charlie aitken, page-61

all those sites reporting the latest news referring to the same source - "Sunday times" which didn't mention any credible source :)

From The Australian

ROYAL Dutch Shell is playing hardball on a possible sale of its 24 per cent stake in Woodside Petroleum to BHP Billiton, its local chief declaring yesterday that Shell was in "no hurry" to do a deal.

Speaking on the sidelines of a conference in Perth last night and ahead of this week's annual Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association meeting, Shell Australia chair Ann Pickard moved to hose down reports out of London at the weekend that a sale of its stake in the Perth-based oil and gas company was imminent.

"There are no commercial discussions," Ms Pickard said, choosing her words carefully. "I'm not in a hurry to do anything. Woodside is a great company." She declined to elaborate on whether any discussions had already taken place.