Shell has spent $1 billion in the past five years on carbon capture, biofuel and solar and wind energy projects to cut emissions of greenhouse gases led by carbon dioxide, Graeme Sweeney, executive vice president for future fuels & CO2, said in Singapore today.
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Shell quadruples renewable energy project spending
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Shell India’s Gas Users Switching to Cheaper Naphtha From LNG
Royal Dutch Shell Plc is selling liquefied natural gas in India at a third more than the price of naphtha, prompting users to switch to the cheaper feedstock, said an official at one of the nation's biggest fertilizer companies.
Biodiesel breakthrough comes at £13m cost to BP-backed firm
"We are pleased to have demonstrated through the delivery of our first crude vegetable oil the potential of jatropha as a biofuel crop," said Lord Oxburgh, the former chairman of Shell who is now chairman of D1.
Russia, China and India consider stake in Spanish oil
The national oil companies of Russia, China and India are all running the slide rule over a 5 billion euro stake that has been put up for auction in Repsol, the Spanish oil giant. European majors also known to be taking a look include Royal Dutch Shell, Total of France and Italys Eni.
Cairn Energy bought massive find in India off Shell “for pennies”
Mike Watts, head of exploration, saw the potential in India, buying the field off Royal Dutch Shell for pennies. It is Watts who is staking investors' futures on Greenland.
Blood in the Street, Danger in the Market
When Russian authorities target a company, there can be dire consequences... Last year, Royal Dutch Shell(RDSB) was strong-armed into ceding control over its Sakhalin oil field to Russian companies
China, India Vie for Russian Oil
Russia's oil and gas fields have proved treacherous for other foreign investors. When Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced that costs at the Sakhalin-2 project had nearly doubled, Russian environmental regulators bombarded it with complaints until Shell sold a majority stake in the project to a Kremlin-run gas company in 2006.
Oil giants muscle in on Origin deal
Shell and BP have both approached Origin Energy about its coal seam gas assets, a move that could scupper BG Group's A$13.8bn (£6. 5bn) hostile bid for the Australian energy firm.
Shell Keen’ on Stake in Australian LNG, Partner Says
Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe's biggest oil company, is ``keen'' to acquire a stake and purchase the output from a coal-seam gas based fuel export project in Australia's northeast, said Arrow Energy Ltd., a venture partner.
Shell sees no problem in dealing with concerns over coal seam gas
Royal Dutch Shell's global head of power and gas, Linda Cook yesterday said the super major was still looking for new CSG openings in Australia to add to its recently added stake in Arrow Energy. "We've had that (CSG) on our radar for some years," Ms Cook said during a visit to Australia.
Squeezing Oil From a Stone
Shell's process is complicated. The company plans to insert electric heaters hundreds of feet into the ground to heat the oil shale to between 650 degrees and 700 degrees for more than two years.
Imperial surges on ONGC approach
Mr Mitvol had led the pressure on Royal Dutch Shell over its Sakhalin 2 oil and gas project off the east coast of Russia, which led to it having to cede control in the project to Gazprom.
India May Pay Twice as Much for Gas by 2010 on Surging Demand
Petronet LNG Ltd., India's biggest buyer of liquefied natural gas, and Royal Dutch Shell Plc operate Dahej and Hazira LNG import terminals respectively on the country's west coast.
Foreign firms eyeing Iraq deal as security improves
International investors, including Royal Dutch Shell, Dow Chemical Co, Japanese Marubeni and Indias Reliance, were showing heightened interest in the countrys main petrochemical plant near Basra.
Reduced Subsidies, High Prices Rein In Asian Oil Usage
Affandi Samson, a supervisor at a Shell gasoline station along a highway near Kuala Lumpur, says his business has dropped at least 30% since the price increase
American Energy Policy, Asleep at the Spigot
Consumers overseas might not like higher taxes on gasoline, but theyve adapted, says Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, the European energy giant. A society can work, can function and can grow even at higher fuel prices, he says. Its a way of life you get used to it. In Mr. van der Veers native Holland, for example, gasoline sells for more than $10 a gallon, with $5.57 of that going to taxes.
Environmental credentials are called into question
Shell and BP are also exploring the possibilities of second-generation biofuels, the latter in partnership with the chemicals company DuPont.
Exxon, BP, Shell Investors Lose in Best Year for Oil Prices
Exxon Mobil Plc, Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plcinvestors are losing money in the best year for oil prices as they cede control of production to state-owned energy companies.
