Close Menu
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    SweetCrudeReportsSweetCrudeReports
    Subscribe
    • Home
    • Oil
    • Gas
    • Power
    • Solid Minerals
    • Labour
    • Financing
    • Freight
    • Community Development
    • E-Editions
    SweetCrudeReportsSweetCrudeReports
    Home » Can we still be friends? Shell sends Dutch PM parting note

    Can we still be friends? Shell sends Dutch PM parting note

    December 12, 2021
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp
    *Ben van Beurden, Shell CEO

    Amsterdam — On the day that shareholders of Royal Dutch Shell PLC voted to move the company’s headquarters to London from The Hague, the company sent a letter to the Dutch prime minister to soften the blow.

    Signed by Shell CEO Ben van Beurden, the letter said Shell’s departure had been “a difficult message for us to announce,” given the company had more than a century of history.

    But the letter to Prime Minister Mark Rutte outlined the many projects and activities Shell will continue in the Netherlands, including retaining 8,500 employees, and the division-level management of Shell’s upstream (production), renewable energy and projects & technology divisions.

    Shell has said its shift to Britain would mean just nine staff, including CEO Van Beurden, would leave the Netherlands.

    “In this letter, we would like to affirm our commitment to the Netherlands,” Van Beurden, who is Dutch, wrote. “Shell has the ambition to be, both through its own investments and through cooperation with others, one of the largest drivers of the energy transition in the Netherlands.”

    Shell’s plans include helping to build the 750MW Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind project, scheduled for completion in 2023, and the company is in talks over a hydrogen production facility at its Pernis refinery in Rotterdam, Europe’s largest.

    More than 99% of Shell shareholders voted on Friday to approve the move to London. The company’s board must meet once more to make a final decision, with the changeover likely taking place in early 2022.

    But the outcome seems a foregone conclusion: On Nov. 30 Van Beurden listed his estate in Wassenaar, a posh suburb of The Hague, for sale with an asking price of 6.5 million euros ($7.35 million).

    ($1 = 0.8840 euros)

    • Reuters (Reporting by Toby Sterling; editing by Barbara Lewis)
    • Follow us on twitter

    Related News

    Crude climbs on US jobs report, China talks

    Oil prices at risk amid supply increases, demand concerns

    Renaissance briefs FG on 200,000 b/d milestone following Shell asset takeover

    Comments are closed.

    E-book
    Resilience Exhibition

    Latest News

    Crude climbs on US jobs report, China talks

    June 6, 2025

    Be deliberate in securing govt facilities in your communities – IBAS

    June 6, 2025

    UAE’s power capacity to reach 79.1GW in 2035

    June 6, 2025

    Gold steady near week high as markets brace for key US jobs data

    June 6, 2025

    Nigeria’s renewable power capacity to reach 1.7GW in 2035

    June 6, 2025
    Demo
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    • Opec Daily Basket
    • Oil
    • Power
    • Gas
    • Freight
    • Financing
    • Labour
    • Technology
    • Solid Mineral
    • Conferences/Seminars
    • Community Development
    • Nigerian Content Initiative
    • Niger-Delta Question
    • Insurance
    • Other News
    • Focus
    • Feedback
    • Hanging Out With Markson

    Subscribe for Updates

    Get the latest energy news from Sweetcrudereports.

    Please wait...
    Please enter all required fields Click to hide
    Correct invalid entries Click to hide
    © 2025 Sweetcrudereports.
    • About Us
    • Advertise with us
    • Privacy Policy

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.