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Rosneft is likely to fail in its legal challenge against a planned sale of a minority stake in a German refinery that it used to control before Germany took over the Russian oil giant’s assets in the country. Rosneft has a 54% stake in the Schwedt refinery, the fourth-largest refinery …

Oil trading giants and the national oil companies of some of the Middle East’s biggest oil producers are in the race to buy Shell’s South African service stations as they look to expand their access to downstream assets. The world’s largest oil firm and oil exporter, Saudi Aramco, the national …

Shell is looking to reduce its oil and gas exploration workforce by 20%, reported Reuters, citing sources. The news comes as CEO Wael Sawan makes cost-saving measures to the upstream division, which significantly contributes to the company’s earnings. According to sources, the planned cuts will affect offices globally, notably in …

Shell and PetroChina will invest in the second phase of a coal seam gas project in northeast Australia to boost supply to domestic customers and long-term LNG shipments, the UK-based supermajor said on Monday. Arrow Energy, a 50/50 joint venture between Shell and the Chinese giant, announced plans to develop …

Four international companies have agreed to invest in Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.’s next liquefied natural gas export project, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Shell Plc, TotalEnergies SE, BP Plc and Mitsui & Co. will each take a 10% stake in the Ruwais LNG plant, said the …

Shell will pause on-site construction work at a biofuels plant in Rotterdam amid weak market conditions, the supermajor said on Tuesday, as international oil firms continue to re-evaluate their low-carbon energy projects. Shell’s subsidiary Shell Nederland Raffinaderij will temporarily pause on-site construction work at its 820,000 tons-a-year biofuels facility at …

Shell Eastern Trading Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of Shell plc, has announced an agreement with Carne Investments Pte. Ltd., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek, to acquire 100 percent of the shares in Pavilion Energy Pte. Ltd, Trend reports. This acquisition includes Pavilion Energy’s global LNG trading business, with a …

Shell’s chief executive has floated the possibility of the petrogiant abandoning its “undervalued” London listing. Wael Sawan, who runs the largest company on the FTSE 100, said the embattled London exchange was an “undervalued location” as he joined a raft of global CEOs in complaining about the capital’s equity markets. …

Shell earned $2.4 billion from LNG trading in the fourth quarter amid strong demand for the fuel ahead of the winter, with LNG trades contributing to almost a third of its Q4 adjusted earnings, Reuters reported on Friday, quoting sources close to the UK-based supermajor. The LNG trading profit for …

Global demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is estimated to rise by more than 50% by 2040, as China and countries in South and Southeast Asia use LNG to support their economic growth, Shell said on Wednesday. The market remains “structurally tight”, with prices and price volatility remaining above historic …