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Shell Moves Sakhalin LNG Manager to Australia to Lead $20 Billion Project

Bloomberg

By James Paton – Aug 26, 2010 4:48 AM GMT+0100

Royal Dutch Shell Plc has brought the former manager of Sakhalin-2, Russia’s first liquefied natural gas project, to Australia to oversee development of a proposed venture that may cost more than $20 billion.

Shell, OAO Gazprom’s partner in the $22 billion Russian project, assigned Hilary Mercer to the Queensland venture, Ann Pickard, chairman of the company’s Australian unit, said in an interview. Shell and PetroChina Co. this week completed the purchase of Arrow Energy Ltd., gaining gas for an LNG venture that may produce 16 million metric tons of fuel a year. read more

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Gazprom raking it in at the expense of Shell

Below an extract from a Wall Street Journal article published today reporting on the profits of Gazprom and Sakhalin Energy, the company in which Shell was forced to surrender its majority stake. read more

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John Donovan Russian intervention cost billions – no denial by Shell

Documents released by Royal Dutch Shell Plc under the Data Protection Act to John Donovan, a prominent critic of the world’s largest oil company, show that Shell does not deny that his intervention in the Sakhalin2 project in Russia cost Shell billions – according to the Sunday Times – $22 billion.

Shell internal correspondence from December 2006 to March 2007 reveal that Shell was concerned that:

“…the Sunday Times has picked up the Sakhalin/drilling leaked e-mail story from Donovan’s website, They are responding with agree Os and As that have been used previously with the Guardian, but are first trying to kill the story by pointing out that is old news – slim chance that this will work.” read more

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

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 Faces Even More Revamping

When Jeroen van der Veer took the helm of Royal Dutch Shell five years ago, the company was mired in an accounting scandal involving its reporting of oil and gas reserves, a flap that nearly ended its century-long independence. Mr. van der Veer revamped Shell’s notoriously complex corporate structure, merged its fractious English and Dutch entities, and eventually restored trust with governments, regulators and investors.

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Gazprom may work with Shell to build an LNG plant in Yamal

“We can advance on Yamal projects,” Medvedev told reporters today in Amsterdam, after meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. Medvedev also met with Shell Chief Executive Officer Jeroen van der Veer, praising the company’s Sakhalin-2 project with OAO Gazprom for producing Russia’s first liquefied natural gas this year.

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Gazprom sees Sakhalin LNG exports at 5 mln T

Gazprom's export chief Alexander Medvedev told a news conference Sakhalin-2, which also involves Royal Dutch Shell and Japan's Mitsui and Mitsubishi, would reach target capacity of 9.6 million tonnes next year.

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Gazprom CEO: May Cooperate With Shell On Yamal LNG Project

MOSCOW (Dow Jones)--Russian gas giant OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) is considering inviting Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) to participate in liquified natural gas projects on the Arctic Yamal Peninsula, Gazprom's Chief Executive Alexei Miller said Thursday.

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Shell wraps up last major gas well on Sakhalin II

Royal Dutch Shell is completing the last major offshore gas well at the Lunskoye platform in Russia’s sub-Arctic Sea of Okhotsk preparing the way for full production capacity of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at Sakhalin II, one of the world’s largest and most challenging integrated oil and gas projects.

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Sakhalin-2 launch delay cost Russia $1.24 billion

VEDOMOSTI

www.vedomosti.ru

– The delay in launching Russia’s first LNG plant, Sakhalin-2 has cost the country more than $1.24 billion, the paper says.

SOURCE ARTICLE

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Japan joins Russian push for Pacific gas projects

The first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Gazprom-led Sakhalin-2 project arrived in Japan last month. The next wave of projects could include a gas processing plant near Vladivostok, Miller said.

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Sakhalin Energy Halts 09 Seismic Work To Protect Whales – WWF

CNNMoney.com

Dow JonesApril 24, 2009: 11:50 AM ET

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Sakhalin Energy, which recently started a large liquefied natural gas plant in Russia’s far east, has canceled all planned 2009 seismic surveys following pressure from environmental groups and scientists seeking to protect the habitat of the Western Gray Whale, the Russian branch of the World Wildlife Fund said in a statement Friday.

The WWF Russia called on other companies operating in the area -BP PLC (BP), ExxonMobil Corp. (XOM) and OAO Rosneft (ROSN.RS) – to take similar action. read more

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China secures 1st spot LNG cargo from Russia-sources

Shell Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer said at least four LNG shipments had sailed from Sakhalin to various destinations since late last month.

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Gazprom, Shell Agree To Buy LNG From Sakhalin-2 Project

Alexey Miller, Chairman of OAO Gazprom's Management committee, and Jeroen Van der Veer, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell, met at Gazprom Headquarters in Moscow and announced the signing of agreements concerning LNG and pipeline gas supplies.

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Gazprom to sell LNG in the U.S. this year

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Gazprom on Wednesday said it gained its first major entry into the U.S. natural gas market through a pact with Royal Dutch Shell as the energy giant moves to expand its reach into the country's vast storage and transport infrastructure.

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