https://pjmedia.com/tatler/2011/06/04/arabian-alchemy-shell-makes-black-gold-in-qatar/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 04:00:42 -0400<![CDATA[PJ contributor Leon de Winter mailed us an article from The Volkskrant, which Leon calls the New York Times of the Netherlands (which seems damning with faint praise to me, but never mind that).  The title of the article is (roughly) &#8220;Shell&#8217;s magic makes black gold from natural gas.&#8221; Frustratingly, I can&#8217;t get the Volksrant website to deliver me a link to the original article, but I was able to find it on Lexis, and between my small ability to read Dutch (see, you learn how the Dutch spell things, then read it out loud &#8212; if you speak both English and German, you can make sense of it) and Google Translate, I was able to get the gist.]]>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 20:12:03 -0400<![CDATA[Charlie Martin]]>https://pjmedia.com/charlie-martin/2011/06/04/arabian-alchemy-shell-makes-black-gold-in-qatar-n148219