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  • Vol 110, Issue 9a

    • Vol 110, Issue 9a

    Production Operations

    Operators return to gulf platforms, rigs after Isaac

    Sept. 10, 2012
    Operators were returning to Gulf of Mexico oil and gas platforms and rigs to restore operations following Hurricane Isaac, the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement...
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    CERI: Oil sands growth would continue without pipelines

    Sept. 10, 2012
    Preventing construction of the Keystone XL pipeline would not keep Alberta oil sands activity from growing, the president of the Canadian Energy Research Institute said.
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    OSHOT: China's ability to process Canadian heavy oil limited

    Sept. 10, 2012
    China's ability to process large volumes of heavy crude oil from Canada's oil sands is limited. Xingyi Wang, vice-president of China National Petroleum Corp. America Ltd., made...
    Exploration & Development

    Gran Tierra hikes Putumayo field's oil reserves

    Sept. 10, 2012
    Midyear 2012 reserves for Costayaco field in the Putumayo basin of Colombia are up sharply since the end of 2011, said Gran Tierra Energy Inc., Calgary.
    Companies

    Shell gets BSEE clearance for limited Chukchi Sea activities

    Sept. 10, 2012
    The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement approved certain limited activities in nonoil-bearing zones by Shell Offshore Co. in the Chukchi Sea offshore Alaska.

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    Production Operations

    The perils of alarmism

    Sept. 10, 2012
    How does carbon dioxide, a compound essential to life, come to be treated as a dangerous pollutant?
    Drilling & Production

    Out of sight, not out of mind

    Sept. 10, 2012
    Hot topics come and go rapidly in the energy industry. Development of shale gas and the safety of overland pipelines hold sway currently, with a variety of technological, political...
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    EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

    Sept. 10, 2012
    New hydraulic actuator seriesThe new CHA hydraulic actuator series accepts supply pressures of as much as 6,000 psi.Improved safety features include:• Quick-disconnect design ...
    Government

    EPA fuel economy announcement notes problems with E85

    Sept. 10, 2012
    The document announcing new fuel-economy standards for US cars and light trucks contains a quiet observation that shrieks about problems of renewable-fuel mandates.
    IOR/EOR

    Rex presses Illinois basin EOR pilots, Delta expansion

    Sept. 10, 2012
    Rex Energy Corp., State College, Pa., said its enhanced oil recovery operations in giant Lawrence field in southern Illinois have the potential to double the field's output by...
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    Barclays: BHP Billiton upbeat on Eagle Ford shale

    Sept. 10, 2012
    BHP Billiton reported strong rates of return in the Eagle Ford shale in South Texas where the Australian firm is aggressively pursuing development, Chief Executive Officer J. ...
    Refining

    DOE lends 1 million bbl of SPR crude to MAP in Isaac's wake

    Sept. 10, 2012
    DOE said on the loan, which differs from a release, was provided on Aug. 31 under short-term contractual agreements in which MAP would return a similar quantity of crude to the...
    Exploration & Development

    Methanex aids Magallanes gas exploration in Chile

    Sept. 10, 2012
    Methanex Corp., Vancouver, BC, said it has a primary goal to progressively increase methanol production in Chile with natural gas from suppliers in southern Chile as its Argentina...
    Companies

    QEP to buy Helis-Black Hills Williston basin properties

    Sept. 10, 2012
    QEP Resources Inc., Denver, said its QEP Energy unit signed definitive agreements to acquire from multiple sellers Williston basin development properties for $1.38 billion.
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Sept. 10, 2012
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Exploration & Development

    Exploration/Development Briefs

    Sept. 10, 2012
    AlbaniaPetromanas Energy Inc., Calgary, has sourced a shallow rig to drill the Juban prospect on Blocks A-B onshore Albania.Following approval of the rig assignment by the government...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Watching Government: Comparing parties' platforms

    Sept. 10, 2012
    The energy planks in the two major US political parties' 2012 national election platforms offered no surprises.
    Reserves

    Corridor details Anticosti shale exploration program

    Sept. 10, 2012
    Corridor Resources Inc., Halifax, NS, provided further details of its 2012 program with Petrolia Inc., Rimouski, Que., to assess the potential of the Macasty shale on Anticosti...
    Exploration & Development

    San Joaquin basin exploratory venture formed

    Sept. 10, 2012
    East West Petroleum Corp., Vancouver, BC, and Lani LLC, private Ventura, Calif., concern, will launch a joint exploratory program in the San Joaquin basin in California.