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		<title>Details of Shell gas deal emerge</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Van Heuvelen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iraqi official confirms plans for LNG export, but promises to meet domestic power demands before sending natural gas abroad.]]></description>
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		<title>Shell gas deal sees movement, not finality</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Van Heuvelen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iraq's cabinet gave an initial authorization to the natural gas joint venture being negotiated between the Oil Ministry, Royal Dutch Shell and Mitsubishi, but – contrary to some media reports – a final contract is far from certain.]]></description>
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		<title>Sept. 1 auction for three gas fields</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 23:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forty-five foreign oil companies eligible to bid on three gas fields and jump-start Iraq's massive but under-performing natural gas industry. Minister says 2009 oil auctions a model for Iraq and the region.]]></description>
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		<title>Third auction: Iraq puts three gas fields on the block</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iraq aims to make push toward natural gas superpower with planned tender of three gas fields previously offered to and passed over by foreign firms.]]></description>
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		<title>Basra gas deal with Shell stalled</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Negotiations on joint venture company to capture wasted natural gas have ended and project will be put to tender, said Iraqi Minister of Electricity.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq politicians question Shell gas deal transparency</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lando</dc:creator>
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Key members of Iraq’s Parliament, including the chairman of the Oil &#038; Gas Committee, have issued a statement outlining concerns over the efforts of Iraq’s Oil Ministry and Shell to create a joint venture for natural gas, Ahmed Rasheed reports for Re...]]></description>
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