, Brazil’s Supreme Labor Court said Monday.

The completed settlement brings to a close a court dispute first initiated in 2007, when workers at the plant filed a court case after the discovery of low concentrations of a pesticide chemical in ground water and soil around the site of the Paulinia facility in the 1990s. Shell and BASF had previously said they had accepted a settlement proposed by the court as part of conciliation hearings. read more

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Shell and BASF agree $316m toxic payout

FINANCIAL TIMES

By Samantha Pearson in São Paulo: March 12, 2013 5:24 pm

Royal Dutch Shell and Germany’s BASF have agreed to pay up to $316m to workers exposed to toxic chemicals in Brazil, drawing to a close a six-year legal battle that has overshadowed the companies’ local operations.

A pesticide factory in São Paulo state, operated by the companies for three decades until it was shut down in 2002, has been blamed for 60 deaths in the local community as well as a series of health problems ranging from memory loss to prostate cancer. read more

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Prosecutors say Shell BASF chemical contamination killed 60

Screen Shot 2012-04-28 at 16.28.57Oil producer Shell and German chemical company BASF agreed on Monday to pay compensation that could reach 620 million reais ($316 million) to workers exposed over three decades to toxic chemicals at a Brazil plant, prosecutors said. Labor prosecutors say chemical contamination killed 60

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Tue Mar 12, 2013 3:23am GMT

* Labor prosecutors say chemical contamination killed 60

* Government shut down pesticide plant in 2002

* Shell doubts link between chemicals, worker injury

By Peter Murphy

BRASILIA, March 11 (Reuters) – Oil producer Shell and German chemical company BASF agreed on Monday to pay compensation that could reach 620 million reais ($316 million) to workers exposed over three decades to toxic chemicals at a Brazil plant, prosecutors said.

Brazil’s public labor prosecution service said 60 people were killed from prolonged exposure to chemicals used to make pesticides at the plant. The factory began operating in the 1970s in Paulinia in Sao Paulo state until government authorities ordered it to shut down in 2002. read more

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Court knocks down BASF, Shell Brazil payment

Published July 04, 2012

Associated Press

SAO PAULO –  Brazil’s top labor court has knocked down a judge’s order that Shell Brasil SA and BASF SA deposit $382 million into a fund for workers allegedly contaminated at a chemicals plant.

An emailed statement from the court Wednesday says its lead judge ruled a day earlier in favor of an appeal against immediate payment. A class-action lawsuit seeking compensation from the companies remains before the labor court.

A federal judge in late June ordered the subsidiaries of Royal Dutch Shell PLC and BASF SE to pay into the fund now. Prosecutors sought the order, saying the cash should be immediately available in case workers win the overall lawsuit. read more

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BASF, Shell told to pay $382 mln by Brazil court

FRANKFURT, July 3 | Tue Jul 3, 2012 6:49pm IST

(Reuters) – German chemicals maker BASF and oil major Shell have been told by a Brazilian court to pay $382 million into a compensation fund for former employees at a pesticides plant who said their health suffered from working there.

BASF said on Tuesday it would appeal the ruling and would continue talks with the plaintiffs and with Shell to reach an out-of-court settlement.

A Shell spokeswoman said: “Shell does not agree with this decision, but we will abide by it until appeals have been ruled on by higher courts”. read more

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Brazil judge: Shell, BASF must put $382 million into workers compensation fund pending suit

SAO PAULO — A Brazilian judge has ruled that the local subsidiaries of oil company Shell and the world’s largest chemical company, BASF, must pay $382 million into a compensation fund to potentially cover more than 1,000 workers who allege they were contaminated and sickened at an agricultural chemical plant.

By Associated Press, Published: July 2

SAO PAULO — A Brazilian judge has ruled that the local subsidiaries of oil company Shell and the world’s largest chemical company, BASF, must pay $382 million into a compensation fund to potentially cover more than 1,000 workers who allege they were contaminated and sickened at an agricultural chemical plant.

BASF SA said in a Monday statement that it would appeal the ruling by judge Maria Ines Correa Targa. Shell SA said it would abide by the decision pending a higher court’s ruling on the workers’ class-action lawsuit that is before a court in the national capital, Brasilia.

Prosecutors said any money actually paid into the fund would be frozen until the workers’ damage suit is finalized — but they wanted it in the fund as a guarantee.

