By Tife Owolabi YENAGOA, Nigeria April 20 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell has failed to halt production at the Gbaran Ubie oil and gas facility in southern Nigeria, contravening a court order for the site to be sealed and raising the prospect of legal action, state government officials said o
Read moreNEW DELHI, April 20 (Reuters) - State-run GAIL (India) Ltd has been seeking to swap some of its contracted gas supplies from Sabine Pass Liquefaction in the United States to reduce shipping costs. GAIL has a contract to buy 3.5 million tonne a year of liquefied natural gas from Sabine Pas
Read moreLONDON, April 20 (Reuters) - Shell said it had started a voluntary severance process in the Netherlands as part of a plan to cut around 10,300 jobs worldwide. The oil company is under pressure to rein in costs as a slump in oil prices has hit its profits. "Shell can confirm it has int
Read more* Statoil sees tickup in Norwegian exploration * Exploration activity dropped this year due oil price slump * Says new acreage in the Arctic will drive the increase By Stine Jacobsen HAMMERFEST, Norway, April 20 (Reuters) - Oil firm Statoil is looking to a rebound in expl
Read more(Adds Shell statement, details on outage) HOUSTON, April 19 (Reuters) - The shutdown on Monday of the key gasoline-producing unit at Royal Dutch Shell Plc's joint-venture refinery in the Houston suburb of Deer Park, Texas, was unrelated to storms that pounded the area with heavy rains that
Read moreHOUSTON, April 19 (Reuters) - The shutdown on Monday of the key gasoline-producing unit at Royal Dutch Shell Plc's joint-venture refinery in the Houston suburb of Deer Park, Texas, was unrelated to storms that have pounded the area with heavy rains that day, said sources familiar with plant oper
Read more(Adds detail about outages, prices and gasoline stocks) HOUSTON, April 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Gulf Coast cash gasoline differentials rose on Tuesday as Shell shut a key gasoline-making unit at its Deer Park, Texas, refinery for up to six weeks for repairs. A fluid catalytic cracking unit
Read more(Adds Exxon sending workers home) HOUSTON, April 19 (Reuters) - Houston canceled school for a second straight day on Tuesday and Exxon Mobil Corp sent employees home early as a precaution against rain that sent rivers flooding streets, left six dead and led to more than 1,000 water rescues
Read moreLONDON, April 19 (Reuters) - The diesel-producing hydrocracker at Shell's 404,000 barrel per day (bpd) Pernis refinery in the Netherlands has shut down, traders said on Tuesday. A Shell spokeperson said the company was performing planned maintenance at several units at the refinery, which w
Read moreHOUSTON, April 19 (Reuters) - The 70,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracking unit at Royal Dutch Shell Plc's 316,600 bpd joint-venture refinery in Deer Park, Texas, could be shut for up to six weeks of repairs, sources familiar with plant operations said on Tuesday.
Read moreHOUSTON, April 19 (Reuters) - Scores of schools were closed and cleanup was underway in Houston on Tuesday, a day after record rains hits the fourth most populous U.S. city, causing floods that left five dead and led to more than 1,000 water rescues. The National Weather Service has put a f
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