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  • Volume 105, Issue 3

    • Volume 105, Issue 3

    Economics & Markets

    IEA: EU copes with Russian oil export delays

    Jan. 15, 2007
    The International Energy Agency Jan. 9 said European oil markets would cope with the halt of Russian oil exports via the Druzhba (Friendship) pipeline across Belarus, but it nonetheless...
    LNG

    COMMENT: Sakhalin-2 deal will alter business climate, markets

    Jan. 15, 2007
    The agreement between Royal Dutch Shell PLC and OAO Gazprom, the Russian state-owned natural gas company, under which Gazprom will become the majority shareholder in the Sakhalin...
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    Production Operations

    Expandable tubulars facilitate intelligent technology placement

    Jan. 15, 2007
    Installation of solid expandable tubulars in combination with intelligent-well technology facilitates remedial operations in multilateral wells in a Saudi Arabia oil field producing...
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    Refining & Processing

    US gasoline markets to rebalance by 2010

    Jan. 15, 2007
    A detailed analysis of the US gasoline market shows that a market rebalancing will be under way by 2010, when additional refining capacity will reduce the imbalance between demand...
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    Production Operations

    N-removal technology improved to process West Texas Yates gas

    Jan. 15, 2007
    Removing nitrogen from natural gas increases production potential and may spur drilling in the Yates formation, Permian basin.

    More content from Volume 105, Issue 3

    Exploration & Development

    Salt origin without evaporation proposed

    Jan. 15, 2007
    A group of authors led by a Statoil ASA specialist in marine geology has proposed an unconventional theory for the origin of salt that could have far reaching implications for...
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    Companies

    WEST AFRICA-2: West Africa second only to Russia in non-OPEC supply contribution

    Jan. 15, 2007
    This is the second of two parts on the exploration and production outlook for the West African countries that border the Gulf of Guinea and Congo Delta.
    Exploration & Development

    Area Drilling

    Jan. 15, 2007
    ItalyThe ministry approved the Vega Oil SPA unit of Cygam Energy Inc., Calgary, to explore the 83,264-acre Aretusa permit, its designation changed to C.R148.VG, in the Mediterranean...
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Jan. 15, 2007
    Aramco Services Companywww.jobsataramco.com/OGBaker HughesHughes Christensenwww.bakerhughes.comCambridge Energy Research Assowww.cera.com/ceraweek or www.cera.comChevronForemost...
    HSE

    Democrats in control

    Jan. 15, 2007
    Misunderstanding typical of past energy mistakes is pushing triumphant congressional Democrats to the brink of new error.
    Government

    Corruption fight should target government excess

    Jan. 15, 2007
    Democrats deserve applause for making ethics reform the first legislative thrust of the 110th Congress.
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    Pipelines

    ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION-3: Limestone boulders, artificial reef modules provide seafloor mitigation

    Jan. 15, 2007
    Gulfstream Natural Gas System LLC created habitat replacement sites on the Gulf of Mexico seafloor during installation of its subsea pipeline as part of efforts to mitigate its...
    Economics & Markets

    Crude suffers severe 2-day loss

    Jan. 15, 2007
    The February contract price for benchmark US crude fell 9% Jan. 3-4 to near 18-month lows in the first two trading sessions of 2007 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
    Refining & Processing

    New year, new look

    Jan. 15, 2007
    Most of us after the holidays are ready for a change. That is why we try to make New Year’s resolutions, such as to lose weight, stop smoking, save more money, and spend more ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    WATCHING THE WORLD: After prison, the book tour

    Jan. 15, 2007
    Filmmaker John Ford would have loved this tale of Ireland’s little men making their misguided stand against the oil industry.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Jan. 15, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesTepco seeking more stable LNG sourcesTokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) will not renew long-term agreements to purchase LNG from projects in Alaska...
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    Gas Processing

    SPECIAL REPORT: Growth expected for global oil demand, production

    Jan. 15, 2007
    Worldwide demand for oil will climb 1.4 million b/d in 2007, following growth of just 900,000 b/d last year.
    Tankers

    Bush lifts leasing bans on two OCS areas

    Jan. 15, 2007
    US President George W. Bush has opened two Outer Continental Shelf areas for new oil and gas leasing after removing tracts in Alaska’s North Aleutian basin (more commonly known...
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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: Lower drilling growth seen in US, drop in Canada

    Jan. 15, 2007
    Price uncertainty, especially for gas, overshadows the forecast for US and Canadian drilling in 2007.
    Companies

    US foreign policy must consider changing energy world

    Jan. 15, 2007
    US foreign policy needs to better recognize the impacts of a changing energy world, experts told the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Jan. 10.
    Companies

    Venezuela to nationalize Orinoco oil operations

    Jan. 15, 2007
    Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez announced a series of measures Jan. 8 to change the face of the country’s economy and lead it further onto a socialist path.
    IOR/EOR

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: EIA hikes oil flow outlook

    Jan. 15, 2007
    The US Energy Information Administration won’t present its 2007 Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) for a few more weeks.
    Government

    Democrats put global warming at center of energy plans

    Jan. 15, 2007
    In their first day back in charge, US Senate Democrats said they intend to aggressively address global climate change by developing energy alternatives to oil, gas, and coal; ...
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    New Plants

    SPECIAL REPORT: US energy market to expand in 2007 as prices ease

    Jan. 15, 2007
    US energy demand will increase this year as the economy grows at a tempered pace.