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Oil vessel, nine crew released in Nigeria

Security sources in Nigeria had said the vessel was on its way to a Royal Dutch Shell offshore oilfield at the time of the attack.

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OPEC Cuts Biting Into Oil Cos’ Output Growth Areas

In early November, Anglo-Dutch Royal Dutch Shell PLC, the world’s second largest oil company, was the first to disclose it was hurt by an OPEC cut, when it called force majeure on some of its Nigerian crude exports

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Conditions ripe for a reshuffle of energy sector pack

A “mega-merger”, between BP and Royal Dutch Shell, for example, would be a phenomenally complex transaction, creating a company with almost 200,000 employees and rousing huge political and antitrust concerns.

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How will Shell respond to the threat of an ExxonMobil takeover?

Given the likely horror in London and The Hague and the equal dismay in Brussels we can expect some swift defensive manoeuvres to be soon under discussion. Prime amongst these has to be the oft trumpeted merger of Shell and BP into one seriously big and European managed corporation.

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It will take more than goodwill and greenwash to save the biosphere

Nor would Van der Veer give me a straight answer to another straight question: “Is there any investment you would not make on ethical grounds?” I asked this six times. He was unable to furnish me with an example.

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Royal Dutch Shell and the Nazi (updated with report of 4 day meeting between Deterding and Hitler)

LONDON, Oct. 25.-It is reported confidentially from Berlin that the object of Sir Henry Deterding’s recent visit to Chancellor Hitler at Berchtesgaden, where he stayed for four days, was to discuss the conditions for granting a monopoly to the Royal Dutch and Shell Companies of petrol distribution in Germany for a long period of years.

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Oil Curve Steeper Than ‘99 Shows Crude May Gain in ‘09 on OPEC

Shell, based in The Hague, postponed a decision to expand its Athabasca oil-sands project in Canada. Valero Energy, the largest U.S. refiner, said in October it will defer projects to cut spending by about $500 million, or 17 percent.

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USATODAY: Royal Dutch Shell, Tom Cruise, YouTube and Hitler

More than 60 years after the demise of Nazi Germany, people apparently remain fascinated by the evil deeds of Adolf Hitler and his equally evil henchmen. The new movie ‘Valkyrie‘ tells the story of the well-documented bomb plot against Hitler.

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Profit at Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s largest oil company, may drop 27 percent

Earnings at European oil companies may drop 21 percent in 2009, compared with a 4.7 percent gain last year, according to estimates. Profit at Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s largest oil company, may drop 27 percent. The company postponed projects in Canada and Australia as demand for oil declined.

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BusinessWeek says Royal Dutch Shell will buy BP

With the rapid collapse of oil prices, and the resulting financial pressures, expect two or more mergers among Big Oil. Our best guess? Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) buys troubled BP (BP), in part to avoid regulatory issues that could come from merging with a U.S. oil company.

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