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Shell CEO Says Governments Need to Tax Energy Firms to Help Poor

Bloomberg

Shell CEO Says Governments Need to Tax Energy Firms to Help Poor

Governments need to tax energy producers to help the poorest people deal with the soaring cost of fuel, said the boss of Shell Plc.

Bloomberg News: William Mathis: Oct 4, 2022

(Bloomberg) — Governments need to tax energy producers to help the poorest people deal with the soaring cost of fuel, said the boss of Shell Plc.“

One way or another there needs to be government intervention,” Shell Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden said at the Energy Intelligence Forum, a major conference for oil and gas producers in London on Tuesday. “Protecting the poorest, that probably may then mean that governments need to tax people in this room to pay for it.” read more

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Absolutely appalling service from Shell Energy Broadband

1 Oct 2022

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Absolutely appalling service

Absolutely appalling service, I have been with them a little over a month and I am counting the days left in my contract, service constantly cutting out. Cannot imagine a provider any worse, actually has me missing AOL dial-up

Date of experience: 01 October 2022

Shell Energy Phone & Broadband

Shell Energy recently purchased the Post Office phone and broadband. The service from this company is poor to be polite. No phone or broadband for 5 days Compensation offered £10 when I eventually spoke to someone and said about the Ombudsman service and compensation rates he said we don’t believe in that and not signed up to it. What a sham for such a large company. My advice to anyone thinking of moving to them is don’t find someone else. Just waiting for a fibre connection and then goodbye to this awful company. read more

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Shocking, dreadful, awful Shell Broadband

Snippets from broadband.co.uk reviews:

“I can’t give 0 so I give 1 star in all categories. Shocking, dreadful, awful service and they don’t seem to care!! Really dreadful broadband service too.”

“DO NOT TRANSFER TO THIS COMPANY!!
The most appalling broad band ever. Moved because jt was cheaper but couldn’t watch anything in catch up so then upgraded and still cant watch anything without it buffering. Please do not sign up it is absolutely awful. I am counting the months till i can go back to talk talk!” read more

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Shell Broadband ‘a complete joke’

27 Sept 2022

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DO NOT USE

DO NOT USE! I can’t begin to go intro the nightmare of this company. Save your self a lot of money hassle and headache and never use shell energy for anything including broadband.

Date of experience: 26 September 2022

Still not got broadband should have…

Still not got broadband should have started the 5 September and still not got it is the 26 September at 20 -10 it a complete joke

Date of experience: 26 September 2022 read more

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For Western energy giants, escaping Russia has become the longest goodbye

The Telegraph

For Western energy giants, escaping Russia has become the longest goodbye

Not long ago oil and gas companies were scrambling to get into Russia, rather than out

Shell has had ties to Russia since 1912 after buying the Rothschild family’s interests there. More recently, its partnership with Russia’s state gas giant Gazprom has helped it access vast gas reserves in Russia’s far east.

It, too, hung on even after having to cede control of the $22bn [£19bn] Sakhalin-2 gas facility to Russia in 2006 following months of Kremlin pressure.

Shell’s boss, Ben van Beurden, met Putin in April 2014, shortly after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, to tell him they wanted to expand the project. Equinor, meanwhile, entered Russia in the 1990s and ten years ago struck a major exploration deal with Rosneft as the two Arctic powers forged closer ties.

By the start of the war, foreign companies covered about 11pc of Russia’s oil and gas production, according to James Henderson, at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. BP, TotalEnergies, Wintershall Dea, Shell and India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation were the largest. read more

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Shell’s new boss Wael Sawan gets ready for some ups and downs

Shell’s new boss Wael Sawan gets ready for some ups and downs

By Jon Yeomans

Congratulations to Wael Sawan, the new boss of Shell, who will be taking over from Ben van Beurden next year. Sawan, a company lifer, will have to lead the oil giant through a treacherous period.

For starters, it is making an obscene amount of money while people worry about keeping the heating on. It also has to work out whether it really wants to be a leader in renewable energy.

But what do we know of Sawan? An impressive CV and a squeaky-clean page on LinkedIn. Sawan’s interests are listed as Harvard Business School, a couple of energy companies, and a furniture maker in Dubai.

Still, with BP boss Bernard Looney likening his company to a “cash machine”, Shell is wise to pick a dull CEO.

Delving a little deeper, though, it seems Sawan is a thoughtful chap. In a 2019 interview with Argentinian newspaper La Nacion, he said:'”Good people come and go. The institutions are those that remain. And if you believe in institutions you can create value.” read more

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Shell’s Chief Executive, Ben van Beurden, to Step Down

The New York Times

Shell’s Chief Executive, Ben van Beurden, to Step Down

Wael Sawan, who spent most of his career on the oil and gas side of Shell before moving recently to its liquefied natural gas and renewable energy unit, will take over Europe’s largest energy company.

: Sept. 15, 2022

Shell, Europe’s largest oil company, said on Thursday that Ben van Beurden, who has served as chief executive since 2014, would step down at the end of the year. He will be succeeded by Wael Sawan, who currently heads a unit that includes the company’s lucrative liquefied natural gas business and its investments in clean energy, including wind and solar power.

Mr. van Beurden, 64, whose departure was not a surprise, has steered Shell through a turbulent time and is leaving on a high note — at least for investors in oil and gas, who are seeing record profits and payouts. Consumers, on the other hand, are fuming about paying high prices at the pump and to heat their homes as energy costs have soared in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. read more

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New Shell CEO Is a Smart Diplomat Who Faces Historic Challenges

Bloomberg

New Shell CEO Is a Smart Diplomat Who Faces Historic Challenges

(Bloomberg) — Shell Plc’s next CEO is seen as natural choice who will follow the course laid out by his predecessor — straight into a series of historic challenges.

