Richard Wiseman, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer of Royal Dutch Shell has confirmed that IT staff have commenced blocking undesirable websites accessed by employees whilst at work.
February 26th, 2009:
Shell Blocks Employee Internet Gambling Sites
Australian Coal-Gas Sparks a Deal Boom
BG Group PLC, the British oil and gas company, and Royal Dutch Shell PLC's Australian partner Arrow Energy Ltd. are competing for Pure Energy Resources Ltd., an Australian player in coalbed methane.
Sibir investigates property dealings
Sibir's shares reached a peak of 830p last summer, giving it a market value of £2.5bn ($3.6bn), and it was contemplating a move to the main market, while there was speculation that Royal Dutch Shell, its partner in the Salym fields, would bid for the group.
Co-op to help fund oil sands legal fight
The UK's Co-op banking and investment group is paying £50,000 ($71,000) to fund a legal action in Canada that could block the development of the country's oil sands by companies such as Royal Dutch Shell and BP.
Salazar to rewrite Bushs oil-shale plan
Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc are among companies working on technology to extract the oil by heating the rocks.
Arrow on target with strong first-half performance
The companys strong performance was underpinned by its transaction with Royal Dutch Shell which saw the oil giant pay $319 million during December 2008 as part payment for a 30 percent share of Arrows interests in all of its Australian upstream tenements.
Congress hears pleas from oil giants on offshore leases
WASHINGTON Top executives from some of the nations biggest oil companies on Wednesday pleaded with Congress to expand ?offshore drilling to help wean the U.S. off foreign energy sources and spur new jobs.
Shell Oil chief complains of ‘clumsy’ government
WASHINGTON - Shell Oil Co.'s chief executive for North America, Marvin Odum, complained Wednesday that regulatory red tape has slowed the company's $2 billion investment in offshore leases in Alaska.
Indigenous people in legal challenge against oil firms over tar sand project
Canada's Beaver Lake Cree Nation group say their traditional way of life is being devastated by the rush to extract oil from vast tar sand fields