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November 24th, 2015:

Shell handed £22,500 fine over August 2011 North Sea oil spill

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The company carried out a review of its North Sea pipeline system following the leak, which came from a subsea pipeline in the Gannet field in August 2011.

More than 200 tonnes of oil – about 1,300 barrels – entered the North Sea from the pipe about 112 miles east of Aberdeen after the problem was first detected on August 10.

The fine was handed down at Aberdeen Sheriff Court after Shell admitted two charges.

Paul Goodfellow, Shell’s upstream director, UK & Ireland, said: “We deeply regret the Gannet spill and accept the fine which has been handed down to us. read more

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Shell under fire over BG Group takeover as oil price slump continues

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Robin Pagnamenta Energy Editor: November 24 2015

A leading Royal Dutch Shell shareholder has urged it to consider renegotiating the terms of its £43 billion takeover of BG Group.

It said that circumstances had “changed so much” since the proposed deal was announced in April that Shell should cut the price. Figures show that investors are betting more heavily on further falls in the oil price than at any time for more than a year. read more

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Gas Field quakes hit Dutch dykes

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Screen Shot 2015-11-24 at 08.13.11Senay Boztas AMSTERDAM: 22 Nov 2015: Sunday Times

THE Dutch are being forced to earthquake-proof their dykes after a spate of tremors blamed on the effects of extracting gas from the vast field running beneath the country.

Although Holland lies far from any big geological fault lines, half a century of exploitation of the Groningen field – Europe’s largest – is blamed for causing about 50 earthquakes a year.

The government is considering how much it should reduce lucrative gas production, which has been a mainstay of the Dutch economy throughout the financial crisis. read more

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