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March, 2010:

Pending decision by Scottish legal authorities on prosecuting Shell

EMAIL UPDATE FROM BILL CAMPBELL, FORMER HSE GROUP AUDITOR, SHELL INTERNATIONAL, ON  PENDING DECISION BY SCOTTISH LEGAL AUTHORITY ON POSSIBLE PROSECUTION AGAINST SHELL

From: [email protected]
Date: 24 March 2010 10:32:37 GMT
To: [email protected]
Subject: Update

John

The most recent update of yesterday.  I was aware of the delay caused by the illness of Andrew Grant who is currently a senior public prosecutor for Central region based in Stirling.  My assumption is that the Crown Office (or more specifically I guess the Lord Advocate) will make a decision based on the report to prosecute or otherwise.  Prosecution proceedings in Scotland, similar to England, are entered into under two criteria read more

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Shell and China’s CNPC sign 30-year gas discovery deal

BBC NEWS

Royal Dutch Shell has strengthened its ties in China with a 30-year deal to explore for natural gas in the country.

The Anglo-Dutch energy giant will partner China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) in the project.

The deal follow’s this week’s joint bid with PetroChina, owned by CNPC, for Australia’s Arrow Energy gas company.

Shell has been expanding its search for gas assets rapidly, and the deal secures the company a strong presence in resource-hungry China.

Under the agreement, which still needs clearance from the Beijing government, Shell and CNPC will initially search for gas in a 4,000 sq km area in the Sichuan province. read more

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ROYAL DUTCH/SHELL LOOKED AT THE FUTURE AND DIDN’T LIKE THE VIEW

(LOOK BACK AT AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED DURING THE LAST TRANSFORMATION AT SHELL)

WHY IS THE WORLD’S MOST PROFITABLE COMPANY TURNING ITSELF INSIDE OUT? ROYAL DUTCH/SHELL LOOKED AT THE FUTURE AND DIDN’T LIKE THE VIEW. NOW IT IS CHANGING EVERYTHING FROM THE WAY ITS MANAGERS ACT TO THE WAY IT DOES BUSINESS.

By JANET GUYON REPORTER ASSOCIATE WILTON WOODS August 4, 1997

(FORTUNE Magazine) – By all the usual measures, Royal Dutch/Shell should be sitting on top of the world. For the third year in a row it leads the Global 500 in total profits, having earned a staggering $8.9 billion in 1996. The company’s stock has been shining too. Since 1992 Shell has pumped out a 20% average annual total return. All of which makes it surprising to learn that this prosperous behemoth is, in fact, suffering a soul-shattering midlife crisis. read more

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Start-up Turns Sugar Beets Into Alternative to Gasoline

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

TUESDAY MARCH 23, 2010

By RUSSELL GOLD

A biofuels start-up, working with oil giant Royal Dutch Shell PLC, has begun turning sugar beets into a gasoline substitute compatible with existing engines and pipelines.

Virent Energy Systems Inc. is expected to say Tuesday that its process of converting plants into liquid fuels is working at a 10,000-gallon-a-year pilot site in Madison, Wisc. “At today’s crude-oil and biomass costs, our process is competitive,” says Lee Edwards, Virent’s chief executive. read more

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Shell Signs Natural-Gas Deal With CNPC

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

By SHAI OSTER

BEIJING — China National Petroleum Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Tuesday announced plans to jointly develop and produce natural gas in China’s Sichuan basin, the Anglo-Dutch giant’s second gas venture in China.

In a statement, Shell said the companies have submitted a production sharing contract to the Chinese government for approval.

The agreement comes more than a year after Shell began discussing with CNPC a production sharing contract for the Jinqiu gas field. CNPC is China’s largest oil and gas company by output. read more

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Malcolm Brinded OPL 245 Email 22 March 2010 15.50

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Royal Dutch Shell Nazi Controversy

The continuing use of the Nazi story at the top of the page and now the tabloid add-on about “hinting” Shell is involved with Taliban and road side bombs is a story too far Mr.D.

POSTING ON SHELL BLOG

MUSAINT
on Monday Mar 22nd, 2010 9:29 am

The continuing use of the Nazi story at the top of the page and now the tabloid add-on about “hinting” Shell is involved with Taliban and road side bombs is a story too far Mr.D. Way over the top and downgrades this website very badly indeed. Yes it’s your website but trying to taint Shell for all the worlds problems by linking them to governments they operate in is ridiculous.

