woodster
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shell profffffffits
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/news/default.asp?storyId=17544
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joneh
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| posted on 31/1/08 at 01:16 PM |
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I'm prepared to get my head bitten off here but I say fair play and well done to them!
It's the duty on it that pi$$es me off.
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ditchlewis
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| posted on 31/1/08 at 01:22 PM |
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i would like to bet that a lot of profit is from activities other than the sale of petrol and diesel.
it would be interesting to see a split.
they will be paying billions in tax and just think what the tax man would charge us if they did not make such big profits
may be mr IRS would up tax to 45%
ditch
ps i wonder if the employees have a profit sharing scheme....... now where is my CV
[Edited on 31/1/08 by ditchlewis]
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 31/1/08 at 01:23 PM |
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Sick of seeing the oil companies slated for the high price of petrol.
There is only one culprit for the extortionate price we pay for petrol and that is the government!!! The profit on petrol to the oil companies is
around a penny and half a litre while the government takes around 70p per litre in the various taxes and duties (went up 2p late last year and is due
to yet again in April!!!!). Overall profits on fuel are pretty insignificant to Shell as a whole - its pretty much a by-product to them!! The real
profit is in the other chemicals and the extraction of oil around the world (North Sea oil is another cash cow for the government which they dont go
shouting about!!)
The profits may look huge but typical BBC news got their facts wrong again saying its a new record for a British company. The full name of Royal Dutch
Shell is a bit of a clue!! They are just a UK listed company and those profits are global not UK.
[Edited on 31/1/08 by Paul TigerB6]
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RickRick
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| posted on 31/1/08 at 01:30 PM |
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i wonder how many liters of petrol they sell each year i bet just 2p off the price of petrol would have a large effect on there profits, i bet i use
600 liters a year and the gf the same.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 31/1/08 at 01:34 PM |
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Shell will not be boasting such profits very soon, due to the cost of decommissioning their old platforms, many of which are literally falling apart.
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 31/1/08 at 01:35 PM |
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Why shouldnt they make a small profit?? The government are making almost 50 times more than Shell from petrol so why dont you blame them for
profiteering instead???
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iank
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| posted on 31/1/08 at 02:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
Why shouldnt they make a small profit?? The government are making almost 50 times more than Shell from petrol so why dont you blame them for
profiteering instead???
If it's any help to your kama I do. They have become completely addicted to the revenues and can't give them up. Doubt the next lot will
be willing to do anything either (whichever bunch of shysters gets in).
--
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 31/1/08 at 02:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
If it's any help to your kama I do. They have become completely addicted to the revenues and can't give them up. Doubt the next lot will
be willing to do anything either (whichever bunch of shysters gets in).
LOL you got that right matey!! The opposition are always good at slamming the government for their policies but how often do you see them give
something back to Joe public when they get in themselves without sneaking some other equally profitable tax in somewhere!!
I see there are now calls for the government to curb Shell's profits by introducing a Windfall tax - as if they arent getting enough tax
already!!! They would just end up driving companies away IMHO!!!
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woodster
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| posted on 31/1/08 at 03:14 PM |
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if you think you have been taxed and then taxed again ..... read this
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/money/2008/01/22/cnborrowing122.xml
how did the music go as Mr Bliar walked down downing street when labour were voted in ... o i remember ... Things can only get better
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onzarob
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| posted on 31/1/08 at 03:16 PM |
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Bad timing for Shell, I bet the Government are laughing....nice deflection of fuel price complaints
[Edited on 31-1-2008 by onzarob]
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Big Stu
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| posted on 31/1/08 at 04:24 PM |
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I work for the scum bags, was promised the world and a career with shell. Then two years later dumped like a piece of dog poo, or as they like to call
it TUPEd. Shell will try to get out of the decomissioning of platforms by selling them in the late life, however that being said the money is already
set a side for decomissioning, however no one has ever removed concrete leg platforms which shell own a few off.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 31/1/08 at 05:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Big Stu
I work for the scum bags, was promised the world and a career with shell. Then two years later dumped like a piece of dog poo, or as they like to call
it TUPEd. Shell will try to get out of the decomissioning of platforms by selling them in the late life, however that being said the money is already
set a side for decomissioning, however no one has ever removed concrete leg platforms which shell own a few off.
I worked for them also. Your right about they way the dump you, I can't say I was very impressed at all with the company, too big and
disorganized. Old dead wood hanging on to the jobs at the top and sod everyone else.
As for the concrete platforms, I worked with the engineers who are looking at the decommissioning and few had any hope that the platforms could be
removed. They’ve sunk so deep in the mud and were never intended to be removed or detached from the piles, plus there is no access into the oil
storage tanks to clean them out if they were to propose blasting them down to form an artificial reef. Another Chernobyl scale mess.
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 31/1/08 at 06:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
Why shouldnt they make a small profit?? The government are making almost 50 times more than Shell from petrol so why dont you blame them for
profiteering instead???
If it's any help to your kama I do. They have become completely addicted to the revenues and can't give them up. Doubt the next lot will
be willing to do anything either (whichever bunch of shysters gets in).
The really worrying thing is that Income Tax was brought in as a "Temporary Measure" to pay for the Napoleonic Wars.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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peterparsons
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| posted on 31/1/08 at 07:22 PM |
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Don't steel - the goverment dont like the competition........
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JoelP
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| posted on 31/1/08 at 08:17 PM |
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totally tangental post, but i worked out the other day that my van drinks half a pint a minute on full song! Thats nearly as fast as me!
that from a man who's already spent £630.08 on fuel this year
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I love speed :-P
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| posted on 31/1/08 at 08:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by peterparsons
Don't steel - the goverment dont like the competition........
hay thats my sig
Don't Steal
The Government doesn’t like the competition
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