41.   Parra replaced Guaicaipuro Lameda as head of the oil giant last month.

42.   A former Shell official says the oil giant ignored repeated warnings from its own environmental department that its production operations in Nigeria were causing pollution.

43.   A German boycott of Shell gas stations forced the oil giant to reverse its decision.

44.   A Shell Netherlands official Monday dismissed claims that the oil giant has helped the Nigerian military oppress the Ogoni ethnic group.

45.   As the leader of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, Saro-Wiwa spearheaded a campaign for oil giants to compensate Ogonis for environmental damage.

46.   At U.N. climate conferences, oil giants such as Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Nigeria fight to suppress declarations calling for restrictions on fossil fuel emissions.

47.   Auken said no parliament vote is required for such a boycott because all Danish political parties already have urged a boycott of the Anglo-Dutch oil giant.

48.   Brazilian blue chips such as fixed-line telecommunications provider Telemar and oil giant Petrobras led the general index higher, traders said.

49.   But the absence of a reliable export pipeline has stalled long-awaited prosperity and development, despite intense interest by many foreign oil giants.

50.   Chevron Chemical is a wholly owned subsidiary of the San Francisco-based oil giant, Chevron Corp.