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RDSA Shell Plc

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Shell Plc LSE:RDSA London Ordinary Share GB00B03MLX29 'A' ORD EUR0.07
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  0.00 0.00% 1,895.20 1,900.20 1,900.80 - 0.00 00:00:00
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27/5/2016
18:36
As oil investment in Norway is projected to drop again in 2017 for the third year in a row as low oil prices hammer the industry, the specter of a massive offshore workers’ strike looms large.

Talks with Wood Group over pay and working conditions have broken down, after failure to reach an agreement when the energy services company proposed pay cuts of 22-30 percent.

The Unite union is now balloting hundreds of workers for a strike vote for a strike that would affect eight North Sea oil and gas platforms run by Royal Dutch Shell.

Related: Why Chevron Invests $37B In The World’s ‘’Most Difficult Oil’’

Media quoted Unite officer John Boland as saying: “Nobody here wants to take industrial action but Wood Group is being unreasonable – pay cuts of up to 30 per cent are totally unjustified and we won’t stand for it.”

This comes as oil companies in Norway are expected to spend only US$18.5 billion next year, down 7.6 percent expected this year, according to Statistics Norway, which noted that the “fall is dominated by decreases within exploration, field development and fields on stream”.

While it does show a slowdown in the rate of growth, keeping in mind that investment for 2016 had dropped 14.8 percent, the situation has also led to a marked increase in labor disputes in the country.

Related: Wave Of Profit-Taking Keeps Oil From Breaking Out

Labor disputes have tripled since oil prices began to slump in mid-2014, according to Energy Voice, citing Norwegian media reports.

In the meantime, Russian Gazprom is said to be considering acquiring a stake in OMV Norway in connection to a swap agreement signed by Gazprom’s Norwegian subsidiary and OMV in April. If talks lead to a deal, OMV would have acquire one development share in two Siberian blocks in the Urengoyskoye gas field, while OMV would transfer some Norwegian assets to Gazprom.

By James Burgess of Oilprice.com

the grumpy old men
25/5/2016
06:35
TOKYO (AFP) - Asia stocks jumped on Wednesday (May 25) building on a strong lead from Wall Street and Europe, and as investors adjusted to the prospect of a US rate hike in the near future.

Energy stocks soared in Hong Kong and Sydney as oil prices rebounded, while in Tokyo exporters were lifted by a weaker yen, which is a plus for their profitability.

Hong Kong increased 2.6 per cent and Sydney rose 1.8 per cent, while Seoul, Taiwan, Manila and Singapore also jumped above the one per cent mark. Shanghai ticked up 0.25 per cent.
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Singapore's Straits Times Index was up 1.05 per cent at 2,779.17 as of 12:40 pm.

Tokyo surged 1.8 per cent as the dollar advanced against the Japanese currency. A weaker yen is good for Japanese exporters, a key driver of the world's third largest economy, by inflating the value of their profits earned overseas.

The gains in Asia followed a jump in European markets, which had received a boost Tuesday as Brexit fears eased on the back of opinion polls that suggested Britain will vote to remain in the European Union next month.

Wall Street stocks also had a good day after the Commerce Department figures showed US new-home sales in April surged to their best level since January 2008 despite a hefty rise in median prices, prompting analysts to see a strengthening in the housing market, a key sector for US growth.

The Fed has repeatedly stated its intention to continue raising rates this year after December's first hike in nine years, but until recently investors had discounted the possibility of an imminent increase, given the market panic at the beginning of 2016 on concerns of soft global growth.

"Strong US new-home sales have added credence to the Fed's claims that the US economy may be strong enough for another rate hike in June or July," Angus Nicholson, a market analyst at IG in Melbourne, said in a commentary.

The markets are now reacting well to the news, analysts said, as a sign the economy is doing better.

"Before, there was a sense that higher rates would spell trouble, but the market has had time to digest that," said Bill Schultz, chief investment officer at McQueen, Ball & Associates Inc told Bloomberg News.

"People may be coming around on the idea of a rate hike as an indication of economic strength. Maybe there's a bit more of an optimistic view, and today we're rallying through the close."

The greenback ticked up to 110.14 yen in early trade from 109.99 yen in New York, and from 109.22 yen in Tokyo on Tuesday on the mounting expectations of a US interest rate increase.

Energy firms were among the best performers regionally, as oil prices edged towards US$50 a barrel in Asia after a larger-than-expected dip in US stockpiles resulting from wildfires that have disrupted oil production in Canada.

