Kashagan project closed indefinitely
Extract from oilprice.comarticle by James Burgesspublished 23 April 2014 under the headline: “Kashagan Field Plans Pipeline Replacement”
After weeks of review, the operators of Kazakhstan’s giant Kashagan oil field have concluded that pipelines carrying oil and gas will need to be replaced due to extensive damage. The consortium — which includes Eni, Total, Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil — has been repeatedly frustrated by delays and engineering obstacles. With the discovery of the severely corroded pipelines, the project, which was shut down in October 2013 after a brief start, is now closed indefinitely.
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Royal Dutch Shell outmaneuvered, outsmarted, bullied and humiliated
Vladimir Putin: The macho man former spy who has repeatedly outmaneuvered, outsmarted, bullied and humiliated Royal Dutch Shell, while simultaneously running rings round other submissive global players. Jeroen van de Veer prostrated himself before Vladimir Putin in the Sakhalin2 surrender and Ben van Beurden repeated the act of subservience in a cringe-making ill-timed audience with Putin on Good Friday. The king of corruption and master of polonium fueled assassination is treating them all with deserved contempt.
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Russia says firms leaving over sanctions can’t return soon
BIROBIDZHAN, Russia, April 24 (Reuters) – Russia warned foreign companies working in the oil and gas sector that if they quit the country over Ukraine-related sanctions, they would not be able to return any time soon. Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden… came to Moscow and told President Vladimir Putin the company was committed to expansion in Russia.
Oil firms’ cost cuts may jeopardise worker safety – Norway watchdog
Shell oil rig Kulluk seen grounded off the coast of an Alaskan island.
Extract from a Reuters article by Gwladys Fouche published 24 April 2014
OSLO, April 24 (Reuters) – Cost-cutting by oil companies could jeopardise the safety of workers in the future, Norway’s safety watchdog warned on Thursday. The regulator said it was concerned that as a result safety standards could be compromised in Norway, where the world’s biggest oil companies drill offshore, including BP, Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips, Total, Statoil and Exxon Mobil.
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Catastrophic bungling in Shell’s Alaskan debacle
Extract from an article published by Environment News Service on 23 April 2014 under the headline:
“U.S. Not Ready for Oil Spill in Arctic Waters”
“Amazingly, Shell seems determined to attempt another assault on the Arctic, even after the catastrophic bungling of its 2012 foray. There is no clearer evidence that oil companies are not prepared enough, are cutting corners, and according to a recent U.S. Coast Guard Report, are committing multiple violations of the law in order to get to deep sea black gold, than Shell’s Alaskan debacle.” “Everyone from the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Government’s Geological Survey, Lloyds of London and CEOs of giant oil companies agree there is no such thing as safe Arctic drilling.”
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