Friends of the Earth in the Netherlands, which has carried out its own review of activities by the Anglo -
Dutch oil group, said the company often argues that it is moving away from oil towards cleaner gas but has often concentrated on the most carbon intensive forms of gas such as liquefied natural gas.
Not exact matches
The Anglo -
Dutch oil major, whose acquisition of BG
Group transformed it into the world's top liquefied natural gas producer, has been under pressure from shareholders to cut annual spending to ensure it can maintain its dividend given the slow recovery in the
oil prices.
In April, Royal
Dutch Shell (rydaf) decided to take advantage of the drop in the values of fellow
oil companies and buy BG
Group.
On the heels of its acquisition of BG
Group at a time when everyone else is offloading assets in these days of dismal
oil prices, Royal
Dutch Shell is banking optimistically on $ 50
oil to make this work, and hoping that a much leaner BG will do the trick.
Groups including
Dutch telecommunications
group Altice, US conglomerates Honeywell and General Electric, UK
oil major BP and French luxury
group Kering are considering setting up independent companies for some of their activities as a way to generate value for shareholders.
Among potential buyers — companies with strong balance sheets, but poor assets — Goldman pointed to Gazprom RU: GAZP Lukoil RU: LKOH Royal
Dutch Shell RDSB, +0.29 % RDS.B, +0.68 % BP BP., -0.64 % BP, +0.07 % and
Oil India 533106, +2.98 % Possible sellers include Afren UK: AFR Tullow
Oil TLW, -2.95 % BG
Group UK: BG and Diet Norske Oljeselskap NO: DETNOR
It included the quarterly dividend payments of British -
Dutch oil and gas giant Royal
Dutch Shell ($ 216.17) and US electric and gas utility company Southern Co ($ 46.92) as well as the final dividend of Japanese tobacco
group Japan Tobacco ($ 79.80).
A recent report by the Center for American Progress found that over the past decade, five of the world's top 10
oil companies — ExxonMobil Corp., Chevron Corp., BP PLC, Royal
Dutch Shell
Group, and ConocoPhillips Co. — and other large traditional energy companies with a direct commercial stake in future energy markets have forged dozens of multi-year, multi-million-dollar alliances with top U.S. universities and scientists to carry out energy - related research.
It included the quarterly dividend payments of British -
Dutch oil and gas giant Royal
Dutch Shell ($ 216.17) and US electric and gas utility company Southern Co ($ 46.92) as well as the final dividend of Japanese tobacco
group Japan Tobacco ($ 79.80).
Royal
Dutch Shell acquired the British multinational
oil and gas corporation BG
Group last year and has made significant progress by improving free cash flow, streamlining the combined company and realizing synergies.
2P Reserves, Alkermes, Amarin, Anadarko, Andor Technology, Botswana Diamonds, Circle
Oil, Clontarf Energy, Connemara Mining, Cooley Distillery, Cove Energy, Dragon
Oil, Escher
Group, Galantas Gold, Interior Services
Group, iShares MSCI Ireland ETF, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Jim Beam, John Teeling, Kentz, Minco, Ovoca Gold, Petrel Resources, PTT, Royal
Dutch Shell, Siteserv, TGISVP, Tullow
Oil, USPS, Worldspreads, Xstrata, Xtierra
A
group exhibition of works by the gallery's stable of artists, featuring Manhattan maps by Barbara Macfarlane,
oil on linen works by
Dutch artist Esther Nienhuis and
oil and resin...
A
group exhibition of works by the gallery's stable of artists, featuring Manhattan maps by Barbara Macfarlane,
oil on linen works by
Dutch artist Esther Nienhuis and
oil and resin paintings by New Zealander Rob Tucker.
Among the companies that want the United States to embrace some form of greenhouse - gas limits are
oil producers including the Royal
Dutch / Shell
Group and BP, as well as power - generating companies like Cinergy, AEP and Entergy, all of which have moved to reduce their own emissions.
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Oil Giants Call for Global Carbon Pollution Fees --» Six major European oil companies are asking the United Nations to help impose carbon dioxide emissions pricing in all countries... the letter was signed by representatives of the United Kingdom's BG Group and BP, Italy's Eni, the UK - Netherlands's Royal Dutch Shell, Norway's Statoil and France's Total.»&raq
Oil Giants Call for Global Carbon Pollution Fees --» Six major European
oil companies are asking the United Nations to help impose carbon dioxide emissions pricing in all countries... the letter was signed by representatives of the United Kingdom's BG Group and BP, Italy's Eni, the UK - Netherlands's Royal Dutch Shell, Norway's Statoil and France's Total.»&raq
oil companies are asking the United Nations to help impose carbon dioxide emissions pricing in all countries... the letter was signed by representatives of the United Kingdom's BG
Group and BP, Italy's Eni, the UK - Netherlands's Royal
Dutch Shell, Norway's Statoil and France's Total.»»
The Anglo -
Dutch group said the BG takeover would expand its presence in controversial deep - water activities — many of the planet's untapped fossil fuel resources are now in ocean regions that are difficult to access — but said it would also increase its presence in liquefied natural gas, a cleaner fossil fuel than
oil.
(09/21/2011) To encourage uptake of palm
oil that is less damaging to the environment, the European Union (EU) should lift the import duty on palm oil certified under Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), said a Dutch industry gro
oil that is less damaging to the environment, the European Union (EU) should lift the import duty on palm
oil certified under Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), said a Dutch industry gro
oil certified under Roundtable on Sustainable Palm
Oil (RSPO), said a Dutch industry gro
Oil (RSPO), said a
Dutch industry
group.
The documents, unveiled by
Dutch newspaper De Correspondent on Thursday, show that the
oil giant's researchers flagged that climate change could have major implications for the fossil fuel industry as far back as the 1980s — and predicted that environmental
groups could sue following damages from extreme weather.
Dutch financial services giant ING and French banking
group Société Générale are planning a follow - up to a recent trial that saw the firms examine how blockchain could create efficiencies in the
oil trading supply chain.