September, 2009:

Gazprom, Shell May Expand Cooperation On Sakhalin Shelf – Prime-Tass

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009, 12:28 P.M. ET

MOSCOW (Dow Jones)–Russian natural gas monopoly OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) and Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) may expand cooperation on the shelf off Russia’s Sakhalin Island, Gazprom said in a statement Friday, following a meeting of Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and Royal Dutch Shell CEO Peter Voser, Prime-Tass news agency reports.

Voser and Miller have agreed to set up a working group to work on issues related to the development of the Sakhalin deposits, Gazprom said. read more

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Shell Game? DOJ Probing Former Interior Sec.s Oil-Company Dealings

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

September 18, 2009, 9:08 AM ET

By Ashby Jones

Gale Norton, a secretary of the interior in the Bush Administration, now works as an in-house lawyer in Denver for Royal Dutch Shell. In 2006, while she was still in office, her department granted three tracts in Colorado to a Shell subsidiary for shale exploration. Also while in office, she reportedly had conversations with the oil company about future employment.

Was her discussing potential job opportunities at the time illegal? The Justice Department is investigating. Click here for the NYT article, here for the WSJ story, here for the LA Times piece that broke the story. read more

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Gale Norton at centre of corruption inquiry over oil-shale awards to Shell

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Justice Dept. Investigates Ex-Officials Ties to Shell

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THE NEW YORK TIMES

By NEIL A. LEWIS Photograph: Stephen Crowley/The New York Times: Gale A. Norton, who now works for Royal Dutch Shell. WASHINGTON The Justice Department is investigating whether a former secretary of the interior, Gale A. Norton, violated the law by granting valuable leases to Royal Dutch Shell around the time she was considering going to work for the company after she left office, officials said Thursday.

The officials said investigators had recently turned up information suggesting that Ms. Norton had had discussions while in office with Royal Dutch Shell about future career opportunities. In early 2006, Ms. Nortons department awarded three tracts in Colorado to a Shell subsidiary for shale exploration. In December 2006, she joined Shell as the companys general counsel in the United States for unconventional oils, a company spokeswoman said.

The existence of a federal criminal investigation was first reported Thursday by The Los Angeles Times. read more

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Shell ‘unhappy’ with contempt ruling

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A DISTRICT Court judge who recently ruled that Shell EP Ireland was in contempt of court was told yesterday the company was very unhappy with her judgment and wished it to be clarified by the High Court.

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Shell conciliatory as Greenpeace protest ends

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Shell Canada is succeeding where Edmonton and Ottawa have largely failed to date: it is trying to engage environmental groups to discuss Alberta's oilsands.

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Gale Norton investigation: the Stink of Royal Dutch Shell Corruption

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The criminal investigation by the US Justice Department into former Interior Secretary Gale Norton and the award of oil shale leases to the oil company Shell, which subsequently became her employer, comes as no surprise. The stink of corruption is long-lasting, as Shell is aware.

For more than two years, I have publicly drawn attention to this subject, including comments posted on a Denver Post article.

One moment Norton was the head of a US government department negotiating multibillion dollar agreements with Shell, the next (months later) she was working for Shell. This was blatantly improper and against the public interest. It smelt to high heaven.
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Criminal investigation by US Justice Dept into Shell multibillion dollar oil shale deal

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Former Interior Secretary Gale Norton is focus of corruption probe

The Justice Department investigation centers on a 2006 decision to award oil shale leases in Colorado to a Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary. Months later, the oil giant hired Norton as a legal counsel.

By Jim Tankersley and Josh Meyer

September 17, 2009

Reporting from Washington – The Justice Department is investigating whether former Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton illegally used her position to benefit Royal Dutch Shell PLC, the company that later hired her, according to officials in federal law enforcement and the Interior Department.

The criminal investigation centers on the Interior Department’s 2006 decision to award three lucrative oil shale leases on federal land in Colorado to a Shell subsidiary. Over the years it would take to extract the oil, according to calculations from Shell and a Rand Corp. expert, the deal could net the company hundreds of billions of dollars. read more

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U.S. Ending Oil-Royalty Program After Sex and Drugs Scandal Involving Shell

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By JOHN M. BRODER Published: September 16, 2009

WASHINGTON The Interior Department is ending the oil and gas royalty program that ignited a major scandal last year when it was revealed that federal employees had engaged in corruption, drug use and sexual misconduct with industry officials.

