Royal Dutch Shell
Background
Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known simply as Shell, is a multinational oil company of British and Dutch origins. It is the second largest private sector energy corporation in the world, and one of the six "supermajors" (vertically integrated private sector oil exploration, natural gas, and petroleum product marketing companies). The company's headquarters are in The Hague, Netherlands, with its registered office in London, United Kingdom (Shell Centre).
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Latest news - About Royal Dutch Shell
...law, employed only once before, that allows rules imposed within the last 60 legislative days to be voided, according to Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. "We're going to take a look at the whole sweep of midnight regulations that the Bush administration has put...
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Deseret News
...been under force majeure indefinitely due to underproduction caused by sabotage attacks on oil pipelines run by Royal Dutch Shell. Traders said they expected three cargoes of Bonny Light to be loaded in February, while Nigeria's other benchmark grade Qua Iboe...
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AllAfrica.com
...gas exploration. The effort is supported by the US Chamber of Commerce and trade groups representing companies including Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Dow Chemical Co. The Interior Department is publishing a rule that would lift a 79-year-old executive order...
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Times of India
...One tale was that Prudential had formally mandated bankers at Credit Suisse and Lexicon to advise the company on a bid for AIG's Asian assets, which could be worth £7bn. If the life assurer were to pursue such a deal, it might have to tap the equity markets...
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The Telegraph
...Inc.'s commodities-trading unit followed BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Plc in anchoring a full oil tanker offshore northern Scotland to profit from higher prices later this year," reports Bloomberg here. Citi's speculation subsidiary, Phibro LLC, "is keeping...
18 hours ago from
Philly.com
...and Yield so should provide some stability going forward while netting an attractive return while holding: First up is HSBC Holdings (HSBA). The stock sports a listed yield of 9.6% but given the past financial turmoil this may yet be optimistic. The stock...
18 hours ago from
iStockAnalyst
Last Week - About Royal Dutch Shell
...FTSE 100 Index joined stock markets globally in kicking off 2009 with a bang, soaring up 2.9 per cent or 127.6 points to close at 4561. Oil and commodity stocks provided a New Year boost for the London market after the index closed 2008 with the worst annual...
7 days ago from
Channel 4
...words apply well for the year just ended: Whoa, Nelly! With the financial markets in chaos, the jobs landscape littered with layoffs, and the most audacious outpouring of federal funds since the Great Depression, most of us are ready to look forward to cheerier...
7 days ago from
Business Week
...on behalf of David Cameron MP, the leader of the Conservative Party, expressing concern. Bizarrely his constituency MP, Martin Salter, wrote an off hand response to Ray, totally lacking in interest and compassion. On the contrary, Salter devoted the major...
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Blogger News
ONGC [Get Quote] Videsh Ltd, the overseas investment arm of India's largest oil producer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, is planning to bid for a "few" of the 19 exploration blocks being offered under two bidding rounds by Iraq, which has the world's
6 days ago from
Rediff
...FTSE 100 index joined stock markets globally in kicking off 2009 with a bang despite gloomy economic data on mortgage approvals and house prices. The Footsie soared 2.9% – up 127.6 points at 4,561.8 yesterday – as oil and commodity stocks provided a new year...
6 days ago from
Press and Journal
...would prefer to forget. The unfortunate association stemmed from the actions of a colossal figure in the history of the Royal Dutch Shell Group, Sir Henri Deterding, the ruthless Dutchman described as “THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD”, the title of a book...
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Blogger News
...discovery that showed prospects of just 100 barrels. The story goes that Mike Watts, the exploration director of Cairn Energy who has earned the nickname ‘sniffer’ for his ability to find black gold, went to make the largest onland oil discovery for Cairn...
5 days ago from
Economic Times
...retail sector, said that the week to December 27 had Waitrose’s strongest trading day on record. JJB Sports: Sir David Jones was appointed executive chairman of JJB Sports in a big reshuffle in the troubled sportswear retailer. The company said that Chris...
7 days ago from
Times Online
...a vessel belonging to French oil services group Bourbon off Nigeria's Niger Delta on Sunday as it traveled toward a Royal Dutch Shell offshore oilfield, security sources said. The vessel was carrying four expatriates from Cameroon, Ghana and Lebanon when it...
5 days ago from
Reuters
...in the past three months, according to a study of industry figures by The Times. A string of companies, including Royal Dutch Shell, Petro-Canada and SunCor, have been among those that have frozen multibillion dollar projects - in some cases indefinitely. As...
4 days ago from
EcoEarth News
Last Month - About Royal Dutch Shell
...Dutch Shell Plc said today that its net output in the Gulf of Mexico is about 310,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day. Production in the region has risen about 3 percent since Nov. 5 and is returning to levels seen before hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The company...
30 days ago from
NOLA
...and the Shanghai Petrochemical Company. BP also has other petrochemicals facilities, retail joint ventures with Sinopec and PetroChina, the biggest listed Chinese oil company, factories for solar panels and a 30 per cent stake in a terminal for receiving liquefied...
30 days ago from
Financial Times
...AstraZeneca and Sanofi-Aventis were down 1.4-2.7 per cent. Energy stocks were in the doldrums. BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Tullow Oil were down 0.4-2.4 per cent. "I think the expectation is that oil is going to come down further. There is a lot of discussion...
30 days ago from
The Daily Telegraph
...compared with between 220,000 and 235,000, after royalties, this year. Like many other patch players throughout the fall, Nexen warned in October that it expected to cut spending in 2009 because of plunging energy prices and the global economic and financial...
30 days ago from
Globe and Mail
...on signs that Saudi Arabia has slashed January supplies ahead of next week's OPEC meeting. BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Tullow Oil were up between 0.7 percent and 7.4 percent. Across Europe, the FTSE 100 index was down 0.5 percent, the German DAX index was down...
29 days ago from
Reuters South Africa
...Dupont 6.2.7 Major Drug/Pharmaceutical Company 6.2.8 Major Glass Product Company St Gobain Pilkington 6.2.9 Major Cement Company Holcim LaFarge 6.2.10 Automobile Manufacturers PSA Peugeot Citroën SA Daimler Renault Fiat Group 7 Outlook 2008 to 2020: Market...
29 days ago from
PR-Inside.com
...200-page report laying out the evidence. In the months that followed, a ritual developed, according to the documents: Sasol - the market leader, based in South Africa and with an office in Hamburg - played ringleader and club booster. A product manager, Michael...
29 days ago from
International Herald Tribune
...company at that time. The participation of Directors in this plan was approved at the Annual General Meeting of Royal Dutch Shell plc on 20 May 2008. The conditional shares awarded under the RSP attract dividends in the form of shares ("dividend shares") during...
29 days ago from
PR Newswire
...presents opportunities for cash-rich suitors including oil majors, such as Exxon Mobil [XOM Loading... () ], Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Total. Consumer-goods giants such as Procter and Gamble [PG Loading... () ], Nestle, and Diageo [DEO Loading... () ]...
29 days ago from
CNBC
...of a contribution, and that's never a good thing considering we're in a recession," said Neil Massa, an equity trader at John Hancock Funds. "I can't imagine they'd let that happen." The Dow Jones industrial average fell 196.33 points, or 2.24 percent, to...
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Canadian Business Online