Shell hires video experts to rework YouTube channel
Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has hired one of the world's biggest names in social video sharing to engage more of an audience for its YouTube channel.
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Breaking: Shell sheds central West African assets for $587million
Royal Dutch Shell is selling 100% of its onshore interests in central West Africa's Gabon for $587 million.
Shell boss Ben van Beurden handed 54% pay hike
The boss of oil giant Royal Dutch Shell (LON: RDSB) was handed a 54% hike in his pay package last year to £7.5 million despite sliding profits.
North Sea on crest of “third wave of evolution”
North Sea oil and gas is on the crest of a “third wave” in its evolution following a series of major deals worth more than $6billion (£4.8billion), energy professionals have claimed.
This week’s top Shell stories
Energy giant Shell was at the front and centre of some massive announcements this week that sent shockwaves through the oil and gas industry.
Fitch says Total cuts must be the steepest
French group Total has to make the steepest cuts to investments and shareholder returns among Europe's oil majors if crude prices remain weak, in order to maintain its current credit rating, Fitch said today.
More problems for Shell’s Arctic plans
Shell’s drive to resume Arctic drilling has hit another hurdle, with the discovery of a hole in the hull of an ice-management vessel meant to safeguard its operations in the Chukchi Sea.
Shell’s blowout response tests hailed a success
Royal Dutch Shell has successfully used and tested emergency equipment meant to respond to a well blowout in the Arctic Ocean, US regulators said today.
Job losses in UK’s North Sea raise skills and safety concerns
Cost-cutting in Britain's North Sea oil and gas sector could lead to more acute skills shortages in future, industry experts have warned, with some expressing concerns that safety could be compromised. A plunge in crude prices over the last 12 months has prompted oil majors such as Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Chevron and ConocoPhillips to lay off hundreds of workers. Oil field services groups such as Amec Foster Wheeler, Wood Group and Petrofac are also in consultation with employees over job cuts.