Reuters: Canada oil sands firms hope for gains from Shell bid
By Scott Haggett
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – It's clear to everyone in Canada's booming oil sands sector that Shell Canada Ltd. (SHC.TO: Quote) is ready to pay a premium price for tiny Blackrock Ventures Inc. (BVI.TO: Quote), valuing Blackrock reserves at close to C$4 a barrel, or three times the price of previous deals.
What is less clear is whether the rest of the industry will reap similar valuation gains, or whether Shell's offer will be a one-off, reflecting the close fit between its operations and BlackRock.read more
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The directors of Royal Dutch Shell board soundly defeated a proposal Tuesday from an environmental group of shareholders to tighten oversight on ecologically risky ventures and enforce closer cooperation with local communities.
After a discussion at Shell's annual general meeting that grew heated at times, the proposal was defeated by 93 percent of the vote representing more than three billion shares.read more
Shell aims for Nigeria restartDelta region work could resume in a few weeks
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Royal Dutch Shell may resume work in the next few weeks in parts of the Nigeria's Delta region affected by rebel attacks, Shell's head of exploration and production said Tuesday.
Shell, state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. and other partners in the joint venture were losing about 455,000 barrels a day of oil output at the end of March because of violence. About one-third of the loss was Shell's share.read more
GENERAL ELECTRIC would like you to know that it makes the world's most efficient electric generators, part of its Ecomagination program of clean technologies. BP, which used to be an abbreviation for British Petroleum but is now the company's official name, is promoting itself as “Beyond Petroleum,” with solar cells and wind.read more
SEOUL (Reuters) – Oil prices edged higher for a second day toward $70 a barrel, bouncing from sharp losses sparked by worries that high prices were denting demand.
U.S. light crude oil (CLc1) was up 25 cents at $69.78 a barrel by 0130 GMT in Asian trading. On Tuesday, it gained a modest 12 cents after the previous session's sharp drop in prices as investors feared high crude and materials prices could slow demand for oil and hurt economic growth.read more
Staff protection to be boosted, writes Martyn Wingrove Lloyds List; May 17, 2006
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ROYAL Dutch Shell is seeking tenders for up to 70 boats, hovercraft, landing craft and small ships to strengthen crew transport operations in its oil fields in Nigeria as it also seeks to boost security in the region.read more
Crude-oil prices recovered on Tuesday from a steep decline, approaching $70 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Here is today's well of news about oil and energy.
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ECUADOR DENIES NATIONALIZATION URGE: A day after kicking California's Occidental Petroleum out of the country, Ecuador's government said it had no interest in following in the footsteps of Venezuela and Bolivia and nationalizing its energy industry. Latin America's No. 5 oil producer Monday seized Occidental's assets, raising market fears that a regional nationalization trend begun by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez was continuing. Energy Minister Ivan Rodriguez denied any such desire on the government's part. But the Occidental dispute has been encouraged by leftists in the country, who Tuesday cheered the company's ouster and said nationalization was the next logical step. Occidental shares fell more than 2% today.read more
AGM protests
Shell's critics come back with a vengeance
Campaigners queue up to attack oil group's 'hypocrisy'
Terry Macalister Wednesday May 17, 2006 The Guardian
The young man in the checked yellow shirt, khaki shorts and climbing boots stood out from the army of grey-haired and smartly dressed pensioners who made up the bulk of the Shell investors. But his message to the oil company at its annual meeting yesterday – that it was “astonishingly hypocritical” – was far from unique.
A procession of speakers took the podium in The Hague and via video link in London to berate the chief executive, Jeroen van der Veer, for what they saw as his failure to live up to his promises.
“You said, Mr van der Veer, that you take care of biodiversity. Perhaps that is in the way tat the mafia 'takes care' of its enemies: gets rid of them,” said the yellow-shirted Mark Brown, from the campaign group Rising Tide. read more
Royal Dutch Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil and gas giant, assured shareholders at its annual meeting in The Hague that its Sakhalin-2 gas project in Russia’s Far East remains on course with its revised schedule and budget.
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Xstrata, the mining group, boosted its copper division after agreeing to buy the Tintaya mine in Peru from BHP Billiton, its Anglo-Australian rival, in a deal worth up to $860 million (£456 million).
Peter Hambro and Pavel Maslovsky, executive directors and controlling shareholders of Peter Hambro Mining, waived their right to a share of a $15 million one-off bonus relating to the Pioneer gold project.
Northern Petroleum, which is listed on the AIM, has raised £20 million through a placement to fund further exploration work in the Netherlands.
Shares in Sibir Energy fell after the London-based company admitted that its attempt to regain a half-share of a Russian oilfield from Gazprom through court action in the British Virgin Islands had failed.
• Royal Dutch Shell hired 1,800 mid-career professionals last year and plans to complete 50 major energy projects by 2009, the company's chief executive officer said.
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JOHN DONOVAN TV DOCUMENTARY INTERVIEW
SHELL EXECUTIVES AT THE CENTER OF A SCHEME TO STEAL $1.3 BILLION FROM NIGERIA’S PEOPLE
SHELL ADMITS DEALING WITH NIGERIAN MONEY LAUNDERER – BBC NEWS
SHELL, ENI AND NIGERIAN OFFICIALS IN OPL 245 CORRUPTION SCANDAL
INVESTIGATION OF OPL 245 NIGERIAN OIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL
DUTCH EARTHQUAKES CAUSED BY SHELL/EXXON
SHELL KILLS FOR OIL IN NIGERIA
SHELL LIED ABOUT CLEANING UP OIL IN NIGER DELTA
SHELL SPIES INFILTRATED NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT
LEGO DROPS SHELL OVER GREENPEACE OIL SPILL VIDEO
SHELL ARCTIC DRILLING ACCIDENTS
SHELL KNEW ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE DECADES AGO
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL FOUNDER SIR HENRI DETERDING, NAZI FINANCIER
JOHN DONOVAN PROMOTIONAL GAMES FOR SHELL AND OTHER CLIENTS
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The worst ever
I used shell broadband. It was by far the worst broadband provider ever! The internet did not work most days. I had their super fast broadband and it dropped out constantly. Watching a movie was awful with the constant buffering. Customer support was super slow. Now their going to charge me for the useless router which I have sent back.
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