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  • Volume 105, Issue 24

    • Volume 105, Issue 24

    Government

    US Senate rejects LNG siting change, passes OPEC measure

    June 25, 2007
    The US Senate rejected a proposal to give governors a final word in siting onshore LNG terminals but approved a measure authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute members...
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    Companies

    Recovery tactics outlined for foreign takeover losses

    June 25, 2007
    Companies affected by recent nationalizations in South America and elsewhere may have a number of relief options available.
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    Companies

    Various technologies unlock Pinedale anticline tight gas

    June 25, 2007
    Various technologies have enabled Shell Exploration & Production Co. to produce economically from the tight gas sands found in the Pinedale anticline of Western Wyoming.
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    HSE

    Study examines use of refinery fuel gas for hydrogen production

    June 25, 2007
    Refiners faced with increasing hydrogen demand should consider producing additional hydrogen from fuel-gas streams.
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    Companies

    New, larger bore CT drilling beyond 7,000 ft

    June 25, 2007
    New coiled-tubing rigs are drilling to record depths, with larger diameter strings and top drives capable of holding 200,000-lb hook loads.

    More content from Volume 105, Issue 24

    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    June 25, 2007
    Baker Hughes IncorporatedBaker Oil Toolswww.bakeroiltools.comBaker Petrolitewww.bakerpetrolite.comInteqwww.answerswhiledrilling.comBT Americaswww.bt.comCarbone Lorrainewww.carbonbrush...
    Companies

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    June 25, 2007
    New hydrohammer expands company fleetAddition of the the S-280 expands this firm’s fleet of hydrohammers.The tool’s ability to drive bigger piles and achieve deeper penetration...
    Exploration & Development

    Area Drilling

    June 25, 2007
    RwandaThe Ministry of State granted Vangold Resources Ltd., Vancouver, BC, the nonexclusive right to undertake an 18-month technical review of oil and gas potential on 7,208 sq...
    Production Operations

    Biofuels and oil prices

    June 25, 2007
    The secretary general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries irked observers in the oil-consuming world this month with a comment taken as a reactionary threat over...
    Government

    Comprehensive bills stumble on complex issues

    June 25, 2007
    The political storm swamping US immigration reform helps explain troubles with energy policy.
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    Companies

    US NATURAL GAS-1: Rockies Express pipeline to reshuffle gas supply, trade

    June 25, 2007
    The opening of the 1,663-mile Rockies Express Pipeline system, running from natural gas producing basins in Colorado and Wyoming to market in the Midwest and Northeast, will provide...
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    Drilling & Production

    Services/Suppliers

    June 25, 2007
    Knight Oil ToolsLafayette, La., has named Howard Milligan as corporate director of quality, and promoted Paco McLaughlin to director of operations for the Rocky Mountain region...
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    Companies

    WCSB STRUCTURAL DOMAINS-4: Western Canada structured belt has myriad of drillable features

    June 25, 2007
    This last of four parts on the structured belt of the Western Canada Sedimentary basin describes in more detail the six structural domains and their exploration potential.
    Refining

    OPEC reduces demand forecast

    June 25, 2007
    The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries expects demand for its crude to average 30.6 million b/d in 2007, a slight decline of 200,000 b/d from the previous year.
    IOR/EOR

    Issues cloud CO2 transport

    June 25, 2007
    Research by several US Department of Energy Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships has a goal of safe, cost-effective, and long-term carbon management, mitigation, and storage...
    Government

    California pushes EPA for waiver of Clean Air Act

    June 25, 2007
    California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown May 22 asked officials from the US Environmental Protection Agency for a wavier of the Clean Air Act (CAA) so that California and 11 other states...
    LPG Markets

    API develops advised practices for refineries

    June 25, 2007
    The American Petroleum Institute is issuing a new recommended practice covering the placement of portable structures at refineries and petrochemical plants.
    Capacities

    Senate Finance Committee proposes several new oil taxes

    June 25, 2007
    The US Senate Finance Committee proposed new taxes for the oil industry as offsets to incentives for alternative fuels and renewable energy research and development.
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    Government

    IPAMS: Environmentalists nationwide target Roan Plateau

    June 25, 2007
    Much of the opposition to drilling on part of the Roan Plateau in western Colorado comes from out-of-state environmental groups, said the Independent Petroleum Association of ...
    Refining & Processing

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Hot-dogging with ethanol

    June 25, 2007
    Oil and gas are expensive? Move aside, folks, and make way for higher priced hot dogs.
    General Interest

    Caruso questions refining capacity manipulation claims

    June 25, 2007
    The US government’s top energy economist questioned allegations that refiners intentionally reduced oil-processing capacity this year to drive product prices higher.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    June 25, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesTurkmen leader welcomes foreign investmentGurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, Turkmenistan’s new president, is changing the country’s direction and is seeking...
    Exploration & Development

    NJ senators lead effort to keep acreage in OCS ban

    June 25, 2007
    New Jersey’s two US senators led an effort to defeat an amendment proposed by Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.) on June 14 that would have removed Outer Continental Shelf acreage off...