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  • Vol 110, Issue 3

    • Vol 110, Issue 3

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    Petrochemicals

    US OLEFINS — SECOND-HALF 2011: US olefin production growth continues but more slowly

    March 5, 2012
    Although pundits and politicians repeatedly tell us US economic growth slowed in third and fourth quarters 2011, gross domestic product statistics from the US Bureau of Economic...
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    Refining

    COMMENT: US production of refined products entering new era

    March 5, 2012
    Rising US production of unconventional oil and gas, alongside steadily growing Canadian oil sands shipments to US refiners, provides the US economy with the potential for a sustained...
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    Economics & Markets

    Method helps operators determine best times to shut down projects

    March 5, 2012
    If the aim of investment activity is to maximize value to the investor, the time to end the activity is when the investor believes maximum possible value is achieved, before value...
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    LPG Markets

    Study reveals sulfidic corrosion mechanism in fired heater tubes

    March 5, 2012
    One of the most vexing problems oil and gas operations face is the failure of equipment due to corrosion. One of the most common types is sulfidic corrosion in the presence of...
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    Nelson-farrar cost indexes

    March 5, 2012
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    More content from Vol 110, Issue 3

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    IMPROVED GAS RECOVERY—1: Maximizing postfrac gas flow rates from conventional, tight reservoirs

    March 5, 2012
    Hydraulic fracturing technology is widely used to facilitate and enhance the gas recovery process from conventional and tight gas resources.
    Exploration & Development

    FOCUS: UNCONVENTIONAL OIL & GAS — Canadian provinces follow US states in hydraulic fracing guidelines, rules

    March 5, 2012
    Canadian provinces, like some US states, are forming hydraulic fracturing guidelines and regulations in an ongoing attempt to avoid controversy regarding groundwater and surface...
    Production Operations

    Industry leaders dispute Obama's energy policy characterization

    March 5, 2012
    US President Barack Obama said on Feb. 23 that the best weapon against rising gasoline prices is the comprehensive energy strategy he outlined in his State of the Union address...
    Oil Liquids T1
    Companies

    Oil, liquids-rich shales dominate capital spending budgets for 2012

    March 5, 2012
    Capital expenditures for all oil and gas projects in North America will increase modestly this year, according to Oil & Gas Journal's annual spending outlook.
    Government

    API: Oil tax proposals reflect Obama's energy inconsistency

    March 5, 2012
    More than $85 billion in new oil and gas taxes in US President Barack Obama's proposal to reform federal corporate tax rates reflect his administration's inconsistent attitude...
    Companies

    Watching Government: Yergin's travels

    March 5, 2012
    Daniel Yergin had covered a lot of territory when he arrived at the US Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 16.
    Refining

    EIA sees East Coast market pressure if another refinery closes

    March 5, 2012
    PBF Energy Co. LLC's October 2011 start-up of a previously idled Delaware City, Del., refinery has helped the New England oil products market respond to closures of ConocoPhillips...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    March 5, 2012
    International news for oil and gas professionals
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    EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

    March 5, 2012
    Shipping device tracks time-sensitive oil field cargoNewly launched Smart Sentry is a wireless locator device that provides real-time shipment tracking data for increased security...
    New Plants

    Active hubs' labor crunch

    March 5, 2012
    Worldwide capital spending for oil and gas development, transportation, refining, and marketing is strong and should remain robust for some time.
    HSE

    Letters

    March 5, 2012
    California carsThe recent decision by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to require 15.4% of new cars sold in California in the year 2025 to run on batteries, hydrogen ...
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    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    March 5, 2012
    FMC Technologies Inc.,Houston, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Control Systems International Inc. (CSI), based in Lenexa, Kan., with offices in London and in Irvine, ...
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    Speculators in 'hibernation'

    March 5, 2012
    US House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called for Congressional action against speculators in the futures market, blaming them for the run-up in oil prices and cost of gasoline...
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    Self-contradiction glares in Obama's speech on energy

    March 5, 2012
    Even the audience President Barack Obama hoped to manipulate with his Feb. 23 energy speech can recognize self-contradiction.
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    Exploration & Development

    Hydrocarbon reservoir potential estimated for Iraq bid round blocks

    March 5, 2012
    Iraq's fourth bid round is scheduled for April 2012, as announced in May 2011.
    Government

    Focusing on corruption

    March 5, 2012
    The oil and gas industry should remain on guard as it works to keep an anticorruption section of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law focused on corruption.
    Energy Recovery T1
    Pipelines & Transportation

    COMPRESSOR OPTIMIZATION—2 (Conclusion): Energy recovery, scrubbers offer keys to efficient operation

    March 5, 2012
    Energy recovery and efficient scrubber technologies can help minimize energy loss on natural gas transmission systems.
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    Pipelines

    Study questions specified hydrotest hold time's value

    March 5, 2012
    The value of a particular hold time during a hydrotest cannot be determined in terms of pipeline integrity because the consequences of holding cannot be measured, making any specified...
    Tankers

    KMEP-Martin JV to build Permian crude-NGL rail terminal

    March 5, 2012
    Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMEP) and Martin Midstream Partners LP (MMP) will develop a multicommodity rail terminal in Pecos, Tex., through a new joint venture, Pecos Valley...
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    Bakken, other plays boosting Saskatchewan’s attractiveness

    March 5, 2012
    Saskatchewan is estimated to have 45.6 billion bbl of conventional oil in place, and the Canadian province is benefiting from renewed plays in the Bakken and other tight oil and...
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    Exploration & Development

    Sunniland shale—an emerging South Florida basin liquids play

    March 5, 2012
    Oil and gas producers are in the infant stages of a new liquids-rich play in the South Florida basin that could revive the oil industry in rural-agricultural parts of South Florida...
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    Companies

    China vigorously promoting shale gas exploration, development

    March 5, 2012
    Shale gas exploration and exploitation in China is still at an early stage.