11/23/2011 12:37 PM By Michelle Keahey A refinery worker has filed a lawsuit that claims he is a victim of discrimination after he was wrongfully accused of committing a rule violation and fired. Boyd Weber filed suit against Motiva Enterprises – Norco Refinery on Nov. 11 in federal court in New Orleans. Weber was employed as [...]
Posts from ‘November, 2011’
Shell and Turkey sign oil, gas search deal
Wednesday Nov 23, 2011 ANKARA, Turkey (AP) Royal Dutch Shell on Wednesday signed a deal with Turkish state-run petroleum company, TPAO, to search for oil and gas offshore in the Mediterranean and onshore in Turkey’s southeast region. The deal allows the companies to search for oil and natural gas and to produce and share [...]
Motiva refinery expansion workers being cut -report
HOUSTON Nov 22 (Reuters) – Layoffs will begin this month for construction workers on a southeast Texas refinery expansion project as the work nears completion, according to a local media report. About 500 construction workers employed on the Motiva Enterprises Port Arthur, Texas, refinery expansion were told their jobs will end this month, according to [...]
Qatar’s emir and Royal Dutch Shell formally open multibillion-dollar gas-to-liquids plant
By The Associated Press | November 22, 2011 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – European energy giant Royal Dutch Shell says Qatar’s emir has inaugurated a huge facility to convert natural gas into liquid fuel. The official launch Tuesday caps years of work on the Pearl Gas-to-Liquids project at the industrial city of Ras Laffan in the gas-rich [...]
Blair and a mere ‘lapse of judgment’
Saif was a key player in Libyas campaign to renounce nuclear status and became close to leading figures after Mr Blair signed the deal in the desert in March 2004, which saw British firms such as BP and Shell sign massive contracts with the Libyans. Links: Blair and Gadaffi pictured in 2007 – will he [...]
Oil giant Shell announces new Corrib gas chief
The Irish Times – Tuesday, November 22, 2011 ÁINE RYAN SHELL HAS announced the appointment of a new managing director at the Corrib gas project. The communique came as local protest groups yesterday declined an invitation to contribute to a joint Oireachtas committee hearing on offshore resources and their exploration. Michael Crothers is a Canadian [...]
Blair’s ‘deal in the desert’ with Gadaffi paved the way for Shell and BP contracts
The release happened after Blair’s notorious “deal in the desert” with Muammar Gadaffi paving the way for multi- million-pound oil contracts with Shell and BP. (Saif al-Islam Gadaffi – above right) THE SUNDAY TIMES Headline: Gadaffi son may spill British secrets Sunday 20 November 2011 Marie Colvin and Dipesh Gadher THE London-educated Saif al-Islam Gadaffi, [...]
Shell Could Replace Exxon in Southern Iraq
NOVEMBER 21, 2011 By HASSAN HAFIDH BAGHDADThe Iraqi oil ministry could ask Royal Dutch Shell PLC to develop Iraq’s supergiant West Qurna Phase 1 oil field in southern Iraq, if the government decides to terminate Exxon Mobil Corp.’s contract after it signed a deal to explore for oil in the Kurdish region of the country, [...]
TPAO has reached an agreement with Royal Dutch Shell to explore for oil and gas off of Turkeys Mediterranean coast
Balkan Business News Correspondent – 21.11.2011 Turkeys state-owned oil company, Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), has reached an agreement with Royal Dutch Shell to explore for oil and gas off of Turkeys Mediterranean coast. The deal between TPAO and the Dutch oil giant covers drilling in the maritime zones off of Turkeys southern province of Antalya. [...]
Pressure mounts on Shell, Telecos, to list on NSE
MONDAY 21 December 2011: Pressure is mounting on the Federal Government and its agencies to compel telecom firms like giant MTN, GLO, Airtel, Etisalat and oil producing firms like Shell and Exxon Mobil, to list their shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, following the clamour to broaden access to their ownership, Business Day has learnt.
Secret saga behind a 9 billion barrel block in Nigeria
From AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE 24 AUGUST 2011 After ten years of maneuvering and court cases, Shell ended up by offering to buy Malabu Oil & Gas’ offshore block OPL 245 (see our report in AE1 656). The stakes in the game were indeed high. lying alongside Total’s Akpo block, the acreage could contain up to [...]
U.S. Plans New Sanctions Against Irans Oil Industry
By MARK LANDLER and ALAN COWELL A version of this article appeared in print on November 19, 2011, on page A8 of the New York edition. WASHINGTON The Obama administration plans to impose a new round of sanctions against Irans petrochemical industry, a Western official briefed on the plans said Friday, less than two [...]
Nigeria: Dutch Cabinet – Country Should Clean Up Oil Spills
Hélène Michaud: 18 November 2011 Cleaning up extensive oil pollution in the Niger Delta is the primary responsibility of the Nigerian government, Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal told a parliamentary commission on Thursday. He was supported by the Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs, Henk Bleker, who pointed out that the Nigerian government, like all governments, [...]
Shell Is Welcome Barbarian in Chinas Shale Gas
The big question is: Can Shell keep riding this tiger? What prevents PetroChinas parent, CNPC, from exploiting the Western producer for what it wants and then tossing it aside or perhaps even taking it over?
Groups file again to block Chukchi drilling
November 18, 2011 at 1:56 pm by Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska A 2008 lease sale in the Chukchi Sea off Alaskas northwest coast remains legally flawed and should be cancelled, Alaska Native and environmental groups say in a court filing. Earthjustice attorney Erik Grafe said Thursday the sale does did not follow federal environmental [...]
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