WASHINGTON | Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:10pm EDT (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) will be allowed to begin some “limited” drilling in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea, the U.S. government said on Thursday, as the company struggled to keep its Arctic exploration plans this year alive. The U.S. Interior Department said Shell will be permitted to [...]
FROM OUR AUGUST 2005 SHELL NEWS ARCHIVE BLOOMBERG: Shell Causes Earthquakes in the Netherlands “Northern Netherlands Trembles as Gas Extraction Triggers Quakes: The entire area is sinking…” Posted 30 August 2005 Northern Netherlands Trembles as Gas Extraction Triggers Quakes Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) — Arie de Langen says he never thought he’d have to worry about [...]
Analysts are starting to question the tar sands industry’s “wildly optimistic“ growth plans and some projects are slowing down. Here’s why. In case you hadn’t noticed, the North American oil and gas industry is booming. If you don’t work for the industry, don’t live in a ‘Frack Zone’, or the Canadian oil patch, you could be forgiven...Continue reading 'Tar sands reality check'.FROM OUR AUGUST 2004 SHELL NEWS ARCHIVE Financial Times: Retired Shell engineer played central role “the company had been engaged in accounting manoeuvres since 1997-98, including a flawed internal audit function”; “Shell had engaged as [group reserves auditor] a retired Shell petroleum engineer – who worked only part time and was provided with limited resources [...]
Elex Michaelson CARSON, Calif. (KABC) — An environmental controversy surfaces again in Carson, where the city is locked in a legal battle with an oil giant. Residents say oil and chemicals are oozing up again from the ground in their neighborhoods. AT&T crews came to look at a phone line and what they found underground [...]
All the talk of Hurricane Isaac and the RNC has so far failed to notice the gaping hole appearing in what is not only the Romney/Ryan energy platform but also the platform of the entire North American oil and gas industry. And frankly, while politicians might be forgiven (and I mean might) for not fully...Continue reading 'Fires, storms and the energy independence myth'.
Arab media is reporting a claim that the Free Syrian Army killed a Russian General and his translator in Syria. According to the rebels, General Vladimir Kojaiv was assisting the Syrian regime. This included what the rebels described as “humanitarian crimes.” Russia is believed to have hundreds of troops and advisors still in Syria. Russia [...]