In partnership with Japanese LNG shippers Mitsui and Mitsubishi, Shell hopes to tap 17 trillion cubic feet of gas (that's 3 billion BOE) and 1.2 billion barrels of oil.
Apple announced it will seek to tap the debt market as part of its plan to shell out billions to shareholders in dividends and stock buybacks without paying taxes to bring home its massive overseas cash pile.
As the Chinese tap U.S. technology to manufacture this gas (Shell already has a development deal with CNPC) its cost of gas will plunge and it may quickly be in a position to undercut the Russians and others on exports to Korea and Japan.