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Shell Wins Rights To Iraq's Giant Manjoon Oil Fields

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN and TAREK EL-TABLAWY | Posted 12.12.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials cheered and clapped as the first oil field up for bid went to a major international consortium at the opening of the c...

More Questions About the US Chamber's Membership Number Claim

Pete Altman | Posted 10.24.2009 | Green


Pete Altman

With more voices saying clearly that US Chamber of Commerce does not represent them, the Chamber's membership numbers are looking more and more questionable.

Citi Closing Mastercards Without Warning

msn.com | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business


AP - NEW YORK - Shannon Burdette tried to pay with her Shell Mastercard after filling up her gas tank this weekend but found the card rejected. Confu...

US Chamber's Influence and Credibility on the Decline

Pete Altman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green


Pete Altman

One reason for the Chamber's decline may be the result of what the Chamber's positioning communicates to businesses and lawmakers alike.

Shell Wins Federal Approval To Drill For Oil Off Alaska Coast

Washington Post | Steven Mufson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green


The Interior Department has given Shell approval to drill oil exploration wells in two leaseholds in the Beaufort Sea, which could lead to the first d...

Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell To Develop World's Largest Gas Field

AP | ROD McGUIRK | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green


CANBERRA, Australia — Energy giant Chevron announced on Monday that the Gorgon gas field, one of the world's largest, will be developed off nort...

Economic Hit Men and the Next Drowning of New Orleans

Greg Palast | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Greg Palast

Ivor van Heerden is the professor who warned the levees of New Orleans were ready to blow -- months and years before Katrina did the job. For being right, he was rewarded with ... getting fired.

Iraq Oil Fields Receive One Offer; Foreign Firms Reject Government Terms

Al Jazeera | Posted 07.31.2009 | World


Iraq's long-awaited licensing round to develop some of its massive oil reserves has run into trouble as international oil and gas companies rejected a...

Nigeria: Shell Agrees To Pay $15.5M In Landmark Human Rights Case

AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 07.10.2009 | World


NEW YORK — Royal Dutch Shell agreed to a $15.5 million settlement Monday to end a lawsuit alleging that the oil giant was complicit in the execu...

Shell Human Rights Abuses Case Delayed (VIDEO)

VOA News | Carolyn Weaver | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green


The Shell human rights abuses case has been delayed in New York due to court order. No explanation has been given. For a video primer on the case, scr...

Shell 1Q Profit Down 62 Percent To $3.49 Billion

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 05.30.2009 | Business


AMSTERDAM — Europe's largest oil company, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, on Wednesday reported a 62 percent drop in first-quarter net profit as oil pric...

Shell Loses $2.8 Billion In 4Q

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 03.01.2009 | Business


AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Europe's largest oil company, said Thursday it swung to a net loss of $2.81 billion in the fourt...

With Bush Leaving Town, Pity Poor Hugo and King Abdullah

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 02.17.2009 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

With Bush leaving town, the air is going out of the price of oil.

Shell Profits Rise 22 Percent

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 11.30.2008 | Business


AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Europe's largest oil company, Thursday reported a 22 percent jump in net profit for the third qu...

Iraq's Oil Up For Grabs Today In Biggest Oil Sale Ever

The Guardian | Posted 11.13.2008 | Business


The biggest ever sale of oil assets will take place today, when the Iraqi government puts 40bn barrels of recoverable reserves up for offer in London....

Shell's Record Profit Fueled By High Oil Prices

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 08.08.2008 | Business


AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Royal Dutch Shell PLC reported a 33 percent jump in second-quarter profits Thursday, its biggest quarter ever at $11.6 ...

Shell Opens Hydrogen Station In Los Angeles

NPR | Celeste Headlee | Posted 07.15.2008 | Green


Click to listen. There's a Shell gas station in West Los Angeles where you can fill up with hydrogen instead of gasoline. Shell began the pilot proje...

Oil Deals

Jeff Danziger | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics


Jeff Danziger

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Shell Profits Soar By 25% Thanks To Record Oil Prices

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 05.07.2008 | Business


AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Royal Dutch Shell PLC reported a 25 percent rise in first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, crediting strong increases in oi...

Shell Posts "Obscene" Profits

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Even as other companies post record lows, Royal Dutch Shell PLC -- Europe's largest oil company -- announced on Thursday that their Q4 earnings have g...

Shell Posts "Obscene" Profit

Daily Mail | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Shell smashed all-time British company profit records today, posting 2007 earnings of $27.5billion (£13.9billion), and immediately ran into a storm w...