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Shell’s pension underfunded

International Herald Tribune: Royal Dutch Shell's Dutch pension fund has fallen into deficit as share market turmoil knocked 40 percent off the fund's value, forcing the oil major and employees to increase contributions

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Further signs of stress in Canada’s oil sands

Oil majors like Royal Dutch Shell and other companies are re-examining the viability of oil sands development in an area that could hold as much as 175 billion barrels of oil. Only Saudi Arabia has more than Alberta.

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Shell and Abu Dhabi target offshore gas production

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and a division of Royal Dutch Shell say they have signed a deal to explore the possibility of developing deep natural gas fields off the emirate's coast.

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International Herald Tribune: Russia aids 35% profit rise at BP

International Herald Tribune: Russia aids 35% profit rise at BP

Bloomberg News Tuesday, July 27, 2004

Higher prices also lift quarter’s results

LONDON BP, Europe’s largest oil company, said Tuesday that its second-quarter profit increased 35 percent, helped by record oil and gasoline prices and a jump in Russian production.

Net income rose to $3.43 billion, or 15.7 cents a share, from $2.54 billion, or 11.5 cents, a year earlier, the company said. The profit, the second-highest in the company’s history, foreshadows profit reports due on Thursday from Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Exxon Mobil. BP, Shell and Exxon are thought to have earned a combined $13.63 billion last quarter, according to analysts at Deutsche Bank. read more

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