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			<title>BP signs deal to develop Jordan's Risha gas field</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UK oil major given up to 4 years to spend at least $237m on exploration, evaluation.]]></description>
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			<title>BP close to signing Jordan gas field deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UK oil major set to spend $237m on exploration, evaluation of 7,000 sq km Risha block.]]></description>
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			<title>Lower taxes lure big oil to Iraq oilfield deals</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[International oil cos close to striking deals that would almost triple Iraq's output.]]></description>
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			<title>Iraq studying new Exxon, Lukoil West Qurna bids</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 2: West Quma one of several fields not securing a developer in June auction round.]]></description>
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			<title>Jordan government confirms BP deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[National Petroleum Company and BP to develop Risha gas field under partnership agreements.]]></description>
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			<title>Iraq, oil majors agree terms on oilfield project</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Iraq-BP-CNPC venture to triple production at giant Rumaila field to be agreed 'within weeks'.  ]]></description>
			<category>Energy | News</category>
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			<title>Iraq may miss Shell gas deal deadline - spokesman</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Negotiations ongoing but Shell set to reduce stake in $4bn project to 44% from 49%.]]></description>
			<category>Energy | News</category>
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			<title>Venezuela to sell Iran 20,000 barrels of petrol per day</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=566956&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Deal with fuel-starved Islamic republic also includes medicine and commerce agreements.]]></description>
			<category>Energy | News</category>
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			<title>LUKOIL to keep investment plan intact - president</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Russian private oil producer may expand plans if it wins tenders in Iraq, says president.]]></description>
			<category>Energy | News</category>
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			<title>Shell gas deal seen delayed past Iraq elections</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Senior oil official cites political opposition to Iraqi gov't, Shell, Mitsubishi venture.]]></description>
			<category>Politics &amp; Economics | News</category>
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			<title>Iraq oilfields skipped at auction may be re-offered</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Decision on whether to re-offer fields due to be taken by October or November. ]]></description>
			<category>Energy | News</category>
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			<title>Technip wins Abu Dhabi oil field contract - report</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[French-based gas and oil services provider to work on first phase of Nasr oil field.]]></description>
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			<title>BP sees deal on Iraq field by year end</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oil major set to miss next month's Iraqi gov't target to finalise Rumalia oil field deal; sees year end close.]]></description>
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			<title>No black gold rush</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Daniel Canty argues that the farcical televised auction has only let down Iraq and oil industry.]]></description>
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			<title>Iraq oil auction dashes majors' bonanza hopes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[First round of auction closes with just one of eight fee-paying contracts awarded.]]></description>
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			<title>Sinopec, Kuwait to build $9bn plant in China - report </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Agreement comes as Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah visits China.]]></description>
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			<title>Yemen receives oil investment offers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Yemeni oil minister confirms investment offers from oil majors, including Exxon Mobil Corp and Total. ]]></description>
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			<title>Abu Dhabi $3bn carbon capture project set for 2013</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Masdar CCS project being developed by BP and Rio Tinto joint-venture first of its kind.]]></description>
			<category>Energy | News</category>
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			<title>Iraq opens door to foreign investment</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Development of the energy sector in Iraq has proven cumbersome and highly controversial, but ink is finally being put to paper.]]></description>
			<category>Energy | News</category>
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			<title>BP and Anadarko bid for Risha field</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Companies place bid for E&P rights to Jordanian gas field.]]></description>
			<category>Energy | News</category>
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			<title>Explosion on Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fire continues to blaze on Turkish section of BTC pipeline forcing reduced oil production in Azerbaijan.]]></description>
			<category>Energy | News</category>
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			<title>BP CEO Tony Hayward's speech at the World Petroleum Council, Madrid</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=524452&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WPC Special Report: Keynote address tackling issues at the core of the current price environment.]]></description>
			<category>Energy | Features</category>
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			<title>BP Official Partner for London 2012 Olympics</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[BP today announced that it will be the official oil and gas partner for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Under the banners of ‘Fuelling London 2012' and ‘Winning in 2012', the multi-national company will be working with the London Organising Committee (LOCOG) to ensure that transportation logistics of such a huge global event are catered for with due consideration for ‘green' concerns.]]></description>
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			<title>Resources sufficient says BP chief</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2008 preview.  ]]></description>
			<category>Energy | News</category>
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			<title>BP to pump Oman gas by 2011</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UK energy giant says it is examining how it can develop difficult gas reserves in the sultanate.]]></description>
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