Monday, December 11, 2006

From Russia With Love.

Shell finally throwing in the towel on this thing and ceding control to Gazprom? Not entirely unpredictable, but wow.

Reuters: Gazprom yet to decide on Shell Sakhalin offer.

Quotes:

Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said on Monday it had yet to decide on Royal Dutch Shell's offer for it to take majority control in the Sakhalin-2 project due to ecological concerns.

CNBC Video (free for 24 hours): Gazprom to control Sakhalin-2?