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Shell to begin drilling China shalegas blocks by early 2011-Exec

Reuters Africa

Mon Nov 1, 2010 9:35am GMT

SINGAPORE Nov 1 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L: Quote) expects to start drilling in two shale gas blocks in southwestern China at the end of this year or early 2011, a company official said on Monday.

Drilling will start at the 4,000-square-kilometre Jinqiu and Fushun blocks in Sichuan province, Marc Gerrits, vice president for Shell Exploration Asia, told reporters on the sidelines of the Singapore Energy Summit.

He declined to elaborate on the investment cost.

Shell already produces 3 billion cubic metres a year of gas from a tight gas block at Changbei. read more

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Shell Signs Natural-Gas Deal With CNPC

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

By SHAI OSTER

BEIJING — China National Petroleum Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Tuesday announced plans to jointly develop and produce natural gas in China’s Sichuan basin, the Anglo-Dutch giant’s second gas venture in China.

In a statement, Shell said the companies have submitted a production sharing contract to the Chinese government for approval.

The agreement comes more than a year after Shell began discussing with CNPC a production sharing contract for the Jinqiu gas field. CNPC is China’s largest oil and gas company by output. read more

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