Table of Contents
Oil & Gas Journal
12/07/2009
Volume 107, Issue 45
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Regular Features
- OGJ Newsletter
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Journally Speaking
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Gloomy refining economics
Refining economics have been quite gloomy this year, and the outlook is not particularly good.
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Gloomy refining economics
- Advertisers Index
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The Editor's Perspective
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Affordable energy isn't only target of climate politics
In the rush to cut emissions of greenhouse gases, sharp increases in energy costs won't be enough to meet targets now in place.
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Affordable energy isn't only target of climate politics
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Market Journal
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Crude, distillates in floating storage
Although it's difficult to assess precisely how much crude and distillate fuel are now held in floating storage around the globe, the associated risk is increasing significantly, said Olivier Jakob at Petromatrix, Zug, Switzerland.
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Crude, distillates in floating storage
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General Interest
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Editorial: The purloined e-mails
What happens now that scandal clouds the scientific basis for worry about climate change?
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Industry CO2 EOR experience relevant for carbon capture and storage (CCS)
The petroleum industry's long history of successful carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations can make substantial contributions to improve and accelerate the deployment of carbon capture and storage projects.
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Technology outpacing climate-change legislation, lawmakers say
Technology is moving ahead more quickly than legislation to address global climate change, three federal lawmakers agreed on Dec. 1. Congress won't be able to get back to work on the issue until 2010, they added.
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Shell executive: CCS technology use needs to quicken
As the United Nations Climate Change Conference Dec. 7-18 in Copenhagen prepares to consider general strategies, a Shell International Exploration & Production official continues to ask practical questions about a specific climate strategy: carbon capture and storage.
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Watching Government: FERC's interstate inquiry
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission sent an important signal Nov. 19 when it launched a cost-recovery investigation of three major interstate gas pipelines' rates.
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Oil groups welcome delay of decision on ethanol limit
Oil industry groups welcomed a Nov. 30 decision by the US Environmental Protection Agency to postpone a decision on raising the amount of ethanol that can be blended into gasoline.
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CNPC signs new agreements with Sudan
China National Petroleum Corp., apparently shrugging off environmentalists' concerns, has signed three oil and gas cooperation agreements with the government of Sudan.
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Watching The World: Showdown in Hormuz?
Here's something that may alarm the oil and gas industry: Iran has given the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command over naval operations in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz.
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Mexico eyes risk contracts to offset Cantarell downturn
Mexico's state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos and the Secretaria de Energia (Sener) are preparing risk contracts that will be offered to oil companies—international and domestic—in order to accelerate the search for oil and gas, according to local media.
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Mexico cuts Pemex's budget for Chicontepec work
The Mexican government has slashed the allocation to state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) for Chicontepec oil development in 2010 by more than 60% from this year's level, according to local media.
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Editorial: The purloined e-mails
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Exploration & Development
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GULF MARGINAL PRODUCTION—1: Reserves, revenues substantial in marginal Gulf of Mexico fields
Experts may disagree on when world oil production will peak, but there is general agreement that marginal fields will contribute a greater percentage of world supply in the future.
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Eagle Ford shale McMullen joint venture forms
Activity further intensifies in the South Texas play for gas with condensate to varying degrees in Cretaceous Eagle Ford shale, according to developments reported in November.
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GULF MARGINAL PRODUCTION—1: Reserves, revenues substantial in marginal Gulf of Mexico fields
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Drillng & Production
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Special Report: More CO2-EOR projects likely as new CO2 supply sources become available
The number of US projects injecting carbon dioxide for enhancing oil recovery likely will increase as new CO2 supplies become available.
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Special Report: More CO2-EOR projects likely as new CO2 supply sources become available
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Processing
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REFINERY GASES—2: Oxygen assists in process intensification, hikes flexibility
Part 1 of this series of three articles dealt with the uses hydrogen and nitrogen found in oil refineries.
- Nelson-farrar cost indexes
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REFINERY GASES—2: Oxygen assists in process intensification, hikes flexibility
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Transportation
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Black Sea region stands at energy crossroads
The Black Sea energy landscape is going to change dramatically over the next 5-10 years, as the region's nations pursue aspirations not only to become transport hubs for oil and natural gas supplies moving into Europe but also to boost their own hydrocarbon output.
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Black Sea region stands at energy crossroads
