Supermajor Shell and the US Coast Guard (USCG) concluded skimming operations in their joint response to the discharge of 2100 bbl (88,200 gallons) of crude oil at the Glider field in the Gulf of Mexico, the pair said late on 16 May. The joint response mobilized more than 150 people…
Oil major Shell has said it is to cut around 475 jobs from its UK and Ireland business by the end of this year as it further reduces its cost base. The firm has already announced more than 10,000 jobs cuts globally, including some 2800…
Shell announced on 15 May that production from the Brutus field in the US Gulf of Mexico has resumed following a leak at the nearby Glider field on May 12, which shut-in all production to the associated tension leg platform. While production…
Royal Dutch Shell has officially acquired 100% of BG Group today (15 February) in a US$70 billion mega merger that leaves Shell as one of the biggest oil and gas companies in the world. Shell CEO Ben van Beurden…
Shell’s Q4 2015 earnings fell 57% along with its full year earnings taking a major plunge of 80%, as the Anglo-Dutch supermajor confirms the reduction of some 10,000 across both Shell and BG Group, once the mega merger is complete in a few weeks…
Former Shell senior executive, Ann Pickard has been appointed as Woodside's non-executive director. Pickard retired from Shell in February, where she held numerous positions during her 15-year tenure with the company. She served as executive vice president…
The High Court of Justice of England and Wales has sanctioned the mega merger between supermajor Shell and BG Group, paving the way for the biggest merger in more than a decade to be complete early next week. However, the merger remains…
PetroRio has received its second cancelation notice, this time from Petrobras, for the Bijupirá and Salema fields offshore Brazil, just two weeks after it received a pink slip from supermajor Shell, leaving the Brazilian minnow completely out of the fields…
Shell is cancelling the divestment of an 80% stake in the Bijupirá and Salema fields, including the Fluminense floating production and storage offloading unit (FPSO). The Fluminense FPSO. Image from Modec…
Shell shareholders approved the US$70 billion takeover of BG Group in a landslide vote of 83.08% in favor of the mega merger today (27 January) in The Hague, The Netherlands. Shell CEO Ben van Beurden…
BG Group shareholders made the final decision in the US$70 billion mega merger with Shell in an overwhelming 99.53% vote in favor of the deal today (28 January), making it the biggest merger between two supermajors in more than a decade. BG…
Shell’s full year 2015 results are expected to record a significant drop of about 54% compared to 2014, in addition to a reduction of some 10,000 positions across BG Group and Shell in an effort to streamline and integrate the two companies…
Earthjustice, on behalf of eight conservation groups, filed to intervene in a case before the Interior Board of Land Appeals to defend the Department of Interior’s (DOI) decision to deny Shell’s request for an extension of the terms of its oil drilling leases in the Arctic Ocean…
Shell has terminated the contract for the Polar Pioneer, a harsh environment semisubmersible drilling rig, announced rig owner Transocean on 28 December. The rig was famously used this summer in Shell's Arctic campaign in the Chukchi Sea…
Greg Hale takes a look at how Shell integrated an asset integrity program into its new Prelude FLNG project with the intent of saving millions over the next 20-25 years. Integrating an asset integrity…
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