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March, 2018:

Shell Study: climate neutral in 2070 if everything goes well

Printed below is an English translation of an article published today by the Dutch Financial Times, Financieele Dagblad.

Shell Study: climate neutral in 2070 if everything goes well

From our editor • Entrepreneurship

Shell itself calls it ‘ambitious’. Only with a ‘complex combination of mutually reinforcing factors’, supported by society, markets and governments, can the world be climate neutral by 2070. That presents the oil and gas company in its latest scenario study. Name: Sky.

Everywhere has been taken into account. Governments are going to put a price on CO₂ rights (sometime next decade), intercontinental flights on hydrogen (after 2040) and deforestation will come to an end (after 2060). Consequence: in just over fifty years the world will no longer emit CO₂. read more

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Shell — yes, that Shell — just outlined a radical scenario for what it would take to halt climate change

Shell CEO Ben van Beurden

 March 26, 2018

Royal Dutch Shell on Monday outlined a scenario in which, by 2070, we would be using far less of the company’s own product — oil — as cars become electric, a massive carbon storage industry develops, and transportation begins a shift toward a reliance on hydrogen as an energy carrier. The company’s Sky scenario was designed to imagine a world that complies with the goals of the Paris climate agreement, managing to hold the planet’s warming to “well below” a rise of 2 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, above preindustrial levels. Shell has said that it supports the Paris agreement. FULL ARTICLE read more

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FT: Shell likely to face activist challenge to shift away from fossil fuels

|By: , SA News Editor

  • Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.ARDS.B) likely will face a shareholder resolution calling at its May annual meeting for a radical shift away from fossil fuels, highlighting mounting pressure on big oil companies over global warming, Financial Times reports.
  • Shell has gone further than most peers by announcing last November a goal to reduce its carbon footprint by 50% by 2050, but climate activists are disputing its claim that its goal is in line with the Paris agreement.
  • “The ambitions announced by Shell are inconsistent with the Paris agreement, in particular when taking into account expected global energy demand growth,” according to Follow This, the shareholder group that has submitted a resolution calling for more aggressive targets.
  • Activists say Shell’s goal for a 50% reduction actually would be 25% in absolute terms if the company maintains its share of a global energy market that is forecast to grow by 50% by 2050.
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    Consortium including Shell given £8.8million grant to improve use of hydrogen vehicles

    A consortium including energy giant Shell has won a multi-million pound government grant to improve use of hydrogen vehicles in the UK.

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    The Department for Transport has awarded £8.8million in funding, with £4.3million going to clean energy firm ITM Power. It will use the funds to create four new hydrogen refuelling stations in the UK, and upgrade five existing ones to help support a larger fleet of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. ITM Power is joined by Shell, Toyota, Honda and Hyundai in the consortium. The government funding will be also be used to create nearly 200 clean energy vehicles which will be used by taxi drivers and the police. FULL ARTICLE read more

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    UK hydrogen fuel network grows with new pump on M40

    The hydrogen pump at Beaconsfield is the first in Britain to be located ‘under the canopy’ with the fossil fuels CREDIT: ED ROBINSON 

    Ed Wiseman: 

    A new hydrogen pump has been installed at Beaconsfield services on the M40, the second on Britain’s motorway network and the first to be built ‘under the canopy’ at an existing petrol station. The machine has been supplied to Shell by Sheffield-based energy company ITM Power. It can be used by motorists to refuell hydrogen fuel cell cars such as the Toyota MiraiHyundai Nexo and Honda Clarity. FULL ARTICLE read more

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    Shell Says Saving Planet Probably Means Sucking CO2 From the Air

    Cutting emissions won’t be enough to keep the planet from warming by more than 2 degrees Celsius: to achieve that goal, according to Royal Dutch Shell Plc, will require sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. scenario report from the Anglo-Dutch oil major describes a world woefully unprepared to meet the goals set out in the Paris Climate Agreement. Shell says that by 2060, carbon capture and storage must exceed global emissions as the company sets a course for pre-industrial pollution levels. For decades after, such facilities would need to work at breakneck pace to inhale the carbon dioxide spewed by previous generations. FULL ARTICLE read more

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    Oil’s Seven Sisters Enter a ‘Golden Age’, Goldman Sachs Says

    The world’s largest oil companies have survived a life-changing crisis, and are now poised to reap the rewards, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said. Big Oil is in a sweet spot with rising oil prices and low operating costs, leaving them with the biggest cash-flow growth in two decades and boosting earnings, Goldman said in a report Monday. That will increase their attraction for investors after years of elevated spending followed by crude’s slump sent their weighting in global equity indexes to a 50-year low, according to the bank. FULL ARTICLE read more

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    Shell faces shareholder push on climate change goals

    Activist investors set to challenge energy giant to shift away from fossil fuels

    Shell is expected to face a shareholder resolution calling at its annual meeting in May for a radical shift away from fossil fuels, highlighting mounting pressure on the world’s largest oil and gas companies over their contributions to global warming. The Anglo-Dutch group has gone further than most peers by announcing an “ambition” last November to reduce its carbon footprint by 50 per cent by 2050… FULL FT ARTICLE read more

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    Shell could take on Big Six under own brand

