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    Companies

    China shale gas holds great promise, Shell executive says

    June 11, 2012
    Australia's coal seam gas and China's shale gas resources hold great promise for future global gas supply, Royal Dutch Shell PLC Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser told the 25th...
    Companies

    Penn Virginia to expand Marcellus gas gathering system

    June 11, 2012
    Penn Virginia Resource Partners will begin building natural gas pipeline extensions in the Marcellus shale in Pennsylvania, providing an outlet for producers to link to El Paso...
    Government

    EPA issues final rule for refinery flares, process heaters

    June 11, 2012
    The US Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule updating Clean Air Act standards for refinery flares and process heaters on June 1.
    HSE

    Salazar orders first deepwater gulf oil containment exercise

    June 11, 2012
    US Interior Sec. Ken Salazar directed Marine Well Containment Co., one of two consortiums formed following the 2010 Macondo deepwater well's oil spill, to conduct a live drill...
    LNG

    Japan likely buyer for US LNG exports

    June 11, 2012
    The US could become a major LNG supplier to Asia in the future, Toshi Yoshida, global energy partner of Mayer Brown LLP, told a Mayer Brown energy conference in Houston on May...

    More content from Vol 110, Issue 6a

    Government

    Regulating anyway

    June 11, 2012
    With new regulation of refinery process heaters and flares, the US Environmental Protection Agency will cut emissions of several statutory air pollutants or substances that cause...
    Home

    EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

    June 11, 2012
    New BOP stacking arrayA new blowout preventer stack comes with an interchangeable lower marine rise package and lower stack frames.The new stacking solution allows rigs with two...
    Home

    World seen better at handling hikes in the price of oil

    June 11, 2012
    The world has increased its resilience to increases in the price of oil, according to a researcher at the International Monetary Fund.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Dominion suit challenges Sierra Club claim about LNG exports

    June 11, 2012
    Dominion Resources Inc. sued to confirm its right to construct a natural gas liquefaction plant at its Cove Point LNG terminal in Lusby, Md. The Richmond, Va., utility holding...
    Home

    Watching Government: 'Golden Rules' for global gas

    June 11, 2012
    The International Energy Agency released a special unconventional gas report May 29 in London outlining "Golden Rules for a Golden Age of Gas."
    Pipelines & Transportation

    IEA: China seen doubling gas demand by 2017

    June 11, 2012
    China will more than double its gas consumption over the next 5 years, while lower prices from the unconventional gas revolution will continue to benefit the US, according to ...
    Production Operations

    Survey finds methane emissions from fracing half of EPA estimates

    June 11, 2012
    A new survey of methane emissions from hydraulic fracturing in the US found that they are 50% lower than the US Environmental Protection Agency's estimates, the American Petroleum...
    Exploration & Development

    Exploration/Development Briefs

    June 11, 2012
    BangladeshBangladesh, mainly a gas-producing country, has discovered indications of an oil pay zone in two Surma basin gas fields.The indications became apparent while Petrobangla...
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    New Plants

    OGJ Newsletter

    June 11, 2012
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Production Operations

    All-of-the-above energy strategy needs more-of-the-below, Issa says

    June 11, 2012
    The Obama administration's stated all-of-the-above energy strategy favors alternative and renewable sources and discourages fossil fuels, a US House committee chairman charged...
    LNG

    The travelogue that wasn't

    June 1, 2012
    The anticipation of an upcoming media trip to Hammerfest, Norway, got this editor to thinking about a few things.