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Sunday, 1 May 2005
ExpressIndia.com: Iran says expects to win bid to buy Basell: “Iran said it was better-placed to buy polymer joint venture Basell than its Indian rivals and expects to be the final winner in the sale process…”(ShellNews.net) 1 May 05
Monday, 2 May 2005
DAILY MAIL (UK): Shell fuels controversy as profits soar by 42pc
Posted 30 April 05
By Brian O’Connor
SHELL and Exxon Mobil made huge profits in the quarter to March, bringing fresh protests from motorists and consumer groups squeezed by soaring oil prices.
Fears for the world economy continued as US crude prices, which briefly fell below $50 for the first time in 10 days, rebounded to $51.85.
Shell’s profits soared 42pc to $6.67bn (£3.5bn), a whisker above the $6.66bn that BP reported this week.
APRIL 2005 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL NEWS HEADLINES
Friday, 1 April 2005
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Shell Is in Settlement Talks Over Oil Reserves Scandal: “Royal Dutch/Shell Group said it is in settlement talks on some of the class-action litigation unleashed after it was forced to reclassify its oil reserves.” (ShellNews.net) 1 April 05
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Wednesday 1 September, 2004
AUGUST 2004 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL NEWS
Sunday 1 August, 2004
The Detroit News: New refineries aren’t built in U.S. anymore
JULY 2004 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL NEWS
Thursday 1 July, 2004
Planet Ark: Shell world record wells pump gas from 2 miles deep
The Daily Telegraph: Movers and shakers: “Peter Voser”
The Times: BP heads for SEC clash over reserves
The Times: Time to clean up oil accounting: “SHELL’s nightmare”
JUNE 2004 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL NEWS
Tuesday 1 June, 2004
Daily Telegraph: Highest paid chief executives
The Wall Street Journal: Shell’s Ex-Chairman Got Pay Raise in 2003
The Guardian: Saudi siege fallout threatens oil prices
Wednesday 2 June, 2004
MAY 2004 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL NEWS
Saturday 1 May, 2004
TheBakersfieldChannel.com: Shell Worker Claims Company ‘Lied To Community’
Financial Times: In real world Shell is not shrinking
London Evening Standard: Huge profits at battered Shell
Sunday 2 May, 2004
The Independent: Watchdog shakes up oil audits in the wake of Shell scandal
The Times: Cox joins the ‘top table’ as BP prepares for life after Browne
APRIL 2004 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL NEWS
Thursday 1 April, 2004
The Guardian: BP shareholders strike oil
The Washington Times: Shell officials said warned of problems
The Wall Street Journal: Shell Estimate Ignored Warnings
Yahoo News: Shell warned in 2000 of possible overestimation of reserves
Forbes.com: Nigeria says Shell cut 1.9 bln bbls of its reserves
ThisisLondon.com: Shell ‘warned in 2000’ on reserves
Friday 2 April, 2004
The Times: Shell’s Russian gas project $2bn over budget in weeks
The Times: Revival in the pipeline?
April 29, 2004
By Richard Irving, Business News Editor
Shell has shocked investors again, this time by revealing profits far better than they had hoped for.
For most of 2004, Shell has found buyers for its shares as elusive as its “proven” oil reserves.
It was not so long ago, in June last year, that the stock was trading near parity with BP shares at a little over 400p.
Yesterday Shell shares closed at 386.75p, more than 20 per cent below the price of BP stock.
Forbes.com: S&P says it may still cut Shell’s debt rating
Reuters, 04.29.04, 12:02 PM ET
NEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters) – Standard & Poor’s on Thursday said it may still cut its rating on Royal Dutch/Shell after the Anglo-Dutch oil group reported first-quarter financial results at the top range of expectations.
S&P said that although some of the quarter’s news was positive, including a sharp reduction in debt to $11.7 billion from $18.2 billion, there were also negatives, such as an erosion in oil and gas production and a planned $14.5 billion to $15 billion capital spending program for 2004 and 2005.
The Scotsman: Embattled Shell lifted by 9% rise in profits
29 April 04
THE tide appeared to turn in Shell’s favour today as the troubled oil giant cheered analysts by reporting a nine per cent hike in quarterly profits.
The company, which has seen its reputation battered by a series of oil reserve downgrades, also bowed to investor pressure and restarted its share buyback programme.
Net profits for the first three months of the year rose ahead of market expectations to some £2.4 billion – despite the company recording a decline in oil output.
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