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Editorial: Deconstructing endangerment
With the US Environmental Protection Agency's "endangerment finding" on greenhouse-gas emissions (GHGs), the politics of global warming reveals its tyrannical core.
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Special Report: Canada looks to shales for boost to gas supply
Natural gas from shale formations represents a potentially crucial source of supply growth in Canada, where production from conventional reservoirs is declining in a trend likely to continue.
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IEA forecast includes climate-change policy scenario
The International Energy Agency developed a climate-change policy scenario as part of its latest annual forecast because it wanted "to be part of the solution as well as part of the problem," a top official said on Dec. 2.
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USCAP: US economic growth would not be reduced by aggressive climate-change actions
US economic growth would not be significantly reduced through 2030 if the nation took aggressive action to address climate change, the US Climate Action Partnership said on Dec. 2.
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Watching Government: Biofuels' water impacts
The US government is encouraging the use of biofuels in response to concerns about the country's dependence on imported oil, climate change, and other issues.
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GHG health-threat finding sets stage for regulations
Greenhouse gases threaten the public's health and should be regulated, the US Environmental Protection Agency said on Dec. 7. GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat, it added.
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API, IPAA: White House overlooking oil industry's job-creation potential
The American Petroleum Institute's two top officials expressed concern over the White House's apparent omission from its Dec. 3 jobs forum of chief executives from the oil and gas industry.
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BP CEO: Growing economies demand more energy
BP PLC Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward says more money needs to be spent on exploration and development if the world is to meet increasing demand for energy.
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IHS CERA says upstream cost decline flattening
Upstream cost declines evident in the first half of the year appear to be flattening, reports IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates.
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Study says oil speculation not 'excessive'
As the US Congress and Commodity Futures Trading Commission consider tighter regulation of derivatives trading, a new study suggests excessive speculation wasn't to blame for a record-breaking surge in oil prices in first-half 2008 (OGJ Online, Nov. 24, 2009).
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Record Barnett HC content seen in combo play
Hydrocarbon content in the thickest part of the Mississippian Barnett shale combo play in North Texas is so great that even 2-3% recovery is highly economic, said EOG Resources Inc., Houston.
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Watching The World: Low wattage at PDVSA?
Here's a first for the oil and gas industry: Venezuela's state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) plans to launch the country's first plant to produce energy-saving light bulbs.
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Only two oil sands projects meet new ERCB tailings rules
Only two tailings management plans for oil sands mining operations comply with the new Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) Directive 074, according to a Pembina Institute & Water Matters Society of Alberta review.
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Floating production system orders resume
Orders for floating production systems have resumed after a 1-year hiatus, according to the latest International Maritime Associates Inc. assessment.
