Posts on ‘November 8th, 2007’

UK, French and German companies begin pullout under US pressure David Gow in Munich and Ewen MacAskill in Washington Friday November 9, 2007 Multinational companies are coming under increasing pressure from the US to stop doing business with Iran because of its nuclear programme. European operators are facing threats from Washington that they could jeopardise [...]

By Paul Richardson Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) — Nigeria’s government said it plans a budget deficit of 2.5 percent of gross domestic product next year as it raises spending on key industries, including energy and transport, to accelerate economic growth. Higher oil prices will help boost economic growth in the west African nation to 11 percent, [...]

By Amy Strahan Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) — Political and technical obstacles to bringing oil to market become “more challenging all the time,” BP Plc Chief Executive Tony Hayward said today. “Every geopolitical event causes a spike in the price, but these spikes only happen because the underlying market is itself tight,” Hayward said in e-mailed [...]

11/8/2007 1:12:46 PM GMT Filed from Aberdeen � UK:� Shell’s staffing levels are too low to ensure safety on oil rigs, a probe into the Dutch major’s UK North Sea operations has found. Britain’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has upheld some of the complaints made by members of the Offshore Industry Liaison Committee (OILC) [...]

12:00 – 08 November 2007 A Union leader has called for oil giant Shell to quit the North Sea. Unite’s Amicus regional officer Graham Tran made the demand after a Health and Safety Executive investigation upheld unions’ concerns over safety. The unions claimed there were gaps in “safety-critical” positions on the five installations which are [...]

Story last updated: Thursday, 8 November, 2007, 18:58 Health and safety officials have upheld the majority of complaints by offshore unions about safety on Shell platforms. The Health and Safety Executive found staff shortages, excessive hours being worked and low morale on five North Sea installations. Offshore unions asked the HSE to investigate a catalogue [...]

Unions had raised HSE concerns over worker safety Thursday, 8 November 2007 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has partially upheld claims that Shell was not doing enough to ensure safety offshore. The OILC and Unite Amicus unions had asked the HSE to investigate following complaints from their members. This focused on manning levels on [...]

Thursday November 8th, 2007 / 11h34� � LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The U.K. safety watchdog has upheld all but one complaint made by Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) workers on facilities it intends to sell, trade unions said Thursday. In a press statement, unions Unite and OILC said complaints sent in September have been upheld by [...]

Shell confidential discovery documents added on�8 November 2007 Shell EP November 2000 Internal email correspondence involving Matthias Bichsel, Martijn Minderhoud, Heinz Rothermund and many others: Subject: West Africa Reserves 2000: Every page marked “CONFIDENTIAL”: (5 pages) http://www.shellnews.net/classactiondocs/427_Exhibit_107_OCR.pdf Shell SIEP Internal email correspondence Jan 2001 involving Aidan McKay, John Bell, Mark Leonard, Remco Aalbers and others: [...]

By� James Herron����� Dow Jones Newswires����� NEW YORK, Nov 7, 2007 (Dow Jones Newswires) Ten years ago, a keen futurologist imagining the effects of $100 oil might have predicted a world where major oil companies, their coffers bursting with mega profits, were pumping cash into high technology and delivering new energy sources saving the world [...]

Thursday, Nov 8, 2007 The Senate yesterday condemned Shell Petroleum Development Company for its negligence in handling oil spillage and ecological degradation in the Niger Delta region. The Senate, in a resolution read by Senate President, David Mark, said the company�s negligence at Ikot Ado Udo in Akwa Ibom State had led to loss of [...]

Tom Burroughes Wednesday, 7th November 2007 WITH President Putin continuing to flex his political muscle, and even corporate giants like Royal Dutch Shell scarred by their dealings in Russia, it is understandable that many British investors are wary of the former Soviet Union. But while this is a market for hard-headed investors only, investment opportunities [...]

Shell runs a website for ex-shell employees. They offer jobs to retired Shell employees. The site is called http://www.alliancexshell.com/ David Greer posted an entry on 11/9/2007� see below. David Greer: 11/Sep/2007�� Resigned from Shell in 2007 after 28 years service with Shell in UK, Norway, Canada, Oman, Netherlands, Argentina, Philippines and Russia. Latterly responsible as [...]

John SAFETY ON SHELL NORTH SEA PLATFORMS Yet again Shell have been caught red handed lying through their teeth.� The favourite quote � Safety is our first priority� is trotted out with monotonous regularity.� I wonder what exactly that means?� Perhaps the higher levels of management either refuse to listen (we are a listening caring [...]

EXTRACTS: OILC general secretary Jake Molloy said: “Shell are trying to sell these installations but appeal” to be acting like some dodgy, second-hand car dealers trying to paint over the cracks and faults which clearly exist.” Unite (Amicus Section) regional officer Graham ‘Iran added: “Despite the constant denials by Shell that there were clear safety [...]