The companies were earlier ordered to make payments by two courts. But the case revolving around a plant in the city of Paulinia, 75 miles (120 kilometers) northwest of Sao Paulo, was appealed to a higher court.

Targa wrote in her ruling Thursday that Shell and BASF engaged in “reprehensible conduct” seeking to “circumvent their obligation.” read more

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Brazil court nixes request for Shell, BASF deposit

Brazil court nixes request for Shell, BASF deposit

Published May 31, 2012 Associated Press

BRASILIA, Brazil –  A Brazilian court has rejected a request from prosecutors that Shell Brasil SA and chemical company BASF SA deposit $500 million into a fund for workers allegedly contaminated at an agricultural chemicals plant.

Thursday’s ruling says the companies don’t have to make any deposit until a final decision is made in a continuing class-action lawsuit.

Prosecutors asked that the Royal Dutch Shell PLC subsidiary and Germany-based BASF SE subsidiary pay $500 million into an account now so it could immediately be available once a higher court rules. read more

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Brazil Seeks $496 Million From Shell, Cosan, BASF

By Adriana Brasileiro – May 31, 2012 1:10 AM GMT+0100

Brazilian prosecutors asked a court to order Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) and Cosan SA Industria & Comercio’s joint venture Raizen and BASF SE (BAS) to pay 1 billion reais ($496 million) in compensation for workers who were allegedly sickened from work at a pesticide plant, according to a statement from the Labor Prosecutor’s office.

Prosecutors say the plant’s conditions caused severe health problems to workers employed at the facility in Paulinia, Brazil, from 1977 to 2002. The workers came into contact with substances such as aldrin, endrin and dieldrin, which can cause cancer and other diseases, according to the statement. read more

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Brazil prosecutors seek payment from Shell, BASF

Brazilian prosecutors said Wednesday that they asked a court to force oil company Shell and the world’s largest chemical company, BASF, to immediately pay $500 million into a compensation fund for hundreds of workers who may have been contaminated at an agricultural chemicals plant.

Originally published Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 12:57 PM

By MARCO SIBAJA

Associated Press

BRASILIA, Brazil —

Brazilian prosecutors said Wednesday that they asked a court to force oil company Shell and the world’s largest chemical company, BASF, to immediately pay $500 million into a compensation fund for hundreds of workers who may have been contaminated at an agricultural chemicals plant.

The companies were earlier ordered to pay that amount by two courts. But the case revolving around a plant in the city of Paulinia, 75 miles (120 kilometers) northwest of Sao Paulo, was appealed and is now before a higher court in Brasilia. read more

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Shell CEO Peter Voser ignores plea from poisoned former employees

By John Donovan

Printed below is an email sent to RDS CEO Mr Peter Voser on 4 May 2012 by a former Shell employee representing former workers at a Shell/Basf Chemicals factory in Brazil.

The factory was built in 1977 by Shell. Dozens of former employees of the plant have been diagnosed with prostate, thyroid and other types of cancer, circulatory, liver and intestinal illnesses, as well as infertility and sexual impotence.

In August 2010, the two companies were ordered to pay a total of 490 million euros in fines and damages for the workers exposure to toxic substances. The defendant companies have appealed to successively higher courts, initially trying to get the verdict overturned and after that failed, seeking to have the awarded sum reduced.  This process is dragging on with no end in sight. read more

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Shell Environmental Crimes in Brazil

By John Donovan

We were recently contacted by an association representing former workers at a Shell/Basf Chemicals factory in Brazil.

The factory was built in 1977 by Shell. Dozens of former employees of the plant have been diagnosed with prostate, thyroid and other types of cancer, circulatory, liver and intestinal illnesses, as well as infertility and sexual impotence.

In August 2010, the two companies were ordered to pay a total of 490 million euros in fines and damages for the workers exposure to toxic substances. The defendant companies have appealed to successively higher courts, initially trying to get the verdict overturned and after that failed, are seeking to have the awarded sum reduced.  This process is dragging on with no end in sight. The plaintiffs claim that the defendants have influence in high places. read more

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Shell’s toxic legacy in Brazil

The plant was built in 1977 by Shell… Dozens of former employees of the plant have been diagnosed with prostate, thyroid and other types of cancer, circulatory, liver and intestinal illnesses, as well as infertility and sexual impotence, the statement added.