Wael Sawan, the head of gas and renewables who will take Shell’s top job on Jan. 1, will have to make good on the company’s promise to cut greenhouse gas emissions without sacrificing profits from fossil fuels. He must also navigate the political fallout from a deepening energy crisis that has put the industry’s windfall profits in the cross-hairs of European governments. read more

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Shell’s new CEO: Who is Wael Sawan?

Shell’s new CEO: Who is Wael Sawan?

: Finance Reporter, Yahoo Finance UK


Shell (SHEL.L) has tapped its head of gas and renewables as its new chief executive as Ben van Beurden departs after almost four decades at the FTSE 100 group.

Ben van Beurden will hand over the reins to the company’s Canadian director of integrated gas, renewables and energy solutions, Wael Sawan.

After resigning as chief executive at the end of this year, the Dutchman will continue to advise the board until next June.

A dual Lebanese-Canadian national born in Beirut, Sawan joined the company in 1997 and has previously run the company’s oil and gas projects in Qatar, its deepwater business from Houston and its upstream division. read more

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Shell boss Ben van Beurden leaves two major legacies as successor is named

skynews

Shell boss Ben van Beurden leaves two major legacies as successor is named

Sky’s Ian King looks at the achievements Ben van Beurden will leave behind and the challenges ahead for his successor at a time of turmoil for the energy sector.

Ben van Beurden, whose departure as Shell chief executive at the end of the year was confirmed on Thursday morning, leaves at least two major legacies.

The first is the blockbuster £47bn takeover, announced in April 2015, of BG Group.

The deal attracted no end of criticism at the time. There was a lot of unease, at a time when oil and gas prices were depressed, about Shell’s ability to sustain its dividend payments – which then accounted for £1 in every £9 of dividends paid by UK companies. The company was accused of over-paying for BG. read more

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Shell CEO to step down as oil giant looks to climate goals

The Washington Post

Shell CEO to step down as oil giant looks to climate goals

By Associated Press: September 15, 2022 at 3:14 p.m. EDT

LONDON — Shell CEO Ben van Beurden is stepping down at the end of 2022 after nine years in charge, the energy giant said Thursday, a change that comes as oil and natural gas companies are under pressure to shift away from fossil fuels even as they see soaring profits from energy prices driven up by Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Taking over Jan. 1 is Wael Sawan, a Lebanese-Canadian who has worked for Shell for 25 years and is now director of integrated gas, renewables and energy solutions. The choice signals the focus of the London-based company to take what it calls a leading role in the energy transition despite facing criticism that it’s been slow to reduce climate-changing emissions. read more

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Oil giant Shell appoints renewables head as boss

BBC News

Oil giant Shell appoints renewables head as boss

Shell is to replace its current boss Ben van Beurden with its head of gas and renewables, the oil giant has said.

Mr van Beurden will to step down at the end of 2022, and be replaced by Wael Sawan.

Mr Sawan, a duel Lebanese-Canadian national who previously led Shell’s oil and gas production business, was seen as a favourite to take the top job.

He now oversees Shell’s growth into low carbon energies as well as its giant gas business. read more

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Shell Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden to step down, Wael Sawan appointed as his successor

Shell Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden to step down, Wael Sawan appointed as his successor

LONDON, September 15, 2022 — Shell plc (“Shell”) today announced that Ben van Beurden will step down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the end of 2022, and that his successor will be Wael Sawan. Wael’s appointment is effective January 1, 2023*, when he will also join Shell’s Board of Directors. Ben van Beurden will continue working as adviser to the Board until June 30, 2023, after which he will leave the group. read more

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Shell Broadband service is dreadful, you cannot contact anyone to complain

12 Sept 2022

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Broadband service is dreadful

Broadband service is dreadful, you cannot contact anyone to complain, on hold for 30 minutes today without speaking to anyone. Now they have closed for the weekend. I have sent emails but not received replies. They have lost my payments. Avoid, they are not fit for purpose.

Date of experience: 09 September 2022

Terrible.

Terrible.
They cut off my 87 year old moms phone. This isn’t just a phone for people of that age its and essential lifeline.
After spending an hour on hold I eventually got through to the customer service department. They said a bill hadn’t been sent because of billing issues. That’s why it wasn’t paid.
So, I settled the bill over the phone.
The following day the service was resumed and a demand for the money paid over the phone was sent to her house.
How incompetent are these people.
I spent another hour on hold. No reply to the call at all this time.
No response to my emailed complaint.
Obviously I now have to find another provider.
But a lot of stress for my mother.
DO NOT DEAL WITH THESE PEOPLE.
They are the worst of the worst. read more

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Shell Energy Broadband Service is Dreadful

“Out of 10, would I recommend Shell Energy to any friends, family or acquaintances? The answer has to be an emphatic ZERO out of 10.”

“PLEASE STEER CLEAR OF THIS COMPANY, its hard enough as it is these days with the energy hike, families don’t need parasites like Shell Energy adding to their problems”

 10 Sept 2022

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Broadband service is dreadful

Broadband service is dreadful, you cannot contact anyone to complain, on hold for 30 minutes today without speaking to anyone. Now they have closed for the weekend. I have sent emails but not received replies. They have lost my payments. Avoid, they are not fit for purpose. read more

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STATEMENT ON HM QUEEN ELIZABETH II BY SHELL

STATEMENT ON HM QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Sep 8, 2022

Shell Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden offers his condolences to the British Royal Family.

On behalf of Shell staff in the UK, the Commonwealth nations and across the wider world, we offer our deepest condolences to the British Royal Family.

We mourn the passing of an historic global leader of immense stature, courage and integrity. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II spent a life dedicated to serving the country and improving the lives of others. And for so many of us her loss will be felt personally. read more

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