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The Motley Fool February 6, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Royal Dutch Smell Royal Dutch leardership seems just fine with a large write-off of reserves.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2007 Robert Aronen	Is Oil Too Profitable? ExxonMobil is the largest public company in one of the world's largest industries. If it has only an average year, it should set record profits. If you consider the issue only as an investor, record profits should excite you.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2004 W.D. Crotty	3 Values in Oil These three oil stocks appear to be relatively attractively valued.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2007 David Lee Smith	A Royal Dutch Investment Firm While not spectacular, Royal Dutch Shell's first-quarter results potentially set the stage for a strong year. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2004 W.D. Crotty	A Royal Dutch Mess Royal Dutch re-re-categorizes oil reserves. Will it never end?
BusinessWeek March 14, 2005 Peter Coy	Oil Stocks: Only Patient Investors Need Apply Inventories are up, and prices are likely to fall -- not a recipe for quick profits.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2007 Toby Shute	Foolish Fundamentals: Understanding BOE Integrated oil companies and independent exploration and production companies both essentially live and die by their reserve base. That's why investors want to keep an eye on reserves for companies in this space.
The Motley Fool February 15, 2007 David Lee Smith	ExxonMobil, World Traveler The oil giant is traversing the globe and finding new ways to meet energy demands. ExxonMobil deserves consideration from investors.
BusinessWeek October 18, 2004 Robert Barker	An Oil Giant For Players With Patience Given the gravity of its transgression -- overstating its estimate of proven reserves by nearly 24% -- Royal Dutch/Shell can count on doing much more than the five months facing Martha Stewart. Meantime, the company is paying relatively rich dividends
The Motley Fool September 10, 2007 David Lee Smith	Will Big Oil Stay Big? 2030 is the year in which forecasters such as Exxon and the U.S. Department of Energy think the world's daily energy requirements will reach about 120 million barrels of oil. That's more than 40% above today's level, and the realization faces a couple of big, perhaps insurmountable, hurdles.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2003	Oil Down, Gas Up What is the outlook for oil and gas prices now that Saddam has been captured, and what stocks are attractive?
The Motley Fool December 13, 2006 Will Frankenhoff	Royal Dutch Shell Not Looking Too Regal With the company's reserves running dry, investors might want to dip into a different well.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2004 Brian Gorman	Libya, Ho! The U.S.'s relaxation of sanctions on Libya may be a boon to some oil concerns.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Strong Prices, Strong Profits at Occidental Soaring oil prices lead to soaring profits for this oil and gas producer. Should energy prices continue to creep higher and new production come online as expected, the stock could still have some room left for investors.
BusinessWeek January 26, 2004 John Carey	Shell: The Case Of The Missing Oil Other companies probably won't cut their proved reserves, but regulators may step in.
The Motley Fool July 1, 2008 David Lee Smith	A Big-Oil Iraqi Invasion Iraq is moving to boost its production, with a little help from its friends.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2007 David Lee Smith	Libya to the West: Let's Party Moammar Gadhafi attempts to boost Libya's oil and gas output by bringing back a group of majors.
The Motley Fool July 8, 2005 Rich Smith	Playing the Russian Shell Game It's win a ruble if you can find it for Royal Dutch/Shell in its latest gas deal. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 4, 2008 Philip Durell	Best International Stock: Canadian Natural Resources A quick profile of oil and gas producer Canadian Natural Resources.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Shelled and Bitten Again Shell Oil just keeps delivering the bad news.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Where's the Love for Lukoil? Here you have a company with good production growth, excellent reserves, moderate debt, and what would seem to be a cheap valuation. But Lukoil shares are traded on the Pink Sheets, making them difficult to buy and follow for some investors.
The Motley Fool June 19, 2007 David Lee Smith	Iraq: Stuck in the Middle with You The news from Iraq overlooks that nation's importance in global energy. Given the trends, investors would be wise to include major, geographically diverse oil producers in their portfolios.
The Motley Fool February 17, 2010 David Lee Smith	The Biggest of Big Oil Is Getting Bigger Exxon manages to chalk up its best replacement year in the past decade.
The Motley Fool March 9, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Stone Cold Cash Oil and gas producer Stone Energy is gushing cash, too.
BusinessWeek February 23, 2004 Stanley Reed	Shell's Drama Isn't Over After the downgrade shock, can management get back on track? Senior managers at Shell suggest that Sir Philip Watts step down.
The Motley Fool June 24, 2009 David Lee Smith	The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly for Shell Europe's biggest member of Big Oil, Royal Dutch Shell has gotten the act of operating simultaneously on a host of fronts down to a science.
