Royal Dutch Shell slows decisions on LNG projects THE head of Royal Dutch Shell says the company will slow the pace at which it approves projects in Australia, blaming rising costs for the move. Speaking to investors in London on Thursday night (Australian time), Shell chief executive Peter Voser said the company would "take more time" before approving the development of the coal-seam gas-fed Arrow liquefied natural gas project in Queensland or an expansion of the Gorgon LNG project in Western Australia.