Posts on ‘June 12th, 2007’

EXTRACT: Some claim total independence but more than half of corporate foundations source trustees from the founder company. Shell Foundation has a board of six trustees – three members from Shell, including its two most senior figures – and three external members. FIRST ARTICLE 13 June 2007 · Northern Rock Foundation: income £32,784,000, grants total [...]

 June 12th, 2007 07:55 Comment by Dave Stroop on the article… The Wall Street Journal: Shell’s Safety Record is Worse than BP’s Dear Mr John Donovan, I am pleased that Shell accepted liability for the deaths of the two men on Brent Bravo. I can remember that night, like it was yesterday. In fact I [...]

EXTRACT: Shell, which owns 33 per cent of Woodside, would benefit both by owning a better quality investment and sending a clear signal that it did not intend to bid for either company, Cazenove continued. June 13, 2007 Bryce Elder Rolls-Royce outperformed a weak market trend on hopes that the engine maker was set to [...]

(Video screens showing Putin speaking at the St. Petersburg forum Sunday. He was standing on a stage to the right.) Wednesday, June 13, 2007. Issue 3676. Page 1. By Anna Smolchenko Staff Writer   Alexander Demianchuk / Reuters   ST. PETERSBURG — Foreign investors are brimming with praise for Russia’s economic course after a St. Petersburg [...]

Tuesday, 12 June 2007 19:42 Up to eight alternative routes for the Corrib Gas pipeline were to be outlined today in an attempt to break the deadlock in Co Mayo. But opponents of the project, who were involved in a serious confrontation yesterday evening with construction sub-contractors and gardaí, said it is going to be [...]

TUESDAY 12/06/2007 Shell is set to unveil a number of possible alternative routes for the controversial Corrib gas pipeline later today.      The global oil giant is hoping that one of the routes will be supported by the local community, which has been protesting against the project since last year. The new proposals, which have [...]

By John Alfred Donovan David Greer, Shell Deputy Chief Executive of the $22 billion Sakhalin-2 project in Russia was recently exposed as a plagiarist after circulating a motivational memo containing inspirational passages borrowed from a speech made by U.S. General George S Patton over 60 years ago. The fallout included extensive media coverage which has [...]

DISCUSSION & POLLS: Is this the worst motivational memo ever? By John Donovan 12 Jun 2007  01:02 AM I am the joint-owner with my father Alfred Donovan of the website referred to by Ed Crooks as being anti-Shell. We are in fact dedicated supporters of Shell’s Statement of General Business Principles pledging honesty, integrity and [...]

By Nesa Subrahmaniyan and Christian Schmollinger June 12 (Bloomberg) — OAO Gazprom, Russia’s natural-gas export monopoly, said overseas shipments will increase 11 percent by 2015 as it invests in plants that turn the fuel into liquid for transportation by ships. Overseas sales may rise to 180 billion cubic meters from 161.5 billion cubic meters last [...]

06.12.07, 5:58 AM ET YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia (Thomson Financial) – The construction of the engineering infrastructure of the Sakhalin-2 project have been completed by over 80 pct, Interfax reported, citing Hilary Mercer, the construction manager of the Sakhalin Energy. ‘The Sakhalin-2 project is approaching the completion of construction works and the beginning of the gas production [...]

Global Research, June 11, 2007 Mathaba News Network  THE TIMES: In light of BP and Shell’s experience in Russia, should British companies invest in Russia? VLADIMIR PUTIN: Shell. I would like to clarify the issue. What are you interested in with respect to Shell and BP? Shell in Sakhalin, is that right? THE TIMES: Yes, [...]

06.12.07, 3:18 AM ET LAGOS (Thomson Financial) – An armed group fighting for control of oil resources in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria has released 12 foreign workers and one Nigerian it had been holding hostage, police said today. ‘Twelve foreigners and one Nigerian were handed over last night (Monday). The governor went [...]

Published: Tuesday, 12 June, 2007, 01:53 AM Doha Time  By Pratap John DOHA: Qatar Petroleum International (QPI), the overseas investment arm of QP, will soon form a joint venture with Shell to invest in energy-related ventures outside Qatar. Speaking to Gulf Times here yesterday, HE the Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Industry, [...]

By Upstream staff China appears to be holding back on its plans to buy more liquefied natural gas because of rising prices, Royal Dutch Shell executive Peter de Wit said today. “Prices for LNG have gone up a lot and I think there is rethinking on the Chinese side to see how much and what [...]

By Upstream staff Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell has resurrected an Arctic drillship that has spent 13 years anchored near the Canadian port of Tuktoyaktuk for its forthcoming drilling campaign in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea. The company is wrapping up a major overhaul of the vessel, which was left unused when interest in drilling in the region [...]