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Royal Dutch Shell to sell 23% stake in Brazilian oil project to Qatar Petroleum for $1 bn
29 Jan 2014
Shell to sell stakes in two Australian projects to Kuwait for $1.14 bn
20 Jan 2014
Shell is under pressure from investors to sell non-core assets to focus on more profitable ventures and improve the company's financials
Shell to sell some North Sea oilfields to raise under divestment programme
15 Jan 2014
Despite its divestments Shell still expects to hit its target of $130 billion in capital expenditure between 2012 and 2015
Shell may sell remaining stake in Woodside for $7.4 bn: report
03 Jan 2014
Potential buyers of the stake could include the sovereign wealth funds of the Middle East
ONGC, Shell acquire Petrobras' stake in Brazilian offshore oil block for $1.64 bn
31 Dec 2013
OVL, the overseas arm of state-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Royal Dutch Shell yesterday acquired the remaining 35 per cent of a Brazilian offshore oil block, not already owned by them, for $1.64 billion, from Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras)
Shell profits take a hit on weak refining margins, high production costs and Nigeria troubles
31 Oct 2013
Shell to shut down Australian refinery
04 Apr 2013
Shell’s Geelong refinery, which has been operating for almost six decades, supplies about half of Victoria’s and 30 per cent of South Australia’s fuel
Shell to build world’s first oil sands carbon capture project in Canada
06 Sep 2012
Shell is planning the world’s first oil sands carbon capture and storage project in Canada
Shell scraps controversial biofuels plan after Brazilian Indians protest
13 Jun 2012
Raizen, a joint venture between Shell and Brazilian ethanol giant Cosan grows some of its sugarcane on land claimed by the Guarani tribe, one of the most persecuted and impoverished in South America
Shell to buy UK’s Cove Energy for $1.8 billion
24 Apr 2012
The acquisition will help Shell secure a stake in one of the world’s largest gas fields off the Mozambique coast in Africa
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