INTRODUCTION: Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies. Its headquarters are in The Hague‚ the Netherlands. It was founded in 1907. The parent company of the Shell group is Royal Dutch Shell plc‚ which is incorporated in England and Wales. They have around 93‚000 employees in more than 90 countries and territories. The company has worldwide proved reserves of 14.1 billion barrels of oil equivalent. The company operates 43‚000 gas stations (the world’s largest retail fuel network)
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(2009) Oil Exploitation and Conflict in the Niger-Delta Region of Nigeria Samson Imasogie Omofonmwan* and Lucky Osaretin Odia** *Department of Geography and Regional Planning‚ Ambrose Alli University‚ Ekpoma‚ Nigeria E-mail: profomofonmwan@yahoo.com **Department of Sociology and Anthropology‚ University of Benin‚ Benin City‚ Nigeria E-mail: odialucko@yahoo.com KEYWORDS Niger-Delta. Oil Exploitation. Environmental Degradation. Conflict. Mitigation ABSTRACT The Niger-Delta area of Nigeria‚ coincides
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References 8 6. Appendix 9 1. Introduction Royal Dutch/Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies‚ with 104‚000 employees in more than 110 countries; it is unique among the world’s oil majors and was formed from the 1907 merger of the assets and operations of the Netherlands-based Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and the British-based Shell Transport and Trading Company. In fact‚ it is the oldest joint venture. The business interests of the two companies were
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members: Eltaj‚ Sadraddin‚ Dilsad‚ Renata‚ Vugar‚ Jaheed‚ Senan CASE STUDY #2 INTRODUCTION High Street Global Advisors‚ a global investment management organization is trying to understand the opportunities presented by the Royal Dutch/Shell pricing discrepancy. This case analyzes the benefits of shares of two twin companies Royal Dutch and Shell. Royal Dutch trades are more actively in the Netherlands and U.S. markets‚ whereas Shell trades are more actively in the United States. They are getting
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Shell Gabon 11/6/2014 Cost Accounting Case Study 1. The UOC is calculated by dividing the total operating cost‚ excluding exploration‚ depreciation‚ and depletion by the barrels produced. In the case of RDS not all activities can be traced directly to a barrel of oil. There are departments such as Human Resource Management and Business Management that are not directly related to this measure. It makes sense for RDS to use barrels as the primary cost driver due to the large cost of the Production
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measure only provided for in quarterly results for the benefit of investors. Instead of the FIFO method‚ Shell uses a weighted cost pricing methodology for the reporting period. In other words‚ Oil Products and Chemicals cost of sales sold during the period is based on the cost of supplies during the same period after making allowance for the estimated tax effect. The latter means that Shell also accounts for tax adjustments based on the new inventory value and one-time provision. However‚ earnings
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Located in West Africa and bordering the Atlantic‚ Nigeria is a big country that occupies 356‚667 square miles with a total population of 168 million. Nigeria is abundant in natural resources like coal‚ gold‚ lead‚ iron‚ salt‚ copper‚ and zinc‚ but it is best known as a big producer of oil. Thanks to its size‚ population‚ and resources‚ Nigeria is dubbed as “the giant of Africa” (Falola‚ 4). According to World Bank Data of 2010‚ Nigeria has an annual percentage growth rate as 8.0%‚ one of the world’s
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http://peoplesdailyng.com/changing-nigerians-identity-diaspora/ http://olorisupergal.com/nigeria-rich-country-poor-people-by-gbenga-ogunbiyi/#.UpH2I9Lik8o Nigeria is a member of both the Commonwealth of Nations‚ and the African Union. LANGUAGE There are hundreds of languages spoken in Nigeria. The official language of Nigeria‚English The languages spoken in Nigeria are said to be 521. The official language is English while the major ones that are spoken are Hausa‚ Igbo‚ Yoruba and
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management of Shell 13 Human Resource Management strategy 14 Human Resource Development 14 Successful of Human Resource Development of Shell 15 Conclusion 16 Reference 17 Introduction Human Resources are important issues in managing a company successfully. In Human Resources Management (‘HRM’)‚ it has combined by a lot of areas‚ such as effective selection of staff‚ international human resources management and etc. In this report‚ it will introduce what Royal Dutch Shell (‘Shell’) done
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The Satyam Computer Services scandal was a corporate scandal that occurred in India in 2009 where chairman Ramalinga Raju confessed that the company’s accounts had been falsified. The Global corporate community was shocked and scandalised when the chairman of Satyam‚ Ramalinga Raju resigned on 7 January 2009 and confessed that he had manipulated the accounts by US$1.47-Billion. Contents [hide] 1 Role of Auditors 2 Aftermath 3 New CEO and special advisors 4 Acquisition by Mahindra Group
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