How the European Oil Industry Decided to Save the Climate

How the European Oil Industry Decided to Save the Climate

Jun 23rd, 2015 

by John Donovan. 

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By Javier Blas: June 23, 2015

By the time the convention chat turned into action, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, BP Plc, Total SA, Eni SpA, Statoil ASA and BG Group Plc published an unprecedented open letter on climate change. Breaking with their biggest U.S. competitors, they announced their support for efforts to put a cost on polluting, acknowledging they were on the wrong side of history.

“They have massively changed the rhetorical position,” says Charlie Kronick, senior climate adviser at Greenpeace in London. “They know that if you are not at the table, you could end up being lunch.”

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Posted in: BG Group, Bloomberg, BP, Climate Change, Eni, Environment, Greenpeace,Oil, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell, Statoil, Total.
Tagged: BG Group · BP · Environment · Global Warming · Oil · Royal Dutch Shell Plc ·Total

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Warning on Shell megadeal

Warning on Shell megadeal

Jun 23rd, 2015 

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JOHN DAGGE: HERALD SUN: MELBOURNE: JUNE 24, 2015

ONE of Australia’s biggest plastic makers has added its voice to concerns about Shell’s planned takeover of BG Group, saying further consolidation in the gas industry will likely harm manufacturers. 

Melbourne-based Qenos has also attacked Victoria’s ban on onshore oil and gas drilling, saying the restriction put at risk a new wave of major investment in the nation’s petrochemical and plastics industry.

Chief executive Jonathan Clancy told BusinessDaily Royal Dutch Shell’s $91 billion push to swallow British rival BG ran the risk of increasing consolidation among gas producers at a time when manufacturers needed more suppliers.

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Posted in: Australia, BG Group, Gas, LNG, Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
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Gazprom lays bare West’s vulnerability

Gazprom lays bare West’s vulnerability

Jun 23rd, 2015 

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Royal-Dutch Shell is teaming up with Gazprom on several projects despite Western sanctions on Russia.

The expanded partnerships fly in the face of European and American sanctions which ban joint ventures with Russian energy companies.

23 June 2015

Europe’s efforts to reduce dependence on the Russian energy have been dealt a new blow after reports that the Anglo-Dutch energy behemoth Shell was teaming up with Gazprom on several projects. 

Shell as well as Germany’s E.ON and Austria’s OMV Group signed a memorandum with Gazprom last week to build two new Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea to Germany. They hope to ship 55 billion cubic meters of gas to Europe each year.

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Posted in: Ben van Beurden, BG Group, Gas, Gazprom, Germany, Iran, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Russia, Sakhalin II.
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Anchorage Residents Hold ‘Keep Shell Out of the Arctic!’ Rally

Anchorage Residents Hold ‘Keep Shell Out of the Arctic!’ Rally

Jun 23rd, 2015 

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Anchorage Residents Hold ‘Keep Shell Out of the Arctic!’ Rally

Kirby Spangler Jun 22, 2015

Anchorage, Alaska – Following weeks of demonstrations in Seattle protesting Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic Drilling program, Anchorage residents gathered on the corner of Northern Lights and Minnesota at a local Shell gas station to join the international chorus speaking out about the controversial oil exploration in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. A 30ft long banner held by protesters read “Shell Drills, Oil Spills : 75% chance of Arctic Spill”. 

A coordinated event was also held in Juneau with a hand-built replica of Shell’s drilling rig, the Polar Pioneer, parked in front of the Federal Building, where it dwarfed the gathered protesters. Both events were planned by participating grassroots and non-profit groups concerned about drilling for oil in Alaska’s Arctic. 

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Posted in: Alaska, Arctic, Chukchi Sea, Climate Change, Environment, Gas, Gulf of Alaska, Oil, Oil Spill, Pollution, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell, United States.
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Coast Guard clears Shell drillship bound for Arctic

Coast Guard clears Shell drillship bound for Arctic

Jun 23rd, 2015 

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Coast Guard clears Shell drillship bound for Arctic

Posted on June 22, 2015 | By Jennifer A. Dlouhy

The drillship Noble Discoverer undergoes sea trials off Singapore in November 2014.

WASHINGTON — As one of Shell’s Arctic drilling rigs makes its way to Alaska, a second is waiting in the wings.

The Noble Discoverer, now docked in Washington state waters, has received a critical “certificate of compliance” from the U.S. Coast Guard verifying it meets a host of safety and security requirements. Since a May 20 Coast Guard inspection, Shell and Noble cleared more than a dozen violations documented at the vessel.

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