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The month in petroleum: May 2006

ENERGY boom sees $A9.18 billion investment; Skills shortage puts projects at risk; Gorgon unlikely to meet deadline; Exploration spend up, but activity down; Value up, volume down in Q1 2006; Santos takes another slice of Kipper; Aussie JV gets taste for Chinese; Puffin takes flight; NT to get major gas pipeline from Blacktip; First LNG shipment under major Chinese contract.