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Shell looks at $4B in possible projects in Nigeria

Associated Press: Published April 18, 2012 LAGOS, Nigeria –  Royal Dutch Shell PLC is considering $4 billion worth of onshore projects in Nigeria to help capture natural gas currently burning at oil wells that contribute to global warming and can sicken those living nearby, the company’s CEO said Wednesday. CEO Peter Voser also said Shell’s [...]

Shell Says Speeding Up Work on Using Flared Iraqi Natural Gas

Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) said it’s speeding up work on a project to capture natural gas from oilfields in southern Iraq and that it has signed an initial agreement to develop a petrochemical plant based on ethane. “All hands on deck to catch up with time lost” after more than a year of negotiations [...]

Showa Shell renews oil deal with Iran

Japan’s Showa Shell cuts Iran oil imports, renews deal-sources By Osamu Tsukimori TOKYO, April 18 (Reuters) – Japan’s top buyer of Iranian crude Showa Shell Sekiyu KK has renewed its annual oil purchase deal with Iran but cut the volume in line with other Japanese refiners to comply with U.S. sanctions, trade sources said on [...]

US Oil Spill Commission Progress Report 17 April 2012

Cover photo credits (left to right, top to bottom): U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, Marine Well Containment Company, U.S. Government, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard. Frontier Areas—The Arctic  (from page 2) Although there has been some progress in implementing the Commission’s recommendations concerning frontier areas, we feel strongly that [...]

The Big Spill, Two Years Later

(Their report also includes a strong note of caution about dangers of drilling in the Arctic, where harsh conditions would present even more difficult challenges in the event of a spill.) Editorial The Big Spill, Two Years Later A version of this editorial appeared in print on April 18, 2012, on page A26 of the [...]