Shell in talks to buy Russian oil field operator: report
October 2nd, 2008MOSCOW: Global oil giant Royal Dutch Shell is in talks to acquire at least 50 per cent of Russian company Taas-Yuriakh, which operates a large Sib
erian oil field, the daily Kommersant reported Thursday.
Reserves in the Sredni-Botuobinskoye field amounted to 98 million tonnes of oil, according to estimates Kommersant gave, citing several industry sources.
The purchase of [...]