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Royal Dutch Shell to axe 2,800 jobs
15 Dec 2015
Regulatory delays in $70 bn takeover of BG’s Australian project could hit gas supply: Shell
03 Sep 2015
US regulators approve Royal Dutch Shell-BG Group $70 bn merger
17 Jun 2015
The US Federal Trade Commission has cleared the deal, which still requires regulatory approval from the European Union, China, Australia and Brazil
Shell agrees to clean up 2008 Nigerian oil spill
04 May 2015
Claimants said that oil spillage from two pipelines amounted to 500,000 barrels of oil, while Shell initially estimated the volume at about 4,000 barrels
Shell to buy Britain’s BG Group for $69.6 bn
08 Apr 2015
A deal between the two energy companies comes amid the recent collapse in global oil prices and BG’s record $5-billion loss in the fourth quarter
Shell to end North Sea oil production
03 Feb 2015
Removing redundant platforms and pipelines, and plugging spent oil wells in the North Sea will be one of the most challenging decommissioning projects in the world
Shell announces $15-bn spending cuts as low oil prices bite
30 Jan 2015
The company said that it would defer spending in many areas, exit selective growth positions, and drive costs down in the supply chain
Shell affiliates in US pay $900,000 to EPA to settle violations of vehicle fuel standards
21 Jan 2015
I-T dept loses Rs18,000-cr transfer pricing case against Shell India
18 Nov 2014
The tax authorities failed to establish that the issue of shares of Rs180 market value at Rs10 per share was intended to avoid paying tax and that the company is liable to pay tax on the income generated out of it
Shell's Sakhalin-2 project expansion gets Putin's support
19 Apr 2014
Russian president, Vladimir Putin yesterday promised support to Shell chief executive officer Ben van Beurden’s plan to expand the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project in Russia’s Far East, at a meeting at his residence near Moscow
Exxon and Shell in legal limbo as Crimea may join Russia
12 Mar 2014
Exxon and Royal Dutch Shell Plc had planned to spend $735 million drilling two wells, in a region that comes under Crimean waters
Shell to sell Australian downstream businesses to Swiss-based oil trader Vitol for $2.6 bn
21 Feb 2014
Shell has recently sold its refineries in the UK, Germany, France, Norway and the Czech Republic, downstream businesses in Egypt, Spain, Greece, Finland and Sweden to focus on upstream exploration and production
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