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  • Volume 105, Issue 15

    • Volume 105, Issue 15

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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: Sulfur rules shaping global construction

    April 16, 2007
    Tightening specifications for the sulfur content of gasoline and diesel fuel are shaping global construction in the oil and gas industry.
    New Plants

    WATCHING THE WORLD: No cigar in Tokyo

    April 16, 2007
    Oil and gas were on the agenda when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met in Tokyo last week seeking to build “mutually beneficial strategic ties...
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    Production Operations

    SINOPEC MPD-Conclusion: Air drilling successful in Puguang field

    April 16, 2007
    Last year, Sinopec improved drilling rates in the Puguang field using percussion (air) drilling and plans to increase its use in the 2007 drilling program.
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    Refining

    Generalized equation predicts hydrocarbon acentric factors

    April 16, 2007
    A new acentric factor correlation, based on Pitzer’s1 definition of the acentric factor and a correlation of Antoine’s equation,2 accurately predicts the acentric factor of hydrocarbons...
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    Companies

    Portable VSDs, load cells aid rod pumping at Duri

    April 16, 2007
    A pilot project on a portable variable-speed-drive and load cell for obtaining counterbalance effect (CBE) data in the Duri steamflood improved the sucker-rod pumping efficiency...

    More content from Volume 105, Issue 15

    Exploration & Development

    Petrobras set to invest $1 billion in Ecuador

    April 16, 2007
    Brazil’s state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) and Ecuador’s state oil firm Petroecuador signed a memorandum of understanding Apr. 5 to develop Ecuador’s Ishpingo-Tiputini...
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    Companies

    East Texas Deep Bossier gas deliveries expanding

    April 16, 2007
    The East Texas Deep Bossier gas play is growing fast with some of the country’s highest-delivering wells and a lot of room to grow.
    Home

    Print Ad Index

    April 16, 2007
    Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburoswww.CaribbeanRound2007.comAXENSwww.axens.netBaker Hughes IncorporatedHughes Christensenwww.bakerhughes.comBCCK Engineeringwww.bcck.comCameronwww...
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    April 16, 2007
    BarbadosBarbados plans to launch an offshore oil and gas licensing round with promotional meetings June 1 in Bridgetown and June 8 in Houston.Barbados National Oil Co. produces...
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    LNG

    LNG TRADE-1: US gas supply security requires source diversity

    April 16, 2007
    The necessary expansion and diversification of US natural gas supply sources brings with it increased exposure to political and economic risks that could cause this supply to ...
    Economics & Markets

    Price-gouging politics

    April 16, 2007
    Decisions about energy policy, important as they are to consumers and taxpayers, should evolve from honest, level-headed discourse.
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    LNG

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    April 16, 2007
    Flowmeter approved for custody transfer of LNGMicro Motion flowmeters have been certified by the Nederlands Meetinstituut (NMi) and approved for custody transfer measurement of...
    HSE

    Global warming melts separation of power in US

    April 16, 2007
    Can anyone guess which branch of the US government produced the following paragraph?
    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    April 16, 2007
    KnightLafayette, La., has announced the promotion of Doug Keller to vice-president of marketing and business development, with responsibilities encompassing all Knight companies...
    Economics & Markets

    US gas storage near record high

    April 16, 2007
    The US winter heating season ended Mar. 31 with 1.569 tcf of natural gas still in underground storage, “the second highest level ever,” said Robert S. Morris, Banc of America ...
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    Home

    EIA offers state profiles

    April 16, 2007
    The US Energy Information Administration has created an entryway to detailed state data on its web site.
    Companies

    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: ExxonMobil makes executive appointments

    April 16, 2007
    ExxonMobil Corp. has made several executive appointments.
    General Interest

    US EPA establishes RFS program requirements

    April 16, 2007
    The US government announced a requirement for refiners, blenders, and importers to increasingly use renewable fuels from 2007 through 2012.
    Companies

    SPE industry groups approve new reserves definitions

    April 16, 2007
    Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) board members approved a new Petroleum Resources Management System, ending 2 years of collaboration by SPE, the World Petroleum Council (WPC...
    Government

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Price-gouging salvos begin

    April 16, 2007
    The US summer driving season is 6 weeks away, and the first gasoline price-gouging salvos of 2007 have been exchanged.
    Reserves

    IOGCC issues guidebook of produced water data, research

    April 16, 2007
    The Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission has issued a guidebook cataloguing produced water data and water processing techniques used by oil and gas operators across the US....
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    April 16, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesJapan offers loan to rebuild Iraq’s infrastructureThe Japanese government has agreed to lend Iraq some ¥102.8 billion ($862 million), with just over...
    Refining & Processing

    FTC opposes Western Refining’s merger with Giant

    April 16, 2007
    The US Federal Trade Commission said it will oppose Western Refining Inc.’s planned $1.4 billion acquisition of Giant Industries Inc. because it would significantly reduce competition...
    Companies

    COMPANY NEWS: IOC, OIL move for Congo assets suffers setback

    April 16, 2007
    A move last month by India’s Indian Oil Corp. (IOC) and its partner Oil India Ltd. (OIL) to acquire French energy firm Maurel & Prom’s (M&P) assets in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville...
    Reserves

    Shell to pay $353 million in reserves settlement

    April 16, 2007
    Royal Dutch Shell PLC agreed to pay $352.6 million, plus administrative costs, to investors outside the US in a settlement related to a series of reserves writedowns.