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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Shell/Exxon Induced Earthquakes undermine Dutch Gov Revenues

Apr 16th, 2015

By John Donovan

The Groningen gas field is a giantnatural gas field located nearSlochteren in Groningen province in the northeastern part of theNetherlands. Discovered in 1959, it is the largest natural gas field in Europe.

It is operated by the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij BV (NAM), a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil, with each company owning a 50% share. For decades all went well.

The venture was a money spinner for Shell, Exxon, the Dutch government and the local population.

Posted in: Exxon Mobil, Gas, Groningen Earthquakes, John Donovan, Litigation, NAM,Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell AGM.
Tagged: ExxonMobil · Gas · John Donovan · Litigation · Royal Dutch Shell Plc

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Shell, Greenpeace tussle in court over Arctic oil drilling

Apr 16th, 2015

by John Donovan.

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BY BARBARA LISTON: Thu Apr 16, 2015 7:03am EDT

(Reuters) – Greenpeace volunteers who occupied a Shell Offshore oil drilling vessel en route to the Arctic Ocean last week acted dangerously and jeopardized company property and human life, according to arguments filed in Alaska federal court by Shell lawyers Jeffrey Leppo and Ryan Steen of Seattle.

Not so, responded Greenpeace lawyer Michael Moberly of Anchorage, who wrote that the captains of the Greenpeace ship Esperanza and Shell’s Blue Marlin were in constant communication throughout the environmentalists’ Arctic drilling protest.

Posted in: Alaska, Arctic, Chukchi Sea, Environment, Greenpeace, Reuters, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, United States.
Tagged: Alaska · Arctic Ocean · Beaufort Sea · Chukchi Sea · Royal Dutch Shell Plc

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Shell failing to do enough to prevent ‘major accidents’ at north east site

Apr 16th, 2015

by John Donovan.

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An article by Ashleigh Barbour published 16 April 2015 by The Press and Journal

Shell failing to do enough to prevent “major accidents” at north east site

Offshore giant Shell has been accused of breaking safety rules at its site at the huge St Fergus gas terminal.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued an improvement notice for the second time in just over a year after it emerged not enough was being done to prevent “major accidents” at the complex north of Peterhead.

The HSE accused Shell of failing to take “all measures necessary” to identify tasks which had the potential to cause a “critical” situation.

It told the company: “You have failed to adequately identify the safety critical tasks which have potential to initiate, escalate, recover from, or mitigate the consequences of, a major accident at the St Fergus gas plant.”

Posted in: Exxon Mobil, Oil, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell, Shell Employee Safety, Total.
Tagged: ExxonMobil · Gas · Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Shell · Total

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Royal Dutch Shell plc: Notice of 2015 Annual General Meeting

Apr 16th, 2015

by John Donovan.

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LONDON, April 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ –

Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) (the “Company”) announces that its 2015 Annual General Meeting will be held at the Circustheater, Circusstraat 4, 2586 CW The Hague, The Netherlands at 10:00 (Dutch time) on Tuesday May 19, 2015. The Notice of Annual General Meeting (the “Notice”) can be viewed and downloaded from http://www.shell.com/agm.

The AGM will be webcast on the day so shareholders unable to attend in person can still follow proceedings. Details of the webcast arrangements can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting.

Posted in: Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell, Shell AGM.

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After The BG Group Plc Deal, Is Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Dividend At Risk?

Apr 16th, 2015

by John Donovan.

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By Rupert Hargreaves – Wednesday, 15 April, 2015

Shell’s (LSE: RDSB) merger with BG Group will create a Footsie titan. The enlarged group will make up around 10% of the index, and provide 10% of the index’s dividends.

And at present levels the company supports a dividend yield of 6.2%, a yield that’s hard to turn down.

However, some analysts have begun to voice their concerns about the sustainability of Shell’s dividend payout after it acquires BG. Should dividend investors be worried?