By John Donovan

We have received emails seeking our help and advice from ATESQ (*Exposed Chemical Substances Workers Association), all former workers at Shell/Basf Chemicals in Paulinia, Brasil, who won a court case against against both multinationals.

In August 2010 the two companies were ordered to pay a total of 490 million euros in fines and damages for the workers exposure to toxic substances at a Sao Paulo factory.

Extracts from the emails:

We have gained a lawsuit that says Shell and Basf must pay for our medical treatments and pay for the damages they caused to us, but so far nothing has been done. Shell/Basf appealed to a second degree court. They lost at the second degree court and appealed to the upper-federal court, which they lost and right now they have appealed to request a reduction on their monetary penalty. read more

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BASF, Shell Chemicals Wrap Up Basell Sale

FORBES: BASF, Shell Chemicals Wrap Up Basell Sale

“BASF AG and Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Monday they had completed a deal to sell their Basell NV plastics joint venture in a euro4.4 billion (US$5.32 billion) deal…”

Monday 1 August 2005

BASF AG and Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Monday they had completed a deal to sell their Basell NV plastics joint venture in a euro4.4 billion (US$5.32 billion) deal to Nell Acquisition, part of privately held Access Industries.

The deal, announced in May, received regulatory approval in Europe and the United States. The Chatterjee Group, a private investment group, had been part of the deal to buy the business but pulled out last month.

Basell was formed as a joint venture in 2000 so that Shell Chemicals and BASF could consolidate their polyolefins businesses across the world and announced plans to review its options in 2004. read more

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BLOOMBERG: BASF, Shell to Sell Basell to Access, Chatterjee

BLOOMBERG: BASF, Shell to Sell Basell to Access, Chatterjee

6 May 2005

(Bloomberg) — BASF AG and Royal Dutch/Shell Group agreed to sell their Basell NV plastics joint venture for 4.4 billion euros ($5.7 billion) to companies controlled by Russian- born billionaire Len Blavatnik and an Indian entrepreneur after bowing to U.S. pressure to reject Iranian offers.

Access Industries Inc., started by Blavatnik, who owns part of Russia’s third-biggest oil producer, and Chatterjee Group, whose founder also set up India’s Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd., will pay half the cost in cash and half in debt for Hoofdorpp, Netherlands-based Basell, BASF spokesman Michael Grabicki said. read more

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The Guardian: Shell sells plastics unit to Russian billionaire

The Guardian: Shell sells plastics unit to Russian billionaire

CHARLOTTE MOORE

May 06, 2005

Shell yesterday sold its plastics business for euros 4.4bn (pounds 3bn), appearing to bow to American pressure against selling the group to Iran.

Basell, the world’s largest producer of plastic polypropylene, is owned 50-50 by Shell and Germany’s BASF. The consortium buying the plastics manufacturer is headed by Access Industries and includes Chatterjee Group, a United States-based investment company with a presence in India.

Access Industries is run by Leonard Blavatnik, a Russian-born billionaire who made his fortune in the oil industry. Blavatnik once outbid Roman Abramovich by paying pounds 41m for a house in Kensington Park Gardens, London. “I’m very pleased we are the successful bidder for Basell. We believe Basell is an attractively positioned global business with an excellent future,” he said. read more

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The Independent: BP’s Russian oligarch buys Shell plastics joint venture for £3bn

The Independent: BP’s Russian oligarch buys Shell plastics joint venture for £3bn

By Michael Harrison Business Editor

06 May 2005

A consortium led by one of the Russian oligarchs with whom BP has teamed up paid £3bn yesterday for a plastics joint-venture owned by Shell and BASF after the sale of the business to an Iranian company fell foul of US political pressure.

Basell, the world’s top polypropylene producer, is being bought by Access Industries, a New York-based business run by Len Blavatnik, and the Chatterjee Group, a private US investment company with extensive interests in India. read more

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Basell sold in €4.4bn deal

Financial Times: Basell sold in €4.4bn deal

By James Boxell

Published: May 6 2005

Royal Dutch/Shell and BASF have sold their plastics joint venture, Basell, for €4.4bn ($5.7bn) to a consortium led by Access Industries of the US and India’s Chatterjee Group.

