By Andrew Callus THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The hunt for Royal Dutch Shell's next chief executive is underway, its chairman said on Tuesday, after CEO Peter Voser made what could be his last appearance at the oil group's annual shareholder meeting. Voser announced his surprise decision three weeks ago to step down in the first half of 2014, before his ...

LONDON (Reuters) - European investigators have asked top trading houses Glencore , Vitol and Gunvor to help with a probe into oil price manipulation, while not suggesting they are under investigation, industry sources said on Monday. Last week, European Commission authorities raided the London bureau of pricing agency Platts and the offices of oil majors Statoil , Royal Dutch Shell ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Coast Guard will kick off hearings Monday on how a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge used for Arctic Ocean exploratory drilling ended up aground off a remote Alaska island.    

By Peg Mackey LONDON (Reuters) - European anti-trust investigators on Thursday searched the offices of price agency Platts and at least one major oil company for a third day, hunting for evidence of possible price manipulation on oil markets, witnesses said. Authorities on Tuesday raided Platts' London Canary Wharf bureau and the offices of Statoil , Royal Dutch Shell and ...

The European Commission is said to have continued to question BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Statoil about their trading activities.