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate was up 62 cents to US$49.24 a barrel and Brent crude was trading 55 cents higher at US$49.16 a barrel.

In Tokyo, automaker Toyota climbed almost two percent following overnight news of a partnership with ridesharing titan Uber and consumer electronics giant Sony increased more than six per cent after investors shrugged off a weak profit forecast.

Elsewhere, eurozone finance ministers reached a vital deal with Greece on Wednesday to start debt relief for Athens as demanded by the International Monetary Fund, and to unlock 10.3 billion euros in bailout cash.

maywillow
24/5/2016
07:38
Decmil wins brownfield work

Bigger picture: QCG's Surat basin assets feed the QCLNG development on Curtis Island in Queensland

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23 May 2016 23:28 GMT
Australian service provider Decmil Group has been awarded a brownfield works contract in Queensland's Surat basin with Shell subsidiary QGC.

Decmil revealed Tuesday it had won a two-year framework agreement which will run until April 2018, with work expected to commence in June.

The agreement covers construction activities, as well as structural, mechanical and piping services across a number of QGC’s brownfield projects.

It adds to previous work awarded to Decmil by QGC, with the company receiving a contract extension earlier this year to continue providing wellhead installation services for QGC.

QGC was a subsidiary of BG Group which was acquired by Shell in a $54 billion deal that was completed earlier this year.

The company is developing coalbed methane fields in Queensland's Bowen and Surat basins which are being used to feed the 8.5 million tonne per annum Queensland Curtis liquefied natural gas (QCLNG) project on Curtis Island.

QCLNG started production at the end of 2014 and the projects second train came on stream last year with the development expected to reach plateau production my the middle of this year.

sarkasm
21/5/2016
14:32
US$ 500 million Gaza floating oil terminal arrives in Libyan waters

By Sami Zaptia.
The Gaza arrived at its location Bouri oil and gas field this morning(Bouri Field FB page).

The Gaza FSO arrived at its location at the Bouri offshore oil and gas field this morning (Bouri Field FB page).

London, 21 May 2016:

The Gaza Floating, Storage, Offloading Marine Terminal (FSO) has today arrived in Libyan waters at the Mellitah Oil and Gas operated offshore Bouri field, 120 km northwest of Tripoli. It has been travelling since March.

The FSO was manufactured at a cost of over US$ 500 million by South Korean main contractor SFX in the Southern Korean port of Busan. The Gaza FSO will replace the existing, but aging, Sloug FSO, which has been in situ since 1989.

Installation of the floating terminal was planned for 2015, but the Libyan conflict as well as a delay by the manufacturer has led to a 12-month delay in the completion/arrival of the FSO.

The Bouri field is part of Block NC41. Water depth at the site is 158 m and the field includes a central processing platform DP4 and satellite platform DP3 in water depths of 170m.

Treated crude oil from two platforms will be pumped and stored via 2 (two) 16” sea lines onto the FSO Gaza which will be permanently moored to a Single Point Mooring system and offloading to a shuttle tanker from the stern.

The Bouri oil and gas field was discovered in 1976 and production started in 1988.

On another level, it will be recalled that the Audit Bureau in its 2015 Annual Report (pp284-286) criticized Mellitah Oil and Gas for its dealings with the main contractor STX. STX was under financial pressure and changed the terms of the contract, including the place of manufacture and increased charges of US$ 11 million. The Audit Bureau found no justification for the increased charges.

