Shell Oil signs shale gas production pact with state owned Communist Chinese Petroleum Corp.-BBC

3/22/12, "Shell signs first shale gas production pact in China," BBC



"BP and Chevron have also have teamed-up with Chinese companies to search for shale gas in China"

"Royal Dutch Shell said it has signed its first-ever production sharing contract for shale gas in China with state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC).

China has some of the largest reserves in the world of shale gas, which is gas trapped in rock formations."...

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