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  • Vol 110, Issue 2a

    • Vol 110, Issue 2a

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    Canada, Alberta commit to 'improve' environmental monitoring of oil sands

    Feb. 13, 2012
    The governments of Canada and Alberta, stung by the recent US decision to postpone development of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline project, have agreed to step up their monitoring...
    Government

    US House panel passes bill requiring further studies of E15 impacts

    Feb. 13, 2012
    The US House Science, Space, and Technology Committee approved legislation that would require the US Environmental Protection Agency to further study possible impacts of increasing...
    Government

    API, WEA officials warn of threats from federal overregulation

    Feb. 13, 2012
    Improved technology and increasing production has improved the US oil and gas outlook, but federal overregulation could imperil realization of a brighter energy future, officials...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Uganda, Tullow sign agreements to complete farmout deal

    Feb. 13, 2012
    Uganda's government and Tullow Oil PLC ended months of wrangling over potential tax issues by signing two new production-sharing agreements that will enable the Anglo-Irish firm...
    Companies

    PetroChina to buy 20% of Shell's Canadian shale gas assets

    Feb. 13, 2012
    PetroChina, a unit of China National Petroleum Corp., has signed a binding agreement to purchase a 20% stake in Royal Dutch Shell PLC's Groundbirch assets in northeastern British...

    More content from Vol 110, Issue 2a

    Pipelines & Transportation

    Resisting exports

    Feb. 13, 2012
    Suddenly, somehow, after years of fret over the need for imported energy, voices have arisen in the US to make oil and gas exports sound objectionable.
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    EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

    Feb. 13, 2012
    New geothermal drillbitThis new Kaldera advanced roller cone bit is suited for geothermal and high-temperature drilling applications.Seals are made from fabric reinforced fluoroelastome...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Freezing in the dark

    Feb. 13, 2012
    Reporters see an endless flow of press releases. Some are vital, many are at least helpful, but a few are what my British friends might colorfully describe as "pig-ignorant."
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Scorecard needed to gauge oil market worried about Iran

    Feb. 13, 2012
    Perils linked to Iran are escalating so rapidly that an observer needs a scorecard to gauge market effects.
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    New Plants

    OGJ Newsletter

    Feb. 13, 2012
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Government

    Watching The World: The consequences of scorn

    Feb. 13, 2012
    The UK's Energy Sec. Chris Huhne has resigned after learning the Crown Prosecution Service planned to try him for perverting the course of justice.
    Government

    Pavillion draft report did not condemn fracing, EPA official says

    Feb. 13, 2012
    The US Environmental Protection Agency's draft report of its investigation of possible groundwater contamination from natural gas exploration and production near Pavillion, Wyo...
    Exploration & Development

    EXPLORATION/DEVELOPMENT BRIEFS

    Feb. 13, 2012
    IraqShaMaran Petroleum Corp., Vancouver, BC, has relinquished its 60% interest in the Pulkhana and Arbat blocks in Iraq's Kurdistan region for a consideration of $25 million payable...
    Drilling & Production

    IHS: Shale plays driving demand for oil field chemicals

    Feb. 13, 2012
    The global market for oil field specialty chemicals reached nearly $16 billion in 2010 with the US and Canada accounting for 52%, which an IHS Chemical market study attributed...
    HSE

    Obama administration outlines Arctic energy policy initiatives

    Feb. 13, 2012
    Obama administration officials announced a series of initiatives that they said are aimed at bringing the best available science to energy-related decisions in the Arctic.
    Government

    BLM issues draft programmatic EIS for western oil shale, tar sands

    Feb. 13, 2012
    The US Bureau of Land Management published a draft programmatic environmental impact statement and possible land use amendments for federally administered oil shale and tar sands...
    General Interest

    Watching Government: NARUC fracing session insights

    Feb. 13, 2012
    There were few surprises when the National Association of Regulatory Commissioners' energy and environmental resources and natural gas committees held a joint meeting on hydraulic...