General Interest
- AAPG recommends probabilistic methods for reserves disclosures
  The American Association of Petroleum Geologists president promotes wider reliance than exists now on probabilistic methods of estimating oil and gas reserves.
- Editorial: Antitrust misperceptions
  To its targets, the oil and gas antitrust reform bill introduced in the US Senate this month will do little more than irritate.
- Governor to weaken Virginia’s OCS leasing initiative
  Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine plans to amend a bill passed by the commonwealth's general assembly that would have supported lifting a moratorium on natural gas leasing and development on the Outer Continental shelf from 2006 through 2012.
- Groups urge MMS to expand 5-year OCS lease sale plan
  Six oil and gas associations have asked the US Minerals Management Service to expand Outer Continental Shelf lease sale areas beyond those listed in the proposed 5-year program.
- Norway awards 13 licenses
  The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, in Norway’s 19th licensing round, awarded 17 companies interests in 13 production licenses covering 33 blocks or parts of blocks on the Norwegian continental shelf.
- NPRA faults Senate antitrust reform bill
  An antitrust reform bill that US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa. and other senators introduced last week is based on incorrect assumptions and would do substantial harm to US refiners, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association said Apr. 10 see p. 24.
- Pertamina hits snag in gas deliveries
  Indonesia’s state-run PT Pertamina is having difficulty meeting contracts with local firms for the supply of natural gas although it plans to boost domestic gas deliveries when a new pipeline opens in July.
- Quest under way for universal oil and gas reserves standard
  An international effort is making progress toward a common framework for defining and estimating oil and gas reserves.
- Specter, Kohl introduce antitrust reform bill
  Senate Judiciary Committee leaders and members introduced an antitrust reform bill Apr. 6 that is directed at US oil and gas companies and overseas producers.
- Watching Government: Lousiana's OCS gambit
  How likely is it that Louisiana-which has supported oil and gas development off its coast-will try to delay or block an Outer Continental Shelf lease sale scheduled for this summer?
- Watching the World: Cuba si, Yanquis no
  Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) has formed a joint venture with Cuba’s Cupet to revamp the unfinished Cienfuegos refinery.
Regular Features
- Area Drilling
  - Area Drilling
    Sherritt International Corp., Toronto, plans to appraise and develop a large portion of Santa Cruz field, which it declared commercial in February 2006.
- Market Journal
  - ‘De facto’ cut in OPEC output noted
    Energy prices retreated slightly but remained above $67/bbl Apr. 7 after Edmund Daukoru, president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, said his group is unlikely to cut production in the face of high prices and geopolitical threats to crude supplies.
- Equip/Software/Lit
  - Equipment/Software/Literature
    The new DIRECT PAK screen system has been developed to provide solutions to two major sandface completion concerns: hole instability in horizontal open-hole gravel packs and annular bridging during long-interval cased-hole fracs.
- Letters
  - Letters
    Global warming politics
- OGJ Newsletter
  - OGJ Newsletter
    Oil exporters worry as much about demand security as consuming nations do about security of supply.
- Journally Speaking
  - Psst! Need a job?
    During coffee breaks at last month’s US Gas Processors Association convention near Dallas, conversations often turned to the industry’s age profile.
- Services/Suppliers
  - Services/Suppliers
    Verona, Pa., has announced the promotion of Rob McIlroy to vice-president as member of the board of directors.
- Editor's Perspective
  - Tax time reminds Americans about government’s cost
    At this time of year more than any other, Americans feel the costs of government.
Special Report
- CO2 injection gains momentum
  Oil & Gas Journal’s exclusive biennial enhanced oil recovery (EOR) survey, p. 45, shows that the industry continues to increase the number of carbon-dioxide-injection EOR projects, while steam injection is producing less oil in California and more in the heavy oil and bitumen regions of Western Canada.
- CO2 flooding revitalizes old giant field
  Through a fully integrated team approach to reservoir management, Occidental Permian Ltd. has proved that CO₂ flooding in the North Hobbs Unit is a viable economic process even in a highly heterogeneous reservoir that requires constant surveillance and monitoring.
- 2006 Worldwide EOR Survey
Transportation
- Effective integrity management incorporates tool performance
  Application of more rigorous engineering assessment methods, such as probability of exceedance, to in-line inspection data provides a more reliable procedure for pipeline integrity management than current alternatives.
Exploration & Development
- HUBBERT’S UNRELIABILITY-2: How Hubbert method fails to predict oil production in the Permian Basin
  This is the second of three parts examining the Hubbert method and the degree to which it has understated production and estimated ultimate recovery using the San Joaquin Valley and Permian basins as examples.
- Pemex lists E&P projects to counter Cantarell’s decline
  Petroleos Mexicanos, reporting small declines in Mexico’s oil and gas reserves in 2005, said it has offshore and land projects lined up to reverse the decline if the government approves its budgets in coming years.
Processing
- Rising UK natural gas imports call for more processing units
  The UK’s dependence on imported natural gas and LNG will increase dramatically in the near future. The UK may need to import up to 40% of its natural gas by 2010 and up to 90% by 2020.
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