Vol 110, Issue 10c

NOAA official outlines Arctic offshore drilling lessons, needs

Oct. 22, 2012

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other federal agencies worked hard in the 18 months leading up to the 2012 Arctic offshore drilling season and came away...

HSE

USCG: Oil sheen in gulf matches deepwater Macondo spill

Oct. 22, 2012

Samples collected from an oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico matched samples of oil that originated from the deepwater Macondo well blowout and resulting spill in 2010 off Louisiana...

Exploration & Development

Fracing safe for California's Inglewood oil field, study says

Oct. 22, 2012

A study commissioned by Plains Exploration & Production Co. concluded that hydraulic fracturing of two test wells in Inglewood oil field in Los Angeles County, Calif., indicated...

Discoveries

Group to test new sand package at Magdalena discovery

Oct. 22, 2012

A group led by Petrodorado Energy Ltd., Calgary, will test a thick new sand-prone package at the Dorados-1X indicated discovery on the Talora block in Colombia's Upper Magdalena...

Pipelines & Transportation

KazEnergy chairman details Kazakhstan oil, gas development

Oct. 22, 2012

Timur Kulibayev, former first vice-president of state oil company KazMunaiGaz (KMG) has been chairman of international trade association KazEnergy since it was founded in 2005...

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LNG

Shona to supply gas for Colombia LNG project

Oct. 22, 2012

Shona Energy Co. Inc., Calgary, said its Geoproduction Oil & Gas Co. of Colombia will supply gas from the company's Esperanza block in Colombia's Lower Magdalena basin to the ...

Government

API, others sue over Dodd-Frank payment disclosure rule

Oct. 22, 2012

The American Petroleum Institute and other business groups filed a lawsuit on Oct. 10 against the US Securities and Exchange Commission its implementation of Section 1504 of the...

LNG

OGJ Newsletter

Oct. 22, 2012

International news for oil and gas professionals

Government

Watching Government: Preparing for tax reform

Oct. 22, 2012

The 2012 elections may be just weeks away, but American Petroleum Institute congressional lobbyists have been looking beyond that for several months.

Drilling & Production

Deloitte: Drilling up off the UK, down off Norway

Oct. 22, 2012

Offshore drilling for oil and gas is rebounding in the UK and falling in Norway, according to a recent report by Deloitte.

Production Operations

UT directs study to measure emissions from gas output

Oct. 22, 2012

A research team led by the University of Texas at Austin and including engineering and environmental testing firms URS and Aerodyne Research is conducting a field study to measure...

Home

Sales of Canadian bitumen likely on India trip agenda

Oct. 22, 2012

Although China gets most attention as an alternative buyer of heavy oil from Alberta, Canada's top energy official has taken a trip that deserves notice.

Home

EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

Oct. 22, 2012

Software joins suite of field measurement applicationsThe new and improved PYCit software application joins newly released versions of CALCit, PROVEit, and the TESTit application...

Home

Energy industry networking

Oct. 22, 2012

Networking groups range in opportunities and goals. Some groups focus on professionals from a single industry while others are limited to age, area, and gender.

Production Operations

Repairing UK taxation

Oct. 22, 2012

When taxes increase on the rewards of work, the taxed work less. When taxes decrease on the rewards of work, the taxed work more.