REPLY TO MUSAINT BY JOHN DONOVAN read more

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Shell pipelines attacked in Nigeria

Published: March. 22, 2010 at 10:41 AM

ABUJA, Nigeria, March 22 (UPI) — Nigerian rebels in the oil-rich Niger Delta took responsibility for an explosion at a pipeline operated by Royal Dutch Shell in the south of the country.

The Joint Revolutionary Council said its militants in Buguma in the south of Nigeria “attacked and exploded” the Shell pipeline, CNN International reported.

Shell said it couldn’t confirm the explosion but it had been informed of the JRC claims. read more

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PetroChina, Shell to Export 8 Million Tons/Yr of LNG from Curtis

BusinessWeek Logo

March 22 (Bloomberg) — PetroChina Co. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc plan to export up to 8 million tons per year of LNG from the proposed Curtis Island plant in Australia, the Chinese company’s project manager, Aiji Ge, said in a statement today.

The companies will make a final investment decision on the plant by 2012, according to the statement.

To contact the reporter on this story: Baizhen Chua in Beijing at [email protected]

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Beelin Ang at [email protected] read more

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Arrow’s Davies hits target with sweetened Shell bid

REUTERS

Fayen Wong PERTH Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:27am EDT

(Reuters) – When Nicholas Davies joined Brisbane-based Arrow Energy Ltd as chief executive in 2004, he was charged with growing the then junior explorer into one of Australia’s top coal seam gas producers by 2010.

Six years on, Arrow holds the largest coal seam gas acreage in Australia with plans to roll out the world’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant using the unconventional gas resource, drawing energy giants Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina to launch a friendly takeover offer. read more

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Australia’s Arrow accepts Shell, PetroChina bid

Associated Press, 03.21.10, 08:30 PM EDT

SYDNEY — Arrow Energy Ltd., a major owner of gas assets in Australia, has agreed to a sweetened takeover bid from Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina Co. worth Australian dollars 3.44 billion ($3.15).

The deal comes as Australia ramps up major natural gas projects in response to booming demand from China and elsewhere as a less polluting fuel than coal to drive power generators. read more

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Shell, PetroChina Win Arrow With Sweetened $3.2 Billion Offer

March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc and PetroChina Co. agreed to buy Arrow Energy Ltd. after increasing their offer to A$3.5 billion ($3.2 billion), marking China’s entry to Australia’s coal-seam gas industry.

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Iranian regime, Shell’s business partners, train Taliban to use roadside bombs

Times Online

THE SUNDAY TIMES March 21, 2010

Iranians train Taliban to use roadside bombs

Miles Amoore Kabul

TALIBAN commanders have revealed that hundreds of insurgents have been trained in Iran to kill Nato forces in Afghanistan. read more

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China May Be Among World’s Top Gas Markets by 2020, Shell Says

By Bloomberg News

March 20 (Bloomberg) — China may become of the world’s biggest natural gas markets by 2020 as the country seeks to reduce its carbon intensity by increasing the use of cleaner burning fuel, Royal Dutch Shell Plc Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser (above) said today at a forum in Beijing.

Shell is working together with PetroChina Co., the nation’s largest oil producer, to seek new energy sources in China, Voser said, according to a Web cast of the conference on the Web site of the official People’s Daily in the Chinese language. read more

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Oilsands top producer for Royal Dutch Shell

Citizen Staff and news services March 20, 2010 3:07 AM

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, which plans to produce oil from Canada’s oilsands for 40 years, earned 67 per cent more from operations in Alberta than from projects elsewhere between 2005 and 2009. The company earned $20 U.S. a barrel from oilsand mining on average, more than the $12 a barrel it gained from extraction projects excluding oilsands, The Hague-based Shell said in a report posted this week on its website. Oilsands contributed $3.1 billion to Shell’s earnings in the period. Shareholders have demanded a review of the risks of the oilsands projects at annual meetings in April. read more

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Shell in Mexican Gulf oil find

Financial Times

By Sheila McNulty in Houston

Published: March 19 2010 22:33

Royal Dutch Shell has announced a “significant new oil discovery” in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico that has the potential to be a hub.

The discovery, located in the Appomattox prospect in 2,200 metres of water, follows three notable discoveries by Shell in the Gulf last year.

Shell is operator of the prospect, holding an 80 per cent interest, with partner Nexen holding 20 per cent.

FULL FT ARTICLE

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