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Fri, 2010-08-27 16:29

Shell has concluded appraisal drilling on well 6604/10-1 in the 6603/12-1 Gro gas discovery, with the objective to delineate the discovery. Drilled to a depth of 12,057 feet (3,675

Fri, 2010-08-27 15:33

Environmental Programme(UNEP) by the international media that its three-year investigation, conducted and funded with $9.5million by Shell Petroleum Company, had revealed that only 10 percent of the pollution in Ogoniland was caused by equipment failure

Fri, 2010-08-27 13:30

A United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) report due for release in December which is reported to have exonerated Shell Petroleum Development Company from serial pipeline bursts in Ogoniland is not only outrageous but scandalous, the Environmental

Fri, 2010-08-27 11:26

MANILA, Philippines--Pilipinas Shell will reduce prices of its oil products by P0.50 per liter effective midnight Saturday. At 12:01 a.m Saturday, Shell will reduce the prices of all its gasoline

Fri, 2010-08-27 11:19

experiments to reduce oil-sands tailings. Carrie Tait, Financial Post · Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 CALGARY - Royal Dutch Shell PLC believes it has invented a system that will dramatically speed up the process of cleaning up tailings ponds -- the toxic waste

Fri, 2010-08-27 10:25

By Marie Daghlian A $12-billion joint venture between Shell (RDS.A) and Brazilian ethanol producer Cosan (CZZ) moved closer to reality as the two companies signed binding agreements on the a deal first proposed in February. If completed, the

Fri, 2010-08-27 09:58

Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plcs deepwater appraisal well at the Gro natural gas discovery indicated the find may be at the lower end of estimates, potentially denting plans for a new production hub in

Fri, 2010-08-27 09:34

A Brazilian court has asked Royal Dutch Shell and German chemical maker BASF pay $626m compensation following contamination at an agricultural chemical plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. According to reports, heavy metals were found in soil and subterranean

Fri, 2010-08-27 06:43

ÁINE RYAN SHELL E&P Ireland made a commitment in 2007 to no longer rely on consents issued in 2002 for an onshore pipeline by the then minister for the marine Frank Fahey, according

Fri, 2010-08-27 05:48

SUPERMAJOR Shell has suffered a disappointment with its 
high-profile appraisal well at the Norwegian Sea Gro gas discovery

Fri, 2010-08-27 02:47

By Edward Welsch Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES CALGARY (Dow Jones)--Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) said Thursday it began a commercial demonstration of a new technology to reduce the waste pools created by Canada's oil sands mining industry, and that it will

Fri, 2010-08-27 02:32

CALGARY — Shell Canada is touting a new project aimed at cleaning up waste, or tailings, from its Alberta oilsands operations in weeks instead of decades — and the company is offering to

Fri, 2010-08-27 00:36

Shell and Kroger Co., are expanding their exclusive alliance to continue helping customers save at the pump in multiple cities around the country with fuel rewards. The loyalty program provides shoppers

Fri, 2010-08-27 00:31

Shell and Cosan have signed binding agreements that will see the two companies form a $12bn (£8bn) joint venture to produce ethanol from sugar cane. In addition, they plan to distribute

Fri, 2010-08-27 00:01

Last Friday at 2:30 p.m., engineers at Royal Dutch Shell PLC RDS.A-N flipped the switch on a new technology they say will substantially speed the cleanup of toxic mine effluent and, in the process, help scrub the image of

Thu, 2010-08-26 23:06

CALGARY, Alberta, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa. L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Thursday it was starting up a demonstration project to test a new method of speeding up reclamation of toxic waste

Thu, 2010-08-26 22:57

26 (UPI) -- Ongoing political and social strife in Nigeria's delta region continues to affect Royal Dutch Shell's oil extraction efforts. Royal Dutch Shell's major concern remains the militant armed efforts of the Movement for the Emancipation of the

Thu, 2010-08-26 22:46

plans to spend $1 billion over three years in the region as it searches for oil and gas. Shell is also eagerly anticipating Arctic drilling success. The company has already spent $3 billion on plans to drill wells in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. Now

Thu, 2010-08-26 20:44

of hope for the struggling cellulosic ethanol industry. The first development was a $12 billion joint venture between Shell and the Brazilian ethanol producer Cosan. Given that Shell has already partnered with the cellulosic companies Codexis and Iogen,

Thu, 2010-08-26 19:57

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc said on Thursday it was starting up a demonstration project to test a new method of speeding up reclamation of toxic waste ponds at oil sands operations, a source