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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:55:43 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Oil &amp; Gas - Brazil - Petrobras finds new signs of oil at Campos</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Brazil's federal energy company Petrobras (NYSE: P]]></description>
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         <author>Fábio Palmigiani</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:58:29 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Oil &amp; Gas - Brazil - ANP qualifies 5 more companies to bid in 10th round</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Five new companies have qualified to bid in Brazil]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/oilandgas/ANP_qualifies_5_more_companies_to_bid_in_10th_round</link>
         <author>Fábio Palmigiani</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:01:57 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Oil &amp; Gas - Brazil - BR Distribuidora 9-month profits up 49% to record US$431mn</title>
         <description><![CDATA[BR Distribuidora, Brazilian federal energy company]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/oilandgas/BR_Distribuidora_9-month_profits_up_49*_to_record_US*431mn</link>
         <author>Fábio Palmigiani</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:17:38 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Oil &amp; Gas - Costa Rica - Recope, CNPC ink refinery JV deal</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Costa Rica's state refiner Recope and China's oil ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/oilandgas/Recope,_CNPC_ink_refinery_JV_deal</link>
         <author>David Casallas</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:17:40 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Oil &amp; Gas - Colombia, Regional - Ecopetrol, Eni team up on Gulf of Mexico</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Colombia's state oil company Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/oilandgas/Ecopetrol,_Eni_team_up_on_Gulf_of_Mexico</link>
         <author>Randy Woods</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:18:54 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Oil &amp; Gas - Peru - Veraz, Petrominerales partner to explore block 126</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Calgary-based junior Veraz Petroleum has partnered]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/oilandgas/Veraz,_Petrominerales_partner_to_explore_block_126</link>
         <author>David Casallas</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:22:12 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Oil &amp; Gas - Ecuador - Petroecuador extends marginal field bidding to next week</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Ecuador's state oil company Petroecuador has exten]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/oilandgas/Petroecuador_extends_marginal_field_bidding_to_next_week</link>
         <author>David Casallas</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:26:19 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Oil &amp; Gas - Mexico - PEP launches 4 tenders for Chicontepec pipelines</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Mexican state oil company Pemex's E&P subsidiary P]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/oilandgas/PEP_launches_4_tenders_for_Chicontepec_pipelines</link>
         <author>David Biller</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:36:31 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Oil &amp; Gas - Mexico - Pemex launches tender for rental of 5 rigs</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Mexican state oil company Pemex's E&P subsidiary (]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/oilandgas/Pemex_launches_tender_for_rental_of_5_rigs1</link>
         <author>David Biller</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:38:52 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Oil &amp; Gas - Mexico - Pemex Refinación awards supply of piping for new 107km pipeline</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Mexican state oil company Pemex's refining subsidi]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/oilandgas/Pemex_Refinacion_awards_supply_of_piping_for_new_107km_pipeline</link>
         <author>David Biller</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:20:52 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Oil &amp; Gas - Argentina - YPF to invest US$800mn in Chubut through 2012</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Argentine oil major YPF plans to invest US$800mn i]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/oilandgas/YPF_to_invest_US*800mn_in_Chubut_through_2012</link>
         <author>Nathan Crooks</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:39:46 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Oil &amp; Gas - Venezuela - Moody's: Economy still resilient on energy exports</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Venezuela's energy exports are cushioning its econ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/oilandgas/Moody's:_Economy_still_resilient_on_energy_exports</link>
         <author>Nathan Crooks</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:05:22 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Oil &amp; Gas - Argentina - Río Negro grants 2 blocks to EDHIPSA</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Argentina's Río Negro province has assigned two bl]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/oilandgas/Rio_Negro_grants_2_blocks_to_EDHIPSA</link>
         <author>Nathan Crooks</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:07:20 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Oil &amp; Gas - Mexico - FEATURE: Wading into deeper waters</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Even before reform debates began, E&P in the Gulf ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.bnamericas.com/news/oilandgas/FEATURE:_Wading_into_deeper_waters</link>
         <author>David Biller</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:19:54 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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         <title>Oil &amp; Gas - Argentina - S&amp;P places YPF, Petrobras Energia, TGS on creditwatch negative</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's (S&P) has placed its long-term f]]></description>
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         <author>Nathan Crooks</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:31:12 (GMT -0400)</pubDate>
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