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June 1st, 2012:

Oil divorce

The cash pile potentially could also make BP a merger/bid target again, with old sparring partners Shell a possibility.

ALEX BRUMMER: Dark financial clouds over the Diamond Jubilee

By Alex Brummer: PUBLISHED: 22:06, 1 June 2012

Oil divorce

Political risk is part of what oil companies do. So it is somewhat surprising that BP’s board, chaired by keen yachtsman Carl-Henric Svanberg, has decided to cut and run from TNK-BP.

This despite the fact that it has been such a profitable asset, helping to keep the cash flowing while the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster has been playing itself out.

However, the relationship with Mikhail Fridman and the other oligarchs running AAR, BP’s Russian partner, has become toxic. The constant threat of legal action against BP is an uncertainty it could do without, and the TNK-BP relationship has proved a bar to keeping on the right side of President Putin’s autarchy and in particular Rosneft and the path to Arctic exploration.
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Motiva upgrade makes it largest U.S. refinery

Replacing the traditional ribbon cutting, officials turn a symbolic valve to signal the opening of Motiva’s expansion project in Port Arthur. It’s a joint venture of Shell and Saudi Aramco. Photo: Guiseppe Barranco / The Beaumont Enterprise

Motiva upgrade makes it largest U.S. refinery

By Emily Pickrell,By Emily Pickrell: Houston Chronicle

Published 08:23 p.m., Thursday, May 31, 2012

PORT ARTHUR – With the turn of a ceremonial valve Thursday, dignitaries marked the startup of an expanded Motiva refinery – underscoring Royal Dutch Shell‘s commitment not to imitate rival oil giants that have spun off their refining operations. read more

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Shell opens talks about a return to Nigeria’s troubled Ogoni region

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The Independent: Shell opens talks about a return to Nigeria’s troubled Ogoni region

By Rachel Stevenson

01 June 2005

More than 12 years since it fled the Nigerian region of Ogoni in fear at the growing violence towards its operations from the local population, oil giant Shell has reopened talks with the people of the Ogoni about a possible return.

Representatives of the Ogoni people, the Nigerian federal and state governments, and Shell have all pledged to attempt reconciliation in an effort to bring stability to the Ogoni region. Since 1990, Ogoni has been dogged by violence, crime, corruption, and poverty. read more

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Nigeria: Malabu Deal – Representatives to Probe FG, Shell, Agip

By Edegbe Odemwingie, 1 June 2012

In what federal lawmakers described as a “national embarrassment”, the House of Representatives yesterday launched an inquest into the role played by the federal government and two multinational oil giants (Agip and Shell) in the alleged round tripping of proceeds in the sale of the contentious OPL 245 in favour of Malabu Oil and Gas Limited.

This comes after reports fingered top presidency officials of perpetuating one of the biggest financial heists in the country’s history, following the out of court settlement between the listed parties, and the subsequent payment of $1.1 billion USD to Malabu Oil and Gas. read more

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Shell hopes for to drill in Alaska by summer

May 31, 2012, 3:05 p.m. EDT

By Ben Lefebvre

PORT ARTHUR, Texas -(MarketWatch)- Royal Dutch Shell PLC RDS.A -1.89% hopes to be drilling for oil offshore Alaska by the summer, Chief Executive Peter Voser said Thursday.

The move to drill in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea would help the oil giant gain advantage in the global race to tap Arctic energy resources. The plan is “progressing very well,” Voser said. “With the support of regulators and local communities, we are working toward drilling by summer.” read more

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Ogoninews.com

Hello,

I wish to introduce to you: http://ogoninews.comThis website reports breaking news and events in Ogoniland Nigeria.

You will find this website very useful particularly in respect of Shell’s activities in Ogoni, ongoing land grab crisis and disputes regarding the non-implementation of the UNEP report in Ogoniland.

Best wishes,
Fegalo Nsuke

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Brazil court nixes request for Shell, BASF deposit

Brazil court nixes request for Shell, BASF deposit

Published May 31, 2012 Associated Press

BRASILIA, Brazil –  A Brazilian court has rejected a request from prosecutors that Shell Brasil SA and chemical company BASF SA deposit $500 million into a fund for workers allegedly contaminated at an agricultural chemicals plant.

Thursday’s ruling says the companies don’t have to make any deposit until a final decision is made in a continuing class-action lawsuit.

Prosecutors asked that the Royal Dutch Shell PLC subsidiary and Germany-based BASF SE subsidiary pay $500 million into an account now so it could immediately be available once a higher court rules. read more

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Motiva completes $10 billion Gulf Coast JV refinery expansion

Motiva completes $10 billion Gulf Coast JV refinery expansion

By Kristen Hays and Erwin Seba

PORT ARTHUR, Texas | Thu May 31, 2012 4:08pm EDT

(Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) and Saudi Aramco unveiled the $10 billion expansion of their joint-venture Motiva Enterprises Texas Gulf Coast refinery on Thursday as it neared its top capacity, taking the crown as the largest in the U.S.

“This ambitious expansion creates this country’s largest refinery and one of the most advanced anywhere,” said Shell Chief Executive Peter Voser under a huge party tent next to the churning plant. read more

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U.S. Oil Boom Prompts Motiva to Change Port Arthur Strategy

By Dan Murtaugh and Barbara J Powell – May 31, 2012 8:03 PM GMT

Motiva Enterprises LLC had to adjust its strategy for the $10 billion expansion of the Port Arthur, Texas, refinery because of a boom in U.S. oil production, Bob Pease, the company’s chief executive officer, said.

Pease, Saudi Arabian Oil Co. CEO Khalid Al-Falih and Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) CEO Peter Voser were all in Port Arthur today to show off the expanded plant, which more than doubled capacity to 600,000 barrels a day. read more

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