• Subscribe
  • Magazine
  • Past Issues
  • Surveys
  • Industry Statistics
  • About Us
  • Members Only
  • Home >
  • Back Issues >
  • Oil & Gas Journal >
  • Vol 110, Issue 5

    • Vol 110, Issue 5

    Home

    Mixed outlook for MENA

    May 7, 2012
    Changing circumstances in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are altering perceptions of potential developments in Libya and Iran.
    Z120507ogjdti01
    Home

    Steady growth seen for Canadian bitumen output despite increasing needs for pipeline capacity, gas

    May 7, 2012
    Under especially favorable conditions of economics, politics, and technology, production of bitumen from the Canadian oil sands can reach 3.9 million b/d in 2020 and peak at 6...
    Z120507ogjdra01
    Production Operations

    IMPROVED GAS RECOVERY—2 (Conclusion): Productivity increase using hydraulic fracturing—expectation vs. reality

    May 7, 2012
    This is the second of two parts on the use of hydraulic fracturing to facilitate and enhance the gas recovery process from conventional and tight gas reservoirs.
    120507ogjgko5
    Home

    Survey shows increase in refining construction

    May 7, 2012
    Oil & Gas Journal's semiannual Worldwide Construction Update shows an increase in refining construction activity compared with the previous edition of the update (OGJ, Nov. 7,...
    Wet Shale Plays T1
    Gas Processing

    Wet shale plays, basins power Lower 48 plant, fractionator surge

    May 7, 2012
    The extraordinary surge in US gas processing and fractionation, in response to the country's development of shale gas plays, began to appear in 2011 capacity figures, as reflected...

    More content from Vol 110, Issue 5

    Z120507ogjxur01 Opt
    Exploration & Development

    Uruguay's offshore basins draw BG, BP, Total, Tullow

    May 7, 2012
    Uruguay, which has no oil or gas production, moved toward its busiest exploratory period on record when the ANCAP hydrocarbon agency received 19 bids in late March for 8 of the...
    Z120507ogjxgo01
    Production Operations

    Life cycle analysis of water use and intensity of oil and gas recovery in Wattenberg field, Colo.

    May 7, 2012
    Efficiency, particularly in the western US, is an increasingly important priority to meet an increasing water resource demand.
    Z120507ogjxma01
    Home

    Well production profiles to assess Fayetteville gas potential revisited

    May 7, 2012
    This article builds upon the analyses presented in the 2011 OGJ article, "Well production profiles assess Fayetteville shale gas potential."
    Home

    Gasoline price crude prop shows signs of stress

    May 7, 2012
    Gasoline demand this summer in the United States will be at its lowest level in 11 years while the price sets a record high. What gives?
    Shale Source T1
    Discoveries

    Shale source rocks a game-changer due to 8-to-1 resource potential

    May 7, 2012
    One way to get a handle on the enormity of potentially producible hydrocarbons contained in shale formations is to estimate how much recoverable oil and gas remain within the ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Russia adjusts taxes

    May 7, 2012
    The axiom is repeated often: When a government increases taxation of an activity, less of the activity occurs; when it lowers taxation, activity increases.
    Home

    Letter

    May 7, 2012
    Saudi oil pricesWith all due respect to the top energy official of the world's most important oil-producing country, Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources ...
    Z120507ogjtqu01
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion heightens country's security

    May 7, 2012
    Completion of Phase 1 of the Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion (ICOEE) project enhanced the country's national security, providing needed redundancy to an export channel responsible...
    Buras
    Home

    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    May 7, 2012
    WesternGeco,London, a business segment of Schlumberger Ltd., introduced its trademarked ObliQ sliding-notch broadband acquisition and imaging technique that enhances low-frequency...
    120507ogje 1
    Home

    EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

    May 7, 2012
    New panel mount horn is explosion protectedA new globally certified explosion protected panel mount oil field horn features a rugged aluminum painted housing, weighs less than...
    Gas Processing

    Carbon demonstrations

    May 7, 2012
    Climate change and oil and gas operations' role in it are often delicate topics when oil and gas professionals meet at industry conferences.
    Government

    Watching Government: Wigley sees 2012 opportunities

    May 7, 2012
    It was Tim Wigley's first Washington call-up as the Western Energy Alliance's president, and he liked what he saw.
    Refining

    Biofuel mandates could close more refineries, officials warn

    May 7, 2012
    Philadelphia area refinery closures will be only the beginning of shutdowns nationwide if the federal government does not change several key regulations, two oil industry officials...
    Z120507ogjcht01
    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    May 7, 2012
    International News for oil and gas professionals
    HSE

    OTC: BSEE director calls for industry to promote safety culture

    May 7, 2012
    The industry needs to internalize a robust safety culture to help the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement do its job, BSEE Director James A. Watson told delegates...
    120507ogjgdi01
    Pipelines & Transportation

    FOCUS: UNCONVENTIONAL OIL & GAS — Argentine renationalization of YPF could hinder shale development

    May 7, 2012
    Development of the massive shale discovery recently made by Repsol SA in Argentina is threatened by the Argentine government's pending renationalization of YPF SA.
    General Interest

    Chesapeake to name nonexecutive chairman; McClendon continues as CEO

    May 7, 2012
    Chesapeake Energy Corp. said its board will name an independent, nonexecutive chairman, as well as renegotiate the terms of the company's Founder Well Participation Program (FWPP...
    HSE

    OTC: BP to invest $4 billion in Gulf of Mexico this year

    May 7, 2012
    BP PLC has five offshore rigs operating in the Gulf of Mexico, which is the same number as it had before the April 2010 deepwater Macondo well blowout, a BP executive told an ...
    Production Operations

    OTC: CNOOC to more than double output by 2030

    May 7, 2012
    China National Offshore Oil Co. plans to boost its output to 120 million tonnes/year by 2030 from 2011 levels of 50.14 million tpy.
    Refining

    Delta Air Lines to buy Trainer refinery from Phillips 66

    May 7, 2012
    A Delta Air Lines Inc. subsidiary has agreed to buy the 185,000-b/d Trainer, Pa., refinery near Philadelphia from Phillips 66 Co. for $180 million, the companies reported Apr....
    120507 Nelson Farrar
    Home

    Nelson-Farrar Cost Indexes

    May 7, 2012
    More Oil & Gas Journal Current Issue ArticlesMore Oil & Gas Journal Archives Issue ArticlesView Oil and Gas Articles on PennEnergy.com
    Z120507ogjtsm01
    Gas Processing

    US NGL pipelines expand to match liquids growth

    May 7, 2012
    Estimates place the amount of Y-grade NGL flowing into the Mont Belvieu, Tex., fractionation hub by 2013 at slightly more than 2.1 million b/d, a nearly threefold increase from...