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August, 2020:

Ogoni and the Unforgettable History of State Brutality, By Fegalo Nsuke

Aug 21st, 2020
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Ogoni and the Unforgettable History of State Brutality, By Fegalo Nsuke

21 August 2020

The Ogoni is daily in the news with reports of extra judicial killings, persecution, police repression, military torture and all sorts of human rights abuses. The conflict rages as the Nigerian oil industry seeks to adopt unsavoury measures to forcefully resume oil production in the area without the people’s consent.

The Ogoni people have become very familiar with the insincerity of the Nigerian oil industry, forcing a growing cynicism that continually creates distrust and conflict each time the Ogoni issue is mentioned. read more

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Shell Explores Sale of a Norwegian Natural Gas Business

Aug 21st, 2020
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Shell Explores Sale of a Norwegian Natural Gas Business

Its shares are down 48% this year, giving the company a market value of around $115 billion.

Aaron Kirchfeld, Dinesh Nair and Laura Hurst: Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it’s considering a sale of a Norwegian natural gas supplier, as the energy major continues to selectively dispose of assets.

The company is exploring a disposal of its Gasnor unit, a spokesperson confirmed in response to Bloomberg queries. Shell has approached infrastructure funds and private equity firms about a deal, people with knowledge of the matter said, asking not to be identified as discussions are private. read more

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World’s largest floating LNG factory remains in shutdown — at just three years old

Aug 21st, 2020
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World’s largest floating LNG factory remains in shutdown — at just three years old

More than five times larger than the world’s biggest aircraft carrier, Prelude is the largest floating object ever built. (Supplied: Shell)

ABC KimberleyBy Ben Collins

Shell’s massive floating LNG factory off the Kimberley coast has been in shutdown since February and industry analysts are divided on whether the $12-17 billion facility has a future.

Prelude FLNG is the largest floating object ever built and billed as the solution to getting gas out of Australia’s most remote undersea gas fields. read more

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Europe’s Big Oil Companies Aim To Become Big Energy

Aug 21st, 2020
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Europe’s Big Oil Companies Aim To Become Big Energy

By Haley Zaremba – Aug 19, 2020, 12:00 PM CDT

Big Oil’s most profitable business is no longer oil. This attention-grabbing headline published by Oilprice.com earlier this month may be dramatic, but it’s not hyperbole – it’s the truth. “Even as oil demand and prices have recovered, the tried and true economic model is no longer a failsafe option for oil and gas companies,” reads the article. “Pumping crude just isn’t paying the bills.” read more

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Big Oil’s Petrochemical Bet Is A Risky One

Aug 21st, 2020
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Big Oil’s Petrochemical Bet Is A Risky One

By Tsvetana Paraskova – Aug 19, 2020, 5:00 PM CDT

Petrochemicals are expected to underpin global oil demand growth in the future as growth in transportation fuels demand is set to slow with the increased use of electric vehicles, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in March in its annual Oil 2020 report with projections until 2025. But are petrochemicals really profitable?

“Petrochemical feedstocks LPG/ethane and naphtha will drive around half of all oil products demand growth, helped by continued rising plastics demand and cheap natural gas liquids in North America,” the IEA said in March when the COVID-19 pandemic was already upending global oil demand growth projections for this year. read more

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The Beginning Of The End Of Oil & Gas Exploration?

Aug 18th, 2020
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By Alex Kimani – Aug 17, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT

Booms and bust cycles are very much a part of investing in the fossil fuel sector. In previous energy downturns, prices frequently experienced serious slumps, but oil and gas companies mostly kept faith in their biggest asset: Oil and gas reserves buried deep in the ground. But things are markedly different this time around.

Faced with pandemic-driven demand destruction and a relentless call for climate-conscious and ethical investing, oil executives are resigning themselves to the uncomfortable fact that a significant amount of their vast oil and gas reserves will end up totally worthless. read more

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Oil companies wipe $87bn off value of fossil fuel reserves as demand plunges during pandemic

Aug 18th, 2020
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With oil prices expected to stay low, big producers are grappling with lower profits and the prospect of a quicker transition to renewable energy

Ben Chapman @b_c_chapman: 18 August 2020

Seven of the world’s largest oil firms have wiped almost $90bn (£69bn) off the value of their fossil fuel reserves as the coronavirus pandemic sent demand plunging.

Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Total, Chevron, Repsol, Eni and Equinor have written down their oil and gas assets by $87bn over the past nine months, with $55bn coming in the latest financial quarter, analysis by climate think tank Carbon Tracker found. read more

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Norway’s wealth fund lost $21 billion in first half of 2020

Aug 18th, 2020
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Norway’s wealth fund lost $21 billion in first half of 2020

Gwladys Fouche, Terje Solsvik: AUGUST 18, 2020

OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s $1.15 trillion sovereign wealth fund posted a loss of 188 billion Norwegian crowns ($21.27 billion) in the first half of 2020 as stocks and real estate holdings fell in value during the COVID-19 pandemic, it said on Tuesday.

The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund holds stakes in some 9,200 companies globally, owning 1.5% of all listed stocks. It also invests in bonds and real estate.

