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Helge Lund, former CEO of Statoil as well as BG Group, is switching to a new job as consultant for a US-based investment firm. The Norwegian oil man left BG Group in February following its merger with Royal Dutch Shell.
The takeover of UK-based BG Group combined with Shell's efforts to improve its competitiveness will result in 10,000 employees being laid off, says Shell CEO Ben van Beurden.
I takt med at olieprisen falder og gør Shells opkøb af BG Group mindre økonomisk attraktiv, hersker der blandt investorer tvivl om, hvorvidt salget overhovedet gennemføres.
Royal Dutch Shell venter nu en større gevinst ved den forestående overtagelse af konkurrenten BG Group end tidligere forventet.
The US authorities have cleared Royal Dutch Shell's acquisition of competitor for USD 70 billion.
De amerikanske myndigheder siger ok til, at Royal Dutch Shell kan købe konkurrent for 70 mia. dollars.
Shell's acquisition of British BG could end up costing the company the rights to an enormous gas field in Kazakhstan.
The Britsh lament the fact that Shell is currently in the midst of acquiring BG. The country's government does not really have much room to act, though it has met with BP several times to express its attitude toward the transaction.
Analyse: Når priserne falder, er det billigere at bore efter olie på børsen, og det gjorde Shell i går for 480 mia. kr.
A USD 69 billion acquisition in the international oil industry is underway, and Shell can use this to threaten its strongest competitors in the short and long terms, says a source with knowledge of the company in comments to EnergiWatch.
Et 480 mia. kr. stort opkøb i den internationale olieindustri er på vej, og med det kan Shell true sine værste konkurrenter både på kort og lang bane. Det vurderer en kender af selskabet over for EnergiWatch.
Blot en måneds tid efter at være tiltrådt som direktør for BG står norske Helge Lund til at blive afskediget som følge af Shells overtagelse. Den løntunge chef, der vejes for let, bliver dog klækkeligt kompenseret.
Det er især BG Groups aktiver inden for LNG og dybvandsboringer, der gør selskabet til et attraktivt opkøb for oliegiganten Shell.
Just a short while after Norwegian Helge Lund took over as CEO of Britain's BG Group, the company could be headed toward a possible acquisition by Shell.
Kun kort tid efter, at norske Helge Lund overtog topposten i britiske BG Group, kan selskabet nu være på vej til at blive opkøbt af Shell.
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