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  • Vol 110, Issue 06

    • Vol 110, Issue 06

    Nomenclature
    General Interest

    JIP modification improves lateral buckling measurement, prediction

    June 4, 2012
    A modification to the Safebuck joint industry project's V/SuD dimensionless parameter to account for the effect of pipe buoyancy due to soil weight, especially for pipes of deeper...
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    Companies

    Modification proposed for SRK equation of state

    June 4, 2012
    This article presents a new modification for the Soave-Redlich-Kwong equation of state (SRKE) to determine reservoir fluid properties of Egyptian black oils.
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    Pipelines

    New tools, techniques allow deepwater ILI

    June 4, 2012
    Ron James PII Pipeline Solutions Cramlington, UKBased on presentation to the Pigging Products and Services Association Seminar, Aberdeen, Nov. 16, 2011.In-line inspection of the...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Unconventional drilling requires managing transportation logistics

    June 4, 2012
    Advancements in drilling for unconventional resources have greatly changed the development of shale into a long-term, viable source of hydrocarbons in North America.
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    Drilling Operations

    Employing liner drilling technology can mitigate deepwater wellbore instability

    June 4, 2012
    While deepwater drilling presents a myriad of challenges, perhaps one of the most economically and technically taxing relates to the risk of lost circulation.

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    Exploration & Development

    World's frontier basins draw exploratory efforts

    June 4, 2012
    Frontier basins around the world are in line for 3D seismic surveys and key exploratory wells as the 2012 midpoint nears.
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    LPG Markets

    US PROPANE —FOURTH QUARTER 2011: FIRST QUARTER 2012: Mild US winter stokes bearish propane outlook for late 2012

    June 4, 2012
    Weather events such as hurricanes or cold winters always concern the propane marketing community, but the event that everyone dreads is a mild winter.
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    Petrochemicals

    Frac-fluid recipes threaten to become pressure points in benzene litigation

    June 4, 2012
    New requirements for disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing create a very real danger that frac-fluid recipes could become a major issue in personal injury lawsuits...
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    Government

    Watching Government: States move on flaring

    June 4, 2012
    States have been moving to control flaring and venting of natural gas associated with growing onshore production of oil from tight shale formations.
    IOR/EOR

    Development speed seen among keys to EOR

    June 4, 2012
    The oil and gas industry's ambition for enhanced oil recovery has four watchwords, says the manager of EOR and improved oil recovery for Shell Global Solutions BV: "more, faster...
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    FOCUS: UNCONVENTIONAL OIL & GAS — Anadarko, Noble upbeat on Niobrara resource potential

    June 4, 2012
    Two key operators in the emerging Niobrara play were among a handful of oil companies recently touting the Niobrara's resource potential in Wattenberg field in the Denver-Julesburg...
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    Decisions due in 2013 on Wafra steamflood

    June 4, 2012
    Investment and technical decisions are due next year for what would be the world's largest steamflood—in old Wafra heavy oil field in the Divided Zone between Kuwait and Saudi...
    Production Operations

    Texas regulators to review natural gas flaring rules

    June 4, 2012
    The Texas Railroad Commission and the TRC's Eagle Ford Task Force plan to study whether existing state regulations on flaring and venting associated with oil and natural gas operations...
    Exploration & Development

    El Paso spokesman calls fracturing controversy misdirected

    June 4, 2012
    Much of the public concern about possible water contamination from unconventional oil and gas operations is misdirected, David Blackmon, director of government affairs for El ...
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    EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

    June 4, 2012
    New connectors suited for land-based drilling rigsProducts are also compatible with all UL 1686 listed plugs and receptacles. They are UL, CSA, and NEMA 4X certified to provide...
    Government

    What mandates imply

    June 4, 2012
    Oil and health care have something in common, but you’ll have to take a curvy ride through this little exposition to see why.
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    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    June 4, 2012
    Bekaert Corp.,Marietta, Ga., sold its third ultra-low emission trademarked Clean Enclosed Burner (CEB) system to Warren E&P Inc. to dispose of excess associated gas produced beyond...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    June 4, 2012
    International news for oil and gas professionals
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    Early start for hurricane season

    June 4, 2012
    The 2012 tropical storm and hurricane season officially began June 1 and extends to Nov. 30, but it got off to an early start when Tropical Storm Alberto formed off the South ...
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    US regulatory costs amplify pressure of the mammoth deficit

    June 4, 2012
    With annual spending by the US government approaching $4 trillion and the federal deficit exceeding a quarter of that, why worry about an extra trillion bucks or two in regulatory...
    Reserves

    A negative policy verdict

    June 4, 2012
    There is perhaps no area of human endeavor more influenced by government policy than the production and use of energy fuel. And the verdict on that influence is negative.
    HSE

    Gas as vehicle fuel

    June 4, 2012
    Should natural gas displace gasoline and diesel as vehicle fuels in the US? Many gas producers think so. They might be right.
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    Reserves

    China updates data on four key basins in 2010 national resource assessment

    June 4, 2012
    Among the greatest uncertainties in future energy supply and a subject of considerable environmental concern is the amount of oil and natural gas yet to be found in China.