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Old fashioned oil still making 'em rich

UNCONVENTIONALS grabbed the spotlight this year, but 2011 was also memorable for exploration success in the old fashioned and highly profitable business of onshore oil.

In the days before coal seam gas and shale gas, onshore oil exploration would have been the only game in town, thanks in large part to an oil price that stayed around $US100 a barrel for most of the year....

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