Shell Share Discussion Threads

[grupo] 20/3/2019 10:47

US futures mixed as markets await Fed rate decision
Published 4 hours ago | Updated 17 min ago
Spriha Srivastava
@spriha




Key Points

The U.S. central bank is widely expected to keep rates steady later in the session, with investors monitoring a decision on the Fed’s rate projections for the next few years.

[grupo] 20/3/2019 07:44

Barclays Capital Overweight 3,250.00 - Reiterates

[waldron] 20/3/2019 06:44

Autos stocks lead gains as European markets move higher; Danske Bank shares dive
Published Tue, Mar 19 2019 • 3:03 AM EDT | Updated Tue, Mar 19 2019 • 12:36 PM EDT
Sam Meredith
@smeredith19




Key Points

The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up around 0.6 percent during Monday deals, with most sectors and major bourses in positive territory.
Market focus is largely attuned to central bank expectations, with the Fed kicking off its two-day policy meeting.
May only has two days to secure approval for her deal to leave the European Union if she wants to meet with the bloc’s leaders on Thursday with something to offer them in exchange for more time.

European stocks were higher Tuesday morning, as investors monitored heightened Brexit uncertainty and awaited the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy meeting.

[andyadvfn1] 20/3/2019 01:30

Talking heads

[the white house] 19/3/2019 22:45

Same as it ever was Same as it ever was repeat ©?1980

[florenceorbis] 19/3/2019 19:45

extract



Mar 19, 2019

The Royal Dutch oil firm, Shell, has said its operations in Nigeria’s oil industry could face adverse impacts if the business environment in Nigeria deteriorates.

Shell which has considerable interests in Nigeria’s oil industry and operates mostly through its Nigerian arms – Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), recently had to contend with issues about its operations in Nigeria including legal proceedings on its past transactions as well as recent claims by Nigerian government that it has backlogs of tax to pay for its operations in the country.

In addition, the federal government also slammed some other international oil companies (IOCs) similar tax claims charges. But in its 2018 report obtained recently, Shell stated that: “A further erosion of the business and operating environment in Nigeria could have a material adverse effect on us,” adding that: “In our Nigerian operations, we face various risks and adverse conditions.”

The company listed the operational challenges it faces to include security issues surrounding the safety of its workers; host communities and operations; sabotage and theft; as well as ability to enforce existing contractual rights.

Litigation; limited infrastructure; potential legislation that could increase its taxes or costs of operations; the effect of lower oil and gas prices on the government budget; and regional instability created by militant activities, were also listed as parts of the challenges the company face.

It explained in the report obtained by THISDAY that: “Any of these risks or adverse conditions could have a material adverse effect on our earnings, cash flows and financial condition. “Violations of anti-bribery, tax-evasion and anti-money laundering laws carry fines and expose us and/or our employees to criminal sanctions, civil suits and ancillary consequences (such as debarment and the revocation of licences).”

[waldron] 19/3/2019 17:37

FTSE 100
7,324 +0.34%
Dow Jones
26,001.74 +0.34%
CAC 40
5,425.9 +0.24%

Brent Crude Oil NYMEX 67.53 -0.01%
Gasoline NYMEX 1.87 +0.22%
Natural Gas NYMEX 2.87 +0.67%


(WTI) - 19/03 18:16:09
58.86 USD -0.30%







Total
51.54 -1.40%
EX DIVI DAY

Engie
13.44 -0.44%

Orange
14.36 +0.63%



Eni
15.89 +0.93%



BP
558.5 +0.81%


Shell A
2,425 +0.31%


Shell B
2,438.5 +0.35%

WHATA FLAT DAY WITH LOW VOLUMES
ATLEAST SITTING SNUG IN THR 2375 to 2475p BOX

[the grumpy old men] 19/3/2019 11:48

Russia Could Be World’s Largest Natural Gas Producer – Shell CEO
Source:sputniknews.com Published: 2019/3/19 18:16:45
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Russia could become the largest natural gas producer in the world, Ben van Beurden, the CEO of Shell, wrote in an article for RIA Novosti.

