Shell rejects report Tokyo forced pullout of East China Sea gas project
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Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell vigorously denied that its withdrawal from a politically sensitive gas project in the East China Sea was due to pressure from the Japanese government.
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Japan says relations with Russia could be hurt by Moscow withdrawing approval for the Sakhalin 2 energy project.
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NEW YORK, November 11  - PeopleSoft Inc (PSFT.NAS) has again rejected Oracle Corporation&#39;s (ORCL) &quot;best and final&quot; takeover bid, while urging its shareholders to reject Oracle&#39;s $24 per share tender offer as well.
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Japan lost a bid on Wednesday to require the world body that regulates global wildlife trade to review the status of whales, a step that could have led to the resumption of commercial whaling.
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SINGAPORE Royal Dutch/Shell and Unocal are withdrawing from a multibillion-dollar natural gas project in China, the second high-profile exit from China of foreign oil companies in as many months.
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Oil major Royal Dutch Shell is on the brink of a deal to bring Russian gas monopoly Gazprom into the $22 billion Sakhalin-2 project, a spokesman said on Sunday.
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A top environmental group said on Thursday it had agreed to probe an oil and gas project led by Royal Dutch/Shell off the Russian far east coast because of fears it threatens endangered whales.
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China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denied the Chinese government would mount a legal challenge against BHP Billiton's  proposal to take over rival Australian miner Rio Tinto .
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A court rejected a compensation suit filed against the Japanese government by 40 Japanese who were abandoned in China as children after Tokyo's defeat in World War II, officials said Tuesday.
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Russia stepped up the pressure on Royal   Dutch Shell and its Japanese partners on Tuesday over a $20   billion oil and gas development in the Far East, sparking   protests from Tokyo and Brussels.
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A consortium led by the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Cos. should halt operations and delay further development of oil and gas fields near gray whale feeding grounds off Russia's far-eastern Sakhalin island, an independent study recommended Wednesday.
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Japan has voiced opposition to the European Union's likely lifting of an embargo on arms sales to China, saying the move raises serious concerns over peace and security in East Asia.
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The Nigerian state-run oil company NNPC has ordered the Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell to suspend its restructuring amid fears it could lead to job losses, officials said Tuesday.
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Some oil majors have rejected Venezuela's terms for the takeover of their multi-billion dollar projects and can leave the OPEC nation, President Hugo Chavez said on Friday, days before a deadline for them to strike nationalization deals.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has rejected a staff recommendation to bring civil charges against former Global Crossing Ltd.
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Royal Dutch Shell plans to appeal against a shutdown order imposed on its refinery in Buenos Aires.
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Some oil majors have rejected  Venezuela&#39;s terms for the takeover of their multi-billion  dollar projects and can leave the OPEC nation, President Hugo  Chavez said on Friday, days before a deadline for them to  strike nationalization deals.