US Oil Revenue Oversight Bill May Restrict Resource Access
The House Financial Services Committee Thursday will consider legislation to increase revenue transparency in the petroleum and mining industries.
Emerging world powers vie for influence
As the leaders of industrial civilisation begin to wonder where they will find the oil and gas to power growth in future decades, Nigeria - which has plenty of both - believes it can demand more of its partners.
Oil continues to rise as Nigerian rebels attack Shell platform 120 miles offshore
Exacerbating the situation is Nigeria, where armed rebels opened a new front in their campaign against foreign oil companies last week by attacking a Royal Dutch Shell platform 120 miles of the coast. Deepwater platforms have generally been viewed as safe from attack, given their distance from the coast.
Demand causing oil crisis, insists Brown
Gordon Brown clashed with leading oil-producing nations yesterday, insisting that surging demand from the developing world rather than speculative pressures was driving up oil prices and creating an oil crisis to match those of the 1970s.
Oil price bounces despite Chinese subsidy cut
Chakib Khelil, president of Opec, said yesterday it was illogical and irrational to ask the oil cartel to increase output. Iran said it was unlikely that Opec members would agree on changes to crude output at the meeting.
Alcoa, Shell Want Climate Plan, Global Carbon Limits
June 20 (Bloomberg) -- Alcoa Inc., Royal Dutch Shell Plc and 97 other companies are urging world leaders to devise a plan for fighting global warming by setting greenhouse-gas targets for all nations and creating an international carbon market.
Saudi Arabia faces an oil dilemma
Saudi Arabia has exacerbated a market squeeze caused by rising demand in the fast growing economies of China and India.
Deals with Iraq are set to bring oil giants back
Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP ? the original partners in the Iraq Petroleum Company ? along with Chevron and a number of smaller oil companies, are in talks with Iraq's Oil Ministry for no-bid contracts to service Iraq's largest fields, according to ministry officials, oil company officials and an American diplomat.
WILL WE SOON BE RUNNING ON EMPTY?
On Friday, Saudi announced an emergency summit, to be held next weekend in the port of Jeddah, inviting leading oil producers and consumers - including the UK and the United States.
“In Western Europe, diesel is all the time gaining market share compared to gasoline”: Jeroen van der Veer
``In Western Europe, diesel is all the time gaining market share compared to gasoline,'' Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe's largest oil company, said in Kuala Lumpur. ``We expect those trends will continue.''
G8 energy ministers highlight oil fears and seek investment boost
A joint communiqué by the Group of Eight ministers, also signed by China, India and South Korea, stopped short of the tough language demanded by Kevin Rudd, Australia's prime minister. He urged G8 leaders to "apply the blowtorch to Opec"...
Russian plans for Sakhalin-2 gas a complete surprise for Shell
Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Ananenkov noted that Sakhalin-3s gas could be not enough to satisfy the regions needs, in which case gas from Sakhalin-2 could go to the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok pipeline instead of being exported. This proposal was a complete surprise for Maxim Shub, who represents Shell in Russia.
Gorgon’s Delays May Force Tokyo Gas, Chubu to Pay More for LNG
The development, which has no scheduled start date, has been dogged by regulatory obstacles, spiraling costs, and delays by partners Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp.
Shell involved in Petronas litigation
NEW DELHI, June 3 Oil giant Petronas has filed a US$100 million (RM322 million) lawsuit against India's Adani Energy Ltd for failing to comply with an agreement to import liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Shell keen to tap into coal seam gas in Australia
It is odourless, invisible and buried deep within the earth, and everyone seems to want it. For the third time in a week, a major oil company struck a deal to secure rights to Australia's suddenly fashionable coal seam gas reserves.
Shell to make major investment in Malaysia over next 5 years
Van der Veer said world energy demand was estimated to double in 2050 as the world population grew to nine billion.
Shell targets coal-seam gas with £375m Arrow Energy deal
Royal Dutch Shell has secured a slice of Australias burgeoning coal-seam gas sector, signing a preliminary A$776 million (£375 million) deal today with the fourth-largest producer.
Statement by Royal Dutch Shell Plc: Shell and Arrow Energy Ltd plan gas alliance
Shell Exploration Company B.V. (Shell) and Arrow Energy Ltd. (Arrow), have signed a preliminary agreement to jointly develop projects to extract clean-burning natural gas from coal deposits in Australia, China, Indonesia, Vietnam and India.
