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		<title>FAR, Shell sign deal to conduct exploration program offshore Senegal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Australian Resources has signed an agreement with Shell Exploration Company to conduct an exploration program in respect of Sangomar Offshore, Rufisque Offshore and Sangomar Deep Offshore blocks off the coast of Senegal.]]></description>
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		<title>Petrobras Goes From First to Worst Among 10 Biggest Oil Stocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exxon Mobil, based in Irving, Texas, remains the world's largest company by market value. It trades at about 8.5 times estimated earnings. Houston-based ConocoPhillips and San Ramon, California-based Chevron Corp., as well as Royal Dutch Shell Plc, in The Hague, and London-based BP Plc have ratios between 4.5 and 6.5.]]></description>
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		<title>Mud eruption &#8217;caused by drilling&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The eruption of the Lusi mud volcano in Indonesia was caused by drilling for oil and gas, a meeting of 74 leading geologists has concluded.]]></description>
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		<title>Cairn Energy bought massive find in India off Shell &#8220;for pennies&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Watts, head of exploration, saw the potential in India, buying the field off Royal Dutch Shell for pennies. It is Watts who is staking investors' futures on Greenland.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Phenomenal&#8217; oil and gas rights sale sets stage for exploration push in B.C.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The high-priced sale, along with Royal Dutch Shell PLC's $5.23-billion agreement earlier this week to buy a key operator in the region, Duvernay Oil Corp., highlights how hot the region is right now.]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge to unlock North Sea oil reserves</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A high oil price can make exploration more economical but some major players in the industry, including Royal Dutch Shell, are withdrawing from the North Sea because all the easy-to-find crude has been extracted.]]></description>
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		<title>Shell, BP Can Explore for Oil Offshore From Alaska, Judge Rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shell spokesman Curtis Smith declined to comment apart from saying the ruling came after business hours. Shell plans to carry out its seismic program in Alaska this summer, he said.]]></description>
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		<title>Appetite for Arctic oil rises in line with crude prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The appetite for Arctic oil has surged in line with rocketing crude prices but environmental concerns and a diplomatic stalemate stand in the way of exploration, experts say.]]></description>
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		<title>Storm clouds gather over the West of Shetlands, Britain&#8217;s last gas frontier</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/06/28/storm-clouds-gather-over-the-west-of-shetlands-britains-last-gas-frontier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Times]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gordon Brown has made energy a priority for his Government and in April encouraged BP and Shell to spend more in the UK. We do need the oil coming out of the North Sea; we do need to encourage the new exploration, he said.]]></description>
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		<title>BPZ Resources, Shell seek Peruvian joint venture</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/06/26/bpz-resources-shell-seek-peruvian-joint-venture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Shares of BPZ Resources Inc. soared Thursday after the oil and gas exploration and production company said it is in talks with a unit of Royal Dutch Shell PLC about jointly developing properties in Peru.]]></description>
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