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Shell Chief Says Making Progress on Iraq Deal

MADRID (Reuters UK) - Royal Dutch Shell RDSa is making progress in talks on a deal to invest in Iraq's oil and gas industry, but is unsure when a contract will be agreed, Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer said on Monday. Van der Veer told...

Tags: Iraq, Congress, Oukbs, Royal Dutch Shell Plc., Shell

News items 2008-06-30

Shell to Buy Canada's Duvernay Oil

By Tom Bergin and Scott Haggett LONDON/CALGARY (Reuters UK) - Royal Dutch Shell RDSa has agreed to buy Canada's Duvernay Oil DDV for around C$5.9 billion (3 billion pounds) to boost the major's production from prolific unconventional gas holdings. Shell and Duvernay said on Monday that...

Tags: Oil, Natural Gas, Duvernay Oil, Shell, Telecom & Utilities, EnCana Corp., EOG Resources Inc., Royal Dutch Shell Plc.

News items 2008-07-14

A Magnetic-Field-Effect Transistor and Spin Transport

A magnetic-field-effect transistor is proposed that generates a spin-polarized current and exhibits a giant negative magneto-resistance. The device consists of a nonmagnetic conducting channel wire or strip wrapped, or sandwiched, by a grounded magnetic shell. The process underlying the operation of the device is the withdrawal of one of the...

Tags: shell, transistor

White papers 2003-12-01

Additional Resources

21st century super slugs: deer hunting is changing

When "engineering samples" of a new slug load arrived, it was time to dust off the Savage slug gun and see just where shotshell technology is taking us. There were also several boxes of new slug loads I hadn't run over the chronograph or broken down or shot for accuracy....

Articles 2008-08-01

Ex-mayor reaches plea deal over keeping dog

ALICE, Texas AP -- A former small-town South Texas mayor accused of secretly keeping her neighbors' dog after telling them the pet died has reached a plea deal. Grace Saenz-Lopez pleaded no contest Tuesday to filing a false police report, a misdemeanor. Under terms of the deal,...

Articles 2008-07-17

Tricia Crossey Joins Gulf Publishing Company's Hydrocarbon Processing Magazine

Tricia Crossey has been named as a new ProcessEditor of Hydrocarbon Processing, a monthly magazine serving the refining,petrochemical and gas processing industries since 1922. Based in Houston, Crossey will be involved with evaluating and editingarticles on liquefied natural gas LNG, gas processing, process andlaboratory analyzers, and plant safety and environment....

Articles 2008-07-17

You write the reviews

MAMMA MIA! (PG, Phyllida Lloyd, 108mins) NATIONWIDE **** So, if you're being really picky, Pierce Brosnan is miscast, and some of the scenes look like they are there solely as a vehicle for Abba's wonderful music, but who cares? I defy you to find a more uplifting,...

Articles 2008-07-16

Divorce hurts - and it hurts the children most of all

When my parents separated - I was 14 at the time - I remember the terrible mixture of horror and relief that I experienced. Both my parents were, in their own way, shell-shocked by what had happened, with very little room in their shattered lives to explain to me what...

Articles 2008-07-16

'Fish' cookbook is a great catch

"FISH WITHOUT A DOUBT," by Rick Moonen and Roy Finamore, Houghton Mifflin, 448 pages, $35 Cookbooks that dub themselves "essential" usually aren't. But Rick Moonen and Roy Finamore's "Fish Without a Doubt" is a splendid exception. That's because the authors have managed to produce...

Articles 2008-07-16

Farmington man gets up to 15 years for fraud

A Farmington man is going to prison for up to 15 years and must pay more than $6.2 million in restitution after pleading guilty to securities fraud that affected some 60 Utahns. Philip T. Jessee was sentenced Monday by 3rd District Judge Sheila McCleve to two prison...

Articles 2008-07-16

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Bank of Ireland, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and Marriott International

CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE), Royal Dutch Shell Plc (NYSE: RDS.A),...

Articles 2008-07-15

Dawnay, Day faces asset sell-off at fraction of value

The vultures are circling Dawnay, Day International, the financial services group, as it faces selling off assets at a fraction of their value after calling in administrators. Several of its subsidiaries moved to distance themselves yesterday from the parent company's funding woes. One broking rival said: "Companies...

Articles 2008-07-15

Business Digest

Anheuser accepts $52bn InBev offer *The Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch accepted a sweetened $52bn (26bn) takeover bid from the Belgium-based InBev yesterday. The move will create the world's largest beer maker and end a month-long stand-off. InBev, which makes Stella Artois and Beck's, agreed to pay $70 per...

Articles 2008-07-15

Tuned and Toned: New Survey Shows Vehicle Health Shares Front Seat With Personal Health

First-of-its-kind Research Reinforces Importance of Regular Check-Ups HOUSTON, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- What do maintaining proper tire pressure and healthy blood pressure have in common? A recent poll reveals that Americans place nearly equal importance on vehicle health and personal health. Results of the nationwide survey(1) commissioned...

Articles 2008-07-15

Royal Dutch Shell Plc: Buyback of Own Shares

LONDON, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Royal Dutch Shell plc announces that on 15 July, 2008 it purchased for cancellation 500,000 "B" Shares at a price of 1875.34 pence per share. Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of "A" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc...

Articles 2008-07-15

Officials work fast to shore up system

WASHINGTON -- Underscoring the depth and breadth of the housing crisis and the risk it poses to financial markets and the economy, federal officials continued working furiously Monday on a dual track to prevent future abusive lending and to soothe current financial turmoil. The Federal Reserve approved tough...

Articles 2008-07-15

Camp Rock's Alyson Stoner Heads to Blockbuster in Dallas to Celebrate the Release of ALICE, UPSIDE DOWN on July 16 at 4:00 PM

DALLAS, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Who: Alyson Stoner ("Camp Rock," Cheaper By The Dozen), star of ALICE,...

Articles 2008-07-14

Royal Dutch Shell plc Announces a Proposal to Acquire all the Outstanding Shares in Duvernay Oil Corp

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Royal Dutch Shell plc ("Shell") announced today a proposal by its wholly owned subsidiary Shell Canada Limited, to offer (the "Offer") to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Duvernay Oil Corp. ("Duvernay"). The Offer will...

Articles 2008-07-14

Our cry for cheap oil is crude and deadly

When you cry for cheaper oil, do you know what you are really asking for? Gordon Brown has just shown us. He has unwittingly exposed the pipeline that runs from your petrol station to the poisoned people of the Niger Delta. The more you howl for cheap oil, the more...

Articles 2008-07-14

Reed Construction Data Announces Summer Gas Giveaway

Sign Up for Construction Lead Services and Receive a $100 Gas Card NORCROSS, Ga. -- Reed Construction Data (www.reedconstructiondata.com), a leading service provider of construction information and project leads, has announced a summer campaign (www.reedconstructiondata.com/gascard) offering Shell gasoline gift cards and additional services to keep business moving for...

Articles 2008-07-14