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  • Vol 110, Issue 10d

    • Vol 110, Issue 10d

    Discoveries

    McMoRan group may be near testing Davy Jones

    Oct. 29, 2012
    McMoRan Exploration Co., New Orleans, said it has cleaned out the Davy Jones-1 wellbore on the Gulf of Mexico shelf off Louisiana to 28,630 ft, which will enable testing of all...
    Refining

    BP to sell TNK-BP stake to Rosneft in $17 billion deal

    Oct. 29, 2012
    BP PLC is selling its half-interest in TNK-BP to Rosneft in a transaction that will expand its stake in the buyer, an ill-fated deal with which has soured the UK company's relations...
    Companies

    Canada rejects Petronas bid for Progress Energy

    Oct. 29, 2012
    Canada has blocked a $5.5 billion (Can.) bid by Petronas Carigali Canada Ltd. for Canadian natural gas producer Progress Energy Resources Corp. in a move that is prompting questions...
    Home

    Watching Government: Helping Marcellus communities

    Oct. 29, 2012
    Pennsylvania's impact fees have raised more than $204.2 million for distribution to communities affected by Marcellus shale natural gas development and state agencies overseeing...
    Companies

    Marathon Oil ponders partial sale of Athabasca oil sands stake

    Oct. 29, 2012
    Marathon Oil Corp. is discussing a potential sale of part of its 20% outside-operated interest in the Athabasca oil sands project in Alberta, and it also is expanding its holdings...

    More content from Vol 110, Issue 10d

    Reserves

    The use-it loser

    Oct. 29, 2012
    A regrettable product of toxic politics is the durability of blatant falsehood. In his second debate with challenger Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama on Oct. 16 revived his...
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    Home

    EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

    Oct. 29, 2012
    Wireless transceivers for oil field operationsSpecialized wireless transceivers available to the industry provide wireless connectivity and off-the-shelf convenience in a compact...
    Home

    Risks in foreign investment

    Oct. 29, 2012
    Many in the oil and gas financial world are watching with interest as the Canadian government reviews its requirements by which foreign investors can acquire Canadian companies...
    Home

    China and Germany not proper energy models for the US

    Oct. 29, 2012
    In the Oct. 16 debate, US President Barack Obama clarified his energy hopes instructively. Criticizing challenger Mitt Romney for promoting a plan he said would "let the oil companies...
    LNG

    Realities temper China-Russia oil, gas cooperation, expert says

    Oct. 29, 2012
    Changing markets and unanticipated transportation difficulties are making oil and gas cooperation between China and Russia harder to achieve, an expert told an Oct. 18 seminar...
    HSE

    BP: Macondo sheen likely coming from oil droplets on cofferdam

    Oct. 29, 2012
    BP PLC on Oct. 18 confirmed the integrity of the sealed deepwater Macondo well and its associated relief wells following an extensive subsea survey using a remotely operated vehicle...
    Government

    Sec. Clinton: Energy increasingly important in foreign policy

    Oct. 29, 2012
    A massive global market upheaval brought about by new oil and gas exploration and production technologies is making energy an even more important part of US foreign policy, US...
    Production Operations

    New hydrocarbons regime seen key to Iraq's major production growth

    Oct. 29, 2012
    Iraq must build a new hydrocarbons regime to attract the necessary financing if it expects to solve its infrastructure problems and become the world's No. 2 exporter, an official...
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    Exploration & Development

    OGJ Newsletter

    Oct. 29, 2012
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    LNG

    Trinidad and Tobago energy minister outlines LNG export changes

    Oct. 29, 2012
    Trinidad and Tobago, a major LNG exporter in the Western Hemisphere, is changing its emphasis from spot sales to large Atlantic Basin customers to contracts with Caribbean and...
    Exploration & Development

    Petrominerales has two-zone Ucayali light oil find

    Oct. 29, 2012
    Petrominerales Ltd., Calgary, has made a potentially commercial two-zone light oil discovery in the southern Ucayali basin in Peru.
    Government

    API: USGS did better job testing Pavillion water than EPA

    Oct. 29, 2012
    Analysis of US Geological Survey testing of water samples taken from one of two US Environmental Protection Agency monitoring wells at Pavillion, Wyo., raises questions about ...