maywillow
15/5/2016
19:33
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waldron
14/5/2016
17:09
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A storage tank is seen at the ExxonMobil oil refinery in Houston, Texas. Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron Corp, Total, BP and Eni have together sold the equivalent of $37bn of bonds this year, about double the amount issued in the period before oil prices plunged, according to Bloomberg data.
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The world’s biggest oil companies are borrowing record amounts of money to cope with a slump in crude prices. Luckily, there’s rarely been a better time to go on a debt binge.
Exxon Mobil Corp, Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron Corp, Total, BP and Eni have together sold the equivalent of $37bn of bonds this year, about double the amount issued in the period before oil prices plunged, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. While this is stretching their balance sheets and even resulting in credit-rating downgrades, the lowest debt costs in a year are softening the blow.
“They’re making hay while the sun shines,” benefiting from improved investor sentiment as oil prices have recovered, said Alex Griffiths, a London-based managing director at Fitch Ratings. “Treasurers are making use of good market conditions to maintain liquidity buffers.”
Even though oil has increased from the lows of January as a global surplus diminished, prices are still less than half their level two years ago. The world’s biggest companies have sought to keep investors happy through the downturn by maintaining dividend payouts and investing for the future at the same time. With profit and revenue sharply down, the only way to do that is borrow more money.
Debt markets are opening up for companies worldwide as central banks in the US and Europe keep benchmark borrowing rates low. Investors currently demand a return of 3.09% to hold dollar-denominated debt of companies with an investment- grade rating, the lowest level in a year, according to data from Bank of America Merrill Lynch. For euro securities, they seek 1.01%, close to the record low of 0.93% in March 2015, the data show.
Oil companies have further benefited from the recovery in prices. Brent crude, the global benchmark, has increased 70% since January, aided by supply disruptions from Canada to Nigeria and falling production in the US This has seen the 20-company Stoxx Europe 600 Oil & Gas Index rebound 3.9% in 2016 following two years of declines.
At the same time, the premiums for credit default swaps for the biggest US and European oil companies, which investors use to protect against defaults, have dropped from the highest level in at least five years.
Shell sold $1.5bn of five-year bonds this month, which were priced to yield 1.99%, data compiled by Bloomberg show. A $2bn five-year debt sold by the company about a year ago yielded 2.13% on the first day of trading, the data show.
BP sold $1.25bn of 10-year notes last month with a 3.12% coupon, versus 3.51% for a similar issue in March 2015. Both bonds were sold at face value. Chevron issued $1.35bn of five-year notes this month with a yield that was 32 basis points, or 0.32 of a percentage point, lower than a sale in November.
Shell’s net borrowing has increased to about $70bn and its gearing - the ratio of net debt to total capital - has risen to above 26% from 14% at the end of last year. In addition to the plunge in oil prices, the $54bn acquisition of BG Group added to Shell’s debt, prompting Fitch to cut the company’s credit rating in February. BP’s gearing was 23.6% at the end of the last quarter compared with 21.6% in December.
“The majors still have strong balance sheets to raise debt at competitive rates so they can manage their capital agenda, for example, to maintain dividends and strategic capital investments,” said Jon Clark, leader for oil and gas transaction-advisory services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Ernst & Young. “It’s also a good opportunity to refinance more expensive debt.”
Oil’s slide has forced companies to cut billions of dollars of spending, delay or cancel projects and renegotiate contracts, yet they continue to make dividends their top priority. Shell hasn’t cut its payments to investors since at least the Second World War. Exxon even increased its payout a day after losing its coveted AAA credit rating last month.
Shell, BP, Eni, Total, Exxon and Chevron will together pay out about $14bn for the first quarter, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Some of those companies may pay a portion of these dividends in shares rather than cash.
BP Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley said in February he is happy to let the company’s debt rise this year to maintain dividends. Debt and gearing is “something that I might lose sleep about, but not just yet,” Shell’s Chief Financial Officer Simon Henry said on a conference call last month.
“You’ve recently seen an easing of bond market risk aversion and a higher oil price,” Fitch’s Griffiths said. “That makes it a good time for Big Oil to tap the market.”

sarkasm
14/5/2016
07:31
Playing With A Breakdown... Stock Market At An Inflection Point...
Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016 May 14, 2016 - 08:26 AM GMT

By: Jack_Steiman

Stock-Markets

The market has been bifurcated for quite some time with froth leading lower while the S&P 500 and Dow try to hold up the market. Money has been rotating in to the S&P 500, because that's where lower froth, lower P/E and higher dividend stocks live. Big money hasn't made the big move, yet, of distributing out their plays. While they are acting more risk adverse, they still have been playing as if they want to spend more time with the world of the S&P 500 stocks. We know this, because, while the Nasdaq has long ago lost the 20-, 50-, and 200-day exponential moving averages, the S&P 500, before today, was above its 50-day exponential moving average. It had lost the 20's, but was still above the 50's, and well above the 200's, which lives at 2023. The 50's at 2048. So only if the S&P 500 were to lose 2048, and then 2023, would the market be in big trouble?

It's very close to forcefully losing 2048, which is interesting since losing the 50's would be a change of behavior. That would be a big red flag, even though it would still be above 2023. The 50's are more important technically than the 200's. So here we are. Finally, at a big inflection point in this market. The Nasdaq has already broken and is down 6% for the year, below all the key moving averages. If the S&P 500 joins the party, then the bears will be in control of this market, and we all know how long a time it has been since that was a reality. So we watch and see if the bears can do what they need to on Monday morning. They need a big gap down and run lower all day, and then they will have the game all to themselves.

