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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.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Royal Dutch Smell Royal Dutch leardership seems just fine with a large write-off of reserves.
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.
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.
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 31, 2007 Toby Shute	Statoil Stalls Out The quarterly results were dim for this Norwegian oil major, but Statoil's post-merger future appears to be bright. Investors, take note.
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.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2004 W.D. Crotty	A Royal Dutch Mess Royal Dutch re-re-categorizes oil reserves. Will it never end?
The Motley Fool June 30, 2008 Rich Duprey	Adding Fuel to the Oil and Gas Boom A rule change by the SEC could mean better values on many oil and gas stocks.
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Reason May 2006 Ronald Bailey	Peak Oil Panic Is the planet running out of gas? If it is, what should the Bush administration do about it?
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The Motley Fool March 9, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Stone Cold Cash Oil and gas producer Stone Energy is gushing cash, too.
BusinessWeek September 18, 2006 Mark Morrison	Plenty Of Oil--Just Drill Deeper The discovery of reserves in the Gulf of Mexico means supply isn't topping out.
The Motley Fool August 8, 2007 David Lee Smith	Chevron's New China Syndrome It appears that the second-biggest U.S. oil company may be plying its trade in China. What does all this mean for smart investors?
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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.
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.
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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
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Geotimes June 2003 Lisa M. Pinsker	Raining hydrocarbons in the Gulf Below the Gulf of Mexico, hydrocarbons flow upward through an intricate network of conduits and reservoirs. They start in thin layers of source rock and, from there, buoyantly rise to the surface.
Geotimes January 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Arctic Not a Refuge for Oil The United States shouldn't lose OPEC's number just yet: The Arctic contains far less undiscovered oil than previously thought, according to a new study.
The Motley Fool April 6, 2009 Toby Shute	E&Ps With Something to Prove Not all oil & gas company reserves are created equal.
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BusinessWeek May 10, 2004 Robert Barker	Keeping Hot Air Out Of Energy Reserves Humiliations in the Royal Dutch/Shell affair are many. Yet from the company's report on how it misstated oil and gas reserves, the most amazing lapse leaps out. The world's No.2 energy producer relied on a lone former employee to audit its annual estimate of reserves -- and he worked part-time.
The Motley Fool February 15, 2007 David Lee Smith	ExxonMobil, World Traveler The oil giant is traversing the globe and finding new ways to meet energy demands. ExxonMobil deserves consideration from investors.
Finance & Development March 1, 2003 Bright E. Okogu	Middle East to Dominate World Oil for Many Years With oil exports from MENA projected to more than double by 2020, this region will continue to dominate the oil market for the foreseeable future.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Chesapeake All Gassed Up Now the No. 3 gas player in the U.S., Chesapeake still sees growth opportunities. Investors, take note.
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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.
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Geotimes December 2005 William L. Fisher	Energy Outlook 2005 Analysts say political events and natural disasters might well interrupt world oil supplies, but lack of resources and production capability should not. Beyond oil, other energy sources will be creating their own economies in the near future.
Geotimes April 2003 Lisa M. Pinsker	Majors Return to Russian Oil Fields There's a resurgence of interest among Western oil companies in Russia.
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