Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Nigerias main militant group said it attacked a gas plant operated by Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europes second-largest oil company.
February 7th, 2009:
Shell Gas Plant in Nigeria Attacked by Militants
Military repels attack on gas plant in Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) Assailants attacked a natural gas production plant in southern Nigeria on Saturday, but the military said its forces repelled the onslaught and killed three gunmen.
Shell plans export gas plant at Gladstone
OIL major Shell, a minor player in Queensland's burgeoning liquid natural gas industry, plans to build an export plant at Gladstone.
Shell reports initiation of construction at Pearl GTL plant
The Pearl gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, which is claimed to be the world's largest such project, is expected to process about three billion barrels of oil equivalent over its lifetime from the non-associated gas field, the North Field, which stretches from Qatar's coast out into the Gulf. Shell has said that the North Field contains more than 900 trillion cubic feet of gas, about 15% of world wide gas resources.
Green growth: Guardian article by Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer
An effective and efficient response to global warming could also help to revive the world economy.