Access is controlled by Leonard Blavatnik, the Russian billionaire investor, while Chatterjee owns Haldia Petrochemicals of India. The consortium beat a rival bid from Iran’s National Petrochemical Company, which said it had lost because of opposition from the US government to a deal. The purchase price includes €2.2bn of debt. read more

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Daily Telegraph: Iran loses race for Basell due to US pressure

Daily Telegraph: Iran loses race for Basell due to US pressure

By Malcolm Moore (Filed: 06/05/2005)

Shell and BASF yesterday gave in to pressure from the United States and decided not to sell the world’s largest maker of polypropylene to Iran. 

Instead, Basell, which makes the plastic which is used from everything from DVD cases to yoghurt pots, was sold for €4.4billion (£3billion) to Haldia, an Indian chemicals company. Haldia is backed by Purnendu Chatterjee, an Indian entrepreneur, and Leonard Blavatnik, a Russian oil billionaire.

Until yesterday, the Iranian state oil company was leading the race for Basell. However, a promise not to include Basell’s Louisiana plant in the deal was not enough to placate stiff US opposition. read more

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Shell ‘no comment’ on US blocking NPC purchase

IranMania.com: Shell ‘no comment’ on US blocking NPC purchase 

Friday, May 06, 2005

LONDON, May 6 (IranMania) – Shell insisted Thursday that it was unable to comment on reports that it had backed out of a $4 bln and 400 mln deal to sell a major Dutch chemical business to Iran because of US pressure.

“The process is subject to commercial confidentiality. We cannot comment,” a Shell spokeswoman told IRNA with regard to the bid by Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) bid for Basell, which the Anglo-Dutch company joint owns with Germany’s Basf. read more

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US ‘forced’ Shell and BASF to reject bid from Iran

THE TIMES: US ‘forced’ Shell and BASF to reject bid from Iran

5 May 2005

By Carl Mortished, International Business Editor

SHELL and BASF succumbed to pressure from Washington when they turned down a €4.4 billion (£3 billion) Iranian bid for Basell, their chemicals joint venture, said the managing director of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC).

Mohammed Reza Nematzadeh blamed the decision by Shell and BASF not to proceed with the offer on intense lobbying by US officials anxious to keep up the pressure on Iran to drop its nuclear fuel programme. “Although NPC won all aspects of the Basell tender, due to US pressures we are unofficially told Iran cannot buy Basell,” Mr Nematzadeh told ISNA , the Iranian news agency. read more

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Access close to €4bn deal for Basell

Financial Times: Access close to €4bn deal for Basell

By Lina Saigol and James Boxell in London and Najmeh Bozorgmehr,in Tehran

Published: May 5 2005

Access Industries, the private equity group controlled by Leonard Blavatnik, the Russian billionaire, is close to acquiring Basell in a deal that could value the plastics group at up to €4bn ($5.2bn).

Access, which has teamed up with Haldia Petrochemicals of India, was last night finalising the details of the deal, which could be announced as early as today.

Basell is owned jointly by Royal Dutch/Shell, the Anglo-Dutch energy group, and BASF, the German chemicals company. read more

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The Guardian: US lobbying scuppers Shell sale to Iran

The Guardian: US lobbying scuppers Shell sale to Iran

Terry Macalister

Thursday May 5, 2005

Shell appears to have bowed to American pressure and backed out of a $4.4bn (£2.3bn) plan to sell a chemical business to Iran, for fear of damaging its extensive US interests.

The oil group had been in final talks with Iran’s National Petrochemical Company about Basell – the world’s largest producer of plastic polypropylene, which is owned 50-50 by Shell and Germany’s BASF.

The Iranians said yesterday that their planned purchase had been blocked, just 24 hours after the country vowed to push ahead with its nuclear activities. “Although NPC won all aspects of the Basell tender, due to US pressures we are unofficially told Iran cannot buy Basell,” said Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh, managing director of NPC, in an interview with the ISNA news agency in Tehran. The sale of the chemical operation is an important part of a Shell strategy to dispose of up to $15bn worth of assets as it restructures following the oil reserves scandal last year. read more

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Shell, BASF Near Plastics-Venture Sale

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Shell, BASF Near Plastics-Venture Sale

By JASON SINGER

Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

May 4, 2005; Page A20

Royal Dutch/Shell Group and BASF AG of Germany are close to agreeing on the sale of their joint plastics venture — a giant manufacturer of basic materials used in everything from diapers to auto parts — to an Indian group for more than €4 billion ($5.14 billion), according to people familiar with the matter.