For a graphic on Top 10 sovereign wealth funds Top 10 sovereign wealth funds: read more

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Nigerians Can’t Sue Shell Units As Group Over Oil Spill

Aug 17th, 2020
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Nigerians Can’t Sue Shell Units As Group Over Oil Spill

Law360, London (August 17, 2020, 4:33 PM BST) — Tens of thousands of Nigerians suing Shell in London over an oil spill will have to pursue their claims as individuals after a judge ruled that their demands for the energy giant to clean up the pollution doomed their chances of proceeding as one group.

Each of the 27,000 Nigerian residents and hundreds of communities must show how the oil spill at the Bonga offshore field, pictured, hit their livelihoods.  read more

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Shell Energy still being savaged on Trustpilot reviews

Aug 17th, 2020
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Featured below are extracts from negative customer reviews about Shell Energy posted during the last several days on Trustpilot.  Visit the Shell Energy page on Trustpilot to view all reviews in their entirety, positive and negative (and Shell Energy responses). Watch out for any fake reviews. Note the reoccurring themes in the negative reviews, including difficulty in communicating with the company. This article posted on 17 August 2020.

Switched over to shell for all utilities and broadband

Its been the worst customer service ever
they do not respond to emails, they take hours to answer a call
they did not resolve the problem of my complaint of being over charged. Dont make the same mistake as me. go elsewhere

Left hand doesn’t know what…

So far the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing.

I’m trying to switch via uSwitch and now over 26 days later I’m still attempting this. Shell energy are telling uswitch I don’t have a Economy 7 meter but an Economy 10 meter instead.

However when I ring up shell energy and speak to sales (Sean) they tell me I have an Economy 7 but they cannot offer me the tariff on uSwitch directly. read more

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Europe’s Big Oil Companies Are Turning Electric

Aug 17th, 2020
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Under pressure from governments and investors, industry leaders like BP and Shell are accelerating their production of cleaner energy.

By Stanley Reed: Aug. 17, 2020, 3:00 a.m. ET

This may turn out to be the year that oil giants, especially in Europe, started looking more like electric companies.

Late last month, Royal Dutch Shell won a deal to build a vast wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands. Earlier in the year, France’s Total, which owns a battery maker, agreed to make several large investments in solar power in Spain and a wind farm off Scotland. Total also bought an electric and natural gas utility in Spain and is joining Shell and BP in expanding its electric vehicle charging business. read more

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Shell looks to inflate case for generating power offshore

Aug 15th, 2020
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Shell looks to inflate case for generating power offshore

Emily Gosden, Energy Editor: The Times

Royal Dutch Shell hopes to boost the profits it makes from offshore wind farms by using surplus electricity to produce hydrogen and to charge batteries at sea.

The oil company claims that using such technologies to store energy, as well as installing floating solar panels next to the turbines, should enable it to offer “a continuous power supply”, even when the wind isn’t blowing. read more

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Shell Looks To Snap Up $9 Billion India Petchem Stake

Aug 13th, 2020
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Shell Looks To Snap Up $9 Billion India Petchem Stake

By Julianne Geiger – Aug 13, 2020, 10:30 AM CDT

Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell is planning to snap up a major stake in a petrochemical businesses, according to anonymous sources cited by Reuters.

According to the source, Shell signed a memorandum of understanding to pick up a 50% stake in India-based Nayara Energy’s petrochem project.

Nayara Energy Limited (formerly Essar Oil Limited), which also runs India’s second-largest single-site refinery that makes up 8% of India’s total refinery capacity, is 49.13% owned by PJSC NK Rosneft, which it picked up in August of 2017. read more

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Shell unit shuts Philippine refinery as pandemic slashes margins

Aug 13th, 2020
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Shell unit shuts Philippine refinery as pandemic slashes margins

FILE PHOTO: Residents transport commuters and soda bottles on tricycles past a Shell petrol station in Las Pinas, Metro Manila, January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

Enrico Dela Cruz: AUGUST 13, 2020

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine unit of Royal Dutch Shell said on Tuesday it will permanently shut one of the country’s two oil refineries, blaming a pandemic-led slump in margins, with other regional closures likely to follow, according to analysts. read more

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Exclusive: Shell eyes stake in Nayara’s $9 billion Indian petchem project – source

Aug 12th, 2020
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Exclusive: Shell eyes stake in Nayara’s $9 billion Indian petchem project – source

Nidhi Verma and Vladimir Soldatkin: Reuters

NEW DELHI/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Oil major Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L> plans to buy a 50% stake in Indian-based Nayara Energy’s up to $9 billion planned petrochemical project, a source familiar with the matter said.

Global oil majors are looking at expanding foothold in the vast Indian market, where local refiners are investing billions of dollars to boost their petrochemical capacities. read more

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Shell may have to write off Nord Stream 2 investment if project collapses

Aug 11th, 2020
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Uniper may have to write down Nord Stream 2 loan if the pipeline fails

* Uniper is a financial backer of Nord Stream 2 project

* Risk of non-completion is increasing

* Uniper has committed to fund up to 950 mln eur (Adds CEO comments, details on Nord Stream 2 financing)

By Christoph Steitz and Tom Käckenhoff: AUGUST 11, 2020

FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF, Aug 11 (Reuters) – German utility Uniper on Tuesday said it may have to impair a loan provided to the planned Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline if the project collapses in the face of U.S. sanctions. read more

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