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Friday, 6 February 2009 A nine-year-old boy kidnapped by a gang in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta has been released. His 11-year-old sister was shot dead trying to protect him as they walked to school in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, last week. It is understood no ransom was paid to the kidnappers even though his father is an employee of Royal Dutch Shell. Kidnapping of oil company employees by gangs of armed men is on the increase in the Niger Delta. Emmanuel Awonusi is reported to have been released unharmed. This website and sisters royaldutchshellgroup.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, and shellnews.net, are owned by John Donovan. There is also a Wikipedia segment.LNG Buyers May Fail to Win Queensland Fuel Discount, Arrow SaysAn LNG venture planned in Queensland between Perth-based Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd. and Arrow, Royal Dutch Shell Plcs partner in coal-seam gas in Australia, is set to be the first in the world to export fuel made from coal-seam gas. BG, Santos Ltd. and ConocoPhillips are among other companies planning similar, larger LNG projects in northeastern Australia. No sales contracts have been announced for the projects. Ensure there is no backlash against foreign workers says Lord Kerr, Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch ShellPublished: February 6 2009 02:00 | Last updated: February 6 2009 02:00 From Mr Roland Rudd and others. Sir, At this time of economic difficulty and real hardship for many people, it is more important than ever to cherish the principle of the free movement of labour in the European Union. This has been called into question by the strikes at the Lindsey oil refinery and elsewhere. The fundamental principle of the European single market is the free movement of goods, capital, services and labour. This means that continental European companies can invest in the UK; such investment generates economic growth and productivity. Similarly it enables UK companies to trade easily and invest in the rest of Europe. It is estimated that the single market is worth £20bn annually to the UK. Firms ‘vying for coal seam gas market’Energy NL, which has a partnership with Royal Dutch Shell, says interest in Queensland's emerging coal seam gas sector is continuing despite turmoil in global economic markets. Why BG remains the stand-out play among London blue chipsHowever, the last three months of 2008 proved a record quarter for LNG operating profits rose nearly threefold year-on-year to £456 million helping BGs earnings to beat consensus estimates by 15 per cent. That helps to explain why the companys fourth-quarter earnings were down just 26 per cent on their predecessor, against the 71 per cent and 49 per cent falls recorded by BP and Shell respectively. Comment Rules
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