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The Motley Fool January 9, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Losing the Shell Game Whoops, looks like Shell miscounted. The world's second-largest oil company, Royal Dutch/Shell cut its reported proven reserves of crude and natural gas by close to 3.9 billion barrels, correcting a reporting error that began as early as 1996.
BusinessWeek January 26, 2004 John Carey	Shell: The Case Of The Missing Oil Other companies probably won't cut their proved reserves, but regulators may step in.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2004 W.D. Crotty	The El Paso Shuffle When estimates of reserves get shuffled around, it's not a good thing. Should investors balk when energy companies adjust downward their estimates of proved reserves? If you ask the author, the answer is yes.
The Motley Fool March 9, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Stone Cold Cash Oil and gas producer Stone Energy is gushing cash, too.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2004 W.D. Crotty	A Royal Dutch Mess Royal Dutch re-re-categorizes oil reserves. Will it never end?
BusinessWeek May 2, 2005 Hindo & Aston	Squeezing Out Oil, Gas, And Profits Formed in the merger of Alberta Energy with PanCanadian Energy, EnCana's focus on hard-to-get resources and advanced techniques is paying off. The stock is up 60% over the past seven months, to about $67 today.
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 Robert Barker	Stocks By The Barrel: Sizing Up The Oil Patch Most of the world's energy titans by now have reported blowout 2004 profits. But if crude supplies stay tight, will these be the best oil stocks to hold?
BusinessWeek February 23, 2004 Stanley Reed	Shell's Drama Isn't Over After the downgrade shock, can management get back on track? Senior managers at Shell suggest that Sir Philip Watts step down.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2004 Seth Jayson	Shell Shocked? SEC announces a settlement with Royal Dutch Petroleum and Shell Transport over inflated reserves. Long-suffering investors are wondering if this might finally clear the air.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2004 Brian Gorman	Libya, Ho! The U.S.'s relaxation of sanctions on Libya may be a boon to some oil concerns.
BusinessWeek October 18, 2004 Robert Barker	An Oil Giant For Players With Patience Given the gravity of its transgression -- overstating its estimate of proven reserves by nearly 24% -- Royal Dutch/Shell can count on doing much more than the five months facing Martha Stewart. Meantime, the company is paying relatively rich dividends
The Motley Fool July 8, 2005 Rich Smith	Playing the Russian Shell Game It's win a ruble if you can find it for Royal Dutch/Shell in its latest gas deal. Investors, take note.
Geotimes March 2003 Greg Peterson	New stature for Canadian oil sands Estimates of Canada's oil reserves jumped from 4.9 billion barrels to 180 billion this year, making the country the second-largest oil reserve in the world, according to an annual survey. This year the figure included Alberta's vast oil sands as part of Canada's oil reserves.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Shelled and Bitten Again Shell Oil just keeps delivering the bad news.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2004 W.D. Crotty	3 Values in Oil These three oil stocks appear to be relatively attractively valued.
BusinessWeek May 3, 2004 Stanley Reed	Can Shell Put Out This Oil Fire? The company is floundering, and there's no sign of major changes on the way
The Motley Fool October 31, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Strong Prices, Strong Profits at Occidental Soaring oil prices lead to soaring profits for this oil and gas producer. Should energy prices continue to creep higher and new production come online as expected, the stock could still have some room left for investors.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2004 W.D. Crotty	It's Larger in Texas and El Paso Gas operator El Paso tells investors its "back-to-basics" plan.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Going to Ultra Petroleum's Well This small independent gas producer continues to pile on the growth with higher production volumes. But if investors aren't rewarded by the stock market, a buyout could also do the trick.
The Motley Fool December 13, 2006 Will Frankenhoff	Royal Dutch Shell Not Looking Too Regal With the company's reserves running dry, investors might want to dip into a different well.
The Motley Fool February 4, 2008 Philip Durell	Best International Stock: Canadian Natural Resources A quick profile of oil and gas producer Canadian Natural Resources.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2007 Toby Shute	Foolish Fundamentals: Understanding BOE Integrated oil companies and independent exploration and production companies both essentially live and die by their reserve base. That's why investors want to keep an eye on reserves for companies in this space.
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Jason Bush	Oil: What's Russia Really Sitting On? As more Russian oil becomes recoverable, reserve estimates are skyrocketing. Recently revised estimates pushed its total proven oil reserves to 69.1 billion barrels, up from 45 billion bbl. in 2001. And that may just scratch the surface of its real potential.
