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Shell signs letter of intent for Chinese LNG terminal

  BEIJING, June 13 | Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:01am EDT (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell has signed a letter of intent with a private Chinese energy firm to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in east China, a Shell China official said on Thursday. The pact, though non-binding, marks a rare cooperation [...]

Oil executives tune out the call of the wild Arctic

The Arctic may hold 13 percent of the world’s undiscovered oil and 30 percent of its gas, but a series of blunders and failures there are making executives fight shy of such a sensitive area and turn their attention back to more conventional resources and the shale revolution. The turning point likely came on New [...]

Shell says hunt for new CEO is underway

By Andrew Callus THE HAGUE | Tue May 21, 2013 9:35am EDT (Reuters) – The hunt for Royal Dutch Shell’s (RDSa.L) next chief executive is underway, its chairman said on Tuesday, after CEO Peter Voser made what could be his last appearance at the oil group’s annual shareholder meeting. Voser announced his surprise decision three [...]

By 2023, a Changed World in Energy

By 2023, a Changed World in Energy By CLIFFORD KRAUSS: A version of this article appeared in print on April 25, 2013, on page F1 of the New York edition HOUSTON IF you could close your eyes for just a moment like Rip Van Winkle, and blink them open in 2023, you might see a [...]

Shell Plans to Spend $1 Billion on China Shale Gas Development

By Bloomberg News – Mar 26, 2013 8:09 AM GMT Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) will spend $1 billion developing Chinas shale gas reserves, according to Peter Voser, the companys chief executive. Shell has won government approval for its production sharing contract with China National Petroleum Corp., the nations biggest oil and gas company, Voser [...]

Selection of links to Shell related articles 14 March 2013

Selection of links to Shell related articles kindly supplied by a regular contributor Royal Dutch Shell suspected to have unlawfully resumed oil …: spyghana.com-Feb 26, 2013: Shell Oil should note that it vowed when it’s stopped from operating in … to Shell’s position on its Website, We are judged by how we act our [...]

Shell Sees Major Advance in China Shale Output Within Two Years

BY SIMON HALL SINGAPORERoyal Dutch Shell said it may be less than two years away from a major advance in shale gas production in China, bringing the country closer to being the first outside of North America to cash in on technology that has transformed the U.S. energy industry. Unlocking the gas trapped inside China’s [...]

Deep-Sea Drilling Muddies Political Waters

A deep-water drilling rig in the South China Sea operated by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or Cnooc. Photo Credit Jin Liangkuai/Xinhua, via Associated Press By KATE GALBRAITH: A version of this article appeared in print on February 7, 2013, in The International Herald Tribune. AUSTIN, Tex. The oceans deep are a repository [...]

Shell to Boost Exploration Spending

January 31, 2013 Falling profits at Royal Dutch Shell last year could be explained by volatile oil and gas prices. But Heard on the Street’s Andrew Peaple reckons economies of scale may no longer be working for the oil behemoth. LONDONU.K.-listed oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell RDSB.LN-2.73% PLC Thursday said it would increase [...]

Selection of Shell related article links 19 January 2013

Selection of Shell related article links kindly supplied by a regular contributor Scope of damage to Shell drill vessel more clear: Alaska Dispatch-The Kulluk, a floating rig that’s been used in Shell’s offshore oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s Arctic, suffered damage “consistent with what is … The Cordova Times – Opinion: We’ve been warned: [...]

Selection of links to Shell related articles

LINKS TO SHELL RELATED ARTICLES KINDLY SUPPLIED BY A REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR, A FORMER SHELL EMPLOYEE Jordan, Shell sign memo to explore oil: Equities.com: AMMAN, Dec 08, 2012 (Xinhua via COMTEX) — Jordan has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Shell oil company to explore oil in Sirhan and … Shell’s US chief sees Obama [...]

Development challenge of Kazakhstan’s giant oilfield

Kashagan a giant offshore oil field in the Caspian Sea – The project is better known (in Shell circles) as Cash all gone 7 December 2012 By Rayhan Demytrie BBC News, Kashagan oil field, Kazakhstan t has cost $46bn (28.8bn) to develop Kazakhstan’s most ambitious project, Kashagan – a giant offshore oil field in [...]

Shell Shifts Gas Business to Singapore on Asia Demand Growth

By Eduard Gismatullin and Winnie Zhu on December 05, 2012 Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA), Europes biggest oil producer, plans to move its natural-gas business to Singapore from The Hague in response to growing demand for liquefied natural gas in Asia. We see the major gas trading, the growth of the gas market, the growth [...]

Shell to Offer More LNG to Power Ships, Trucks on Cheap U.S. Gas

By Eduard Gismatullin on December 03, 2012 Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) is expanding plans to make liquefied natural gas a fuel for ships and trucks as Europes largest energy producer looks to profit from the cheapness of U.S. gas compared with oil. Shell, where gas production overtook oil for the first time this year, [...]

Selection of Shell related articles 23 November 2012

John, Here is today’s selection of Shell related articles for your readers: Exxon warning adds to Nigeria oil output problems: Reuters-Nov 21, 2012-Royal Dutch Shell lifted on Wednesday its force majeure on Nigeria’s benchmark Bonny Light crude oil exports, easing some of the supply … Shell to Invest in China: Zacks.com-One of the largest oil [...]