"The world needs more natural gas to meet rising energy demand, to complement renewables and to replace coal in power generation. And the opportunity for Russia is huge. It is already the world's largest exporter of natural gas and it enjoys the world's largest commercial gas reserves. It is the second largest producer of natural gas. It could be the largest," van Beurden said.

The Shell CEO recalled that Russia "has done so much with natural gas in very little time."

The official noted that in the course of the past 20 years, Russian energy company Gazprom had built the Nord Stream pipeline; and in cooperation with Shell it had set up Russia's first LNG facility Sakhalin 2. At present, the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project is being implemented, while Gazprom, working in partnership with Shell, plans the new Baltic LNG facility near St. Petersburg, van Beurden continued.

"That is just a taste of what has been achieved in only 20 years. The potential for the next 20 years is even greater. With Russia's fine track record in the industry, with its superb academic strength driving innovation and with its sheer depth of natural resource, the opportunity is there for the taking. And Russia has the potential to build up an industry which is not only good for Russia, but essential for the world's push to tackle climate change," van Beurden argued.

The United States is currently the world's largest natural gas producer.

On Thursday, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said the country's production of natural gas grew by 10 billion cubic feet per day in 2018, which is an 11 percent increase from 2017, reaching a record high for the second year in a row.

According to the Russian official figures, the country's natural gas production grew by 4.9 percent year-on-year to 725.17 billion cubic meters last year.

[waldron] 19/3/2019 07:46

RBC goes from outperform to sector performance with a target price reduced from 2900 to 2750 GBp.

[waldron] 19/3/2019 07:13

Markets
European markets seen slightly lower ahead of Fed meeting; third Brexit vote blocked
Published 8 min ago
Sam Meredith
@smeredith19




Key Points

The FTSE 100 is seen 12 points lower at 7,287, the CAC is expected to open down around 10 points at 5,402, while the DAX is also poised to start 10 points lower at 11,647, according to IG.
Market focus is largely attuned to central bank expectations, with the Fed due to kick-off its two-day policy meeting later in the session.
May only has two days to secure approval for her deal to leave the European Union if she wants to meet with the bloc’s leaders on Thursday with something to offer them in exchange for more time.

[maywillow] 18/3/2019 19:15

Industry
18th March 2019

Shell plans to becomes world’s largest power firm

Article by Adam Duckett

SHELL is set to become one of the largest power companies in the world, its Director of New Energies has said, as its emissions target forces the company to evolve away from oil and gas.

Speaking to Bloomberg on the sidelines of an energy conference in the US last week, Maarten Wetselaar, Shell’s Integrated Gas and New Energies Director, said: “We believe we can be the largest electricity power company in the world in the early 2030s.” And to Financial Times he said that for Shell to achieve the goal it set in December to cut emissions by 20% by 2035 “the amount of power – of clean power – we will need to be selling…will make us by far the biggest power company in the world.”

Asked how shareholders might respond to the lower returns from power compared to oil and gas, he said: “We are not interested in the power sector because of what we saw in the last 20 years, we are interested because we think we like what we see in the next 20 years…where we believe by optimising and trading we can make better returns than the industry has done so far.”

As well as power trading, Wetselaar said the company will invest in generation from renewable sources, including solar and wind at industrial- and domestic-scale; hydrogen fuels; electric vehicle charging; and home battery storage. It has no plans to enter the transmission portion of the supply chain or generation from coal or nuclear. It will also consider building gas plants to help balance intermittent supplies from its renewables.

To help meet these ambitions, he said the company plans to spend US$1bn–2bn/y on its new energy technologies. While this is dwarfed by the group’s total US$25bn/y budget for capital expenditure, he said that the plan will be to prove it can make between 8–12% returns in power before scaling up investment.

