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January, 2016:

Will 2016 Be Royal Dutch Shell’s Worst Year Yet?

Jan 27th, 2016
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There is a lot of pessimism regarding shares of Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS-A) (NYSE:RDS-B). Despite strong cash flow results behind its less-than-stellar earnings results, shares of Shell have been sinking faster than its Arctic drilling rigs (too soon?).

Over the past 18 months, the company has lost more than half of its market capitalization while its largest peers, ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX), have seen more modest declines.

Unlike ExxonMobil and Chevron, which are continuing with business as usual with their development plans and slowing capital budgets, Shell is also in the middle of a transformative acquisition that could shape the company’s future for decades. With that added uncertainty of what Shell will look like post BG Group merger, and oil prices in the $30 per barrel range, some investors may be wondering if 2016 will be a rough one to be a shareholder. read more

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Why the Shell-BG mega-deal was risky for the City as well as the oil giants

Jan 27th, 2016
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By Ashley Armstrong: 7:17PM GMT 27 Jan 2016

It has taken nearly 10 months, five competition regulators and 40 approvals from other global authorities. But Shell’s chief executive Ben van Beurden’s white-knuckle ride is finally drawing to a close.

On Wedensday, van Beurden won overwhelming support for the £40bn takeover from his shareholders. However, his celebrations may well be drowned out by raucous hedge funds who are cheering what one called “a very profitable trade”.

At Shell’s highly-anticipated shareholder vote in The Hague, the mood was serene, with van Beurden and chairman Charles Holliday warmly greeting shareholders, safe in the knowledge that the level of proxy vote support meant the decision was never in doubt. read more

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Shell Needs to Repay Investors Who Backed Its Biggest Ever Wager

Jan 27th, 2016
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Screen Shot 2016-01-20 at 08.29.05By Rakteem Katakey: Bloomberg.com: 27 JAN 2016 – 5.06 PM GMT

Royal Dutch Shell Plc is under pressure to reward the faith of the more than 80 percent of shareholders who shrugged off the risks from slumping oil prices to back its record acquisition of BG Group Plc. 

That won’t be easy: the rout in crude has cut the value of Europe’s biggest oil company to the lowest in more than 10 years and raised investor concerns that its dividend is unsustainable.

Chief Executive Officer Ben Van Beurden, who expended a lot of political capital convincing investors that BG will help Shell ride the downturn, has to deliver promised benefits from liquefied natural gas to deepwater oil production as billions of dollars of cash flow is choked off. read more

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Shell shareholders vote for BG Group takeover despite opposition

Jan 27th, 2016
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Terry Macalister Energy editor: Wednesday 27 January 2016 14.25 GMT

At a specially convened general meeting in The Hague on Wednesday, 83% of Shell shareholders voted for the acquisition, despite claims that the Anglo Dutch group was paying too much for its rival during a period of collapsing oil prices.

The reputation of Ben van Beurden, the Shell chief executive, was challenged by the deal, which was opposed by large sections of the City as well as leading shareholders such as Standard Life. read more

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Shell Shareholders Approve Acquisition of BG Group

Jan 27th, 2016
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Screen Shot 2016-01-26 at 08.12.50Shell Shareholders Approve Acquisition of BG Group

By STANLEY REED: JAN. 27, 2016

LONDON — In one of the first major deals struck as oil prices plummeted, Royal Dutch Shell shareholders on Wednesday approved the acquisition of the BG Group, the Britain-based oil and gas producer, for about $50 billion.

Analysts had expected major oil companies like Shell and ExxonMobil to take advantage of low prices to acquire rivals or smaller companies to strengthen their position, but there have been few big moves so far, perhaps because of the steepness of the drop in oil prices, which have fallen since the summer of 2014 to around $30 a barrel from more than $100 dollar a barrel. read more

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Shell shareholders vote in favour of £40bn BG takeover

Jan 27th, 2016
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By Jillian Ambrose: 12:35PM GMT 27 Jan 2016

Shell shareholders have given the nod to the £40bn takeover of BG Group by a strong majority.

The 83pc vote in favour of the plans paves the way for the creation of Britain’s largest public company, pending a separate vote by BG shareholders on Thursday which is widely expected back the plans.

The vote, at an extraordinary meeting in the Hague, concludes a nine month gauntlet of global regulatory hurdles, since when plunging oil prices have raised serious concerns that Shell’s offer was overpriced. read more

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Shell shareholders approve $50 billion BG takeover

Jan 27th, 2016
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Screen Shot 2015-12-23 at 09.03.45THE HAGUE | BY KAROLIN SCHAPS: Wed Jan 27, 2016 1:56pm GMT

Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) shareholders approved its $50 billion takeover of BG Group (BG.L) on Wednesday, clearing the last main hurdle to creating the biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) trader in the world.

BG shareholders are also expected to approve one of the biggest deals in the energy sector in the past decade at a meeting on Thursday, a vote that would allow the two oil and gas companies to merge on Feb. 15.

Few investors have openly challenged the deal’s strategic benefits for Shell. But with oil languishing near $30 a barrel and only a slow recovery forecast, some had questioned the viability of a deal that would increase Shell’s debt burden. read more

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Shell shareholders back takeover of BG Group

Jan 27th, 2016
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Screen Shot 2015-12-23 at 09.03.45Investors in Royal Dutch Shell on Wednesday gave a green light to the group’s £35bn takeover bid for rival producer BG Group, making it a near certainty that the biggest energy deal in more than a decade will go ahead. However, a sizeable minority, some 17 per cent, were opposed.