    James Booth: Sunday 25 March 2018 1:37pm 

    Energy giant Shell could move to take on the “Big Six” domestic energy suppliers in the UK under its own brand. The company confirmed that using the “Shell” brand for its new domestic supply operations was one of the options currently being examined. Shell acquired residential energy supplier First Utility last month in a deal thought to be worth £200m. First Utility already operates in the German household energy market under Shell’s brand via a licensing agreement signed in 2015. First Utility, which serves around 825,000 homes in the UK, is now a subsidiary of Shell within its new energies division. FULL ARTICLE read more

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    How to take the oil out of Shell

    The Anglo-Dutch energy giant is preparing for a world where its main product is much less in demand

    Despite Shell’s move towards renewable energy, oil will continue to grease its wheels for years to come: ILLUSTRATION: HAYLEY DALRYMPLE

    Ben van Beurden, a three-decade veteran of the oil industry, did something that went completely against the grain. Last year the chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell traded in his diesel-guzzling car — these days he motors around the Hague in a plug-in Mercedes-Benz S500.

    His switch to a hybrid vehicle encapsulates the quandary facing Britain’s largest listed company: the future may be electric, but oil is the mainstay of Shell’s £200bn empire and will continue to sustain its vast profits for years to come. read more

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    Shell takes on British Gas in battle to supply power to homes

    The oil giant is considering using its own branding after its acquisition of energy supplier First Utility: ALAMY

    Shell is considering using its own brand to challenge British Gas in the battle for domestic power customers.

    After its acquisition last year of electricity and gas supplier First Utility, the oil giant is considering putting its own name over the door.

    John Abbott, who runs the FTSE 100 giant’s downstream business, said: “That’s clearly an option we have. We’ll consider it.”

    The move would mark an escalation in Shell’s battle to lure customers from the big six energy suppliers. read more

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    B.C. announces rebates for LNG projects in big boost to Shell’s $40B project

    A model at the LNG Canada offices in Kitimat, B.C., shows the proposed liquified natural gas liquification plant and marine terminal. ROBIN ROWLAND/THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES 

    March 22, 2018 | Last Updated: March 22, 2018 1:46 PM MDT

    VICTORIA — British Columbia is offering new conditions and rebates for liquefied natural gas projects in the province. Premier John Horgan made the announcement Thursday ahead of a final investment decision on LNG Canada’s $40-billion project, which would include a natural gas pipeline built from northeast B.C. to a new terminal in Kitimat. “Potential opportunity is extraordinary. Potential risks are significant,” Horgan said. “I believe LNG Canada is working diligently to address those risks and I believe it’s the responsibility of the government to make sure we’re working to develop those opportunities for all British Columbians.” FULL ARTICLE read more

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    All this massive LNG project needs is the thumbs up from its owners to snap Canada’s energy losing streak

    Four and a half years after moving to Vancouver to ready the massive LNG Canada project for a final investment decision, or FID, Andy Calitz likens the state of the mega-energy venture to that of a peak-performance Olympic athlete in the final seconds of a gold-medal race. It’s beating competitors at that point that makes the difference between winning and losing, said the Royal Dutch Shell PLC executive, one of the world’s top guns in LNG development. It’s a good thing, then, that after a tortuous seven-year struggle to find a way to deliver Canadian LNG at the lowest possible price to Asia, the South African engineer is feeling optimistic about building an LNG export terminal in Kitimat, B.C. FULL ARTICLE read more

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    In court, Big Oil rejected climate denial

    In a California court case this week, Judge William Alsup asked the two sides to provide him a climate science tutorial. The plaintiffs are the coastal cities of San Francisco and Oakland. They’re suing five major oil companies (Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, ConocoPhillipsand BP) to pay for the cities’ costs to cope with the sea level rise caused by global warming. FULL ARTICLE

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    Shell to sell West Qurna 1 oilfield stake to Japan’s Itochu for $406 million

     Reuters Staff: MARCH 23, 2018

    (Reuters) – Oil major Royal Dutch Shell on Friday agreed to sell its entire stake in Iraq’s West Qurna 1 oilfield to Japan’s Itochu Corp for $406 million. The deal comes shortly after the Anglo-Dutch company agreed to exit the Majnoon oilfield, one of the largest fields in OPEC member Iraq, and hand over its operation to state-run Basra Oil Co (BOC) by end-June. Shell EP Middle East Holdings B.V. will sell the entire share capital of Shell Iraq B.V. (SIBV), which holds a 19.6 percent stake in the oilfield to a unit of Itochu, the Anglo Dutch company said. FULL ARTICLE read more

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    Shell relies on its adaptability

    Shell CEO Ben van Beurden

    Printed below is an English translation of an article published today by the Dutch Financial Times, Financieele Dagblad.

    Bert van Dijk • Entrepreneurship

    ‘Shell is stealthily getting a bit green’, ‘Shell is fully committed to shale oil and gas’, ‘Shell acquires a large supplier of charging stations’ and ‘Shell wants 11,000 filling stations and 5,000 stores.’ At first glance, these headlines in recent months seem to sketch a schizophrenic image of Shell. After all, is it not unnatural for a company that claims to have committed itself to the Paris Climate Agreement to continue to invest billions in oil and gas? Should not Shell be 100% sustainable? read more

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