Image courtesy NASA/GSFC/JPL, MISR Team Eye on the Arctic: April 16, 2013 Although Royal Dutch Shell has announced a hiatus this summer for exploring the Beaufort Sea and Arctic Ocean off of Alaska, the energy giant isn’t slowing down. Shell has signed an agreement with Russian energy giant Gazprom, allowing it to explore and develop [...]
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Gazprom and Shell Agree Partnership in Arctic
Published April 09, 2013 by Dow Jones Newswires Russia’s natural gas monopoly OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) and the Netherlands’ Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) have agreed to jointly explore and produce offshore hydrocarbon resources in the Russian Arctic, Gazprom said in a statement released late Monday. The agreements cover the exploration and development of hydrocarbons in [...]
Gazprom, Shell to develop Arctic oil fields
The Associated Press: 8 April 2013 MOSCOW — Energy giants Gazprom and Royal Dutch Shell PLC have agreed to jointly develop offshore Arctic oil fields, Russian media reported Monday. The companies will develop the Severo-Vrangelevsky field in the Chukchi Sea and the Severo-Zapadny field in the Pechora Sea. Russian Energy Minister Sergei Donskoy was quoted [...]
Shell to sign Russian Arctic deal with Gazprom Neft, Kremlin reveals
Royal Dutch Shell is poised for a fresh attempt at Arctic oil exploration through a deal with Russia’s Gazprom Neft, the Kremlin revealed on Thursday night. By Emily Gosden: 7:54PM BST 04 Apr 2013 The companies are preparing to sign an agreement that will cover joint offshore drilling in the Russian Arctic as well [...]
Gazprom Neft, Shell to team up on shale oil, Arctic
By Alexei Anishchuk MOSCOW, April 4 | Thu Apr 4, 2013 11:16am EDT (Reuters) – Gazprom Neft and Royal Dutch Shell will agree to drill for shale oil in Western Siberia and explore Russia’s Arctic shelf when President Vladimir Putin visits the Netherlands next week, the Kremlin said. The deals underscore the Kremlin’s drive to [...]
Gazprom Neft to Bring Shell Into Shale Oil, Offshore Projects
By Olga Tanas & Stephen Bierman – Apr 4, 2013 4:00 PM GMT+0100 OAO Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russia’s natural gas exporter, plans to expand its partnership with Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) to develop shale oil in Siberia and Arctic offshore blocks, according to a Kremlin official. Gazprom Neft and Shell will [...]
Shell bets big on Ukrainian shale gas
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (UPI) — Shell Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser said there is significant shale natural gas potential in Ukraine. Voser told the BBC on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that Shell signed a 50-year production sharing contract to explore shale natural gas reserves in Ukraine. Ukraine is [...]
How Chris Finlayson bungled the Mother of all Projects: Sakhalin II
Chris Finlayson representing Shell and Alexander Medvedev, Gazprom’s Vice Chairman By John Donovan Chris Finlayson, the newly appointed Chief Executive of BG Group, held a leadership position in Shell’s Sakhalin II project in Russia from September 2005 to September 2009. The venture was described as “the Mother of all Projects” by the Financial Times. We [...]
The loose cannon from Sakhalin Energy
“I appreciate your intent but I think you are taking significant risks for your own safety with these emails. I strongly suggest you leave these things behind you and look for other opportunities and the future. Just forget about this as it is not worth it!” By John Donovan Our new Sakhalin source, whose identity [...]
Donovans mud throwing campaign against Shell
“It looks like the Donovans, the Royal Dutch Shell humiliators and mud throwing campaign initiators, the donors of cheat and steal approach are indemnified, otherwise they could have been sued for their below the belt statements derogating human dignity and respect. And the methods they use are outrageous examples of brainwashing of the people not [...]
Selection of links published 4 November 2012
Selection of links to articles of potential interest, kindly provided by a regular contributor Former Shell CEO Urges Gasoline Rationing Plan CNBC.com (blog)-Nov 1, 2012: A system to limit gasoline purchases should be considered to curb long lines at service stations for future natural disasters, former Shell Oil … Shell Oil continues cleanup near Wood [...]
Selection of Article Links: 24 October 2012
Selection of article links supplied by a regular contributor Study for Shell’s Jackpine Oil Sands Mine Predicts ‘Unprecedented … Inside Climate News-Oct 22, 2012 Study for Shell’s Jackpine Oil Sands Mine Predicts ‘Unprecedented’ Losses in Animal Habitat (Edmonton Journal) · Methane Found in Drinking … Shell’s Tar Sands Expansion Could Be Illegal SustainableBusiness.com-Oct 22, 2012 [...]
Russia ‘Off Limits’ to Big Oil After BP Wins Putin’s Approval
By Joe Carroll and Edward Klump on October 22, 2012 Now that BP Plc (BP/) has partnered with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to oversee the world’s second-biggest oil industry, other international energy companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) and Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) are facing dwindling access to one of the last untapped troves [...]
Shell’s pipeline costs overflow to $22bn
From our October 2005 Shell news archive The Observer: Shell’s pipeline costs overflow to $22bn “The financial crisis has prompted Gazprom, the state-owned Russian energy giant, to delay rubber-stamping a deal that would see it take a 25 per cent stake in Sakhalin-2.”: “Shell is desperately trying to secure bank loans to help finance Sakhalin-2, [...]
Shell thought Gazprom would just be a junior partner in Sakhalin II
FROM OUR SHELL NEWS ARCHIVE SEPT 2005 MarketWatch: Shell CEO says no Gazprom asset swap delay, seen finalized 2006 “In July, Shell announced a preliminary swap deal with Gazprom that would give the Russian gas giant up to 25% in the Sakhalin II project in exchange for a 50% interest in its massive Zapolyarnoye-Neocomian gas [...]
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