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Shell shareholders advised to oppose CEO pay

LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Investor advisors Glass Lewis and PIRC have recommended shareholders oppose Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Officer's 2015 remuneration at the oil and gas company's annual general meeting next week. "We remain concerned by the disconnect between bonus payouts a

Canada gov't says confident Alberta can fight widening fires

OTTAWA, May 17 (Reuters) - The Canadian federal government has full confidence in the ability of Alberta to fight a resurgent wildfire in the oil sands region and has not received any additional requests for help, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said on Tuesday. Goodale told reporters

AGM, EGM Calendar - Week Ahead

CANADA CRUDE-Synthetic rises, supply outages drag on

* June WCS trades at $12.00/bbl below WTI * June synthetic trades at $1.45/bbl above WTI By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta, May 16 (Reuters) - Canadian synthetic crude differentials climbed on Monday as oil sands production outages from a massive wildfire in the Fort McMurray region o

UPDATE 2-Nigerian oil output down 40 pct on Delta pipeline attacks

(Adds quotes, details) By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, May 16 (Reuters) - Nigeria's oil production has fallen by almost 40 percent to 1.4 million barrels a day due to militant attacks on facilities in the Delta region, its oil minister said on Monday. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu's comments co

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Miners Stand Out As FTSE 100 Starts Week Higher

Ex-divs to take 17 points off FTSE 100 on May 19

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 companies will go ex-dividend on Thursday, after which investors will no longer qualify for the latest dividend payout. According to Reuters calculations at current market prices, the resulting adjustment to prices by market-makers would take

WINNERS & LOSERS SUMMARY: Markets Unimpressed By British Land Earnings

RPT-'Avengers' threaten new insurgency in Nigeria's oil-producing Delta

(Repeats story published on Friday) * Delta swamps home to much of Nigeria's oil wealth * New militant group threatens to launch new insurgency * Pipeline attacks have reduced oil output by 300,000 bpd * Little is known about the "Niger Delta Avengers" By Tife Owolab

Dozens arrested in Washington state environmental protest

By Kevin Murphy May 15 (Reuters) - Dozens of people were arrested in Washington state on Sunday, two days after protesters set up a blockade on railroad tracks leading to a pair of oil refineries as part of a global protest over dependence on fossil fuels, authorities said. The protes

Sunday newspaper round-up: RBS, Shell, Cobham, BT, banks

(ShareCast News) - Royal Bank of Scotland is examining a range of radical options to help speed the long-delayed separation and flotation of its Williams & Glyn subsidiary, including a potential divestment of its NatWest brand. Banking sources have indicated to the Sunday Telegraph that RBS and its

Shell says Nigerian pipeline repair "not straightforward" - paper

ABUJA, May 15 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell does not know when its Nigerian Forcados oil terminal will reopen as the repairs to an underwater pipeline damaged by a blast are not straightforward, its country head was quoted as saying on Sunday. Shell shut the 250,000 barrel a day terminal in

Shell Deer Park gasoline unit restarting this weekend - sources

HOUSTON, May 14 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc was restarting the gasoline unit at its 316,600 barrel per day (bpd) joint-venture refinery in Deer Park, Texas this weekend, sources familiar with plant operations said on Saturday. The 70,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) fluidic catalytic crackin

Argentina agrees $217 mln arbitration deal with energy companies

BUENOS AIRES, May 14 (Reuters) - Argentina has agreed to pay $217 million to two energy companies in long-standing arbitration cases stemming from its 2001/02 economic crisis, part of the center-right government's efforts to lure back foreign investors. The country will pay damages to Brita

Western Canada crude stocks down about 1 mln bbls due to wildfires

By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta, May 13 (Reuters) - Western Canadian crude stocks dropped by almost 1 million barrels last week and could decrease further due to massive wildfires in northern Alberta that shut down nearly half of oil sands output, energy intelligence firm Genscape said on