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  • Volume 105, Issue 33

    • Volume 105, Issue 33

    HSE

    IFC to invest in Chinese coalbed methane project

    Sept. 3, 2007
    World Bank division International Finance Corp. has agreed to invest $15 million to help a Houston overseas producer develop coalbed methane resources in China.
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    Companies

    Second-quarter results tumble for US, Canadian operators

    Sept. 3, 2007
    The combined second-quarter 2007 earnings of a group of US-based producers and refiners slipped almost 10% from a year earlier, largely because of rising costs.
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    Petrochemicals

    Model accurately predicts HC solubility in methanol

    Sept. 3, 2007
    A newly developed model accurately predicts solubility of hydrocarbon components in methanol.
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    Companies

    UNCONVENTIONAL GAS-1: Reserves, production grew greatly during last decade

    Sept. 3, 2007
    From an emerging resource 1 decade ago, and a mostly overlooked resource 2 decades ago, unconventional gas is now a core business of many large independent producers and a growing...
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    Nelson-farrar cost indexes

    Sept. 3, 2007
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    More content from Volume 105, Issue 33

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    Companies

    Third exploratory well drilling in Washington subbasalt play

    Sept. 3, 2007
    Operators are consolidating acreage positions in the Columbia River basin as EnCana Corp.’s US unit drills its third subbasalt wildcat in the nonproducing area since 2004.
    Companies

    India lowers Krishna-Godavari gas find estimates

    Sept. 3, 2007
    India has dramatically reduced the estimated size of recent gas discoveries in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin of Andhra Pradesh, which could diminish the area’s attraction to...
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Sept. 3, 2007
    Baker Hughes Incorporatedwww.bakerhughes.comBlack & Veatch Corporationwww.lukensgroup.comBrinderson Engineering and Constructorswww.brinderson.comChevronwww.chevron.comCodelco...
    New Plants

    Profits and angry policy

    Sept. 3, 2007
    A central motive of energy policy-making in the US is anger at oil companies. The sentiment expresses itself in bills passed this year by both houses of Congress.
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    LNG

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Sept. 3, 2007
    Fleet of nitrogen converter pumps adds three unitsAn expanded fleet of nitrogen converter pump units is available in Aberdeen.The three new diesel-driven 180k split skid units...
    Production Operations

    All-powerful oil lobby a juvenile Obama fantasy

    Sept. 3, 2007
    There’s a reason Hillary Clinton, in her race for the Democratic presidential nomination, is making Barak Obama look juvenile.
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Sept. 3, 2007
    IndiaOil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. of India and Canoro Resources Ltd., Calgary, agreed on a work program for six blocks in the Assam-Arakan basin in Nagaland state, northeastern...
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    Production Operations

    Services/Suppliers

    Sept. 3, 2007
    Petrofac Ltd.MethvenClick here to enlarge imageLondon, has announced the appointment of John Methven as director of group HSSE and integrity assurance. Methven, a petroleum production...
    Drilling & Production

    Facilities escape damage from Dean

    Sept. 3, 2007
    For all of the initial fears it generated among traders and Gulf Coast residents, Hurricane Dean inflicted apparently little damage to or disruptions of oil and gas operations...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    SPECIAL REPORT: US oil carriers’ 2006 net incomes rebound; labor increases push up construction costs

    Sept. 3, 2007
    US oil pipeline operators saw their net profits rebound in 2006, the more than $3.7 billion earned marking an increase of almost 18%, following a more than 7% dip in 2005.
    Production Operations

    Managing produced water

    Sept. 3, 2007
    Access recently became available to a web site that can assist oil and gas field operators in sorting out the many available methods for handling water production.
    Companies

    Worldwide E&P spending reaches record, study finds

    Sept. 3, 2007
    Upstream investments worldwide increased 45% to $401 billion in 2006 compared with 2005, according to the 2007 Global Upstream Performance Review released Aug. 29 by John S. Herold...
    Refining

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Old bear, new teeth

    Sept. 3, 2007
    If you think Russia is a trustworthy supplier of crude oil and natural gas, think again.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Sept. 3, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesKazakh officials suspend Kashagan field permitKazakhstan officials Aug. 27 suspended the permit for exploration and development work in Kashagan ...
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    Companies

    Part 1-Complex factors cause recent gasoline price run-ups

    Sept. 3, 2007
    During 1999-2006, US gasoline prices almost tripled, shocking consumers and spurring public debate about the causes of the increase.
    Government

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: The Dingell energy plan

    Sept. 3, 2007
    As Labor Day 2007 approached, the most persistent question within Washington, DC’s energy community was what Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mich.) is planning.
    Companies

    DOJ will not challenge group’s jointly proposed nanotechnology research

    Sept. 3, 2007
    The US Department of Justice will not challenge a proposal by a group of oil and gas producers, oil field service companies, and the University of Texas at Austin to jointly research...