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, shown here on Monday, said on Wednesday that his department is to phase out an oil and gas royalty program that ignited a major corruption scandal last year.

The Interior secretary, Ken Salazar, told a House committee on Wednesday morning that he was phasing out the royalty-in-kind program administered by the agencys Minerals Management Service. The program allows oil companies to pay the government in oil and gas rather than in cash for the right to drill on federal lands. Recent audits have shown that the government failed to collect tens of millions of dollars in royalties owed under the program. read more

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Shell runs oil sands mine as protest enters day 2

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CALGARY, Alberta, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) said on Wednesday its Muskeg River oil sands mine in northern Alberta was operating at full production as an environmental protest at the site entered its second day.

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Job Cut Rumors Circulating Inside Royal Dutch Shell…

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It is no secret that Shell is planning major job cuts.

Royal Dutch Shell CEO Pete Voser first warned of job cuts months ago but has not been forthcoming on details.

The long delay has led to numerous press articles on the subject. Just days ago the Times reported that up to 10,000 jobs are expected to go.

This has all naturally led to speculation and rumor.

Here are some currently in circulation…

Some people apparently are whispering about cullings of 20-30% in Rijswijk and head office in The Hague… read more

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Motivaman for president!

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Motiva Enterprises LLC Convent Refinery

Overnight postings by Motivaman

OK, lets talk a little about a few things going on at Motiva, Convent.

First, my last post, which was over a month ago, was about a salary person violating a few of the 12 rules and nothing being done about it. Well another salary guy was caught violating the 12 rules, he was caught taking pictures in a unit without signing in or having a permit. This time Motiva terminated the employee. He was caught violating only one rule unlike the prior incident. Why was this treated different? No one knows. We have a definite inconsistency in the discipline of these rules. I hate for anyone to loose their job, but I think this the handling of this is more along the lines of what should have been done with the prior incident. I have heard the guy whom was let go last week has lawyered up and will sue because he was fired while others were not. Motiva management is playing favorites and I’m glad they are about to get burnt! read more

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SHELL JOY OVER £22BN GAS PROJECT LAUNCH

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Tuesday September 15,2009

By David Craik

OIL giant Royal Dutch Shell hailed a great milestone yesterday as it gave the green light to the construction of the worlds biggest liquid natural gas project.

Shell, along with partners Chevron and ExxonMobil, said the much-delayed Gorgon LNG project off the coast of Western Australia would be built at a lower than expected cost of $37billion (£22.2billion) as the recent downturn in the industry bit into capital costs.

Chevron will hold a 50 per cent stake in the project, which will begin production in 2014 with an annual capacity of about 15million tonnes per year or eight per cent of the worlds LNG production. read more

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Shell to divest 15 percent of its refining assets

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Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:04pm EDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Oil major Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) plans to divest its global refining assets to the tune of around 15 percent in the next few years, a senior company official said on Tuesday.

“We are looking to reduce overall refining assets by around 15 percent,” Mark Gainsborough, Shell’s executive vice president of downstream strategy, said in a panel discussion at an industry conference.

That represents about 600,000 barrels per day. read more

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Shell halts mining as activists protest oil sands

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CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc has suspended production at its Canadian oil sands mine after environmental activists blockaded a massive dump truck and mining shovel to protest the impact of oil sands development, the company said on Tuesday.

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Shell’s female head of gas and power earned £3.9m in 2008 by resigning

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Oil company’s ‘golden goodbye’ made Linda Cook the second highest-paid businesswoman in Britain

Terry Macalister, Monday 14 September 2009 18.39 BST: guardian.co.uk

Linda Cook earned £3.9m last year, making her the second best-paid businesswoman in Britain. But the former head of gas and power at Shell only achieved the top remuneration spot after a “golden goodbye” when she left the company after 29 years’ service.

American-born Cook abruptly resigned after losing out to rival Peter Voser in the race for the chief executive role following the retirement of long-standing boss, Jeroen van der Veer. read more

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