Shell/Exxon NAM JV cuts 2000 jobs due to low oil price and liability for Dutch earthquakes

Shell/Exxon NAM JV cuts 2000 jobs due to low oil price and liability for Dutch earthquakes

Sep 19th, 2015 

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“Thousands of buildings have been damaged in earthquakes caused by the ground settling after the gas has been removed. ‘NAM has continued to drill in Groningen even though it is well aware of the risks, and has put dozens of lives in danger…”

By John Donovan: Saturday 19 Sept 2015

A spokesperson for the Dutch Petroleum Company (NAM) – a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil – confirmed earlier today that the Company is cutting 2,000 jobs.

The downsizing results from the collapse in oil and gas prices and concern over massive multi-billion dollar liability arising from the NAM induced earthquakes in Holland arising from gas extraction at the Groningen field. 

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Posted in: Environment, Exxon Mobil, Gas, GoogleNews, Groningen Earthquakes, NAM,Netherlands, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell.
Tagged: ExxonMobil · Gas · Royal Dutch Shell Plc

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Shell completes Corrib as partner confirms €243m loss

Shell completes Corrib as partner confirms €243m loss

Sep 19th, 2015 

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Shell Ireland has declared that the on-site work is now complete for the gas to flow from the Corrib Gas field.

Some of the more than 900 employees pictured during construction of the Corrib Gas Processing Terminal at Bellanaboy.

Irish Independent: By Gordon Deegan: Saturday 19 Sept 2015

Shell Ireland yesterday declared that on-site work is complete for gas to flow from the Corrib gas field.

Shell E&P Ireland confirmed that from a technical point of view, production of gas can now start – 19 years after gas was discovered in the gas field off the coast of Mayo.

However, the Corrib Gas Partners cannot commence production until two separate permits are granted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Dept of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

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Posted in: Corrib Gas Project, Environment, Gas, Ireland, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell.
Tagged: Corrib Gas Project · Environment · Gas · Ireland · Royal Dutch Shell Plc

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Iran to allow construction of 100 Total and Shell gas stations

Iran to allow construction of 100 Total and Shell gas stations

Sep 19th, 2015 

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18 Sept 2015

Total and Shell have been given the green light to build 100 gas stations across Iran in the near future, after approval by government officials. This will be the first time foreign branded gas stations will operate in the country.

The 100 gas stations, which also received the approval from Bijan Haj Mohammad Reza, the chairman of the trade union of Iran’s filling station, will spread across different Iranian regions, according to Iranian news website Oilnews.

“For the first time Iran’s Petroleum Ministry will give permission for the construction of gasoline stations under any brand in the country,” he said.

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IF SHELL FINDS OIL IN CHUKCHI SEA, WHAT NEXT?

IF SHELL FINDS OIL IN CHUKCHI SEA, WHAT NEXT?

Sep 19th, 2015 

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18 September 2015

The short drilling season for oil exploration in U.S. Arctic offshore waters will reach one stopping point Sept. 28 and a complete halt Oct. 31 for Royal Dutch Shell Plc. The company has been drilling since July 30 at the Burger prospect in the Chukchi Sea north of Alaska. If oil is discovered, it will require some very interesting and complicated development decisions and regulatory considerations.

Shell has come a long way to get this far. It acquired a set of leases over the Burger prospect in 2008 and has spent about $7 billion on trying to develop the leases. Shell, operating through its subsidiary Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc., did not report a discovery from the well it drilled in 2012, and no one has ever yet discovered oil in the Chukchi — not oil in commercial quantities, at any rate. A dry hole is always a possibility.

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Posted in: Alaska, Arctic, Bidness Etc, Bloomberg, Chukchi Sea, Climate Change, Conoco Phillips, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, Litigation, Oil Spill, Pollution,Royal Dutch Shell Plc, United States.
Tagged: Alaska · Arctic Ocean · Chukchi Sea · ConocoPhillips · Litigation · Oil · Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Shell

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Actors join campaign to draw attention to Arctic issue

Actors join campaign to draw attention to Arctic issue

Sep 19th, 2015 

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By DAN JOLING: 18 Sept 2015

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Critics of Arctic offshore petroleum drilling have used climbing gear, kayaks and polar bear costumes to protest industrial activity in the Arctic. They’re now trying humor.

Actors Alexander Skarsgard of “True Blood” and Jack McBrayer of “30 Rock,” along with Andy Bichlbaum of “The Yes Men” activists, are on a Greenpeace ship in the Greenland Sea with a team from the Funny or Die production company to make a comedy series focused on industrial threats to the Arctic.

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