The Motley Fool May 8, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Statoil and the State of Oil Yet another of the seemingly countless international energy investment opportunities posted results today, and it looks like Norway's Statoil is spending a lot to stay in the game.
BusinessWeek July 10, 2006 Gene G. Marcial	Pickings In The Oil Patch Devon Energy could well get snapped up soon, as takeovers spread in the oil patch.
Geotimes September 2004 Megan Sever	Energy & Resources Booking and Rebooking Oil Reserves... One field, six companies, six numbers...
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The Motley Fool July 27, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Ultra Petroleum's Gas-Fueled Growth Producing more for less spells profit for this oil company. If you're looking for excellence in energy production, this is a good place to start. If you're looking for a rock-bottom bargain, try drilling elsewhere.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Where's the Love for Lukoil? Here you have a company with good production growth, excellent reserves, moderate debt, and what would seem to be a cheap valuation. But Lukoil shares are traded on the Pink Sheets, making them difficult to buy and follow for some investors.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	High-Class Gas Natural gas prices have climbed further and more quickly than oil costs, and a cold winter could make gas-rich companies even happier. Is it time to invest?
BusinessWeek March 7, 2005 Gene G. Marcial	Consolidation, Ho? The oil majors are now making more money than they can spend and are not exploring for oil -- and that spells consolidation.
Geotimes July 2005 Hirsch et al.	Peaking of World Oil Production: Is the Wolf Near? We are finding less and less oil in spite of vigorous efforts, suggesting that nature may not have much more to provide. As such, many credible analysts have recently become much more pessimistic about the possibility of finding the huge new reserves needed to meet growing world demand.
CFO October 1, 2004	Oil Man Occidental Petroleum CFO Stephen Chazen has no control over the price of oil. But he does get to spend the windfall. And in this article he gets to discuss the reserve controversy, his hopes for Libya, and why higher oil prices "will bring out more supply."
The Motley Fool May 18, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Total Return French oil producer Total SA continues to produce strong growth and margins, but production needs to pick up. Of course, these shares will be volatile in response to moves in the oil market, so they may not be the best pick for investors focused on the short term.
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Anderson et. al	The Bright Side Of $40 A Barrel Just when you think commodity prices can't go higher, the market proves otherwise. The stubbornly high prices are finally encouraging companies to explore, develop, and produce more oil and natural gas.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2011 Amitabha Chakraborty	Shell Explores Antalya Shores Shell is looking for oil reserves off the coast of Turkey.
The Motley Fool February 17, 2010 David Lee Smith	The Biggest of Big Oil Is Getting Bigger Exxon manages to chalk up its best replacement year in the past decade.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Xs and Os for XTO Energy This is an energy stock that almost any investor could love.
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 Stanley Reed	The Oil Patch Is Getting Slippery "The days that people had gotten used to, where oil was inexpensive and easily available -- those days are gone," says one oil spokesman.
The Motley Fool March 27, 2006 Robert Aronen	Shell Shocks the Oil Sands If oil prices continue at current levels or rise in the coming years, this bold purchase in the Grosmont formation will likely prove to be a pivotal moment in Shell's corporate history. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 15, 2008 Toby Shute	An Oil and Gas Profit Factory Calgary-based EnCana officially became an integrated oil firm in 2007, thanks to its 50/50 oil sands joint venture with ConocoPhillips. If you're seeking a happy medium between independent E&Ps and oil companies, this may be it.
BusinessWeek May 2, 2005	Burning for "Unconventional" Energy EnCana CEO Gwyn Morgan talks about the Canadian company's "competitive advantage" in tapping hard-to-extract gas and heavy-grade oil.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2009 Toby Shute	EnCana Beholds the Power of Hedging The natural gas producer is protecting its downside through this downturn.
BusinessWeek May 15, 2006 Stanley Reed	Why You Should Worry About Big Oil Beyond the fat profits, the oil giants are surprisingly vulnerable worldwide. That's bad news for business - and consumers.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	A Gazprom Date Putin takes another step forward in bringing more of Russia's energy assets under government control. From the looks of it, Gazprom is getting a good deal. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 2, 2008 Toby Shute	A Pause at Apache The energy producer takes a breather from its recent growth spurt.
BusinessWeek July 18, 2005 Stanley Reed	He's Brave Enough To Take Up Shell Shell CEO van der Veer is ending the clunky dual structure and speeding decisions.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2005 W.D. Crotty	A Sweet Oil Deal Oil and gas producer Pogo Producing buys North American assets from Unocal. In a troubled world, where oil is increasingly a political weapon, Pogo's stock should start getting more buyer interest as the company's transformation becomes better known among investors.