THE WALL STREET JOURNAL/DOW JONES NEWSWIRES: Shell Says Chmn, E&P Head Met With Russian PM Wed (ShellNews.net)

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

September 29, 2004 7:52 a.m.

LONDON -- Royal Dutch/Shell Group (RD, SC) said Wednesday its senior management met with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov to discuss "growth opportunities" in the oil-rich nation.

A spokesman for Shell in London said the company's chairman, Jeroen van der Veer, and its head of exploration and production, Malcolm Brinded, met with Fradkov during his visit to The Hague Wednesday.

The spokesman, Simon Buerk, declined to specify which projects were discussed.