Posts on ‘November 24th, 2009’

—–Original Message—– From:�� Deroche, Liz O MOTIVA-DMM/60 Sent:�� Tuesday, November 24, 2009 7:18 AM Subject:������� Norco Personnel Announcement Sent on behalf of Mark Hurley, General Manager – Norco Manufacturing Complex The following Site Leadership Team role changes will go into effect January 1, 2010 and report directly to me: Hermie Bundick has been selected as [...]

Royal Dutch Shell CEO Peter Voser says falling carbon price is stifling investment. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images ? Chief executive says falling carbon price stifling investment ? Call for government action to support new technology Tim Webb guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 24 November 2009 20.56 GMT Shell’s new chief executive has called on governments to intervene in [...]

FINANCIAL TIMES Shell says $80 oil will halt debt spiral Voser says more redundancies next year… (unspecified number) By Ed Crooks in London Published: November 24 2009 20:46 Royal Dutch Shell has signalled that the steep rise in its debts is coming to end, with its chief executive saying the group would not need to [...]

However, Shell also said it was delaying the launch of Qatargas 4 by as much as 10 months, from the start of 2010 until the end of the year. Mr. Voser said the timetable had been disrupted by delays at other LNG projects in Qatar involving other big oil companies, such as Exxon Mobil Corp, Total SA and ConocoPhillips.

Daily Telegraph Gas will be at the heart of Royal Dutch Shell’s production strategy ahead of oil as the world attempts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, according to the energy group’s new chief executive, Peter Voser. By Rowena Mason Published: 8:17PM GMT 24 Nov 2009 Delivering an update on Shell’s two flagship gas projects in [...]

upstreamonline Wire reports Supermajor Shell is planning to expand exploration in the US Gulf of Mexico and Kazakhstan as Europe?s largest oil company seeks to maintain output. The company is designing a development plan for its West Boreas discovery in the Gulf of Mexico, which may hold 100 million barrels of resources, said Malcolm Brinded, [...]

?Both the companies have reached consensus on several issues regarding the deal and supply and product offtake agreements have been signed. Essar will supply products to Shell from the refinery after the takeover,? said a source close to the development. He, however, refused to divulge the financial details of the deal saying negotiations were underway on that front.

Britain’s oil and gas giants, its mining companies and its arms manufacturers have a powerful and ongoing relationship with government and an effective lobbying influence in the office of successive Prime Ministers.

John I like to share this with you. The results of 15 years of complete mismanagement. Shell has now degenerated so much that we have to endure nonsense like this. Brinded has always believed in ?processes? regardless of the impact on business (mostly negative, remember ?Overpromise-Underdelivery??). Because nobody has dared to fire him, he has [...]

November 24, 2009 Martin Waller: City diary Last year, as part of the merger of the Dutch and British units of Royal Dutch Shell, their corporate headquarters was established in The Hague. This meant that all the head office functions, for example human resources, public relations (PR) and investor relations (IR), moved there, under the [...]

San Francisco Business Times Monday, November 23, 2009, 10:20am PST Chevron, Shell facilities top CO2 emitters EXTRACTS Chevron?s Richmond oil refinery was California?s largest emitter of greenhouse gases last year and the nearby Shell refinery in Martinez a close second, the state Air Resource Board said in a report. The state agency said the Chevron [...]

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) said Monday it was making good progress with the Pearl GTL and the Qatargas 4 projects in Qatar.

?The Corrib gas dispute in many ways tells the story of modern Ireland,? Mr Murray said. ?The result has been an erosion of civil liberties and the emergence of corporate rule, where multinationals appear to have greater rights than Irish citizens,? he said.

LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) said it had delayed one of its largest schemes by around a year with start-up for the $8 billion Qatargas 4 liquefied natural gas project now planned for late 2010 and the first cargo possibly pushed into 2011.