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LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell iscurrently offering 16 assets each worth more than $500 millionfor sale as part of its vast $30 billion three-year asset salesprogramme, the oil and gas company's head of upstream Andy Brownsaid on Wednesday.
The Anglo-Dutch company launched the programme to reduce itsdebt following the acquisition of BG Group earlier this year.Uncertainty over the future oil price has led to a sharpslowdown in deal making in the sector in recent years.
"There are 16 assets currently in the market that are above$500 million in value," Brown told the Oil and Money conferencein London. (Reporting by Ron Bousso; Editing by Mark Potter)