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October 21st, 2006:

Irish Times: Protests over Shell pipeline

Oct 21, 2006

Madam, – Shell E&P Ireland, with the help of Minister Noel Dempsey and sections of the media, has succeeded in portraying the Shell to Sea campaign as stubborn, intransigent and unwilling to compromise with the beleaguered multinational.

Speaking on RTE radio’s News at One last Monday, the Minister claimed that protesters had yet to offer a “reasonable” solution to the conflict. This is a remarkable comment: in fact the protesters have been offering a reasonable solution since November 2000, when they first called for the gas to be processed just offshore, as happens at Kinsale and at similar projects across the globe. read more

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AP Worldstream: Putin optimistic Russian government will agree with Shell on Sakhalin-2 project

Oct 20, 2006
ALEX NICHOLSON

President Vladimir Putin, speaking Friday in Finland, said he was optimistic his government would reach an agreement with Royal Dutch Shell over the troubled Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas project, but said Russia was unwilling to agree to a doubling of its costs.

Shell’s original so-called production sharing agreement, signed in the 1990s, allows the company and its partners to recoup all expenses before sharing any profits with the Russian state.

Royal Dutch Shell said last year it would double the costs at the project it leads to nearly US$22 billion (A17.5 billion). read more

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Financial Times: EU urges Putin to honour oil contracts

By George Parker in Lahti

Published: October 20 2006 18:53 | Last updated: October 21 2006 00:55

European leaders on Friday night pressed Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, to honour contracts with western oil companies, amid fears in the EU over Moscow’s tightening grip on the energy sector.

In a strained summit dinner in the Finnish town of Lahti, EU leaders also chided Mr Putin on questions of human rights, press freedom and Moscow’s tough treatment of the former Soviet republic of Georgia. read more

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