Under terms being discussed, a consortium led by Haldia Petrochemicals, based in Calcutta, would buy Basell NV, transferring ownership of a global company that is integral in the manufacturing processes of thousands of household items. read more

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ExpressIndia.com: Iran says expects to win bid to buy Basell

ExpressIndia.com: Iran says expects to win bid to buy Basell

Reuters

Sunday, May 01, 2005

Tehran, May 1: Iran said it was better-placed to buy polymer joint venture Basell than its Indian rivals and expects to be the final winner in the sale process, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Saturday.  

BASF and Shell are set to decide within days on the sale of Basell to Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) or to a set of Indian investors.

If successful, it would be the biggest commercial investment abroad by Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution. read more

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Royal Dutch Shell News Tuesday, 22 February 2005

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Shell sale poised to set record

The Independent: Shell sale poised to set record

“Analysts say that Shell would use the proceeds to invest in its upstream operations, in particular to boost its flagging oil and gas reserves.”

12 September 2004

Private equity firms ready to splash out for €6bn plastics venture. Tim Webb reports

The sale by Shell and BASF of their €6bn (£4.1bn) plastics joint venture is set to turn into Europe’s largest private equity deal to date.

Bankers expect private equity groups to figure prominently in the auction for Basell. The sale, one of the biggest ever seen in the chemicals industry, is being formally launched this week. Trade buyers could face competition issues, making a private equity buyout more likely, industry sources said. read more

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BASF warns of research transfer abroad if GMO law amendment goes ahead

Die Welt – Germany: BASF warns of research transfer abroad if GMO law amendment goes ahead

“BASF, the German chemicals giant, is hoping to sell off Basell, its joint venture with the Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell, and to complete the transaction in the first half of 2005.”

Sep 03, 2004

BASF, the German chemicals giant, is hoping to sell off Basell, its joint venture with the Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell, and to complete the transaction in the first half of 2005.

Basell manufactures preliminary products for plastics, and is valued at around 6bn euros. Options for the sale include the stock market, an acquisition by a rival company or by an investment group.

The management of BASF is threatening to transfer its genetic technology research activities abroad if the planned amendment to legislation regarding genetically modified plants is introduced in Germany, although a short-term decision regarding a transfer is not planned. The amendment would establish strict liability regulations, a register of sites and growing standards for the cultivation of genetically modified plants in the vicinity of GMO-free crops. read more

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Daily Telegraph: City Briefs: Shell view

Daily Telegraph: City Briefs: Shell view

Shell and BASF will raise between $3.5billion and $7billion if they sell their polyolefins chemicals business, which is under review. Shell said “any action will be taken by the middle of 2005”.

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Financial Times: BASF/Shell to sell chemicals unit for $7bn

Financial Times: BASF/Shell to sell chemicals unit for $7bn

By David Firn, Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals Correspondent

Posted 6 August 04

BASF and Shell will put their Basell petrochemicals joint venture up for sale later this month, in what is expected to be one of the biggest chemicals auctions to date.

Basell, which makes polyolefins the building blocks for many plastics is valued at up to €6bn ($7.2bn). The potential sale of Basell is one of several transactions planned in the oil industry as BP and Total also take advantage of the upturn in commodity chemicals to sell non-core assets. read more

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The Times: Shell and BASF set to sell $6bn plastics business

The Times: Shell and BASF set to sell $6bn plastics business

“first strategic move for the Anglo-Dutch oil company since becoming mired in its oil reserves scandal in January.”

By Carl Mortished, International Business Editor

July 30, 2004

SHELL and BASF, the German chemical company, are preparing to sell Basell, a $6 billion (£3.3 billion) global plastics business, marking the first strategic move for the Anglo-Dutch oil company since becoming mired in its oil reserves scandal in January.

Shell’s plan to cut its exposure to the chemicals sector emerged as the oil company announced second-quarter profits of $3.8 billion — a 16 per cent increase on 2003. The figures include a strong improvement in its refining and chemicals profits, but a weak result from the upstream oil production business, which suffered a 3 per cent fall in profits despite the exceptionally high oil price. read more

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