President Olusegun Obasanjo, a favourite of western governments and key ally of Tony Blair's campaign to aid Africa, is pushing the national assembly to extend his rule.read more
People in Erris, across the country, and internationally have been working flat out to ensure the Corrib gas project WILL NOT go ahead as planned. They refuse to be bullied by the might and arrogance of global corporate power and their political allies.
There is more evidence than ever that the planned gas pipeline and terminal will bring horrific environmental, health, safety, social, economic and political consequences. Far from being a local issue as elements of the media sometimes suggest, this is an issue of international significance and its ramifications will be felt the length and breath of Ireland for generations to come. read more
Dutch formin told Shell to win Kazakh rights-paper
AMSTERDAM, May 6 (Reuters) – Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot received a personal assurance from the Kazakh President that Royal Dutch Shell Plc would win oil exploration rights to the Nursultan block, Dutch paper De Telegraaf reported on Saturday.
President Nursultan Nazarbayev had given his word Shell could operate in the block in the south of the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea, the paper said, citing sources.
The Dutch Foreign Ministry was not immediately available for comment.
The paper said Shell was looking to gain a 30 percent interest in the block, but difficulties were emerging, relating to the United States. read more
Shell Nigeria announces Bonga North oil, gas discovery
LAGOS (MarketWatch) — Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, or Snepco, announced Friday the successful outcome of exploration work at its deep water Bonga North oil and gas prospect, offshore Nigeria.
Other co-ventures in the OML 118 exploration are ExxonMobil Corp. (XOM) unit Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria (Deepwater) Ltd, Eni subsidiary Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited, and Total SA (TOT) subsidiary Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited. read more
Kyoto finds support in industry circles: Shell Canada CEO urges others to get on board with plan
Financial Post – Canada; May 06, 2006
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\OTTAWA – The Kyoto protocol is getting some surprising endorsements from Canadian industry leaders who are growing impatient with the uncertainty surrounding the new Conservative government's approach to climate change.read more
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AN offshore platform to bring gas from the Corrib field 83 kilometres off the Co Mayo coast was effectively ruled out by Shell managing director yesterday.read more
OUT for a stroll here this past Monday, I stopped in my tracks. Bolivian soldiers had surrounded my local gas station, where a banner read, “Property of the Bolivian State.” They were among several thousand soldiers posted at the more than 50 oil fields and refineries around this landlocked nation, which holds the continent's largest natural gas reserves after Venezuela. Latin America's newest populist leader, President Evo Morales, had just issued a decree nationalizing Bolivia's petroleum.read more
To many Americans, oil companies like Exxon Mobil or Chevron appear all powerful, pocketing record profits as energy costs soar. But in many countries around the world, high oil prices are also making life considerably harder for big oil companies.
Sharply higher energy prices have shifted the power to oil-producing countries, as some governments seek a larger share of the riches. As a result, even as Western oil companies expand their reach through acquisitions and multibillion-dollar projects, a resurgence of nationalist policies is weakening their influence.read more
Lorna Siggins and Tom Shiel Irish Times; May 06, 2006
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Shell E&P Ireland has ruled out an offshore processing platform for the Corrib gas field. Managing director Andy Pyle said in Castlebar, Co Mayo, yesterday that an offshore terminal had been discounted previously for good reasons involving safety, environmental and technical matters.read more
Shell scraps reserves target as it pushes up spending
By Carl Mortished, International Business Editor
ROYAL Dutch Shell yesterday abandoned its target of replacing every barrel pumped from its proven reserves, as it raised spending to record levels in an effort to boost its oil and gas output.
The oil major said that it would raise its spending from a budgeted $19 billion (£10 billion) this year to $21 billion next year, the highest among its peers, with a focus on oil sands and synthetic fuels. However, the Dutch company is being forced to shelve projects because of a scarcity of skilled labour and equipment.
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Jeroen van der Veer, Shell’s chief executive, said that the group still intended to meet its target of four million barrels per day by 2009 but its focus on unconventional hydrocarbons, such as its Canadian oil sands business and a gas-to-liquids project in Qatar, might prevent it from meeting a target of 100 per cent replacement of proven reserves as defined by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Shell is struggling to replace each barrel it pumps from the ground and replaced only between 60 and 70 per cent of the 3.5 million barrels per day produced last year. The company is hamstrung by regulation because some six billion barrels locked in Albertan oil sands are excluded from its proven reserves by SEC rules, which define these as mining operations, not oil exploration. read more
Lorna Siggins, Marine Correspondent Irish Times; May 05, 2006
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Shell E&P Ireland is looking at alternative routes for the Corrib gas onshore pipeline in north Mayo, it has emerged. Andy Pyle, Shell E&P Ireland's managing director, said the company had looked anew in recent weeks at locations considered in the original environmental impact statement (EIS) for the project.read more
U.S. oil sector braces for another big hurricane season – UPDATE 2
AFX Europe (Focus); May 06, 2006
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HOUSTON (AFX) — Even as coastal residents from Louisiana to Alabama were rebuilding lives and homes shattered by the deadliest U.S. hurricane season on record, one of the nation's top forecasters warned Friday that 2006 is shaping up to be another brisk year of storms.read more
ALMATY (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) is likely to win oil exploration rights to the Nursultan block in the south of the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea after winning political backing, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
“Things are looking good now and we expect the deal to go ahead,'' Herman van Gelderen, spokesman for Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot, said after talks between Bot and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Thursday.read more
Oil wrestling: how nationalist politics has muscled back into world energy
By Javier Blas and Carola Hoyos Published: May 5 2006 03:00 | Last updated: May 5 2006 03:00
More than a decade after founding the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo fell out of love with oil.
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Deeply disappointed by the destructive impact high oil prices had had on petroleum-producing nations such as his native Venezuela, in 1976 he branded it the “devil's excrement”.read more
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