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  • Volume 105, Issue 18

    • Volume 105, Issue 18

    Companies

    Senate panel adds price gouging provision to CAFE bill

    May 14, 2007
    A US Senate committee added an amendment that would make gasoline price gouging a federal crime, and then the committee approved a bill to improve automotive fuel efficiency requirement...
    Production Operations

    House panel postpones BP oil leak hearing

    May 14, 2007
    A US House Energy and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee postponed its May 3 hearing on BP America Inc.’s management of Alaska North Slope crude oil gathering operations until ...
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    Operations

    XTO Energy extends life of Arkansas wells

    May 14, 2007
    In its production operations in northwest Arkansas, XTO Energy Inc. has extended the productive life of five gas wells by controlling proppant flowback.
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    Refining & Processing

    Study outlines European refinery demand to 2015

    May 14, 2007
    A recent study of the European refining industry from Concawe (Conservation of Clean Air and Water in Europe) concludes that the imbalance between demand for gasoline and middle...
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    Production Operations

    Floating production expanding rapidly

    May 14, 2007
    During the last year, the world has seen a 10% increase in the number of operating floating production systems.

    More content from Volume 105, Issue 18

    Government

    The energy rip-off

    May 14, 2007
    The senators are new to their jobs, and their bone-headed energy bill won’t go far.
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    May 14, 2007
    Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburoswww.CaribbeanRound2007.comAriel Corporationwww.arielcorp.comBaker Hughes IncorporatedBaker Hughes Drilling Fluidswww.bakerhughes.comBCCK Engineering...
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    Drilling Operations

    OFFSHORE ENERGY LOSS-2: Insurance statistical analysis provided for marine E&D

    May 14, 2007
    This is the second of three parts on insurance loss statistics and their role in risk management in offshore exploration and development operations.
    Home

    Survey confirms US confusion about energy

    May 14, 2007
    Surveys can provide important ratification of the obvious. One recent survey, for example, indicates Americans know little about energy.
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    May 14, 2007
    SpainSherritt International Corp., Toronto, is awaiting final regulatory approval to begin work on four blocks in the Alboran Sea off southern Spain.The company was awarded permits...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    May 14, 2007
    Laser system detects gas pipeline leaksAn airborne gas pipeline leak detection system combines a methane sensitive laser with a digital video record of the pipeline.Test findings...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Model studies thermal effects of liquid pipeline colocation

    May 14, 2007
    Changes in the vertical relative position of two liquids pipelines laid in the same trench (one crude, one products) produce only small changes in the temperature of the crude...
    Pipelines

    Services/Suppliers

    May 14, 2007
    TechnipParis, has named Guy Arlette as president of operations and to the group’s executive committee, replacing Daniel Burlin, who has retired.Arlette, a graduate of Paris’ Ecole...
    Economics & Markets

    Gas tests $8/MMbtu

    May 14, 2007
    The June natural gas contract briefly pushed past $8/MMbtu May 3-4 in a rally by hedge-fund investors that forced traders to cover short positions on the New York market.
    IOR/EOR

    Subsea advances in prospect

    May 14, 2007
    An array of new technologies either commercial or nearly commercial is set to improve recovery from fields with subsea-completed wells.
    Reserves

    WATCHING THE WORLD: China touts Nanpu find

    May 14, 2007
    The Chinese can hardly contain their glee over the recent discovery of Nanpu oil field in Bohai Bay.
    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: DOE partnerships testing sequestration

    May 14, 2007
    A government-industry task force is working to develop technologies and infrastructure for carbon capture and sequestration with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...
    Companies

    Barnett to spar Hugoton for top US natural gas field

    May 14, 2007
    Newark East field in North Texas, center of the Mississippian Barnett shale play, was Texas’s largest gas-producing field in 2006 and could become the largest in terms of ultimate...
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    Production Operations

    SPECIAL REPORT: Energy industry examining CO2 sequestration options

    May 14, 2007
    Global climate change presents challenges associated with balancing potential environmental impacts with a wide variety of economic, technical, and lifestyle changes that may ...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    May 14, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesImprove UK North Sea safety standards, BP toldThe UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has ordered BP PLC to carry out a major audit of its safety...
    Government

    Preliminary final 5-year OCS plan draws fire, support

    May 14, 2007
    US Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas development opponents complained that the Department of the Interior and Minerals Management Service’s preliminary final 5-year OCS plan...