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Shell, Petro China seal Arrow Energy acquisition with $3.2 billion revised offer
22 Mar 2010
Australia’s coal seam gas producer Arrow Energy yesterday agreed to the joint takeover bid after both the acquiring companies revised and hiked the acquisition offer
Shell to exit 35 per cent petrol stations worldwide, cut 2,000 jobs
17 Mar 2010
The company fels feels that the company's petrol retailing and marketing operation, which has a presence in more than 100 countries, are too scattered and not focused enough on profitability and growth
Shell to cut refining capacity by 15 per cent, axe another 1,000 jobs
04 Feb 2010
After announcing a 75-per cent drop in profts, Shell is reducing its refining capacity and raise its focus on explorations
Shell and Brazil’s Cosan to form $12 billion biofuels JV
02 Feb 2010
This will be Shell’s first serious step into the biofuels sector and the biggest investment by a Western oil major in the production and sale of ethanol
Nigeria opposes Shell's plans to divest holdings
22 Dec 2009
Shell to divest Nigerian assets worth $5-billion
21 Dec 2009
Hit by militant strikes, Shell plans to sell off its Nigerian onshore operations with proven oil reserves of about 100 million barrels
ExxonMobil, Shell bag Iraqi West Qurna oilfield contract
06 Nov 2009
ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell beat rival consortiums from Russia, France and China to secure initial rights to develop Iraq’s giant West Qurna phase 1 oilfield, one of the largest in the country
Shell to cut 5,000 jobs after poor Q3 results
02 Nov 2009
Anglo-Dutch oil and gas group Royal Dutch Shell will cut 5,000 jobs - some 4.9 per cent of its 102,000-odd staff - as part of a restructuring programme called `Transition 2009.'
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