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  • Vol 110, Issue 7b

    • Vol 110, Issue 7b

    HSE

    GAO calls for additional crude oil dispersants research

    July 16, 2012
    Federal agencies have spent more than $15.5 million on chemical dispersant research to combat offshore crude oil spills since fiscal 2000, but more work is needed, particularly...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    NTSB: Operator failures, weak regs to blame for Enbridge spill

    July 16, 2012
    A crude oil pipeline operator's pervasive organizational failures combined with weak federal regulations to cause a spill in Michigan in 2010, the National Transportation Safety...
    Companies

    Polish firms join forces to accelerate shale gas exploration

    July 16, 2012
    Five Polish companies agreed to work jointly to accelerate shale gas exploration work on the Wejherowo license in northern Poland, the Treasury Ministry announced. Poland's Treasury...
    Home

    Fitch: Marcellus shale giving boost to US midstream firms

    July 16, 2012
    Anticipated growth in Marcellus shale natural gas production likely will mean more long-term business for US midstream companies, Fitch Ratings said in a recent report in which...
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    Dahlman Rose: Non-US E&P spending stronger than previously expected

    July 16, 2012
    Global capital expenditures for exploration and production in 2012 are expected to rise by 11% to $595 billion, according to the midyear spending update to the Dahlman Rose Original...

    More content from Vol 110, Issue 7b

    HSE

    The climate conversation

    July 16, 2012
    With early summer unusually hot in much of the US, speculation about climate change has risen along with the temperature. Quality of the conversation about global warming, however...
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    Oil market swing shows why analysts need the asterisk

    July 16, 2012
    The asterisk fixed to oil market analysis has asserted itself again. Twice.
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    EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

    July 16, 2012
    New bypass plunger lift toolHere's the new Uni-Flow plunger, this company's latest product in bypass plunger lift. It is designed to deliver the benefits of a ball and sleeve ...
    Refining & Processing

    Luck, nature, and markets

    July 16, 2012
    Renewable energy advocates are learning this year what the oil and gas industry already knew—Luck is not always a lady, Mother Nature can be a witch, and commodity markets are...
    Home

    Producer cites benefits of rail transport of bitumen

    July 16, 2012
    Southern Pacific Resources Corp., Calgary, has completed a long-term agreement to ship bitumen by rail to the US Gulf Coast in a system it says will improve production netbacks...
    Exploration & Development

    Kenya rift discovery finds thick light oil pay

    July 16, 2012
    Tullow Oil PLC and Africa Oil Corp. have discovered more apparent thick oil pay at the Ngamia-1 wildcat in the South Lokichar basin in northern Kenya.
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    Exploration/Development Briefs

    July 16, 2012
    ArgentinaMadalena Ventures Inc., Calgary, has updated operating status on its Neuquen basin blocks in Argentina.Initial flow tests of the Sierras Blancas formation in the CAN-...
    Reserves

    Orca slows Tanzanian drilling, hails gas pipeline plans

    July 16, 2012
    Orca Exploration Group Inc., Dar es Salaam, has completed the SS-11 development well in Songo Songo field offshore Tanzania and expects it to be on production by September 2012...
    Government

    Revise obsolete federal renewable fuel mandates, House panel urged

    July 16, 2012
    Federal renewable fuel mandates that don't reflect market changes and distribution obstacles must be reworked, oil industry witnesses told a US House Energy and Power subcommittee...
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    Exploration & Development

    OGJ Newsletter

    July 16, 2012
    Interantional news for oil and gas professionals
    Government

    House committee drafts bill to replace 2012-17 OCS program

    July 16, 2012
    The US House Natural Resources Committee unveiled legislation on July 9 that would replace the 5-year US Outer Continental Shelf program the US Department of the Interior announced...
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    RAND studies question synfuels' role in meeting military needs

    July 16, 2012
    The US Department of Defense can meet its fuel supply needs more effectively by using petroleum products more efficiently and protecting major transit corridors than by embracing...
    Production Operations

    Watching Government: What North Carolina did

    July 16, 2012
    There was plenty of drama, intrigue, and even some comedy on July 2 when North Carolina's general assembly overrode Gov. Beverly Perdue's (D) July 1 veto of a bill that could ...