Business Oil price slump hits BP and Exxon The bad news keeps pouring out of the oil industry. BP suffered its biggest loss in 20 years and Exxon Mobil has reported its smallest quarterly profit in more than a decade. 02/02/2016
Business Shell plans 2,800 more job losses over BG bid Royal Dutch Shell has confirmed plans for 2,800 more job losses should its takeover of BG Group succeed. The cuts come on top of 7,500 redundancies 14/12/2015
Business Arctic withdrawal pushes Royal Dutch Shell into loss Royal Dutch Shell has reported a pre-tax loss of $9.1 billion (8.3 billion euros) in the third quarter, largely due to the cost of shelving several 29/10/2015
no comment Activists celebrate Arctic drilling victory Actress Emma Thompson helps to haul a giant polar bear through the streets of London as part of Greenpeace’s celebrations at news that Shell is 30/09/2015
Business Campaigners hail Shell withdrawal from Alaska Arctic drilling Royal Dutch Shell has abandoned its search for oil in the Arctic after failing to find enough supplies of crude during a seven-year quest. It has 28/09/2015
USA Greenpeace protest halts icebreaker in Oregon Greenpeace protesters in the US city of Portland have successfully forced an icebreaker to turn back and change course. The 13 demonstrator stopped 31/07/2015
USA Seattle begins the battle with Shell over Arctic drilling Protesters in Seattle are not giving oil giant Shell any peace. After the arrival of the first of two giant rigs destined for Arctic drilling at the 19/05/2015
USA Kayakers protest against Shell's 'Pioneer' Arctic oil drilling rig Hundreds of activists decked out in neoprene wetsuits and life jackets took to the waters of Elliott Bay on Saturday to protest against drilling for 17/05/2015
world news Arctic oil prospecting imminent as Shell given go-ahead Arctic riches beckon. Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell has received renewed permission from the US government to prospect in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea 13/05/2015
no comment Shells hit residential areas in rebel-controlled Donetsk At least two people were killed and several injured when various parts of separatist-controlled Donetsk in Ukraine were shelled on Monday (January 20/01/2015
Nigeria Nigeria parliament wants Shell to pay nearly $4 bln for 2011 oil spill It was a massive oil spill in 2011 off the Nigerian coast. Now after assessing environmental damage from the disaster at Shell’s offshore Bonga 27/11/2014
no comment Ukraine crisis: Donetsk damaged after shelling A woman was injured and several houses were damaged by shelling on Saturday night (November 22) in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern 24/11/2014
