Posts on ‘May 16th, 2007’

Kerri-Ann Hobbs Thursday 17 May 2007 FEDERAL Water Minister Malcolm Turnbull remains reluctant to give $20 million to Corio’s water recycling plant without a commitment to the region from Shell Australia. “Unlike Labor, the (Federal) Government has not rushed to commit funding without fully taking into account all of the circumstances and the best interests [...]

Published: May 16 2007 12:39 | Last updated: May 16 2007 12:39 They run some of the world’s largest listed companies. Their products are indispensable in modern society. They hob-nob with world leaders on a regular basis, discussing geopolitics and climate change. Sadly, this is not enough to get their share prices moving. Energy and [...]

Analyst: Russia’s energy policy geared to make Gazprom global champion By Aude Lagorce, MarketWatch Last Update: 7:40 AM ET May 16, 2007 LONDON (MarketWatch) — When Tony Blair steps down as British prime minister in June, no one knows where his ambition will take him. There seems to be less uncertainty for Russian President Vladimir [...]

By Grant Smith and Eduard Gismatullin May 16 (Bloomberg) — Crude oil fell amid reports that protesters in Nigeria plan to end their occupation of a facility run by Royal Dutch Shell Plc. The protesters will let Shell re-open the facility and restore lost production amounting to 170,000 barrels a day, the Reuters news agency [...]

May 16, 2007 By BOB OKON Staff writer JOLIET — Business was slow at Jay Gandhi’s Shell station Tuesday morning — the day of a grass-roots national boycott of gasoline by motorists. Gandhi, however, thought business at the pumps was more affected by price — $3.529 a gallon at that time at the Shell at [...]

Wed May 16, 2007 11:20 AM BST LONDON (Reuters) – Oil fell to $68 on Wednesday, unwinding earlier gains after Nigerian protesters ended their occupation of an oil hub in the world’s eighth biggest exporter. The sit-in by villagers had forced operator Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile , Research) to cut production by another [...]

Wednesday, May 16, 2007 :: infoZine Staff :: page views (Dear EarthTalk: Did Exxon/Mobil really pay scientists and economists to write articles trying to de-bunk global warming? — Rosemary R., via e-mail) Westport, CT – E/The Environmental Magazine – infoZine – A February 2007 report in the British newspaper, The Guardian, fell like a ton [...]

16/05/2007 10:18  – (SA)    Yenagoa, Nigeria – Unknown attackers destroyed the country home of Nigeria’s vice president-elect, Goodluck Jonathan, with dynamite on Wednesday and blew up a nearby police station, killing one officer, officials said. The attacks came before dawn in oil-rich southern Bayelsa state, where Jonathan is currently governor, said the region’s police chief, [...]

Sam Fleming, 16 May 2007 Royal Dutch Shell was lashed by scathing shareholder criticism over its troubled Nigerian operations after suffering yet another hit to production.   Exploration chief Malcolm Brinded admitted at the firm’s annual general meeting to ‘immense challenges’ in the Niger Delta, where the security situation has deteriorated so dramatically that Shell [...]

(Mr Jonathan will become vice-president in two weeks time) 16 May 2007 Militants have attacked the country residence of the Vice-President-elect Goodluck Jonathan, in the oil-rich Niger Delta in a dawn speedboat attack. Police says the house in Bayelsa State, where Mr Jonathan is currently governor, was partially destroyed. The attackers also blew up a [...]

By David Elliott Last Update: 4:22 AM ET May 16, 2007 LONDON (MarketWatch) — Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s Nigerian joint venture has called a force majeure on oil exports from the Bonny Light field in Nigeria in the wake of an attack on an oil facility. Shell spokesman in London Adam Nugent said Wednesday the [...]

Wednesday, May 16th 2007   The Bartica Neighbourhood Democratic Council said it is grateful to the Shell Gas Station for donating garbage bins to the community to help with its tourism activities. According to a press release from the Bartica Regional Democratic Council, the Shell station, at Camp and New Market streets, donated 12 bins [...]

by GD Wednesday, May 16 2007, 9:42am Day of Action – They deserve it and you deserve better On the 18th of May Dublin Shell to Sea is going to escalate its campaign against Shell’s command centre – Corrib house on Leeson Street with another day of action starting at 7.30 am sharp. This attempt [...]

By Emiliya (edited by) Mychasuk Published: May 16 2007 03:00 | Last updated: May 16 2007 03:00 If Jorma Ollila wanted to spend all his time travelling to the hot spots for Royal Dutch Shell’s operation he might never make it back to his home townof Helsinki. He was issued with several invitations from shareholders [...]

EXTRACT: Separately, protesters occupied an oil facility in southern Nigeria, forcing daily production cuts of 170,000 barrels per day, Royal Dutch Shell, the company hardest hit by this latest shutdown, said. Published: May 16, 2007 SINGAPORE (XFN-ASIA) – Oil prices were lower in Asian trade as the market looked ahead to an expected easing of [...]