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February 21st, 2008:

Fort McMurray Today: Fort McKay, Shell break off oilsands talks

By CAROL CHRISTIAN
Today staff
Thursday February 21, 2008

An exclusive deal first inked between Fort McKay First Nation and Shell Canada in 2006 to develop an oilsands operation on treaty lands has expired.

But that doesn’t mean the Fort McKay band is out of the oilsands business. In fact, it still wants to develop the estimated 8,300 acres of treaty land, and welcomes potential partners to the table for talks, even Shell.

Jeff Winsor, Fort McKay First Nation spokesman, said this morning when the two groups entered into the exclusive agreement, a finite timeline was set for the end of the 2007 calendar year “when we wanted to see something happening.” That deadline came and went with no movement forward on the project. read more

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The Times: UBS backs Marcel Ospel amid plans to cut board terms (*Royal Dutch Shell Plc CFO Peter Voser in UBS Bank Crisis)

February 22, 2008
Christine Seib

Marcel Ospel, who was criticised for overseeing UBS’s first annual loss, of SwFr4.4 billion (£2.06 billion), has been nominated by the bank for reelection as its chairman at its annual meeting on April 23.

However, under proposed new rules, directors are to be reelected annually instead of for three years. Mr Ospel said that it was his idea to have the new, more limited tenure for board members.

The move comes as it emerged that headhunters used by UBS have approached some of London’s top bankers to become executive vice-chairman as a launch pad to the chairmanship. read more

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The Times: Minister with global warming and electricity bills on his plate

Secretary of State Malcolm Wicks 

Malcolm Wicks, holder of the Government’s energy brief, believes that the key to tackling climate change will be the active citizen

February 22, 2008
Robin Pagnamenta, Energy and Environment Editor

The interview has not yet begun, but Malcolm Wicks has already left the building. Clutching his pager, the Energy Minister is scuttling through the glass doors of his Westminster office to a Commons vote on Northern Rock. “Just ten minutes!” he pleads as he leaps into the ministerial Prius for the 400-yard dash to the House. read more

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MarketWatch: SEC on verge of modernizing oil-reserve accounting rules

By Ian Talley
Last update: 8:08 a.m. EST Feb. 21, 2008

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — U.S. regulators are on the verge of modernizing oil and gas reserve accounting rules that could revalue much of the petroleum sector.

The Securities Exchange Commission finished posting public comments on Wednesday, which overwhelmingly support the agency’s proposed rules revisions that were based on recommendations made by the petroleum industry.

If the SEC moves ahead with its proposals, as industry insiders predict, it would the first time in several decades the commission has updated its reserve accounting rules. Modernized rules would create consistent valuation standards for unconventional resources such as tar sands and hard-to-produce natural gas. read more

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AmericanReporter.com: A GARBLED GOOGLE MESSAGE

EXTRACT: When Royal Dutch Shell admitted schmearing millions of dollars to corrupt Nigerian oil officials for greasing the bureaucracy, “usual and customary business practices” were called what they were: bribery.

Vol. 14, No. 3,364 – The American Reporter – February 21, 2008

By Mark Scheinbaum
American Reporter Correspondent
Boca Raton, Fla.

BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 26, 2006 — The young, fabulously rich, brilliant minds of Google need to learn the toughest thing in business: when to fire a client. read more

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International Herald Tribune: Moscow deepens ties to Iran’s energy sector

By Simon Webb and Amie Ferris-Rotman ReutersPublished: February 21, 2008

DUBAI: As the United States warns the world away from business with Tehran, Moscow is deepening its ties to Iran’s energy sector, underscoring Russia’s differences with Washington over Iranian nuclear plans and Kosovo’s independence.

While the timing of Moscow’s announcement on Tuesday may have been political, the deal for Gazprom, the Russian state-controlled energy giant, to take on big new Iranian oil and gas projects dovetails with Gazprom’s strategic ambitions, analysts said. read more

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Reuters: Shell says cheap renewable energy still far off

Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:22pm GMT
By Mark Trevelyan

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The world faces a doubling of energy demand by 2050 but renewable sources are still too expensive and will take decades to make a big impact, Royal Dutch Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer said on Thursday.

In a speech on “Shell scenarios for the 21st century,” van der Veer said one of the three hard truths facing the world was a big rise in demand as the global population rose from around six billion to nine billion by mid-century. read more

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STATEMENT BY ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC: Thursday, February 21, 2008

Thursday, February 21, 2008
VOLUME 1 ISSUE 323
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Royal Dutch Shell announces timing for Strategy presentation and
Q1 2008 results
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Royal Dutch Shell has announced that the 2008 Strategy presentation for analysts and shareholders will take place on Monday, 17 March, 2008 at 14.00 GMT (15.00 CET and 09.00 EST). This event will be live and will be webcast. read more

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Live Chat, Guest 2800, Shell North Sea platforms, Bill Campbell and other matters…

By John Donovan

Has anyone else reached the conclusion that Shell now has an active permanent presence on this website via Live Chat?

