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Ukraine Crisis Endangers Black Sea Gas Drilling

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Screen Shot 2014-03-10 at 23.56.16Before violent protests in Kiev overthrew pro-Moscow President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian troops occupied parts of Crimea, a group including Exxon and Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) planned to spend $735 million drilling two wells about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from the region’s southwest coast. “Exxon and Shell are now in a legal limbo,” said Chris Weafer, a partner at Macro Advisory in Moscow. They pursued an “exploration deal with a government which may soon no longer have jurisdiction over the region.”

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