September 12th, 2006:

EXTRACT: Mr Conceicao has worked on several of the FSA’s most high-profile cases in recent years. They include those brought against Citigroup over its eurozone bond trade, the Royal Dutch Shell reserves scandal, and a market abuse case involving GLG Partners, a leading hedge fund.

THE ARTICLE

By Michael Peeland Barney Jopson
Published: September 12 2006 03:00 | Last updated: September 12 2006 03:00

Clifford Chance, the world’s biggest law firm, has recruited a top City regulator in a reflection of the growing importance of investigatory and compliance work to the legal industry and its corporate clients. read more

Published: September 12 2006 03:00 | Last updated: September 12 2006 03:00

Five years on from the World Trade Center atrocity, it might be thought investors have a handle on geopolitical risk. The markets are in broad equilibrium, and talk is of humdrum matters such as growth and interest rates. There may be all kinds of menaces out there, from Iran to bird flu. But they are in the price.

Not necessarily. In those five years, I have sat through my share of lunches and conferences on geopolitical risk. The pattern is familiar. First, people argue over what the most likely or imminent threats are. Then, perhaps, they talk about how each individual disaster might play out. And then – nothing. read more

Shanghai.  September  11. INTERFAX-CHINA – The oil shale project carried out by Jilin  Shell Oil Shale Development Co., Ltd. (Jinlin Shell) ), is “making firm progress,” the company announced.

The joint-venture  company has dug 5 exploration wells, Liu Xiaowei, the director of  External  Affairs  of  Shell  (China)  said, at the Second Northeast Asia Investment And Trade Expo in Jilin.

Liu said  the  project  is  being  carried  out  in  three  phases: the exploration  phase  to  survey  the  oil  shale  resources  available in northeastern  China’s Jilin province, which will last 2 years; the trial production phase and the mass production phase, China Oil News reported. read more

By  Paul Rogerson, Newsquest Media Group
The Herald (Scotland) 9/11/2006

URL: http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=36036

Kieron McFadyen, a Glaswegian who left school at 15 with no qualifications, has been appointed to the newly created position of global health and safety chief by energy group Royal Dutch Shell.

The 45-year-old’s new job was announced yesterday in an internal e-mail to staff and partly reflects the increasing importance of health, safety and environmental (HSE) matters to the world’s biggest oil and gas companies. read more

By Zurinna Raja Adam
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September 12 2006

SHELL Global Solutions, a unit of the multinational oil major that specialises in technology consulting, expects business in the region to improve this year as more companies seek to address energy saving and environmental concerns.

Its hottest selling service is an energy management programme that provides technical, managerial support and advice to companies in an effort to save energy.

Shell Global offers this programme mainly for refining, petrochemicals, gas and liquefied natural gas processing firms. read more

Tuesday September 12nd, 2006 / 1h11 
 
RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB.LN) next year will drill a first exploration well at the BMS-31 block in Brazil’s Santos Basin off the coast of Sao Paulo state, John P. Haney, the vice president of exploration and production at Shell’s Brazilian unit, said Monday.

Shell has a 60% stake and is lead operator in the offshore block, while Danish firm Maersk holds another 40%. The BMS-31 is one of 13 Brazilian offshore exploration blocks in which Shell has a participation. The company is already performing seismic studies in the blocks. read more

10 September, 2006

Kota Kinabalu: Shell Malaysia will continue to support the development of the media through sponsorship, workshop and education activities.

“We thank the media for their responsible, accurate and objective reporting that helped disseminate information on our role and business activities especially in the State,” said Chairman Shell Malaysia Saw Choo Boon in his speech at the Kinabalu Shell Press Awards 2006, Friday.

Saw was also pleased that the media took full advantage of Shell’s open door policy and never hesitated to look up the relevant staff when they needed information on issues related to the Shell Malaysia. read more

September 12, 2006

Shell and Caltex, which dominate petrol sales in Australia, are ignoring the push towards ethanol-blended fuels, the Service Station Association (SSA) says.

SSA boss Ron Bowden said despite Shell and Caltex supplying more than 65 per cent of the industry, it was independent service stations that were heading ethanol promotion.

“It’s the independent sector that has led the way with it and always has and is still doing it,” Mr Bowden told ABC Radio.

Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile told a food industry dinner on Monday night that supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths, and their fuel partners Shell and Caltex, need to promote more ethanol-blended fuel at their 1,000 outlets around Australia. read more

WASHINGTON — If someone had suggested a decade ago that oil could be pumped from a depth of 29,000 feet under the Gulf of Mexico, the notion would’ve been dismissed as a tale rivaling Jules Verne’s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.” read more