All Shell articles – Page 10
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Alimentation Couche-Tard buys Shell’s Danish retail arm
Canadian multinational Alimentation Couche-Tard, which recently bought Ireland’s largest convenience and fuel retailer Topaz Energy Group, has received European Commission approval for its deal to acquire Shell’s downstream retail business in Denmark, subject to divestment commitments. Completion of the acquisition is expected to occur in May 2016. It will be ...
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State Oil buys Jarrow fuels terminal from Shell
State Oil has announced that its subsidiary, Prax Terminals, has successfully completed the acquisition of the Jarrow fuels terminal from Shell. The 40,000 cbm terminal is located near Newcastle upon Tyne and will store diesel, gasoil, kerosene, gasoline and aviation fuel. State Oil managing director Sanjeev Kumar said: “This acquisition ...
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Shell marches on
Retailers are signing up to Shell in the UK because of the growing strength of the brand, which follows the company’s aspiration to be the number one global fuel retailer, according to David Moss, Shell UK’s general manager, retail. Addressing a large audience of dealers at the company’s annual conference ...
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NewsLincolnshire site wins best Shell garage prize
One of the longest established independently owned Shell garages picked up two awards at the Shell Conference. The Laurels Service Station, in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, has been a Shell station for more than 50 years, and the site was recently modernised and had extra facilities added. At the Shell Conference held ...
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Positive vibes at Shell’s dealer conference as investment strengthens brand
Retailers are signing up to Shell in the UK because of the growing strength of the brand, which follows the company’s aspiration to be the number one global fuel retailer, according to David Moss, Shell UK’s general manager, retail. Addressing a large audience of dealers at the company’s annual conference ...
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Shell’s German hydrogen sites
Shell will install a nationwide network of hydrogen fuelling pumps at retail sites in Germany from 2016. The company, which opened its first hydrogen fuel station in Germany in 2011, has signed a declaration of intent with joint venture partners and Germany’s federal transport minister, Alexander Dobrindt. It will lead ...
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NewsShell commits to 400 hydrogen filling stations in Germany
Shell will install a nationwide network of hydrogen fuelling pumps at retail sites in Germany from 2016. The company, which opened its first hydrogen fuel station in Germany in 2011, has signed a declaration of intent with joint venture partners and Germany’s federal transport minister, Alexander Dobrindt. It will ...
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NewsPRA slams Osborne’s rates bombshell
An announcement by chancellor George Osborne that he would abolish the current system of business rates and replace it with a system which allows local authorities to set business rates themselves has been slammed as “another bitter blow to business pragmatism" by the PRA. Speaking at the Conservative Party conference ...
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Shell unveils new site on busy A11 roundabout
Shell has begun trading at a new-to-industry company- operated site at Barton Mills in Suffolk.Located on the busy Fiveways Roundabout on a section of the A11 to Thetford, which has recently seen completion of upgrades to a dual carriageway, the site provides a retail offer for both motorists and HGV ...
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Shell opens new to industry site in Suffolk
Shell has commenced trading at a new to industry company operated site at Barton Mills in Suffolk. Located on the busy Fiveways Roundabout on a section of the A11 to Thetford which has recently seen completion of upgrades to a dual carriageway, the site provides a retail offer for both ...
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Shell boss cannot see when low prices will end
Royal Dutch Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden has told the BBC that a recovery in the price of oil is hard to foresee. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, he said: “It is a very, very volatile business in terms of supply and demand. The oil price ...
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NewsShell to site hydrogen refuelling on three forecourts
The first deal to fully integrate hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS) onto UK forecourts has been agreed by Shell. ITM Power, the energy storage and clean fuel company, has signed a strategic siting partnership with Shell for the delivery of HRS on three Shell sites in the UK. Oliver Bishop, ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Shell Lymington, Hampshire
LOCATION: Shell Lymington is located on the busy A337 Christchurch-to-Lyndhurst road at the village of Pennington, just a mile or so outside Lymington. FORECOURT: The illuminated pole and the canopy with its bright red, yellow and white corporate Shell branding make the site very visible and distinctive. The forecourt ...
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Roll out for Shell/Paypal mobile payment service
Shell & Paypal have announced the roll out of their new Fill Up & Go mobile payment service following a successful pilot with invited members of the Shell Drivers Club.The new service, which enables mobile payments at the pump, will now be available at hundreds of Shell service stations nationwide. ...
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Indies to buy Shell sites
op 50 Indies HKS, Golden Cross Group, Synergie and Spring Petroleum are all expected to be successful bidders when Shell reveals the final details of its sell-off of company owned sites.In April the oil company revealed it was selling 90 sites to MFG and a further 68 to Euro Garages ...
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Sealing duo sign deal with Shell
Sealing product engineering specialist companies James Walker and Teadit have signed an Enterprise Framework Agreement with Shell Global Solutions International to supply the gasket requirements of all Shell and Shell joint venture sites in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Russia, Australia, Canada and South America. The contract covers an initial ...
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NewsShell confirms sale of 27 sites
Shell has confirmed that it has exchanged contracts for the sale of 27 service stations with six dealer groups. As previously reported by Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies HKS, Golden Cross Group, Synergie Holdings and Spring Petroleum have all been successful bidders together with Valli Forecourts. Chedgold is the other ...
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NewsTop 50 Indies picking up Shell sites
Top 50 Indies HKS, Golden Cross Group, Synergie and Spring Petroleum are all expected to be successful bidders when Shell confirms the final details of its sell-off of company owned sites next week. Last month the oil company revealed it was selling 90 sites to MFG and a further 68 ...
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Shell sell-off completed
Little more than a month after Esso announced it had agreed deals to sell off its remaining 201 company owned sites to independent dealers, another swathe of oil company sites is heading for the independent sector, after Shell concluded deals to sell 185 of its forecourts.As with the Esso deal, ...
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Shell planning to revamp Cannock service station
Shell has applied for planning permission for a knock down rebuild of its service station at Cannock in Staffordshire. The plans include the demolition of a neighbouring bath showroom and using the extra space to build a bigger service station and a shop. The new service station would include 10 ...