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  • Vol 110, Issue 9

    • Vol 110, Issue 9

    Reserves

    Watching Government: Are states better regulators?

    Oct. 3, 2012
    Mitt Romney drew a clear line when he announced his campaign's energy policy on Aug. 23. The most important part of it led directly back to producing US states.
    Home

    Crude rises in optimistic market

    Oct. 3, 2012
    The front-month crude contract for North Sea Brent climbed through most of August from $104.92/bbl July 31 to as high as $116.90/bbl Aug. 16, hovering around $114/bbl through ...
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    Petrochemicals

    US OLEFINS: FIRST-HALF 2012—Heavy turnaround activity pushed ethylene production to 3-year low

    Sept. 3, 2012
    Microeconomic factors (downtime for turnarounds and trends in production costs from heavy feeds, for example) rather than macroeconomic trends during first-half 2012 were more...
    Six Panelists
    Petrochemicals

    AFPM Q&A—2: Annual conference highlights FCC problems, solutions

    Sept. 3, 2012
    Fluid catalytic cracking was the focus of extensive questions and discussion at the 2011 American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers's Q&A and Technology Forum, Oct. 9-12, San...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Gas Pipeline

    Sept. 3, 2012
    Click here to download the PDF of the "Gas Pipelines" company report

    More content from Vol 110, Issue 9

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    Exploration & Development

    Niger awards nine production sharing contracts

    Sept. 3, 2012
    Niger has awarded nine production sharing contracts (PSCs) to five exploration companies that will seek to follow the lead of China National Petroleum Corp., which established...
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    Reserves

    US SHALE OIL-GAS PRODUCTION POTENTIAL—2: Shales can greatly cut oil imports if US gas markets are developed

    Sept. 3, 2012
    This is the second of three parts on the potential of domestic unconventional shale oil and gas production to displace oil imports to the US.
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    Reserves

    Oil prices boost OGJ100 firms' 2011 earnings

    Sept. 3, 2012
    The world's largest oil and gas producers reported improved financial results in 2011 from a year earlier, according to Oil & Gas Journal's annual survey of the 100 leading companies...
    Home

    Fine distinctions crucial in issues of transparency

    Sept. 3, 2012
    In the era of Twitter and Facebook, with information increasingly flashy and decreasingly illuminating, fine distinctions too often yield to the blur.
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    Companies

    Larger OGJ150 group records robust 2011 financial, operating results

    Sept. 3, 2012
    The OGJ150 group of US-based oil and gas producers reported much stronger financial and mostly improved operating results for 2011 compared with a year earlier.
    Government

    New mileage standards

    Sept. 3, 2012
    The Obama administration's aggressive move on vehicle fuel mileage Aug. 28 receives important context from its legislative origins.
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    Reserves

    New strategies on horizon for exploration companies

    Sept. 3, 2012
    The last decade saw total new global O&G resource additions exceed consumption while yet-to-find estimates were revised significantly upwards.
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    Home

    SERVICE | SUPPLIERS

    Sept. 3, 2012
    Schlumberger Ltd.,Paris, granted a multi-year software license valued at $23 million to the Mining and Geological Engineering Department at the University of Arizona. The industry...
    Reserves

    Major players

    Sept. 3, 2012
    This week's issue of Oil & Gas Journal includes its OGJ150/OGJ100 special report. This massive annual report is a mainstay for many industry analysts, company executives, and ...
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    Home

    EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

    Sept. 3, 2012
    Software helps improve e&p decision-makingThe new Petrel 2012 E&P software platform is designed to strengthen integration between geophysics, geology, and reservoir engineering...
    Government

    SEC adopts foreign government payment disclosure requirement

    Sept. 3, 2012
    The US Securities and Exchange Commission voted to adopt a requirement for US oil and gas and other extractive industries to report payments to foreign governments.
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    Refining

    OGJ Newsletter

    Sept. 3, 2012
    International news for oil and gas professionals
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    Economics & Markets

    COMMENT—Tax reform needn't dim US economic bright spot

    Sept. 3, 2012
    While most US states remain stuck in economic doldrums, signs of rebound are on the rise across the Midwest and Great Plains states.
    Tankers

    Hurricane Isaac shuts in oil, gas production from gulf

    Sept. 3, 2012
    Industry had shut in most of the US Gulf of Mexico offshore crude production before Hurricane Isaac made landfall in Plaquemines Parish, La., Aug. 29 as a slow-moving Category...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    DNO reconciling Tawke oil accounts with KRG

    Sept. 3, 2012
    DNO International ASA, Oslo, said that the company's share of oil exports from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has averaged 40,000 b/d from startup 10 days ago and that the company...
    Government

    Romney plan gets cheers, jeers from Democrats, industry groups

    Sept. 3, 2012
    Democrats quickly attacked presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's energy plan as more oil and gas industry associations applauded it.
    Exploration & Development

    Perth basin shale, tight sand gas flows please AWE

    Sept. 3, 2012
    AWE Ltd., Sydney, said tight sandstone reservoirs flowed gas at a rate estimated at 500 Mcfd during initial clean-up after a hydraulic frac at the Senecio-2 well in the onshore...
    IOR/EOR

    Gas injection doubles Oseberg main's oil reserves

    Sept. 3, 2012
    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has recognized Statoil ASA for improving oil recovery via gas injection at Oseberg field in the North Sea off Norway.
    Home

    MSC issues best practices for water supply survey

    Sept. 3, 2012
    The Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) released a recommended practice for surveying water supplies before drilling, marking the third in a series of MSC recommended practices aimed...
    Home

    FOCUS: UNCONVENTIONAL OIL & GAS: US expects tight oil production gains from Bakken, Eagle Ford

    Sept. 3, 2012
    Producers report that better efficiencies are delivering higher volumes of oil from the South Texas Eagle Ford and the Bakken formation in North Dakota and Montana.
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    Tankers

    Legal, regulatory treatment of floating oil and gas vessels needs clarification

    Sept. 3, 2012
    Are floating units, such as FPSOs, ships or permanent installations? Without an international standard, answers vary.
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    LPG Markets

    Platformer debutanizer revamp lowers rvp at Middle East refinery

    Sept. 3, 2012
    Efforts during 2010-11 at Saudi Aramco's Yanbu refinery to rectify high reformate Reid vapor pressure (rvp) have increased the refinery's revenue.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Oil Pipelines

    Sept. 3, 2012
    Click here to download the PDF of the "Oil Pipelines" company report
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Oil pipeline operators' 2011 profits soar to record

    Sept. 3, 2012
    Oil pipeline operators' net income soared to an all-time high of $6.1 billion, a 33.3% increase from 2010 achieved on the back of a nearly 12% increase in operating revenues.