The World Is Upside Down
At the annual National Forum, a gathering of business leaders, I felt like a first-world pipsqueak as leaders of the national energy company Petrobras (bigger than BP, Shell and Total) and Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, or C.V.R.D. (the worlds second largest mining company), reeled off head-turning statistics.
Shell Global Solutions sees chances in rising oil price
Spurred by soaring global oil prices, Shell Global Solutions (SGS), a subsidiary of Dutch oil giant Shell, will focus on developing advanced technology to boost economic benefits, its executives say.
UPDATE 2-Shell to pay $739 mln for Australian gas stake
SYDNEY, June 2 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell said on Monday it will pay $739 million for an interest in Arrow Energy Ltd's coal seam gas projects, as competition heats up for Australia's vast coal seam gas assets, driving Arrow shares up by a fifth.
Shell, Arrow Sign Accord for $700 Million Gas Venture (Update2)
June 2 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe's largest oil company, and Australia's Arrow Energy Ltd. signed an initial accord for a $700 million venture to extract natural gas from coal seams to tap rising demand for cleaner-burning fuels.
Two cheers for the blessing of high oil prices
IN times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these, said Paul Harvey, a leading radio commentator. A great transformation taking place around the world . . . a tectonic power shift . . . the world is very different, writes Fareed Zakaria in his The Post-American World.
At Exxons Cant-Miss Meeting
Last year was another fabulous year for Exxon Mobil. It made a record $40.6 billion in profits. It replaced its reserves, no easy task with oil so hard to find and extract these days. Its safety record was stellar. Its return on capital was an astounding 32 percent, another record. It spent $21 billion in capital investments while also paying out $36 billion on a combination of dividends and stock buy backs. It share price rose 22 percent.
Sulphur price soars on fertiliser demand
Shell is one of the most-efficient producers of sulphur, Barry Clarke, a sulphur market analyst for Pentasul, said. Shell produces about 3.5 million tonnes of sulphur, much of it from its Canadian oil sands business, and its cost, Mr Clarke reckons, is merely the rail freight cost of getting the sulphur to a port, about $25 a tonne.
$100-plus oil will be here for years as China motors ahead
While the price of oil for delivery now (the so-called "spot price") is at a record high, prices on the futures market - for delivery in several years' time - are even higher.
Oil: A global crisis
The invasion of Iraq by Britain and the US has trebled the price of oil, according to a leading expert, costing the world a staggering $6 trillion in higher energy prices alone. Goldman Sachs predicted last week that the price could rise to an unprecedented $200 a barrel over the next year, and the world is coming to terms with the idea that the age of cheap oil has ended, with far-reaching repercussions on their activities.
Just how high can it go?
A year ago, analysts were talking darkly about the prospect of oil breaching $100 a barrel for the first time. It turns out they were too optimistic. The price of a barrel has hit an unprecedented $135 this week. The recent predictions of a $200 barrel of oil suddenly begin to look rather more plausible.
Running on empty?
So are the peak oilists right? A series of recent events certainly appears to lend credence to those who argue that the world's ageing oilfields are being sucked dry amid China's and India's determination to lift themselves out of poverty and the west's reluctance to give up the luxuries of modern oil-dependent life.
Big Oil set to invest $25 billion in Brazil
International oil companies, such as Statoil SA of Norway and Royal Dutch Shell PLC, are set to invest $25 billion in Brazil in the coming years, according to Brazil's industry association for foreign oil companies.
Brazil's state oil company discovered what some geologists consider one of the biggest global oil strikes in the past 20 years in the Tupi field beneath rock, sand and salt at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
‘Peak oil’ is here. Now what?
What does it mean that crude oil is peaking? Essentially it means that the world has used half the oil available to extract and will enter a permanent decline, even as world energy demand is rising, with new economic powerhouses China and India growing at an alarming rate. Peak oil does not mean we are on the verge of running out of oil; the overriding implication is that we are entering a period of relentlessly rising prices and ultimate shortfalls.
Oil smashes through $126 all time record
NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil rose above $126 a barrel for the first time Friday, bringing its advance this week to nearly $10, as investors questioned whether a possible confrontation between the U.S. and Venezuela could cut exports from the OPEC member. Gas prices, meanwhile, rose above an average $3.67 a gallon at the pump, following oil's recent path higher.
Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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