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		<title>Shell&#8217;s £1bn Africa punt</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2012/02/24/shells-1bn-africa-punt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OIL giant SHELL stunned experts yesterday by bidding to boost its reserves with a £1billion gamble on Mozambique in East Africa. &#8220;This shows how desperate Shell are to boost reserves,&#8221; said one expert. Shell&#8217;s £1bn Africa punt Thursday, February 23, 2012 OIL giant SHELL stunned experts yesterday by bidding to boost its reserves with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WikiLeaks cables: Saudi Arabia cannot pump enough oil to keep a lid on prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[US diplomat convinced by Saudi expert that reserves of world&#8217;s biggest oil exporter have been overstated by nearly 40% John Vidal, environment editor: Tuesday 8 February 2011 22.00 GMT Saudi oil refinery. WikiLeaks cables suggest the amount of oil that can be retrieved has been overestimated. Photograph: George Steinmetz/Corbis The US fears that Saudi Arabia, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shell Hldr Foundation: Court Declares Shell Settlement Binding</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 14:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE WALL STREET JOURNAL MAY 29, 2009, 9:53 A.M. ET Edited Press Release AMSTERDAM (Dow Jones)&#8211;The Stichting Shell Reserves Compensation Foundation Today announces Friday that the Amsterdam Court of Appeals has declared the Non-U.S. Settlement Agreement concerning the recategorisation by Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) of certain of its oil and gas reserves binding. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy-Reserve Revisions</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/12/16/energy-reserve-revisions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2004, Royal Dutch Shell PLC disclosed that it had overstated its reserves by 20%, leading to the ouster of its chairman, a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation and closer scrutiny of reserve calculations across the industry.]]></description>
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		<title>Cnooc Plans $29 Billion South China Sea Exploration (Update1)</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/11/24/cnooc-plans-29-billion-south-china-sea-exploration-update1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[China, the world's second-biggest oil user, is expediting projects including nuclear power plants, gas pipelines and oil refineries to help stimulate the domestic economy and meet future energy demand. The country will overtake the U.S. as the world's biggest oil and gas consumer in about five years, Royal Dutch Shell Plc said in September.]]></description>
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		<title>UK will face peak oil crisis within five years, report warns</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Skrebowski predicts that global oil production will peak in the period 2011-2013 and then decline steadily, with non-conventional sources such as tar sands failing to fill the gap in time to avoid a serious energy crunch.]]></description>
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		<title>Investors press for disclosure of tar sands&#8217; climate risk</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/09/15/investors-press-for-disclosure-of-tar-sands-climate-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/09/15/investors-press-for-disclosure-of-tar-sands-climate-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US regulator has been reviewing the regulations on the way reserves are calculated since 2004, when Shell fell foul of its rules and was forced to "lose" a quarter of its assets. The move led to fines, a plunging share price and the exit of its chairman, Sir Philip Watts. In June the SEC issued new proposals that would allow previously excluded resources such as oil sands to be "classified" as oil and gas reserves. They would also allow companies to disclose their "probable" and "possible" reserves as well as "proved" reserves, as at present.]]></description>
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		<title>New reporting rules will boost oilpatch&#8217;s reserves: may lead to takeovers</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/09/07/new-reporting-rules-will-boost-oilpatchs-reserves-may-lead-to-takeovers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/09/07/new-reporting-rules-will-boost-oilpatchs-reserves-may-lead-to-takeovers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world's second-largest non-government-controlled oil company by market value, Royal Dutch Shell, is likely to benefit most among the oil majors, analysts said. The company invested heavily in squeezing crude from bitumen-soaked soil in Alberta, and in extracting gas locked in coal beds in Australia and China, as it sought to rebuild its asset base after a reserves overbooking scandal in 2004.]]></description>
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		<title>Cnooc&#8217;s Profit Growth to Surpass Exxon, Shell on Output, Prices</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/08/21/cnoocs-profit-growth-to-surpass-exxon-shell-on-output-prices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/08/21/cnoocs-profit-growth-to-surpass-exxon-shell-on-output-prices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Cnooc Ltd.'s first-half profit growth may be double that of Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc after China's third-largest oil company increased its crude reserves and output amid record prices.]]></description>
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		<title>FSA fines Credit Suisse £5.6m for deliberate mispricing</title>
		<link>http://www.royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/08/14/fsa-fines-credit-suisse-56m-for-deliberate-mispricing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The largest fine  £17m  was issued to Royal Dutch Shell for market abuse. The FSA cited Shell's "unprecedented misconduct" after it mis-stated its reserves.]]></description>
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