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BP hit worse than Shell by low oil prices

BP's latest quarterly earnings were almost halved while Shell announced its highest profit in five quarters thanks to the purchase of rival BG Group.

01/11/2016

Business Series

Royal Dutch Shell is latest to have profit hammered by low oil prices

Royal Dutch Shell has reported its lowest annual income in at least 13 years. There were also depressed numbers from Norway's biggest energy company Statoil as well as ConocoPhillips.

04/02/2016

Business Series

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 Series

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

Economy

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

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Activists celebrate Arctic drilling victory

30/09/2015

Economy

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

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Shells hit residential areas in rebel-controlled Donetsk

20/01/2015

Nigeria

Nigeria parliament wants Shell to pay nearly $4 bln for 2011 oil spill

27/11/2014

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Ukraine crisis: Donetsk damaged after shelling

24/11/2014