Unsurprisingly, Shell started "finding" lots more oil and gas by reevaluating what it already had.
These algae produce more oil than they would in the sun, the company claims.
It has slashed local energy demand, reducing chronic pollution and leaving more oil for export.
Littell says the Saudis realized their mistake and began pumping more oil in May.
And American buyers are clamouring for more oil from Canada, which will also need pipes.
President George Bush was also unable to convince Saudi Arabia to pump more oil.
This involves plugging the well with densely packed mud to prevent any more oil from escaping.
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The United States has more oil and gas reserves on federally owned lands than previously thought.
It takes time to turn the spigot up and for more oil to reach markets.
The company is oil rich and finding more oil than Exxon and Chevron are finding.
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The company said it could prove to yield more oil than Alaska's Prudhoe Bay.
Logic says that higher taxes on oil companies mean fewer incentives to find more oil.
Turkey, part of the region's Sunni Muslim camp, needs more oil to fuel its expanding economy.
The population keeps growing, and each person in the kingdom keeps using more oil.
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According to Bloomberg News, China plans on stockpiling more oil to reduce its local price fluctuations.
The digitalisation of oil production will make far more oil recoverable from any field.
Those refineries, in turn, use up a lot more oil, pushing up its price too.
As it happens, Total already produces more oil in non-OECD areas than either Exxon or Shell.
But the fact remains that oil giants are struggling to pump more oil and gas.
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Deregulation in the oil industry allowing more oil imports and self-service stations has sharply reduced petrol prices.
He expects producers can keep pumping more oil for the next 20 to 30 years.
So energy watchers hope the Jeddah conference will reveal something bolder than promises of more oil.
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Under my administration, America is producing more oil than at any time in the last eight years.
Under my administration, America is producing more oil today than any time in the last eight years.
It would be the 1973 oil crisis all over again, but in an even more oil-dependent world.
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In fact, America is producing more oil today than at any time in the last eight years.
After all, should they find more oil in the Caspian, they would need an extra pipeline, too.
At the time, it seemed that the oil ministers intended to do this mainly by releasing more oil.
The world is going to be in a whole lot of trouble unless we keep finding more oil.
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If you are predisposed to favoring more oil and gas production in the U.S., there's a silver lining.
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