Putting safety first is one of the most important ingredients to a successful major energy company, said former Shell CEO, Jeroen van der Veer, sharing a list of problems that executives need to watch out for.  More »

Oil and gas firms not only need to share technology they develop, but they also must tap into the innovative products available in other industries to produce increasingly difficult-to-find resources in deep waters around the world, Royal Dutch Shell’s technology chief said Thursday.  More »

As conventional oil becomes ever scarcer for onshore, operators are increasingly planning their business strategies on the basis of deepwater resources, a Shell executive said Tuesday afternoon.  More »

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 »

A Shell executive in charge of oil exploration across the Americas has stepped down from his post after 29 years with the company. Critics say Lawrence is being made a scapegoat for Shell’s problem-plagued 2012 Arctic drilling program.  More »

The 10 million-pound drilling rig for Shell’s Olympus oil platform will begin a four-day voyage along the Texas coast on Thursday to be joined with its massive hull. See photos of the record-setting platform’s construction and journey across the ocean.  More »

The Arctic contains more than 90 billion barrels of oil, but limited infrastructure, competing sovereignty claims and spill containment challenges will make exploration difficult in its icy climate, an Ernst & Young report said Wednesday.  More »

The hull of Royal Dutch Shell’s Olympus offshore platform traveled 18,000 miles from South Korea. It arrived Saturday at a Texas port where it will be assembled before it sails to its final location in the Gulf of Mexico.  More »

Former Shell President John Hofmeister delivered a decidedly downbeat assessment of U.S. energy policy during the World LNG Fuels Conference in Houston Tuesday. He came between speakers who bemoaned hurdles they say keep the nation’s bounty of natural gas from reaching its full potential.  More »

Net income increased to $7 billion from $3.5 billion a year earlier thanks to higher oil prices, although overall production fell 2 percent.  More »

Royal Dutch Shell Plc will shut its biggest refinery over the next two days on an island off Singapore as firefighters battle a blaze for a second day, the worst fire at the site in 23 years.  More »

Royal Dutch Shell PLC closed a field after oil thieves caused spills that worsened pollution in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta, the oil major said today, and said they plan to keep the field closed until thieves leave the area.  More »