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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Abundant oil doesn't mean energy independence, SAFE report warns

    May 14, 2012
    Abundant US oil resources made possible by new technology potentially will provide significant economic benefits to the nation, but won't make the country energy independent by...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Brookings study urges no government action on LNG exports

    May 14, 2012
    US policymakers should not enact legislation or regulations that would either promote or limit additional exports of LNG from the US, a Brookings Institution study issued on May...
    Production Operations

    Watching Government: BLM's proposed fracing rules

    May 14, 2012
    The US Bureau of Land Management didn't have to wait long for comments about its proposed hydraulic fracturing regulations.
    HSE

    OTC: Operators assess advances in offshore drilling risk management

    May 14, 2012
    Recent advances in managing human and environmental risks associated with drilling and production operations in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico were brought into sharp focus for ...
    Government

    TransCanada submits new Keystone XL permit application

    May 14, 2012
    TransCanada Corp. has submitted a new Presidential Permit application to the US Department of State for its Keystone XL Pipeline from the US-Canada border in Montana to Steele...

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    Production Operations

    The real frac fear

    May 14, 2012
    For disclosure of chemicals injected into the subsurface during the hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells, the issue now is timing.
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    EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE |LITERATURE

    May 14, 2012
    New simulated service vesselA new simulated service vessel, which is a deepwater test chamber for end-to-end thermal insulation systems, is available for industry operations.It...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Service executives talk guar

    May 14, 2012
    Oil & Gas Journal reporters rarely write about agricultural commodities. This reporter previously has drawn upon her farm kid experience in the Nebraska corn fields to write about...
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    Here's the economic spark Obama needs to win reelection

    May 14, 2012
    New job numbers, crackling with political context, suggest a potent move President Barack Obama might make in his bid for reelection—but almost certainly will not.
    IOR/EOR

    ConocoPhillips group evaluating Alaska hydrate test

    May 14, 2012
    An industry-government group has recovered gas from methane hydrates through a well on the Alaska North Slope in a tightly controlled test in which carbon dioxide and nitrogen...
    Government

    EPA Region 6 chief resigns over 2010 ‘crucifixion' remark

    May 14, 2012
    Al Armendariz, the US Environmental Protection Agency's Region 6 administrator in Dallas, resigned effective Apr. 30 after apologizing 4 days earlier for a 2010 videotaped remark...
    Exploration & Development

    Exploration/Development Briefs

    May 14, 2012
    NamibiaA large 3D seismic survey is starting over as much as 4,150 sq km in the Luderitz basin offshore Namibia. The Polarcus Nadia will handle the 10-streamer survey on the 2512A...
    Government

    Congressional subcommittee urged not to duplicate state frac regulations

    May 14, 2012
    Witnesses testifying before a congressional subcommittee field hearing in Denver on May 2 said US Department of the Interior efforts to regulate hydraulic fracturing on public...
    HSE

    OTC: Government regulations won't eliminate risks, panelists say

    May 14, 2012
    Government regulators can work with oil and gas producers to monitor data, but this does not eliminate the risk of incidents such as the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, panelists...
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    Exploration & Development

    OGJ Newsletter

    May 14, 2012
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Alaska okays gas line switch to exports, in-state use

    May 14, 2012
    TransCanada Alaska (TCA), the state's licensee to build a natural gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope, received state clearance on May 2 to change the project's focus to a ...
    Government

    EPA releases draft permitting guidance for diesel fuel in fracing

    May 14, 2012
    The US Environmental Protection Agency released draft underground injection control (UIC) program permitting guidance for Class II wells that use diesel fuel during hydraulic ...
    Exploration & Development

    DOI releases draft fracing rules for onshore public, tribal lands

    May 14, 2012
    The US Department of the Interior released its long-awaited proposal to regulate exploration and development of unconventional oil and gas resources on onshore public and tribal...