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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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Platts: June OPEC output of 32.73M barrels of crude per day, highest since Aug. 2008

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Meanwhile, OPEC added a new member in July—Gabon—and next month Nigeria’s Mohammed Barkindo will take over as the group’s secretary general. Analysts said these two decisions which were taken at the June meeting could lay the groundwork for future cooperation on bigger issues.

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How U.S.A.I.D. Affects National Parks and Conservation Worldwide

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That role now has an uncertain future. Agency funding was instrumental in creating Gabons national parks system and establishing a tiger conservation program in Bangladesh. would affect the viability of current parks as well as prospects for future national parks. Dreaming up a future getaway or just armchair traveling?