In an exclusive interview with FuelFix, Shell Oil President Marvin Odum talks about the challenges and opportunities for liquefied natural gas, as the LNG17 conference gets underway in Houston.  More »

As it looks to boost demand for bountiful natural gas, Royal Dutch Shell figures a good way to start is by using the fuel to power its own drilling rigs, ships and heavy trucks – with hopes of spurring others to make the same transition.  More »

Shell Oil Co. is calling off its plans to resume hunting for oil in Arctic waters north of Alaska this summer, after a problem-plagued drilling season that ended with the grounding of one of its rigs.  More »

The drillship used to bore part of an Arctic oil well for Shell last summer lacked sufficient propulsion power, had engine problems and posed fire hazards, according to a Coast Guard inspection of the vessel last November and released on Friday.  More »

Shell and El Paso Pipeline Partners plan to build a plant for exporting natural gas at the existing Elba Island LNG import terminal near Savannah, Ga. It’s the latest venture aimed at taking advantage of high Asian and European prices for the fossil fuel.  More »

A top Democratic lawmaker is questioning whether financial concerns drove Shell to send the Kulluk drilling rig on its ill-fated two-week trek across the predictably stormy Gulf of Alaska in late December.  More »

During Shell’s Innovation Summit this week, Shell Oil President Marvin Odum warned that a projected 50 percent increase in global food consumption by 2030 will strain the relationship between water, food and energy.  More »

Although Shell Oil Co. is scrapping its plans to drill into potential oil reservoirs underneath the Chukchi and Beaufort seas this summer because of damaged spill-containment equipment, president Marvin Odum said the firm will not abandon its $5 billion quest for crude in the remote region.  More »

Shell CEO Marvin Odum and his father were honored by an offshore drilling industry group for their contributions to the field.  More »

Oil major Royal Dutch Shell has put out a set of five principles aimed at demonstrating the company’s committment to protecting the water, air and other resources in the communities where it drills and produces oil and gas using hydraulic fracturing.  More »

Federal regulators today approved an offshore exploration plan that would pave the way for Shell to drill five new exploratory wells in its Appomattox prospect in the Gulf of Mexico. Shell’s deep-water exploration blueprint is the second such plan to get the government’s green light since last year’s Gulf spill, when federal regulators committed to conducting environmental assessments of those proposals.  More »

CEO Marvin Odum said the government’s approval of Shell’s deep-water exploration plan is a breakthrough for the oil industry. The plan provides the foundation for the company to drill three new exploratory wells in the Gulf, but Odum said it also is a template for other operators to follow.  More »