2008 Media Releases

Shell Australia is pleased an agreement to construct a major water recycling plant at its Geelong Refinery has been approved by Shell Australia and Barwon Water.

The Australian Government’s White Paper on its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme is another move toward a coordinated and workable approach to managing CO2 emissions.

NSW Fire Brigades (NSWFB) personnel will join staff from Shell’s Clyde and Geelong refineries during the next fortnight to explore the unique issue of containing industrial storage tank blazes.

Local disadvantaged youths will participate in a unique horse riding activity on Friday 3 October, organised by BacLinks and supported by Shell Geelong Refinery.

On Monday 1 December, the musical magic of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) will spread through the neighbourhood centres in Lara, Rosewall, Norlane and Cloverdale.

Choices - having and being comfortable with them - was the dominant theme during the opening presentation of Shell Geelong Refinery’s joint launch for the Working Mother’s Group (WMG) and Maternal Room.

Shell International Petroleum Company Limited reinforced its commitment to a responsible energy future today, being the first company to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Australian Government to support its Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute.

Beijing - PetroChina International Company Limited (PetroChina) and Shell Eastern LNG (Shell) today signed a binding Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) for the long-term supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Gorgon project in Western Australia and the Shell LNG portfolio. During the 20-year contract term, Shell will sell up to two million tonnes per annum of LNG to PetroChina.

Shell Australia today unveiled a $10 million bitumen import storage facility that will boost the supply of building materials to Queensland’s growing road network.

Shell and Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA) today launched Shell EcoVolunteers (Geelong), an environmental initiative that will enable volunteers to help increase and improve the Southern Bell Frog habitat on the Barwon River in Geelong.

Shell Australia today announced that its Clyde refinery in Sydney would temporarily shut down its refining process units at the end of November.

Through its support of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) Outreach Programme, Shell Geelong Refinery is helping to unleash creativity and self-expression in Northern Geelong children.

The Australian Government’s Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute is an important step forward in developing a critical technology for lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

Year 9 students from Flinders Peak Secondary College got a glimpse of life in non-traditional pathways when they visited Shell Geelong Refinery on Thursday 18 September, and spoke to women in the manufacturing industry.

Perth - Shell and Conservation Volunteers Australia today launched a national environmental initiative that will help communities and their local ecosystems adapt to climate change.

A program aimed at boosting early childhood literacy will be launched this Tuesday 19 August by the Gosnells Early Years Action Group (GEYAG), encouraging parents to read aloud to children as young as four months old.

BacLinks has organised for Shell Geelong Refinery employee volunteers to go back-to-school for the day.

Prize money awarded to Shell Companies in Australia through the 2007 Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence will be donated back to the Geelong community on August 7 via the Let’s Read program in Corio.

A commitment to workplace safety at Shell’s Clyde Refinery has paid big dividends for Sydney mother Andrea Thomas, who was today presented with a new Kia Grand Carnival that will be specially fitted out to help her more easily travel with her two disabled children.

Shell Exploration Company B.V. (Shell) and Arrow Energy Ltd. (Arrow), have signed a preliminary agreement to jointly develop projects to extract clean-burning natural gas from coal deposits in Australia, China, Indonesia, Vietnam and India.

We have recently become aware of a number of scam emails and text messages circulating in Australia which claim to be from or associated with Shell or its related companies.

Shell Australia is pleased to announce that, from today, Shell premium unleaded fuels will again be available at a majority of Coles Express and other Shell-branded service stations in NSW and the ACT.

Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd (Shell) has today purchased, subject to government approvals, three exploration permits offshore North West Australia from Octanex N.L., and Strata Resources N.L. (members of the Albers Group of Companies).

Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd (Shell) today confirmed it is divesting its 16.7% equity share in the Cossack Pioneer and associated oil ventures to Woodside Energy Limited.

Shell Geelong Refinery employees recently celebrated five million hours worked without a lost time injury (LTI) - that is, an injury that resulted in time away from work.