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What a time for Shell's private jets, board to be buzzing around Queensland

What a time for Shell's private jets, board to be buzzing around Queensland

As state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company tries to stand up its $30 billion bid for Santos – Australia's biggest-ever energy deal – flash private jets have been buzzing around Queensland's Gladstone Airport.
Was it the Arab oil barons and their bankers checking out Santos' GLNG – one of the trophy LNG assets they're now trying to buy? Nope; the jets were on the ground in the days before due diligence formally commenced.

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