Vol 110, Issue 10a

USGS releases water sample findings from Pavillion, Wyo.

Oct. 8, 2012

The US Geological Survey has released its initial findings after taking samples taken from one of two deep monitoring water well outside Pavillion, Wyo., where some residents ...

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Rising East Asian oil, gas demand poses US policy questions

Oct. 8, 2012

The US may need to reconfigure several economic, military, and other strategies as well as energy policies in response to rising East Asian oil and gas demand, experts agreed ...

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Sanchez lines up funds to quicken Eagle Ford work

Oct. 8, 2012

Sanchez Energy Corp., Houston, will accelerate its 2012-13 drilling program in the Eagle Ford shale play, in which it holds 95,000 net acres in the volatile oil, black oil, and...

Gas Processing

Firms reach deal for first ethane shipment from Marcellus

Oct. 8, 2012

Ineos Europe AG, Switzerland, has agreed to ship ethane out of the Marcellus area in western Pennsylvania to Europe through the Sunoco Logistics LP-operated Mariner East pipeline...

Companies

Watching Government: Report blasts state regulators

Oct. 8, 2012

The gloves came off on Sept. 25 when Earthworks Action and other environmental organizations directly attacked state oil and gas regulators in a new report.

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Government

The cost of regulation

Oct. 8, 2012

Political discussion in the US has become so polarized that questions about regulation evoke countercharges about the questioners' alleged dislike of government. Yet it's possible...

Exploration & Development

Industry's real center

Oct. 8, 2012

Oil and gas companies often come in for rough handling when the general public weighs in on them.

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EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

Oct. 8, 2012

Software helps optimize crude purchasing decisionsNew assay management functionality in Aspen PIMS software helps optimize crude purchasing decisions and increase profitability...

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Fraud in renewable fuel marker sales was predictable

Oct. 8, 2012

Many people never would cheat to make easy money. Regulation must account for the people who would and do.

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Double Eagle updates Wyoming Niobrara, CBM work

Oct. 8, 2012

Double Eagle Petroleum Co., Denver, and Warren Resources Inc., New York, the two major owners of the Spyglass Hill and Catalina units in the Atlantic Rim of the Washakie basin...

Drilling Operations

Brazil partially suspends operating injunction against Transocean

Oct. 8, 2012

The Brazilian Superior Court partially suspended a preliminary injunction order that required drilling contractor Transocean Ltd. to stop operating in Brazil within 30 days. Consequentl...

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OGJ Newsletter

Oct. 8, 2012

International news for oil and gas professionals

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Federal judge dismisses NY state's lawsuit on water, fracturing

Oct. 8, 2012

A federal judge in Brooklyn dismissed a lawsuit filed by New York Atty. Gen. Eric T. Schneiderman seeking a court-ordered comprehensive environmental analysis before the Delaware...

HSE

Independent reviews suggested as way to keep offshore safety current

Oct. 8, 2012

Regularly scheduled reviews of offshore oil and gas safety and environmental standards and practices could help assure that the complacency prevalent before the 2010 Macondo deepwater...

Pipelines & Transportation

US should move quickly to export LNG, experts say

Oct. 8, 2012

The US potentially could exploit East Asia's hunger for LNG, but it will have to move quickly, experts suggested at a Sept. 20 forum.

Exploration & Development

Exploration/Development Briefs

Oct. 8, 2012

ChadChad has granted 100% interests in three production-sharing contracts (PSC) in the Doba, Doseo, and Erdis basins to Simba Energy Inc., Vancouver, BC.Signed protocols call ...