Table of Contents
Oil & Gas Journal
10/05/2009
Volume 107, Issue 37
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Regular Features
- OGJ Newsletter
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Journally Speaking
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Professional ethics
Most veteran Oil & Gas Journal editors have heard so many industry talks that memory blurs them after only a few years.
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Professional ethics
- Equipment/Software/Literature
- Services/Suppliers
- Advertisers Index
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The Editor's Perspective
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Chevron confronts unreal damages in Ecuadorian lawsuit
A single fact puts Chevron's legal mess in Ecuador into all the perspective anyone should need.
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Chevron confronts unreal damages in Ecuadorian lawsuit
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Market Journal
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Horsnell: US policy will shift oil markets
Commodities market regulation in the US seems to be moving towards higher capital requirements and bureaucratization with relatively little impact on prices in the long run, said Paul Horsnell, managing director and head of commodities research at Barclays Capital in London.
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Horsnell: US policy will shift oil markets
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General Interest
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Editorial: Confusion over subsidies
US President Barack Obama summoned the oil and gas industry to two tasks when he called last month for an end to subsidies for fossil energy.
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Human rights lawsuits: mitigating a new threat
Over the past decade, lawsuits have proliferated in US courts alleging human rights abuses against multinational companies.
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Boxer-Kerry climate bill arrives amid praise, criticism
The US Senate's latest effort to address global climate change emerged after several weeks of anticipation as Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) introduced their bill on Sept. 30.
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Observers question strategy of raising taxes on oil, gas
A strategy that diverts federal tax incentives from domestic oil and gas to renewable and alternative energy would quickly increase oil and gas imports, industry observers warned on Sept. 28.
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Murkowski amendment kept out of EPA appropriation
US Senate Democrats kept Lisa Murkowski's (R-Alas.) amendment to restrict US Environmental Protection Agency use of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to greenhouse gases for a year out of the agency's budget on Sept. 24.
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Watching Government: California's carbon fee
As federal lawmakers discussed the mechanics of a proposed federal greenhouse gas emissions control program, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) imposed the nation's first statewide carbon fee on some 350 businesses.
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Business groups ask House panel to modify chemical plant bill
Twenty-seven business associations, including seven from the oil and gas industry, expressed concern to leaders of a US House committee on Sept. 28 about three provisions in a bill aimed at protecting chemical plants from terrorism.
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NPRA: Determine impacts before changing RFS
More time should be taken to determine actual impacts before the US Environmental Protection Agency makes significant changes in the federal renewable fuels standard, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association said on Sept. 25.
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ANGA study cites gas industry's contributions
The US natural gas industry supports nearly 3 million American jobs, providing a significant positive impact to the general economy, a study commissioned by America's Natural Gas Alliance concluded.
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Watching The World: Brazil's brave new world
Brazil's oil and gas industry is looking at some highly significant changes following what officials call the world's largest oil discovery in 30 years—the famed presalt layer.
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NPC to study transport fuels, oil and gas resources
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu would like the National Petroleum Council to conduct studies on future transportation fuels and on prudent development of North American oil and gas resources, NPC members learned at their Sept. 17 meeting.
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NGC prefers full fuel cycle approach to costs
Members of the Natural Gas Council would like the administration of US President Barack Obama to adopt a full fuel cycle approach to keep energy costs low and reduce emissions instead of spending $520 billion on recommendations in a recent McKinsey & Co. study.
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Editorial: Confusion over subsidies
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Exploration & Development
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Work flow reveals fault complexity
An effective quality control work flow using basic fault scaling relationships and distributions can help interrogate mapped prospects or appraised fields.
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Armstrong gauges Williston basin Lodgepole find
A group led by Armstrong Operating Inc., Dickinson, ND, gauged the Dickinson area's first Mississippian Lodgepole oil discovery since the late 1990s and plans to drill at least one offset.
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Work flow reveals fault complexity
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Drilling & Production
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Special Report: Reverse osmosis treatment of CBM produced water continues to evolve
A comparison of two treatment plant designs shows the evolution of the reverse osmosis process for treating produced water from Powder River basin coalbed methane wells.
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Special Report: Gas Shale—2: Lessons learned help optimize development
Exploring for resource quality, building advanced technological capability, pursuing improved performance and cost efficiencies, and adopting high-value entry strategies are some factors leading to successful exploitation of gas shales.
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Special Report: Reverse osmosis treatment of CBM produced water continues to evolve
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Processing
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Aramco team plots energy savings at Berri gas plant
An energy-assessment team for Saudi Aramco has systematically analyzed the interaction between process and utility systems at the company's Berri gas plant and identified realistic and achievable energy-saving opportunities for the plant.
- Nelson-Farrar Cost Indexes
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Nelson-Farrar Quarterly Costimating: Changes in the indexes for nonmetallic building materials
How Nelson-Farrar indexes have changed during 2006-08 for selected basically nonmetallic building materials.
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Aramco team plots energy savings at Berri gas plant
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Transportation
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CYBER SECURITY— Conclusion: SCADA system protection requires independent barriers
A risk assessment, combined with a vulnerability assessment and threat scenario analysis, specifically identifies cyber vulnerabilities that may require elimination from a pipeline system.
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CYBER SECURITY— Conclusion: SCADA system protection requires independent barriers
