Behind the Q4 numbers: BP gets gold star, LNG a strange positive for Shell
With all the oil majors having reported their results for the fourth quarter, Energy Voice spoke to analysts to find out what the numbers meant.
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Aberdeen firm Read expects new work with Shell to create four jobs
Oilfield well integrity specialist Read Cased Hole, of Aberdeen, said yesterday a new multi-country contract with energy giant Shell would lead to four new jobs.
Former Shell finance chief gets £3m golden goodbye
Shell’s former chief executive officer will pocket more than £3million from his golden goodbye.
Union boss hits out over Shell boss’s bumper pay deal
Shell boss Ben van Beurden enjoyed a £3million boost to his overall pay package in 2016, earning more than £7million.
Amec clinches engineering deal with Shell in Brunei
Amec Foster Wheeler (AFW) said today that it had clinched a contract to upgrade Shell’s installations in Brunei.
Sale of polluting oil sands heralds cleaner future for Shell
Royal Dutch Shell Plc just took a big step toward remaking itself as a natural gas company.
Stay in the know with Energy Voice’s Friday Five
Catch-up on all the week’s top news with Energy Voice’s Friday Five. Scroll through our gallery to see what oil and gas tax specialist and EV’s guest editor Derek Leith chose as his top picks of the week.
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.
Shell moves to appoint two board members
Shell today confirmed it would propose at its annual meeting that it appoint two new board members.
Updated: Shell sheds Oil Sands interests in $7.25billion deal
Shell this morning confirmed a massive portfolio shake-up.
Shell hails Budget as ‘another step forward’ for North Sea
Shell said today's Budget marked "another step forward" in the oil and gas industry's quest to squeeze out as many barrels out of the North Sea as it can.
Dutch firm agrees £130m deal for stake in Breagh field
A Dutch oil and gas company has agreed to buy the UK subsidiary of Sterling Resources in a £133million deal that will give it 30% of the North Sea Breagh field.
Shell signs binding agreement on separation of Motiva
Shell today confirmed the signing of binding definitive agreements between SOPC Holdings East, a US downstream subsidiary of Shell, and Saudi Refining Inc (SRI) on the separation of assets, liabilities and businesses of Motiva Enterprises, a 50/50 refining and marketing joint venture.
Amec lands global Shell deal
Amec Foster Wheeler this morning confirmed it had landed global downstream deal with Shell.
INTERVIEW: Shell’s North Sea changing of the guard
Last month, it emerged that there’s a handover of the helm underway at Shell’s UK Continental Shelf and Ireland business based out of Aberdeen.
Nigeria brings new corruption charges against Shell, Eni
Nigeria has filed new corruption charges against Shell and Eni over the $1.3billion acquisition of an oilfield in 2011, a news report said, citing court documents.
HSE takes Shell to task over Clipper platform inspections
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has ordered Shell to up its game after the company fell behind on a number checks on its Clipper platform.
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Shell, BP asset sales not start of North Sea exodus, OGA chief says
BP and Shell’s recent North Sea asset sales do not mark the beginning of an exodus from the basin by the oil majors, the head of the Oil and Gas Authority said yesterday.
Video: Shell moves ahead with Gulf of Mexico deepwater project
Shell has decided to move ahead a Gulf of Mexico deepwater project with a break-even price below $40 per barrel.
Updated with video: Shell’s stance on climate change from 26 years ago resurfaces
A video by energy giant Shell warning about the dangers of climate change has resurfaced more than a quarter of a century after it was first released.
Shell shuns new oil sands as low crude prices force cost control
Royal Dutch Shell Plc is unlikely to take on new oil-sands projects as it maintains a grip on costs after crude’s crash forced competitors to write down Canadian reserves.
Hindenburg memories cloud Shell’s vision of hydrogen future
Taxi driver Theo Ellis, the first person in Europe to drive Toyota Motor Corp.’s hydrogen-powered Mirai sedan for business, loves telling passengers about the technology that emits nothing but water.
Pension giant to refocus investment in climate friendly firms
A UK pension giant is shifting around 10% of its total investments into a new fund to shield investors from the impact of climate change.
Defects found at Shell’s Norway gas plant
Energy giant Shell has been given two weeks to report back to the Norwegian safety organisation after a number of defects were found during inspections at the Nyhamna gas plant.