(ShareCast News) - A global stock market sell-off and tumbling oil prices have increased fears that some of this year's largest takeover deals are at risk of falling apart - including Royal Dutch Shell's $70bn bid for UK rival BG Group. Over the past week, the gap between the agreed price of several
Read morePilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc , will likely conduct its long-delayed IPO next year to comply with a nearly two-decade-old law that requires oil refiners to go public following the deregulation of the industry, BusinessWorld reported, citing Department of Energy o
Read more(ShareCast News) - RBC Capital Markets downgraded Barratt Developments and Taylor Wimpey as it tempered its view on housebuilders ahead of a potential interest rate rise. The Canadian broker maintained that the structural demand drivers and land-buying trends are positive, and that the sector has be
Read more(ShareCast News) - Jefferies upgraded Royal Dutch Shell to 'buy' from 'hold' but cut its price target to 2,150p from 2,220p. The broker said it still had reservations about the price of the BG acquisition. However, post-transaction it believes significant further value can be added through divestitu
Read moreBy Guy Faulconbridge TEHRAN, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell will repay a $2 billion debt to the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) when sanctions on Iran are lifted and will consider investing in the country's vast energy sector, Shell's boss for new business said. Much would d
Read more(Adds details on planned maintenance, impact on prices) SINGAPORE, Aug 22 (Reuters) - A fire which broke out at Royal Dutch Shell's 500,000 barrels-per-day refinery on Pulau Bukom island off Singapore on Friday occurred at a section of one of the units currently under scheduled maintenance,
Read moreSINGAPORE, Aug 22 (Reuters) - A fire which broke out at Royal Dutch Shell's 500,000 barrels-per-day refinery on Pulau Bukom island off Singapore on Friday occurred at a section of one of the units currently under scheduled maintenance, a company spokeswoman said on Saturday. The fire at the
Read moreSAO PAULO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Brazil oil regulator ANP named the first 12 companies on Friday that have been approved to participate in an upcoming auction of oil and natural gas exploration areas. The companies that will take part in the auction, scheduled for Oct. 7, include Portugal's Ga
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Read moreABUJA, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Shell said on Friday that its Nigerian joint venture lifted its force majeure on natural gas supplies to the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Co (NLNG) after repairing a pipeline. The force majeure was put in place on Aug. 4 after the company discovered a leak on the
Read moreKUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell unit Sarawak Shell Bhd has transferred its 50 percent stake as operator of the MLNG Dua liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant to Malaysian state oil firm Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) , Petronas said on Friday. The Petronas statement did n
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