“Electrification is the biggest trend in energy in the coming 10–15 years because it is by far the easiest way to decarbonise energy usage. So, we think the power market will grow a lot, faster than any of the other energy markets,” he told Bloomberg.

Shell’s new energies business has invested in projects throughout the power supply chain. Last year it took stakes in wind farms being developed off the US and Netherlands, and last week it opened a 27 MW solar project to provide power for its Moerdijk chemical plant in the Netherlands. On transport, it is part of joint venture that is installing hydrogen fuelling pumps at 100 locations across Germany; and in January entered the US electric vehicle charging market with its purchase of Greenlots. On the domestic front it purchased UK household energy provider First Utility in February 2018; and last month bought German home energy storage battery technology firm sonnen.

Article by Adam Duckett

Editor, The Chemical Engineer

[waldron] 18/3/2019 17:20

cheers imp

[waldron] 18/3/2019 17:17

Brent Crude Oil NYMEX 67.48 +0.48%
Gasoline NYMEX 1.86 +1.02%
Natural Gas NYMEX 2.84 +1.61%


(WTI) - 18/03 17:51:31
58.95 USD +0.87%


FTSE 100
7,299.19 +0.98%
Dow Jones
25,847.52 -0.01%
CAC 40
5,412.83 +0.14%


Eni
15.744 +1.00%


Total
52.27 +1.10%

Engie
13.5 -0.11%

Orange
14.27 +0.81%



BP
554 +1.74%


Shell A
2,417.5 +1.49%


Shell B
2,430 +1.10%

[imperial3] 18/3/2019 16:50

If you want to be woken up for now, go to walletinvestor.com.Click stock,then LSE,and type RDSB in the box at the top.

[fjgooner] 18/3/2019 15:18

Could someone please wake me up when we're back above £28.

Shouldn't be long now ...

.... zzzz zzzz .....

[maywillow] 16/3/2019 11:09

One of the most expensive energy projects in Canada could soon get larger.

Construction ramped up this month on LNG Canada's massive natural gas export facility in northern B.C., but the consortium is now talking about possible expansion.

LNG Canada is a consortium of companies led by Shell Canada and includes Petronas, PetroChina, KOGAS and Mitsubishi Corporation. The project includes a pipeline across B.C., a port and terminal that liquifies the gas so it can be transported on tankers. The potential price tag of the entire project has been estimated to be upwards of $40 billion.

[grupo guitarlumber] 16/3/2019 08:41

dividend will be payable on March 25, 2019 to those members whose names
were on the Register of Members on February 15, 2019.

[maywillow] 15/3/2019 21:38

Anyone, any ideas as to why fridays volumes are 3 times the usual volumes

is it a friday normality as i see other companys have been similarly impacted




In the case of BP,its double




cheers for any ideas



EDIT

COULD HAVE BEEN THE TRIPLE WITCHING APPARENTLY



Friday 15 March 2019 3 witches



Friday 29 March 2019 4 witches


WILL BE WATCHING THE WITCHES ON THIS DATE

[the white house] 15/3/2019 17:58

Rig count 15 MarchUS -1 @ 1026Canada -28 @ 161RoW +3 @ 10275m seller today & still on the rise....

[waldron] 15/3/2019 17:39

FTSE 100
7,228.28 +0.60%
Dow Jones
25,909.62 +0.78%
CAC 40
5,405.32 +1.04%


Brent Crude Oil NYMEX 67.10 -0.19%
Gasoline NYMEX 1.84 +0.10%
Natural Gas NYMEX 2.81 -1.51%

(WTI) - 15/03 18:15:51
58.48 USD -0.09%



Total
51.7 +0.49%


Engie
13.515 +1.62%

Orange
14.155 +2.68%

Eni
15.588 +0.32%



BP
544.5 -0.98%


Shell A
2,382 +0.25%


Shell B
2,403.5 +0.56%

[the white house] 15/3/2019 15:26

Friday trivia : who has held Shell the longest and if you add all the divvis to the current price what is the total!?