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EU Probes Oil Majors on Price Manipulation

14.05.2013 - European authorities have raided offices of oil majors Shell, BP and Statoil as part of a probe into suspected manipulation of oil prices, one of the biggest cross-border actions...

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Boosting Global Expansion

13.05.2013 - Business - Shell Chemicals held a ground-breaking ceremony last month for the building of facilities for making high-purity ethylene oxide (HPEO) and ethoxylates at its site in...

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Asian Petrochemical Firms Risk High-end Chemicals Deluge

13.05.2013 - Petrochemical firms risk creating a glut of high-end products in Asia as they invest billions of dollars to move up a value chain threatened at the bottom end by cheap U.S...

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Shell to Develop World's Deepest Offshore Oil Platform

09.05.2013 - Royal Dutch/Shell said on Wednesday it will go ahead with the world's deepest offshore oil and gas production project, pushing the boundaries of technology to produce from nearly 2...

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Shell Boss to Retire Early as Profits Top Forecast

02.05.2013 - Royal Dutch/Shell's 54-year old chief executive Peter Voser is to retire next year in a surprise early departure he said was driven by a desire for a change of lifestyle. Voser has...

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Texas Oil Sails to Canada, Refiners Fume Over Tanker Law

01.05.2013 - Oil traders including commodities giant Trafigura and Australian bank Macquarie have quietly begun shipping U.S. crude oil from Texas to Canada, raising the ire of U.S. East Coast...

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UK Blocks Shell Paying Iran Oil Debt in Food, Medicin

23.04.2013 - Britain has blocked efforts by oil major Royal Dutch Shell to settle a $2.3 billion debt it owes Iran by paying in kind with grains or pharmaceuticals, industry sources said. Shell...

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Czech Minister Says Shell Offering Refinery Stake

16.04.2013 - Royal Dutch/Shell has offered to sell its minority stake in a Czech oil refining firm to the state, a minister said on Tuesday, which could help a proposal for the government to...