Faced with iced-in Arctic waters and failure to secure U.S. Coast Guard approval of its oil-spill barge, Royal Dutch Shell* is ratcheting down its plan to drill as many as five exploratory wells this ...

Young woman Shell and her father Pete live in bleak isolation at a petrol station in the Scottish Highlands. The family business barely makes money, and there is little to do. Pete's mind often ...

Moments of optimism are rare for Shell. From time to time, she amuses herself with a mechanic her own age, though she doesn't seem truly happy with that either. The young woman realises her life is ...