This would be no surprise given the revelations in a Shell internal document we obtained from Shell after making an application under the Data Protection Act.

Shell set up a team in March 2007 to combat our activities with the specific objective to separate us from Bill Campbell, the retired Group Auditor of Shell International.

http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2007/07/14/shellnewnet-shell-and-the-dreaded-donovans/ read more

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Times Online: UBS backs Marcel Ospel for a new term as chairman

February 21, 2008
Christine Seib

Marcel Ospel, criticised for overseeing UBS’s first ever annual loss of SwFr4.4 billion (£2.06 billion), has been nominated by the bank for re-election as its chairman at its annual meeting on April 23.

But under proposed new rules each director will now have to be re-elected each year instead of every three years. Mr Ospel said it was his idea to have the new, more limited tenure for board members.

Switzerland’s largest bank also appointed the Fiat chief executive Sergio Marchionne, who is already a board member, as non-executive vice chairman. There has been speculation that Mr Marchionne could replace Mr Ospel as chairman. read more

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Reuters: Shell says Iraq oil law proceeding slowly

Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:54am EST

BRUSSELS, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell hopes Iraq will pass an oil law this year and sees this and improved security as prerequisites for being able to work there, CEO Jeroen van der Veer said on Thursday.

“You need basically two green lights before you can work…first of all you have to know the rules of the game,” van der Veer told a security conference in Brussels.

He told an Iraqi questioner he hoped the oil law would be passed this year “but it doesn’t go very fast.” read more

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BBC News: Brazil theft ‘linked to gas find’

Thursday, 21 February 2008, 02:27 GMT 
By Gary Duffy
BBC News, Sao Paulo 
 
Confidential information stolen from Brazil’s oil company Petrobras related to the recent discovery of a huge offshore gas field, police say.

The disappearance of four laptops and two hard drives is being treated as a case of industrial espionage.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has referred to the stolen material as a “state secret”.

The investigation into this mysterious and high-profile theft, which happened late last month, is continuing. read more

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Convenience Store News: Virginia Gas Station Operators Upset with Bill’s Defeat

February 21, 2008

RICHMOND, Va. — Legislation that gas-station operators in Northern Virginia sought for their protection survived the state Senate but was all but killed this week by a House of Delegates subcommittee, according to a report in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

The legislation would have given gasoline dealers the right of first refusal to buy the filling station property they operate should the major oil company from which they lease the property decide to sell it.

One angry gasoline dealer charged that a House committee chairman intentionally torpedoed the measure by sending it to an unfriendly subcommittee, where he then cast the deciding vote against the bill, the newspaper reported. read more

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heraldnet.com: Supreme Court hears Snohomish County PUD case

By Christopher S. Rugaber
Associated Press
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared to side with power suppliers in a series of contract disputes with electric utilities stemming from the 2000-2001 California energy crisis.

Utilities in Washington state and Nevada are seeking to set aside long-term contracts they signed with power companies such as American Electric Power Co. Inc. and Allegheny Energy Inc. During the crisis, electricity prices soared 15-fold. read more

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Bloomberg: UBS to Shorten Ospel Term to One-Year at Re-election (Update1): (*Shell CFO Peter Voser up to his neck in the UBS AG crisis)

By Warren Giles

Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) — UBS AG, under pressure to shake up management after a record loss, said it will reduce Chairman Marcel Ospel’s next term of office to one year from three and appoint a new head of the board’s audit committee.

Shareholders of Europe’s largest bank by assets will vote on re-electing Ospel and two other board members to the shortened terms at the bank’s annual general meeting on April 23, the Zurich-based bank said in an e-mailed statement today. read more

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The Peninsula (Qatar): Hiring more women could ease oil firms’ staff shortage

Web posted at: 2/21/2008 9:57:45
Source ::: REUTERS

LONDON • Recruiting and retaining more women by setting quotas could help big international oil and gas firms cope with a severe shortage of skilled staff in future, a senior executive at Royal Dutch Shell said.

“A wasted potential resource in the industry is women,” said Lynda Armstrong, vice president technical solutions at Shell International Exploration and Production.

Armstrong, speaking at a seminar during International Petroleum Week in London, said women were typically under-represented in the technical side of the oil business and one way to address this was to introduce official quotas. read more

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