Posts on ‘June 26th, 2012’

 June 26, 2012, 1:27 p.m. EDT Shell, others to turn U.K. refinery into terminal By Konstantin Rozhnov Royal Dutch Shell PLC RDS.A +0.77% , Royal Vopak NV and Greenergy Ltd. have agreed to buy the majority of the assets of the Petroplus Holdings AG’s Coryton refinery in England to turn it into an import and [...]

26 June 2012 Last updated at 19:01 Hundreds of job losses have been confirmed in a deal that will see one of UK’s biggest oil refineries become a storage depot. Administrators PwC said the site in Coryton, Essex, would become an “import terminal” for petrol and diesel. The site will be operated by Royal Vopak, [...]

By Stephen Treloar and Katarzyna Klimasinska – Jun 26, 2012 3:32 PM GMT+0100 Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) will begin drilling off Alaska’s north coast in the third quarter, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said as he outlined U.S. plans to advance Arctic energy production. “We anticipate that there will be exploration with the initial wells [...]

FROM A REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR The world has vast volumes of what is called ‘stranded’ natural gas. This is gas that is not considered economically exploitable for a variety of reasons. As a consequence this type of gas is usually ‘flared’, i.e., burned, at the well site, although a small amout of it is utilized one [...]

FROM A REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR John, Thought you might like this article. New Toilet Turns Human Waste Into Electricity and Fertilizer‎‏ Why can’t those geniuses at Royal Dutch Shell think of something like this ??? Maybe RD Shell needs to invest in the Loo market. Think of all the natural gas that can be generated and [...]

By Elisha Bala-Gbogbo – Jun 26, 2012 9:20 AM GMT+0100 Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA)’s Nigerian unit plans to build a $3.5 billion gas plant in the southeastern Imo state, Lagos-based ThisDay reported, citing Mutiu Sunmonu, Shell’s chairman in Nigeria. To contact the reporter on this story: Elisha Bala-Gbogbo in Abuja at ebalagbogbo@bloomberg.net To contact [...]

The Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday threw out a petition by Defenders of Wildlife and Gulf Restoration Network to halt Shell Oil’s latest exploration plan to drill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management had approved Shell’s plan, or “Shell EP,” to conduct drilling in ten exploratory wells [...]

Published June 25, 2012 Dow Jones Newswires Shell France, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB), will as soon as this week start drilling exploration wells off the coasts of French Guyana that are believed to harbor promising oil reserves, its Chief Executive Patrick Romeo said in an advanced copy of an interview with [...]

We will bear the burden of Shell tax credits June 26, 2012 I am dumbfounded by the Post-Gazette’s Friday editorial “No Shell Game: Corbett’s Tax Break Plan Is a Good Deal for State”! You have sold out to the interests of big oil and gas along with the Corbett administration. Your initial caution flag on [...]

By Sarah Young LONDON | Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:42am EDT (Reuters) – Shareholders are betting Shell (RDSa.L) will up the stakes in a bid battle for explorer Cove Energy (COVE.L) after Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production PTTE.BK extended the deadline for investors to accept its $1.9 billion offer. Cove shares were up 0.3 percent [...]

Jiffy Lube still scamming customers FROM A REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR John, Jiffy Lube is a company owned by Shell Oil here in the States. It has been hit with a class-action lawsuit in California, Lawsuit Hits at Jiffy Lube Intervals Thought you might like to pass the information on to your readers Also a comment on [...]