BusinessWeek November 15, 2004	Oil: The View from "a Long-Term Bull" Will oil prices stay at their highest levels in two decades for the foreseeable future? And what's ahead for the stock prices of the big oil outfits? Guinness Atkinson Asset Management's chairman and chief investment officer offers his vision of crude-oil prices in 2005.
The Motley Fool June 10, 2008 David Lee Smith	Will Big Oil Shrink to Nothing? With production sliding, big oil appears to be facing a slow liquidation.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2008 David Lee Smith	It's Official: BP Means Better Production London-based BP has raised its quarterly profits, and not just by a little bit.
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The Motley Fool April 24, 2008 David Lee Smith	ConocoPhillips' Quarter Takes a Crude Turn With upstream up and downstream down, Conoco's quarter was predictable.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2008 Ryan Fuhrmann	A Cool Response to Oil Shortage Fears The U.S. Geological Survey announces a study that estimated there are 90 billion barrels of oil tucked away as undiscovered oil in an area north of the Arctic Circle. Will this ignite a scramble for ownership?
The Motley Fool February 11, 2008 Will Frankenhoff	Petrobras' Shares Are Still a Steal Although shares of the Brazilian energy giant have soared, the company may still be cheap.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2004 W.D. Crotty	The El Paso Shuffle When estimates of reserves get shuffled around, it's not a good thing. Should investors balk when energy companies adjust downward their estimates of proved reserves? If you ask the author, the answer is yes.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2008 David Lee Smith	Don't Step on This Shell Watch out, ExxonMobil: Royal Dutch Shell is breathing down your neck for recognition as the majordomo of Big Oil.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2009 David Lee Smith	Should Pickens Raise His Oil Price Target? Oil's doubled this year, and might just have more room to run.
The Motley Fool November 27, 2006 Will Frankenhoff	Total: This Well Hasn't Run Dry Total has one of the best production growth rates among the major oil companies, is a leader in terms of reserve replacement ratios, carries an attractive valuation, and yields north of 3%. Investors, what's not to like?
The Motley Fool March 15, 2004 Salim Haji	Unearthing Values in Oil Stocks As the price of oil continues to hit new highs, oil stocks should benefit. One company looks particularly good. As the price of oil continues to hit new highs, oil stocks should benefit. Suncor, a small, non-traditional Canadian company, particularly stands out as an attractive investment opportunity.
The Motley Fool July 3, 2008 David Lee Smith	Will Exxon Get Chopped in Russia? ExxonMobil could be destined to suffer the same fate in Russia as Royal Dutch Shell and BP; the ultimate direction of the company's Sakhalin-1 project is depend on the mood of the nation's government and of giant natural gas producer-distributor Gazprom.
The Motley Fool May 1, 2011 Cliff D'Arcy	You Can Be Sure of Shell The oil giant thrashes BP, thanks to first-quarter profits up nearly a third.
The Motley Fool May 15, 2007 David Lee Smith	A Manhattan Project for Energy, Part 1 A worldwide energy crisis is staring us in the face, and inaction is not an option. Investors, take note.
Geotimes July 2005 Hirsch et al.	Peaking of World Oil Production: Is the Wolf Near? We are finding less and less oil in spite of vigorous efforts, suggesting that nature may not have much more to provide. As such, many credible analysts have recently become much more pessimistic about the possibility of finding the huge new reserves needed to meet growing world demand.
The Motley Fool May 8, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Statoil and the State of Oil Yet another of the seemingly countless international energy investment opportunities posted results today, and it looks like Norway's Statoil is spending a lot to stay in the game.
Geotimes April 2003 Lisa M. Pinsker	Majors Return to Russian Oil Fields There's a resurgence of interest among Western oil companies in Russia.
Reason May 2006 Ronald Bailey	Peak Oil Panic Is the planet running out of gas? If it is, what should the Bush administration do about it?
The Motley Fool April 6, 2010 David Lee Smith	Is Oil's Upward March Inevitable? With an optimistic jobs report, crude prices seem to be heading higher.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2008 David Lee Smith	What'd You Find, Mr. Exxon? Even if you include the costly effects of Hugo Chavez's shenanigans, ExxonMobil had a very good 2007, weighing in for the December period with the largest pot of quarterly earnings ever presented by any company.
The Motley Fool August 21, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Royal Dutch Shell Goes to School in Search of Profits New mathematical procedures from MIT could lead to new oil discoveries. The technology is unlikely to make or break Shell, but it's the kind of tool that might help the company keep pace with competitors until Shell can determine whether its big bet on the oil sands of Canada pays off.
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