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April 25th, 2006:

Persian Journal (Iran): Oil firms willing to bend-over for mullahs of Iran

Oil firms willing to bend-over for mullahs of Iran

As the clock ticks toward possible economic sanctions on Iran, foreign oil companies keen to gain a foothold in the country's massive hydrocarbon industry are as eager as ever to do business with the Islamic republic of mullahs.

Attracting foreign investment into the Iranian oil and gas industry appears to be a priority for both the country's firebrand president and his powerful oil minister. The close ties between Iran and global energy companies suggests U.S. efforts to use sanctions as a way to stop development of the country's nuclear program may not prove successful. “One has to realize that with Iran, when you look at both the oil and gas reserves, they have a very strong position as a country,” said Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, which has a long history of involvement in Iran.
For Iran, as well as for large energy companies and big consumers such as China and Japan, the stakes are high. Iran straddles 12% of global oil reserves and holds the world's second-largest gas reserves after Russia, but the country needs an estimated $50 billion of foreign investment over the next 10 years to reach future energy production targets. For Iran to maintain its number two slot in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, it needs to tap into its oil reserves and quickly. read more

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Oil, Gas Prices Drop on Bush Supply Move

Oil, Gas Prices Drop on Bush Supply Move

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 25, 2006

Filed at 4:20 p.m. ET

Crude oil and gasoline futures fell Tuesday after President Bush gave the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to relax regional clean-fuel standards to attract more imports of gasoline to the United States and to make it easier for supplies to be moved from one state to another.

President Bush also said he would halt deposits of oil to the nation's strategic petroleum reserve until the fall, but analysts said that measure would have next to no impact on crude prices and certainly would not help make gasoline any cheaper. Even the fuel-specification waivers will have a marginal impact, analysts said, given that the main force behind today's soaring pump prices is the near-record price of crude oil. read more

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Gazprom Wants All of Exxon's Sakhalin Gas: Report

Gazprom Wants All of Exxon's Sakhalin Gas: Report

 

By REUTERS
Published: April 25, 2006

Filed at 5:50 a.m. ET

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia's gas monopoly Gazpromwants to buy all gas from ExxonMobil's (XOM.N) Sakhalin-1 project on the remote eastern island for re-exports to China and Korea, a business daily reported on Tuesday.

Vedomosti said Gazprom had raised the idea in its Sakhalin development strategy, which is due to be reviewed by the firm's state-controlled board on April 27. read more

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BBC NEWS: Local protestors delay gas development on the west coast of Ireland

Eòrpa, BBC TWO Scotland, 28 April 6.30pm

 
 
Local protestors delay gas development on the west coast of Ireland
 
ShellLarge scale energy projects often provoke strong feelings within communities. Shell E. & P. Ltd is presently involved in a multi-million pound scheme developing a gas field of the west coast of Ireland.

In County Mayo a number of locals were imprisoned as a result of their opposition to an onshore pipeline Shell wishes to build as part of this project. The group have now been freed, but are still trying to prevent the work from going ahead.

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Daily Telegraph: Why we should love high oil prices

Why we should love high oil prices
Martin Vander Weyer
(Filed: 25/04/2006)

Oil is seven times more expensive today than it was in 1998 and, according to the doomsters, the rise is far from over. As the price hit $75 a barrel last Friday, there were plenty of experts willing to predict that a conflict with Iran could drive it higher yet – to $120, or $150, or think of a number and double it.

This extreme change in the cost of the basic fuel that drives the world economy ought, on the basis of experience in the 1970s and 1980s, to be causing mayhem in financial markets and panic in treasuries the world over. read more

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Financial Post (Canada): Fuel prices push Q1 Shell profit up 7.2%: $447-million net income

Fuel prices push Q1 Shell profit up 7.2%: $447-million net income: Athabasca output reduced by torn conveyor belt
Financial Post – Canada; Apr 25, 2006


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Shell Canada Ltd., the oil company controlled by Royal Dutch Shell PLC, said first-quarter profit rose 7.2% as fuel prices rose. Gains were blunted by equipment failures that cut output at an oilsands project. read more

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The Guardian: Viewpoint: Oil price blame game misses point

Viewpoint Oil price blame game misses point
NILS PRATLEY
The Guardian – United Kingdom; Apr 25, 2006

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Blame the speculators. Blame the profiteering oil companies. Blame America's threats towards Iran. The hunt for a culprit for $75-a-barrel oil has begun and, as usual when the price is debated, the single biggest reason for the rise will probably be lost in rhetoric. read more

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Associated Press: Bush Orders Probe Into Gas Price Cheating

Apr 24, 11:02 PM EDT

Bush Orders Probe Into Gas Price Cheating

By NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press Writer


AP Photo/ISAAC BREKKEN
AP VIDEO

Just the Facts: Gas Prices Worldwide

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ShellNews.net: CORRESPONDENCE WITH SHELL INTERNATIONAL GENERAL COUNSEL RICHARD WISEMAN REGARDING DR JOHN HUONG

From: Wiseman, Richard RM SI-LMAPF [mailto:[email protected]]

Sent: 24 April 2006 08:48

To: Alfred Donovan

Subject: RE: Shell -v- Dr John Huong

Dear Mr Donovan

This is not my case.  I am sure that Dr Huong can direct you to the lawyers dealing with this matter.

Your sincerely

Richard Wiseman

RESPONSE EMAIL 24 APRIL 2006

From: Alfred Donovan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 24 April 2006 17:35To: ‘Wiseman, Richard RM SI-LMAPF’Cc:[email protected]’; ‘[email protected]Subject: RE: Shell -v- Dr John Huong read more

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ShellNews.net: SHELL ISSUES FURTHER HIGH COURT INJUNCTION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST DR JOHN HUONG

THE FOLLOWING IS A SELF-EXPLANATORY LETTER FAXED ON 20 APRIL 2006 TO LAWYERS ACTING FOR THE EIGHT ROYAL DUTCH SHELL GROUP MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES WHO HAVE JUST ISSUED FURTHER LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST DR JOHN HUONG INCLUDING A FURTHER HIGH COURT INJUNCTION IN RESPECT OF CORRESPONDENCE/INFORMATION PUBLISHED RECENTLY ON THIS WEBSITE.

20 April 2006  

T H Liew & Partners                                

Level 28 Central Plaza                              read more

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ShellNews.net: Dow Jones Company/Wall Street Journal threats against this website

ShellNews.net: Dow Jones & Company/Wall Street Journal threats against this website

Ms Selene Costello, Legal Counsel acting for Dow Jones & Company, sent what is known as a “cease and desist” letter to us in December 2005 in relation to images and content published on this website which were created by The Wall Street Journal.

One of the images was in relation to an article published by The Wall Street Journal about this website (accessible via the link below).

http://shell2004.com/week22/shell_wages_legal_fight_over_web2june05.htm read more

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The Independent: Shell urged to abandon $20bn Siberian pipeline that could drive whale species to extinction

The Independent: Shell urged to abandon $20bn Siberian pipeline that could drive whale species to extinction

 

By Jonathan Brown

Published: 25 April 2006

 

Spring is being keenly awaited on Sakhalin in Russia's far east after another long winter. But when it finally comes in June it offers little prospect of a thaw in relations between environmentalists and Shell.

 

With the melting of the ice after eight months, the Anglo-Dutch oil giant is set to enter a crucial offshore construction phase in the development of its $20bn [£11.2bn] oil and gas programme. Wildlife campaigners say the price of the pipeline could be the extinction of a species of whale. read more

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