Daily Telegraph: Shell cheer down Mexico way: “At last, good news for Shell”: "Is that because the reserves were actually there?"

1 July 04

At last, good news for Shell. The embattled energy group has dug deep to pump its first gas from a pair of offshore wells in the Gulf of Mexico. It's more than two miles down, which apparently is a record, and technical director Guardie Banister gushes: "These wells represent key industry and Shell firsts." Is that because the reserves were actually there?

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