Following Shell's signing of an agreement with Emarat and British Petroleum to store jet fuel at Jebel Ali, 'Al Mahara' spoke with Ali Dawood, Sales and Marketing Manager for Shell Markets (Middle East) Ltd. "The agreement was part of Shell's strategy of investing to keep up with the expanding capacity of Dubai International Airport and the growth of the Gulf region.

A total of 130 projects from schools throughout the UAE were shortlisted in December for grants from Shell for the 2005 Shell Better Environment Awards (BEA). The BEA scheme, now in its 10th year, is sponsored and run by Shell in the UAE as part of the company's commitment to sustainable development. Over the past decade Shell has invested nearly four million dirhams in the BEA programme, which promotes environmental awareness amongst young people throughout the UAE.