From our October 2005 Shell news archive
The Observer: Shell’s pipeline costs overflow to $22bn
“The financial crisis has prompted Gazprom, the state-owned Russian energy giant, to delay rubber-stamping a deal that would see it take a 25 per cent stake in Sakhalin-2.”: “Shell is desperately trying to secure bank loans to help finance Sakhalin-2, which it says will generate $45bn worth of oil and liquefied natural gas.”
Sunday 16 October 2005
Nick Mathiason
Sunday October 16, 2005
The escalating financial crisis at one of Shell’s most crucial energy projects, already massively over budget, has taken a turn for the worse.
It is understood that the Sakhalin-2 gas and oil pipeline project, which originally had a budget of $10 billion, could now cost $22bn. The scheme will transport oil and gas from an island off the east coast of Russia.
Last month the Anglo-Dutch energy giant admitted the project would cost around $20bn, but sources close to the Sakhalin Energy Investment Company, which Shell currently controls, suggest the final bill could be even higher.
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