THE chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell warned yesterday that the oil and gas company would be negatively impacted were Britons to back leaving the EU.
Prime Minister David Cameron could reach a deal with EU partners at a summit next month, paving the way for a referendum as soon as June.
Royal Dutch Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden told a Sunday newspaper that the Anglo-Dutch firm, which is currently seeking shareholder approval for its bid to acquire Britain’s BG Group, could suffer were Britain to leave the bloc.
In October last year the oil and gas giant signalled it may withdraw from much of the North Sea and cut more jobs in the area in the wake of the planned takeover after massive losses amid the crude price plunge.
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