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Shell stories: 9 news summaries

Bush Cabinet Member in Criminal Inquiry

Interior secretary gave Shell big contracts, then took job with firm

Sep 17, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether Gale Norton illegally used her power as secretary of the Interior to obtain three oil contracts for Royal Dutch Shell—which only months later hired her as a legal counsel. The 2006 decision to award Shell leases on oil-rich federal... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • Cabinet • Shell • Royal Dutch Shell • secretary of the Interior • Gale Norton

 Shell Settles 
 Nigeria Case 
 for $15.5M 

Saro-Wiwa settlement is milestone for international law

Jun 9, 09 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Royal Dutch Shell agreed to settle a lawsuit over the 1995 deaths of Ken Saro-Wiwa and other Nigerians for $15.5 million, reports the Financial Times. Saro-Wiwa and eight other activists against petroleum exploitation were executed by the Nigerian military government, allegedly at the behest of the oil giant. In... More »

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Africa • oil • human rights • Shell • Nigeria • petroleum • international law • Royal Dutch Shell • Ken Saro-Wiwa

Shell Accused of Crimes Against Humanity

Family of Saro-Wiwa sues oil company in American court

May 22, 09 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Next week Royal Dutch Shell will finally appear in court to answer charges that it was complicit in the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the author and oil company critic executed by Nigeria's former military regime in 1995. Saro-Wiwa's family accuses the oil company of "a systemic campaign of human... More »

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oil • Shell • Nigeria • crimes against humanity • Royal Dutch Shell • corporate crime • oil industry • Ken Saro-Wiwa

 Iraq Dumps 
 Western Oil Deals 

Plans scrubbed as talks drag on too long

Sep 11, 08 3:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq has scrubbed plans to award six coveted no-bid contracts to Western oil companies, the New York Times reports. Negotiations with the oil giants—including Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, BP and others—dragged on for too long, said Iraq's foreign minister. The companies would have been unable to complete work... More »

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Iraq • oil • Iraq oil • Shell • Chevron • Hussain al Shahristani • oil companies • Exxon Mobil • China National Petroleum Corp.

 Oil Giants to Return to Iraq

Companies booted by Saddam win contracts to service Iraqi oil fields

Jun 19, 08 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four big oil companies chucked out of Iraq by Saddam Hussein 36 years ago are ready to return, the New York Times reports. BP, Exxon Mobil, Shell and Total are about to announced winning coveted no-bid contracts to service Iraqi oil fields. The contracts are short-term, but the firms hope... More »

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Iraq • Iraq oil • Shell • Chevron • oil companies • Exxon Mobil

Shell Strike Threatens UK Motorists

Government's urging not to panic-buy gas falls on deaf ears

Jun 13, 08 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Truck drivers for Shell have begun a four-day strike in Britain that threatens to hike already sky-high gas prices. Although the government has warned motorists not to panic-buy, gas stations were reporting a 30% spike in sales in the hours before the action; union leaders, meanwhile, have threatened that gasoline... More »

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Shell • United Kingdom • strike • gas prices • labor strike • Shell Oil

 Guess What Oil Execs Make  

Industry bigwigs are grilled by the Senate

May 21, 08 8:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Big Oil executives today were grilled by the Senate on soaring prices, and Sen. Patrick Leahy asked for their salaries, the AP reports. Here's what they said:
  • J. Stephen Simon, Exxon: $12.5 millon.
  • John Lowe, ConocoPhillips: Did not recall
  • Peter Robertson, Chevron: Did not recall.
  • John
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Exxon • Shell • Chevron • ConocoPhillips • Patrick Leahy • oil companies

Clock's Ticking on World Oil Supply: Shell CEO

Energy demand will top supply by 2015

Jan 25, 08 9:33 AM CST
(Newser) - World oil demand will outpace supply in 7 years, Shell's CEO warned in an email sent to employees in advance of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Jeroen van der Veer sees nuclear power, oil sands, and other unconventional energy sources replacing oil and gas out of necessity, whether... More »

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energy • oil • Shell • alternative energy • population • oil supply

Big Oil Shut Out
Of Iraq Deals

First new oil contracts go to China, India—even Vietnam and Indonesia

Apr 6, 07 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - U.S. oil companies are far from first in line as Iraq doles out its initial oil contracts.   China, India—even Vietnam and Indonesia—have the inside track instead, thanks to contracts and infrastructure dating back to the Saddam regime, and more positive Iraqi sentiment. "They have... More »

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Iraq • China • oil • Indonesia • Vietnam • India • Iraq oil • Exxon • Shell • Chevron • BP • business • United States • ExxonMobil • fuel

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