Regular Features
- OGJ Newsletter
  - OGJ Newsletter
- Journally Speaking
  - Reversing roles
    Ipsos Mori, the global research company, loves asking questions, and with the economic downturn, job insecurity, rising inflation, and record-high energy prices, anyone who is anyone has an opinion on the matter because it affects his or her pocket.
- Editorial
  - Two oil-dependent economies
    As financial crises rock two globally important, oil-dependent economies, a question looms for anyone with capital to expose to risk: Which is likelier to emerge from this turmoil as a promising and safe place to invest money—the US or Russia?
- Area Drilling
  - Area Drilling
- Services/Suppliers
  - Services/Suppliers
- Equip/Software/Lit
  - Equipment/Software/Literature
- Editor's Perspective
  - Warming political menu gets new item: eggplant, well done
    The sacrifices people have been called to make in response to global warming have become tangible in a new way.
- Market Journal
  - OPEC promises ‘strict’ compliance
    The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed Sept. 10 to strictly comply with their September 2007 production quota of 28.8 million b/d, implying a possible compromise for de facto reduction of some 530,000 b/d of overproduction.
General Interest
- Emulsion fuel options still viable for heavy oil
  Venezuela was until recently the only source of a unique fuel option that bypassed the traditional yet capital intensive two-step conversion of bitumen-extra heavy crudes(B-EHC) to synthetic crude oil (syncrude) and then to refinery products.
- Storm recovery begins; limited refinery damage seen
  The US oil and gas industry reported early progress as it began to recover from damage caused by Hurricane Ike, which made landfall over Galveston, Tex., in the early hours of Sept. 13.
- US House approves Democratic leadership’s energy bill
  US House members passed an energy bill by 236 to 189 votes on Sept. 16 which Democrats called a true compromise and Republicans labeled a travesty.
- Congress members pledge action after oil speculation study
  An independent report showing that record amounts of speculative investment drove oil prices to record peaks in 2008 confirms that stronger market regulation is needed, federal lawmakers said.
- WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Energy compromises
  Within a few short weeks, the potential for congressional energy compromises, which looked so bright at the beginning of August, began to look increasingly tarnished.
- AFR: E. Java mud flow damage understated
  Santos Ltd. has rejected speculation suggested by a Sept. 15 report in the Australian Financial Review (AFR) that said: “Santos is facing a blowout in the clean-up bill from the world’s largest mud volcano in East Java” because the “disaster cannot be contained.”
- WATCHING THE WORLD: The Russians are coming
  Did anyone really think Moscow would just sit still as Washington, DC, and its allies attempted to extract oil and gas from Russia’s backyard in the Caspian and Central Asia?
- FACTS: Iran to complete many delayed petchem projects
  By yearend 2009, Iran plans to complete many delayed petrochemical projects currently under construction, according to FACTS Global Energy in a report entitled, “An Update on Iran’s Petrochemical Projects.”
- Biofuels gain within fuels mix could be slow, study says
  Biofuels could make up 10-15% of the global fuels mix in 20 years, although getting to the level will be more difficult than some might expect, consultant Accenture said in a recent report.
Exploration & Development
- Reoriented Talisman evaluating unproven Utica, Lorraine shales
  A self-redirected Talisman Energy Inc. expressed encouragement earlier this month at results from its first well in Ordovician Utica shale in Quebec’s St. Lawrence Lowlands.
- Shell completes Bonga deepwater 4D survey
  Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s Nigerian subsidiary completed 4D seismic acquisition over deepwater Bonga oil and gas field off Nigeria in an effort to maximize ultimate recovery from the field.
- US, Canada to map unexplored Arctic seafloor
  The US and Canada will jointly map the unexplored Arctic seafloor where the two countries may have sovereign rights over oil, gas, and other resources, the US Geological Survey announced.
Drilling & Production
- SPECIAL REPORT: Mideast operators using more artificial lift surveillance, optimization technology
  As the number of electrical submersible pump installations has increased in the Middle East, operating companies have started deploying more surveillance and optimization technology.
- SPECIAL REPORT: Nearly depleted Philippine gas well to provide small vehicle fuel
  A company plans to extract the remaining gas from the nearly depleted San Antonio well in the Philippines for use in fueling small vehicles.
- SPECIAL REPORT: Platform with a two-section jacket installed off Turkmenistan
  Petronas Caragali (Turkmenistan) Sdn. Bhd. recently had a platform installed for producing the oil and gas discovery it made in 2002 off Turkmenistan in the Caspian Sea.
Processing
- GUIDE TO WORLD CRUDES: Saxi-Batuque crude assayed
  StatoilHydro has conducted an assay of the Saxi-Batuque blended crude, which is part of the Kizomba C development project on Block 15 off Angola.
Transportation
- CP changes address hydrogen diffusion
  Adjustments to a pipeline’s cathodic-protection program can help address possible hydrogen diffusion brought about by nonconformance with welding procedure specifications (WPS) during construction.
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Supplement to Oil & Gas Journal
- Production Stimulation
  - Frac advances key to unconventional gas supply growth
    Advances in production stimulation technologies have been critical to the meteoric growth in unconventional gas supply.
  - Non-frac stimulation technologies mark progress too
    Although the oil and gas industry’s buzz over the hot gas shale plays in North America has pushed fracturing technology advances to the forefront, other production stimulation technologies continue to make progress as well.