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April, 2009:

Shell says retendering some Port Arthur contracts

Reuters UK

LONDON, April 29 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) is retendering some contracts for the expansion of its Port Arthur refinery in the U.S., but this will not lead to any delays in startup of the new capacity, Chief Financial Officer Peter Voser told analysts on a conference call.

(Reporting by Tom Bergin, editing by Will Waterman)

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Security Problems Cut Shell 1Q Nigeria Production 39%

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Royal Dutch Shell PLC's (RDSB.LN) output from onshore operations in Nigeria was more than 90,000 barrels equivalent per day, or 38.5%, lower in the first quarter of 2009 compared with a year ago as security problems shut down a major pipeline and gas plant, the chief financial officer Wednesday.

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Shell follows BP with 58% first-quarter fall

The figures also show that Shell is failing to cover its capital spending programme and its dividend payments from its income. Cash flow from operations was $7.9bn, while capital spending was $7.1bn and dividend payments were $2.4bn – a shortfall of $1.5bn. As a result, Shell’s debts have been rising.

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Shell sees protracted oil price weakness

LONDON, April 29 (Reuters) - Oil and gas prices are unlikley to rise significantly in the next 12-18 months, because of economic weakness, the Chief Financial Officer of oil major Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) said on Wednesday.

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Shell CFO: Renegotiated Costs Down 15%-20% On Some Contracts

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) made good progress cutting costs in the first quarter and renegotiated some contracts made in 2005 and 2006 down by 15%-20%, said the company's Chief Financial Officer Peter Voser Wednesday.

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Deleted Wikipedia article: Royal Dutch Shell initiatives

Royal Dutch Shell is responsible for many important initiatives in relationship to the environment, encouraging business start-ups, supporting charitable causes and other good works.

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Congressional Commission Hears Testimony on Shell’s Environmental Abuses in the Niger Delta

Hearing Comes Four Weeks Before Landmark Human Rights Case, Wiwa v. Shell, Goes to Trial in Federal Court in New York

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Shell profits skid 58pc in first quarter

Daily Telegraph

Royal Dutch Shell profits more than halved to $3.3bn (£2.2bn) in the first quarter of the year as the deepening global recession hit demand and dragged down oil prices. 

By Telegraph Staff

Last Updated: 8:56AM BST 29 Apr 2009

Profits for the first three months of 2009 are 58pc lower than the same period a year ago and 31pc down on the last quarter of 2008.

The price of crude oil in London is trading around $50 a barrel, down from a record high of $147 last July. The high was hit just before the financial crisis came to a head in the autumn and the world’s biggest economies went into reverse.

Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer said the weaker global economy has created challenging condition for both its exploration and retail businesses. read more

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Shell’s First-Quarter Profit Declines on Oil Price

April 29 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s largest oil company, said first-quarter profit fell 62 percent as a slump in crude prices reduced earnings from exploration and production.

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2009, a tough year for Shell in Nigeria

"We have a difficult year ahead of us," Shell vice president for Africa, Ann Pickard said in an internal company publication. "With the drop in oil prices, our survival depends on controlling our costs," she added.

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BP Cuts Spending Target After 64 Percent Profit Slump

Royal Dutch Shell Plc, BP’s larger rival, is likely to report a 67 percent drop in profit excluding one-time items and inventory changes to $2.56 billion tomorrow, based on the median estimate of 11 analysts compiled by Bloomberg.

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BP, Chevron Managers Leave Kuwait as Projects Delayed

Shell has no comment on discussions to develop deep natural gas in Kuwait,Malcolm Brinded, the company’s executive director for exploration and production, said in a March 30 interview.

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Shell Pensions 80% Funded, Contributions Raised To Fill Gap

Shell's contribution to the fund has risen from 5% to 23.6% and the employee contribution has risen from 2% to 8% of salaries, the company said in an update posted on its Web site Saturday. The increased payments should bring the pension's funding ratio to 105% within three years and 127% by 2023, the company said.

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Dissident Irish Terrorists attack Shell Corrib Gas Pipeline project

Belfast Telegraph

Dissidents blamed for Shell plant break-in

Republicans ‘using gas pipeline protest as a recruiting ground’

Monday, 27 April 2009

Dissident republicans linked to the groups which carried out the murders of two soldiers and a policeman in Northern Ireland last month were responsible for the break-in and criminal damage of the Shell gas plant in Mayo last week.

The group of around 18 men wearing black balaclavas threatened and struck one of the two security guards on duty with an iron bar before causing damage costing thousands of euro in what Garda sources described as a “military-style” operation. read more

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Shell Settles with Texas Environmental Groups

 

NEW YORK — Shell Oil Co. agreed to pay a $5.8 million penalty and cut greenhouse gas emissions at a Gulf Coast refinery as part of a settlement with Texas environmental groups who filed suit against it early last year, The Associated Press reported.

The agreement, which must still be approved by a federal judge, would cut greenhouse gas emissions at Shell’s Deer Park, Texas, refinery and chemical plant by 750,000 pounds a year for the next three years. In addition, monitoring of air quality would be improved, according to the Sierra Club and Environment Texas groups. read more

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Energy Development in Iraq Faces Political Obstacles, but Could Prove a Boon for China

The company that’s currently adrift in the choppy waters of Iraq’s political scene is Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDS.A, RDS.B). Shell signed a $4 billion deal with Iraq’s oil ministery that gave it the rights to process and market natural gas from the country’s southern Basra province.

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