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		<title>Let Big Oil bail out Big 3 Auto Companies</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/12/10/let-big-oil-bail-out-big-3-auto-companies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Google search of the most recent financial information from the major oil companies shows ExxonMobil alone with a stash of $34 billion. Chevron had cash on hand of $10 billion, Shell of $7.8 billion, BP America of $9.8 billion (at the end of 2007). It sounds like plenty to go around to give the Big Three a helping hand.]]></description>
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		<title>Consolidation in oil industry likely in 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/11/23/consolidation-in-oil-industry-likely-in-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Major oil companies are sitting on enormous piles of cash after posting record profits in recent quarters, while crumbling stock and crude prices have made many smaller oil and gas companies potential targets.]]></description>
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		<title>Oil giants talk tax to kill environment</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/11/23/oil-giants-talk-tax-to-kill-environment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evidence is mounting of a coordinated global oil industry effort to seize upon the international economic crisis as an opportunity to rebel against ecological controls and bludgeon concessions out of governments. ]]></description>
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		<title>Big Oil: We told you so</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/11/20/big-oil-we-told-you-so/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Exxon got criticized for underinvesting over the last four years," said Fadel Gheit, a senior energy analyst at Oppenheimer. "It's not that they were stupid, it's just that they thought it was too expensive. Now Exxon is going to laugh all the way to the bank."]]></description>
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		<title>More consolidation likely in oil industry</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/11/18/more-consolidation-likely-in-oil-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Big Oil has a growth problem for sure but is extremely well capitalized and we now see an M&#038;A window opening,"]]></description>
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		<title>Women to Watch: Linda Cook</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/11/10/women-to-watch-linda-cook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following year was critical for Shell: The company was rocked by scandal when it emerged that it had overstated its energy reserves. There followed a major restructuring, which catapulted Ms. Cook to the top echelons of Shell management.]]></description>
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		<title>Big Oil, the big survivor</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/11/03/big-oil-the-big-survivor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was the oil-rich nations operating as their own cartel, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which ultimately brought down the corporate cartel]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Oil: Are Oil Prices Destined to Rise Again?</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/11/01/peak-oil-are-oil-prices-destined-to-rise-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE WALL STREET JOURNAL October 31, 2008, 12:13 pm Posted by Keith Johnson Crude oil futures continued down on Friday, spooked by the dim outlook for the U.S. economy. Thats precisely what makes it likely oil prices will rebound next year.  A tough run upstream (AP) Big oil companies are already finding it harder to maintain, let alone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Oil&#8217;s Last Stand</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/10/22/big-oils-last-stand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American public is fed up with Big Oil. In 2006 Gallup published its annual rating of public perceptions of U.S. industry. The oil industry is always a poor performer, but this time it came in dead last  earning the lowest rating for any industry in the history of the poll.]]></description>
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		<title>Africa&#8217;s Potential to Sate World&#8217;s Oil Demand Dims</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/10/22/africas-potential-to-sate-worlds-oil-demand-dims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For big state-owned and private oil companies, Africa has played an outsized role. It is responsible for adding nearly a quarter of the globe's total increase in reserves over the past decade. That has been a boon for companies such as Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Exxon MobilCorp. and Total SA, all of which have struggled to replace reserves on their books]]></description>
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