Reuters | Time, and oil prices, ticking for Shell-BG deal Reuters Announced three weeks ago, the deal was seen as a bold bet by Shell on the oil price recovering to $80-$90 per barrel within three years, justifying a 50 percent premium the Anglo-Dutch giant agreed to pay for BG in the biggest oil merger of the decade. “Don't mention Arctic oil”: How Shell's latest bid to get young people hooked ... |