Posts on ‘July 11th, 2006’

From CentreDaily.com On the same day that the U.S. House voted resoundingly to lift the 25-year ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, it also rejected a measure that would have boosted the minimum average gas mileage of American cars. That’s all you need to know about U.S. energy policy and who drives it. Consumption [...]

From Rigzone Northern Petroleum Plc 7/10/2006 URL: http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=33950 London-based Northern Petroleum Plc said that the Dutch Ministerie van Economische Zaken has formally consented to the subdivision of the Andel II license held by Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V. (NAM). The economic ministry also has approved the transfers of the new Andel III license between NAM and [...]

From our “Live Chat” facility 9 July 2006“A number of ESDV’s had their leak-off test results falsified which may be a criminal offence and which coincidentally was exactly the same finding as in 1999″ “97 temp repairs on pipework of which 40 of which were not approved” “56 gas detectors, 26 toxic gas detectors, 9 [...]

Article added to Shell Brent Scandal archive From OILC – The Offshore Union Latest News and Safety Alerts 18 July 2005 OILC welcomes the news that the Lord Advocate has opted to over rule the decision of the Procurator Fiscal’s Office and stage a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the Brent Bravo deaths. We appreciate that [...]

By Dow Jones Newswires A turnaround at Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s (RDSB.LN) 420,000-barrel-a-day Pernis refinery in the Netherlands has ended, trading sources said Tuesday. “The catalytic cracker is working…(though) they had some problems” bringing it back online, a trader said, adding maintenance work on a crude distillation unit at Europe’s largest refinery had also been [...]

From AXF News: Tuesday, 11th July 2006 12:30 PARIS (AFX) – Total SA said it has agreed to buy Royal Dutch Shell’s oil distribution outlets in Fiji and Tonga as part of a build-up of its business in the Pacific region. The assets being acquired include nine oil terminals and depots and 20 service stations. [...]

From New-Europe.info The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has said that Sakhalin Energy, the operator of the Sakhalin-2 project, is violating its commitment to protect the Okhotsk-Korean grey whale population during construction of an oil pipeline. IFAW said in a press release that Sakhalin Energy began construction of the sea pipeline at the Northeast [...]

From our “Live Chat” facility 9 July 2006 “A number of ESDV’s had their leak-off test results falsified which may be a criminal offence and which coincidentally was exactly the same finding as in 1999″ “97 temp repairs on pipework of which 40 of which were not approved” “56 gas detectors, 26 toxic gas detectors, [...]

FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Region Boasts Vast Reserves, But Conditions Could Stunt Development for Decades By IAN TALLEY July 11, 2006; Page A10 OSLO — Major energy companies are making billion-dollar bets in the world’s frozen Arctic regions as they seek to tap vast deposits of oil and natural gas. But they face some [...]

From The Wall Street Journal July 10, 2006 8:29 p.m. Crude-oil futures edged lower again Monday, closing at less than $74 a barrel, as fears about the West’s confrontation with Iran eased momentarily. Here’s Monday’s roundup of oil-related news. * * * ETHANOL VAPOR: Among clean-energy technologies, ethanol has been getting all of the attention [...]

• Prime Minister Tony Blair, aiming to spur construction of nuclear and wind power plants, must raise the cost of pollution permits to discourage natural gas and coal-fired generators, advisers said. • Paul Morgan, chief executive officer of Regal Petroleum, has resigned with immediate effect, citing personal reasons. • Aurelian Oil & Gas, which expects [...]

From The New York Times By REUTERS Published: July 11, 2006 AFRICA: NIGERIA: DELTA KIDNAPPERS FREE DUTCHMAN A Dutchman abducted last week while working on an unfinished Shell gas plant in the violent oil-producing Niger Delta has been freed, said his employer Royal Boskalis Westminster. Gunmen seized the hostage, Michael Los, on July 6 from [...]

From Bloomberg July 11 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s second-biggest oil company, and Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group agreed to study the feasibility of spending as much as $6 billion on a China plant to turn coal into fuels and chemicals. Shell and Shenhua Ningxia, a unit of Shenhua Group Corp., China’s biggest [...]

From Reuters SYDNEY (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell Plc said on Tuesday it would sell its downstream sales and marketing operations in some Pacific island nations to focus its regional portfolio on fewer, larger scale businesses. Shell will sell its businesses in Fiji and Tonga to Total France SA , while its businesses in New [...]

From ABC News (Australia) The crew of a second tanker docked in Hobart has called for guarantees its employer will not cut Australian jobs to hire cheaper foreign labour. The chemical tanker MV Stolt has been at the centre of an industrial row, after owner Stolt NYK unveiled plans to sack the entire 36-man crew, [...]