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To: Dennis Roth who wrote (175198)5/1/2013 11:40:50 AM
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New Frontiers: OPEC, N. African oil producers seek out shale
By News Desk | April 29, 2013 12:01 AM

blogs.platts.com

The shale boom has led to two developments: lots of hydrocarbon production in the US, and speculation about what countries will lead similar developments and at what pace. In this week’s Oilgram News column New Frontiers, Tamsin Carlisle reviews the plans of countries both in North Africa and the Middle East.

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Saudi Arabia has shale oil but must learn to tap it -minister


WASHINGTON, April 30 | Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:52am EDT
reuters.com

"We believe we have tremendous volumes of shale oil; what we need to figure out is how to develop it," Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said in a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.