Earlier Friday, BP's incoming CEO Bob Dudley, said it is time to scale down the vast operation to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but he stressed his company's commitment to fully restore the environment.

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South Sudan has large-scale oil production, but is landlocked and reliant on Sudan's ports for export.

BBC: South Sudan restarts oil production

Sakhalin may soon offer all of Russia a foretaste of what large-scale oil investment can mean.

ECONOMIST: Where there��s a well. . .

But the government is keenly aware that large-scale oil production may come at a price.

ECONOMIST: The hidden costs of exploration in the Caspian