I'm not sure the bears would know what to do with some good news. It has been so long, but the opportunity is there. They don't need a gap up on Monday. They need a huge gap down and go. No more excuses. Those days are over. The time is now. It's time to take advantage of their opportunity. It should be easier this time since they have the Nasdaq already broken. Again, their time is now. NO MORE EXCUSES. Get it done. Interesting times. We'll see if the fed here in the states, or the fed central bankers overseas, find a way to announce something over the weekend, since they all know the market is facing trouble here. Kuroda in Japan is the likely one to announce something. Keep an eye out for that.

Apple Inc. (AAPL) played with its breakdown level of 92.00 for several days. It would get down to 92.00, and then find a way to move back up. It breached that key level many times, but in the end it kept closing above. That was until yesterday when it snapped big time and hit the 89's before bouncing a bit. Today it did the classic back test only to fall back as the day moved on. For now, it is a severely broken stock. When AAPL is broken it's in trouble due to its intense weighting in the Nasdaq and Dow. If AAPL can't recover over 92.00 shortly, and that's always possible, then it can drop rapidly in to the upper 70's over a few weeks time. The Nasdaq would have more than a little trouble if AAPL keeps falling. A falling Nasdaq wouldn't be any help to the rest of the market, so keep all eyes on this key stock. The bulls are praying for an AAPL miracle. It doesn't look good, but you never say never. The big problem beyond AAPL is how many other stocks AAPL affects. So many providers to AAPL and their technology are breaking as AAPL falls apart. A domino effect. While all eyes will be on the S&P 500, and whether it can hold the 2048 level, many eyes will be watching AAPL to see if it totally falls apart. Above 92.00 or bust shortly.

Look folks, the market has held up for a very long time in to the teeth of bad news from just about everywhere. Some of it has been technical, such as those monthly negative divergences. Some of it has been fundamental such, as the ISM Manufacturing Report, GDP Report, and declining earnings. Let's see if the bears can finally take advantage of all of these problems facing the market. The fed has held it all up with endless low rates and QE programs. We even have Japan's Kuroda telling us more stimulus is coming. Quite possibly over the weekend. That said, you wonder when the market will simply trade off reality rather than all this nonsense from the central bankers, which in the end does nothing long-term anyway to help. The bears have it here.

They need a big gap down Monday morning to get this rolling their way. No excuses. We'll find out shortly if they have what it takes. 2023 is the final line in the sand if the bears can remove 2048 with force. Below 2023, and it could get very nasty for the bulls. A day at a time. You're up to bat bears. It's your time. We shall see if they can finally do something positive for themselves.

Peace,
Jack

Jack Steiman is author of SwingTradeOnline.com ( www.swingtradeonline.com ). Former columnist for TheStreet.com, Jack is renowned for calling major shifts in the market, including the market bottom in mid-2002 and the market top in October 2007.

waldron
13/5/2016
19:07
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Next div pay-date Jun 27 2016

waldron
09/5/2016
16:28
Shell Evacuates Non-Essential Staff From Nigeria Field
09/05/2016 3:15pm
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By Sarah Kent

LONDON-- Royal Dutch Shell PLC has evacuated nonessential staff from one of its Nigerian oil fields amid mounting militancy in the country's oil-rich Niger Delta region.

The company has reduced staff levels at its Eja oil field about 15 kilometers (10 miles) off the coast of Nigeria, according to a person familiar with the situation.

The move follows an attack on one of Chevron Corp.'s offshore facilities last week that knocked out 35,000 barrels a day of the company's oil production. The attack was claimed by a militant group called the Niger Delta Avengers, which threatened further action against foreign oil companies operating in the country.

"We continue to monitor the security situation in our operating areas in the Niger Delta and are taking all possible steps to ensure the safety of staff and contractors," a spokesperson for Shell's Nigerian subsidiary said. The company declined to go into further detail, but said operations are continuing.

Write to Sarah Kent at sarah.kent@wsj.com



(END) Dow Jones Newswires

May 09, 2016 11:00 ET (15:00 GMT)

sarkasm
08/5/2016
13:37
Ex-dividend date RDS A and RDS B shares May 19, 2016
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