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Pampered People

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John Berthelsen
Aug 25, 2006
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In 1991, when the Seria oilfield in Brunei Darusssalam produced its billionth barrel of crude oil, Brunei Shell Petroleum built a monument near Well No. 1, composed of an Islamic arch topped with the national crest and flanked by a pair of hands open to the sky in thanks.

Thankful they should be. Brunei’s oil fields have been steadily pumping crude sinc…

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