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Shell signs new offshore upstream deals with CNOOC and CNPC; China and Gabon

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Shell has also entered an agreement with CNOOC for its participation in two Shell exploration blocks offshore Gabon, West Africa. In Gabon, CNOOC will acquire a 25% participating interest in offshore exploration blocks BC9 and BCD10. Moreover, we are very pleased to have entered the farm-out agreement with CNOOC in Gabon.

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Cobalt and Total announce significant North Platte deepwater Gulf of Mexico discovery

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Cobalt International Energy, Inc., an independent oil exploration and production company focusing on the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico and offshore Angola and Gabon, announced a significant oil discovery at its North Platte prospect on Garden Banks Block 959 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

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