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Shell doing all it can to safeguard dividend amid low oil prices, says CEO

(ShareCast News) - The chief executive officer of Shell said the oil giant is "pulling out all the stops" to safeguard its dividends and buy-back programme, and to keep its investment programme steady for the future. In an emailed version of his speech at the Oil and Money conference in London, Ben

UPDATE 1-Shell CEO sees first signs of oil price recovery

(Adds detail throughout) LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Oil markets are beginning to recover but the scale of global oversupply means prices may rise only slowly, the chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell Plc said on Tuesday. "I see the first mixed signs for recovery of oil prices," Ben va

Morocco to shortlist 3 companies for LNG imports deal - minister

DUBAI, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Morocco expects to shortlist three companies for its new long-term contracts to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) within the next two weeks, the country's energy minister said on Tuesday. Morocco is evaluating offers from Royal Dutch Shell as well as French, Spani

Shell CEO sees first signs of oil price recovery

LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Oil markets are beginning to recover but the scale of global oversupply means prices may only rise slowly, the chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell Plc said on Tuesday. "We see the first signs of recovery in oil prices," Ben van Beurden told an oil industry confer

PRESS: Shell CEO To Renew Call For Carbon Pricing To Boost Natural Gas

Renewables to struggle to replace fossil fuels -Shell CEO

* Heavy industries and transport need carbon to operate * Van Beurden urges governments to introduce carbon pricing By Ron Bousso LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Clean renewable energy will struggle to replace fossil fuels as heavy industries will only gradually wean themselves off co

London close: Stocks end higher despite negative services data

(ShareCast News) - UK stocks gained as the market proved resilient against a batch of negative services data on hopes the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged for longer. The Markit/CIPS UK services purchasing managers' index fell to 53.3 in September from 55.6 in August, compared to a

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks Rally Despite Weak Services Data

FTSE 100 movers: Glencore leads the way again

(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 100 was unaffected by England's Rugby World Cup loss despite analyst predictions last week, with it sitting at 6,282.02 mid-afternoon on Monday, rising 152.04 points (2.48%). Glencore led the risers again and crossed the 100p threshold after a disastrous week. It followed

INTERVIEW-Russia's only LNG plant says to maintain output despite falling demand

By Denis Pinchuk MOSCOW, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Russia's only liquefied natural gas plant, the Sakhalin-2 project in the Far East, plans to maintain production at around 10.8 million tonnes in 2016 despite falling demand from Asia, the firm's chief executive officer said. "As we have long-

Shell Says Production Starts At Bonga Phase 3 Project In Nigeria

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Stocks Rise As US Cheer Offsets Rugby Gloom

RPT-Volatility spikes may be unintended consequence of EU commodities rules

(Repeats Oct. 2 item; no changes to text) * MiFID II commodity rules will encompass liquidity providers * Directive aims to improve efficiency, transparency * Consequences could include wider bid/offer spread By Pratima Desai LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Energy traders

Volatility spikes may be unintended consequence of EU commodities rules

* MiFID II commodity rules will encompass liquidity providers * Directive aims to improve efficiency, transparency * Consequences could include wider bid/offer spread By Pratima Desai LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Energy traders are at odds with new European Union rules design

UPDATE 1-Russia oil output at post-Soviet high on foreign projects, Rosneft

* Russian oil production 10.74 mln bpd in September * Russia contributing to global oil glut (Writes through, adds detail) MOSCOW, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Russian oil output, one of the world's largest, reached a new post-Soviet monthly high of 10.74 million barrels per day (bpd) in September