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BHP Billiton making aggressive push for 50 billion barrels of Texas shale oil

MINING.com Editor | July 09, 2013 | 4:20 am

Mining behemoth BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP) has joined the hunt for Texas oil, competing "vigorously" for a share of the "22,270,000 hectare multi-layered shale formation, where it is predicted that over 50 billion barrels of oil could be recoverable," Ryan...

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