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Blundering Shell E&P Ireland Director John Egan Resigns

Jan 27th, 2016
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Screen Shot 2016-01-27 at 11.06.28By John Donovan

I am aware of speculation over the claimed resignation of John Egan, as a director of Shell E&P Ireland.

It is, in fact, true.

The proof is provided below.

For a number of years, Egan has been the Communications supremo at Shell E&P Ireland, the main partner in the Corrib Gas Project, which has been surrounded by accusations of corruption from the outset.

Ironically, in view of his conduct, Egan claims expertise in reputation restoration.

On New Years Eve, Shell warned nearby residents about gas flaring at the newly commissioned onshore processing plant at Bellanaboy. read more

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Corrib Gas: Was it worth it? Yes.

Jan 27th, 2016
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Corrib Gas: Was it worth it? Yes.

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Brendan Cafferty: 27 JAN 2016

As the gas starts to flow a member of the pro gas lobby reflects on the controversy

Who is to blame for the delay?

The gas was due ashore in 2002 at a cost of €800 million. It finally arrives at the start of 2016 at a cost of €3.5 billion-€4 billion. Planning such a huge project was, of course, protracted, with EPA and An Bord Pleanála hearings. Kevin Moore, the board’s planning inspector, did at the outset recommend that planning not be granted for the terminal at Ballinaboy, but the board of An Bord Pleanála did not agree with him – something that is not unusual. read more

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Investors brace for BG merger vote

Jan 26th, 2016
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by Veselin Valchev: Tuesday, 26 Jan 2016, 08:42 GMT

Royal Dutch Shell Plc (LON:RDSA) shareholders are due to vote on the £31 billion acquisition of smaller energy rival BG Group tomorrow, and all uncertainty in regards to the vote’s success seem to have evaporated.

A slew of highly influential investors and advisers have publicly backed the merger, which opponents have slammed as “value destructive” for Shell shareholders.

The only major investor to publicly come out against the acquisition is Standard Life, which argued that the slumping oil price has eroded the appeal of the merger. However, Standard Life also noted that it would vote for the deal with its BG Group holding at the respective vote on Thursday, the day after Shell votes. read more

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Oil prices to stay near current level throughout 2016, World Bank says

Jan 26th, 2016
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Oil prices to stay near current level throughout 2016, World Bank says

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Phillip Inman Economics correspondent: Tuesday 26 January 2016 18.08 GMT

The World Bank has slashed its forecast for oil prices this year, saying the cost of a barrel of crude will stay near its current lows for the rest of 2016.

The Washington-based institution said a glut of oil that sent prices crashing by almost half last year and another 27% this month will continue to dominate the market for the next year. read more

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Corrib gas a ‘template’ for ‘how not to undertake a development’

Jan 26th, 2016
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Lorna Siggins: 26 JAN 2016

The Corrib gas project is a template for “how not to undertake a development”, according to a new planning approach published by the British Institution of Civil Engineers.

Although the gas project has secured its final Government approval from Minister for Energy Alex White, the prospect of further legal challenges and the large Garda presence at an “invitation-only” opening reflects the fact that it still does not have community consent.

Two of the report’s four authors say that had both Shell and Government agencies adopted a more democratic approach, they could have avoided cost overruns, including “the loss of at least €600 million loss to the tax payer”, and could also have “avoided the serious ensuing conflict with the local community”. read more

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Oil price falls again as Shell shareholders prepare to vote on mega-merger with BG Group

Jan 26th, 2016
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The price tumbled as much as 3 per cent during trading yesterday when it emerged Iraq had produced a record high of oil and may even raise output further.

The news comes as the market is already braced for more supply from Iran after sanctions were lifted. 

Tankers have begun to leave Iran’s ports and it agreed its first deal with a European company last week with Greece’s refinery Hellenic Petroleum. 

Some analysts expect Iran to increase production to between 3million and 4million barrels a day. Iraq’s fields produced more than 4.1million barrels a day. read more

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Shell, Eni In Fresh Trouble As Nigeria Begins Moves To Withdraw OPL 245

Jan 26th, 2016
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Screen Shot 2016-01-26 at 08.24.06The retrieval of the controversial oil bloc, estimated to contain about 9 billion barrels of crude, as well as placing heavy fines on the oil giants, is contained in a far-reaching recommendation by the office of the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Mohammed Diri.

The recommendation was at the instance of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who is set to advise the federal government on how to proceed on a controversial deal that is being investigated by authorities in four different countries. read more

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After The Big Short, here’s The Big Long: Shell-BG

Jan 26th, 2016
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By Nancy Hulgrave: 26 JAN 2016

“The Big Short” landed in UK movie theaters this weekend. The film adaptation of Michael Lewis’ best-selling novel tells the story of Wall Street outsiders who made a fortune predicting the subprime mortgage crisis and subsequent financial crash.

If you watch the film — and you’re not too busy deciding whether it’s Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt or Christian Bale you wish you were sharing popcorn with (don’t worry boys, you get Margot Robbie in a bubble bath — you’ll probably spend the two-odd hours wondering what the next big short might be and how you can profit. read more

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