Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore oil and gas industry is the province’s largest contributor to the economy and will be critically important to its future.
Shell's proposals to decommission its four Brent platforms are a test case for North Sea industry. But here's why decommissioning is not what it's cracked up to be.
A singular focus on divestment from oil and gas companies to counter climate change could be detrimental.
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The broad principle of companies, government bodies and universities divesting from oil, gas and coal companies is sound. But its application needs more sophistication.
The oil fields in the Niger Delta are regularly sabotaged by people living in communities surrounding the fields.
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Shell has abandoned oil exploration offshore Alaska for now but a variety of trends are driving the energy industry to take a fresh look at Arctic drilling.
The risks of rising carbon emissions means fossil fuel firms need new strategies now - for the sake of their businesses as well as the planet.
The Kulluk, Shell’s Arctic offshore drilling platform, was grounded in 2013 after efforts by the US Coast Guard and tug vessel crews to move the vessel to a safe harbor during a winter storm.
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Shell is going back to the Arctic to explore offshore drilling, but the company and the Department of Interior are not using the best practices for avoiding the risk of a spill.
Shell chief Ben van Beurden is pointing the way for oil companies to demand greater certainty over future climate policy.
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In a speech last Thursday at International Petroleum Week – one of the biggest events on the industry’s calendar – Ben van Beurden, chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, argued that big energy companies…
October 9 2014 was a big day in eco-activism: Lego announced that it would not renew a product-placement deal with Shell, following concerted pressure from Greenpeace as part of a campaign to ban Arctic…
Shell and BP bosses are raising fears about North Sea future in independent Scotland.
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The recent concerns raised by the chief executives of BP and Shell, Bob Dudley and Ben van Beurden, about a possible “yes” outcome in the Scottish referendum might seem a bit puzzling given their huge…
Shell and BP in less competitive times.
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When most of us think of cartels, we think of Colombian drug gangs rather than multi-national businesses. But not any more; if European regulators are to be believed, a cartel has been operating much closer…