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THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, September 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Dutch Shell ("Shell") (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) is engaged in a multi-year drilling programme to explore for new oil & gas resources in high-potential blocks in offshore Alaska. Important progress has been made with this programme, with two drill ships, more than twenty support vessels, an approved capping stack, and other redundant oil spill response equipment already in position. Shell continues to...
CHICAGO, Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Drivers are increasingly concerned about the price they pay at the pump and consumers in the greater Chicagoland area will now have the opportunity to pay significantly less. The Fuel Rewards Network(TM) program or FRN(TM) program is a new cents per gallon rewards program available at Shell, the No. 1 selling gasoline brand in the U.S., and offered by Excentus, the market leader in cents per gallon loyalty programs. The FRN program is...
HOUSTON, Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Students from across the Americas can again bring their passion for energy solutions to Houston, where teams will attempt to build a vehicle that can surpass 2,188.6 miles per gallon. The seventh annual Shell Eco-marathon Americas 2013 is now open for online registration to high school and college students from across North and South America. Over the next three decades, earth's population will grow to more than 9 billion people, but...
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, September 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE:RDS.B) announced today it has agreed to sell its 50% working interest in the Holstein Field, comprised of Green Canyon Blocks 644, 645 and 688 in the Gulf of Mexico, to Plains Exploration & Production (PXP) for approximately $560 million, subject to closing. Shell received an unsolicited offer from PXP for Shell's working interest. The transaction is effective...
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, September 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) (NYSE:RDS.A)(NYSE:RDS.B), has completed the assignment of its 30% interest in Oil Mining Lease 34 (OML-34) in the Niger Delta to ND Western Limited. Total cash proceeds for Shell amount to some US$400 million. This divestment is part of Shell's strategy of refocusing its onshore interests in...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Drivers are increasingly concerned about the price they pay at the pump and consumers in the greater Washington, D.C. area will now have the opportunity to pay significantly less. The Fuel Rewards Network(TM) program or FRN(TM) is a new cents per gallon rewards program available at Shell, the No. 1 selling gasoline brand in the U.S., and offered by Excentus, the market leader in cents per gallon loyalty programs. The FRN program is currently...
THE HAGUE, the Netherlands, September 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B), completed on August 31st 2012 the assignment of its 30% interest in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 40 in the Niger Delta to Elcrest Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited. Total cash proceeds for SPDC amount to some US$102million. This divestment is part of Shell's strategy of...
LONDON, August 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In conformity with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, we hereby notify the market of the following: Royal Dutch Shell plc's capital consists of 3,715,813,349 A shares and 2,630,674,202 B shares, each with equal voting rights. Royal Dutch Shell plc holds no ordinary shares in Treasury. The total number of A shares and B shares in issue is 6,346,487,551 and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for...
QUINCY, Mass., Aug. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Savvy shoppers in the Greater Boston area have saved on fuel purchases as a result of the Stop & Shop Gas Rewards program. Shell, the No. 1 selling gasoline brand in the U.S., and Stop & Shop teamed up in April 2010 to help customers save at the pump through everyday grocery purchases. Through the easy-to-use program, customers automatically earn Gas Rewards points on their Stop & Shop card when they shop in their...
LANDOVER, Md., Aug. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Shoppers in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and Washington, D.C. have saved on fuel purchases as a result of the Giant Gas Rewards program. Shell, the No. 1 selling gasoline brand in the U.S., and Giant teamed up in May 2010 to help customers save at the pump through everyday grocery purchases, marking the region's first gas rewards program. Through the easy-to-use program, customers automatically earn Gas Rewards points on their Giant Card...
