Posts on ‘April 2nd, 2008’

The Times: Design lifts barriers to success April 3, 2008 Clare Dight Simon Phelps explains how a US fellowship scheme gave him the impetus to build his own company A short stint of work experience or a brief internship is all that many recent graduates manage to cite on their first CV. But not Simon [...]

The Times: Working abroad, the ultimate experience April 3, 2008 You won’t reach the top of a big company without earning your stripes abroad. So how do you gain the relevant experience?Carly Chynoweth Ambitious executives who hope to secure the top job at a large company should start preparing now by securing an overseas posting. [...]

Bloomberg: Oil Rises, Gasoline Surges to Record on U.S. Fuel-Supply Drop By Mark Shenk April 2 (Bloomberg) — Crude oil rose more than $3 a barrel and gasoline surged to a record after an Energy Department report showed that U.S. supplies of the motor fuel fell a third week. Gasoline stockpiles declined 4.53 million barrels [...]

Canadian Business Magazine April 2, 2008 – 3:12 p.m. WASHINGTON (AP) – Shell Oil Co. will pay a $75,000 fine and retire two storage tanks at a cost of more than $1 million to settle charges that it violated the Clean Air Act. The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday the settlement with Shell subsidiary Motiva [...]

Houston Chronicle April 2, 2008, 2:13PM © 2008 The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Shell Oil Co. will pay a $75,000 fine and retire two storage tanks at a cost of more than $1 million to settle charges that it violated the Clean Air Act. The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday the settlement with Shell subsidiary [...]

  By John Donovan In December 2005 we published an article containing the following paragraph: It appears that extremely powerful forces are at work and one wonders where the intrigue will lead in relation to the Corrib pipeline. Will “THE GREAT CORRIB GAS CONTROVERSY” turn into something even bigger – a full blown scandal? http://www.shellnews.net/week49/shellnewscorrib14dec2005.htm [...]

(Niall Carson/PA) Bertie Ahern announcing his resignation today flanked by Cabinet members Times Online: Bertie Ahern, Irish Prime Minister, quits over tax affairs April 2, 2008 Philippe Naughton, and David Sharrock in Dublin Bertie Ahern, Ireland’s long-serving Taoiseach, abruptly announced his resignation today amid continuing controversy over his personal financial affairs. Mr Ahern will leave [...]

Lawmakers took oil executives to task over record profits BBC News: US oil firms come under pressure  Page last updated at 07:44 GMT, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 08:44 UK US lawmakers have taken oil giants to task over the industry’s huge profits as ordinary Americans struggle with record fuel prices. Executives from five oil companies [...]

Peak warning: Shell chief executive Jeroen van der Veer says production of easily-accessible oil will begin to decline within 10 years upstreamonline.com By Upstream staff Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive of Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell, has said he expected exploitation of the earth’s easily accessible oil and gas reserves to peak within 10 years. “It’s [...]

Upstreamonline.com By Upstream staff Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell is ready to help Iraq boost oil production once that country’s government finalises a petroleum law covering big energy projects, the company’s boss Jeroen van der Veer said today. “We are very much prepared to go back to Iraq,” Reuters quoted van der Veer saying at the Centre [...]

Houston Chronicle April 1, 2008, 11:10PM GASOLINE PRICES But lawmakers offer own ideas on industry behavior By DAVID IVANOVICH Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Oil company executives expressed sympathy for consumers hurt by high energy costs Tuesday but defended their companies’ record profits. With gasoline prices at an all-time high and angry [...]

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By JONATHAN SHIEBER and DON CLARK April 1, 2008; Page C12 (See Corrections & Amplifications item below.) A group of investors is placing one of the biggest bets yet on a type of ethanol production that doesn’t involve food crops. Range Fuels Inc., a start-up in Broomfield, Colo., on Tuesday is [...]

THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: April 2, 2008 Filed at 3:56 a.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t blame us, oil industry chiefs told a skeptical Congress. Top executives of the country’s five biggest oil companies said Tuesday they know record fuel prices are hurting people, but they argued it’s not their [...]

Financial Times Published: April 2 2008 03:00 | Last updated: April 2 2008 03:00 It is becoming a ritual: petrol prices rise and the oil industry is hauled before Congress for a kicking. Six years into the oil bull market, Washington still struggles to frame a coherent response. President George W. Bush’s surprise at a [...]

Financial Times By David Bowen Published: April 2 2008 02:23 | Last updated: April 2 2008 02:23 Ten years ago the world’s largest companies were obsessed with getting their collective heads round the world wide web. But they paid it too much attention and by five years ago, many of them had all but lost [...]