Royal Dutch-Shell to boost spending
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Anglo-Dutch energy company Royal Dutch-Shell will boost capital spending to $15 billion a year during 2004-06 to build proven reserves.
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AMSTERDAM - Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell announced plans on Wednesday to invest USD 45 billion (EUR 37 billion) in oil and gas exploration in a bid to increase its reserves and restore investor confidence.
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Royal Dutch Shell  and its partners in the $22 billion Sakhalin-2 project have accepted cash and a promise of future cooperation with Gazprom  in a deal to let the Russian firm into the venture, a source close to talks between the companies said on Tuesday.
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Kuwait plans to spend some $30 billion  to $40 billion to upgrade its energy sector, and to increase  oil production capacity 60 percent to four million barrels per  day by 2020, top oil officials said in remarks published in  local newspapers on Sunday.
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Royal Dutch/Shell says the two holding companies that own the group are to merge, after reporting bumper third-quarter profits on the back of high oil prices.
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Royal Dutch/Shell announced plans to boost spending on exploration and production while selling non-core assets, making the replacement of its missing reserves a priority in restoring battered investor confidence.
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Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi Arabia's state oil company announced Friday they would go ahead with a $7 billion expansion of a jointly-owned Texas refinery that will make the plant one of the biggest in the world.
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Gordon Brown will put increased investment in the country's schools and higher taxes on polluters at the centre of his pre-budget report, a curtain-raiser for next year's budget, reports said.
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Higher oil prices and rising interest rates are likely to lead to a slowdown in spending on the UK High Street, business leaders predict.
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No. 3 US oil company ConocoPhillips (COP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday forecast higher capital spending in coming years and reaffirmed its production targets, banking on rising output in the Asia-Pacific region.
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The Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell today sought to draw a line under its reserves scandal by announcing plans to spend $15bn (Â£8.4bn) a year to replenish reserves and develop production in its oil and gas business.
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Royal Dutch/Shell Group announced Wednesday that it would spend US$1.8 billion on exploration and production in the North Sea, including building a pipeline to transfer gas from Norway to Britain.
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Shares in Royal Dutch/Shell have risen in Amsterdam and London, lifted by speculation that investors will increase their holdings in the stock to reflect its unified structure.
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The huge corporate reorganization of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group is one of the year&#39;s largest financial transactions. But is it really a merger?
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BP could be forced to raise capital spending by $1.5bn (Â£820,000) next year because of sharply rising steel prices and increased competition for drilling rig services as oil companies lift investment to record levels.
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Gazprom  may pay Royal Dutch Shell Plc  for money already spent developing the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas fields if it buys a stake, but analysts do not expect the Russian giant to pay a premium for expected profits or control.
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By Bangkok Post, Thailand  Feb. 10--The petrochemical producer IRPC Plc will hire Shell Global  Solutions to review its capacity expansion plan to optimise investment,  according to IRPC president Piti Yimprasert.