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    HSE

    GAO: Increase needed in oil spill liability trust fund

    Sept. 17, 2007
    Although major oil spills do not occur frequently, the federal oil spill liability trust fund should be increased to cover higher cleanup costs, the US Government Accountability...
    Companies

    Greek Cyprus receives bids for offshore licenses

    Sept. 17, 2007
    During 2006-08 the Republic of Cyprus will have completed its first hydrocarbon prospectivity assessment off its coast to promote exploration, launched two licensing rounds, and...
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    Discoveries

    UNCONVENTIONAL GAS-2: Resource potential estimates likely to change

    Sept. 17, 2007
    Understanding of the unconventional-gas resource base has improved in the past decade, but many unknowns remain.
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    Production Operations

    Acid-gas injection in New Mexico relieves sulfur-recovery unit duty

    Sept. 17, 2007
    The original acid-gas injection project near DCP Midstream’s Artesia, NM, gas plant started up in November 2003 and consisted of drilling an injection well and installing an acid...
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    Companies

    Triangle Petroleum, Kerogen Resources drilling Arkansas’ Fayetteville shale gas

    Sept. 17, 2007
    Calgary’s Triangle Petroleum Corp. and Houston’s Kerogen Resources Inc. have begun drilling Arkansas’ Fayetteville shale.

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    Sept. 17, 2007
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    Drilling & Production

    Area Drilling

    Sept. 17, 2007
    PeruBPZ Energy Inc., Houston, said its CX11-14D well in Corvina field off northwestern Peru drillstem tested 1,700 b/d of oil on a 5/8-in. choke with no water through perforations...
    Government

    Ozone and ethanol

    Sept. 17, 2007
    Before it tightens standards for ozone pollution, perhaps unnecessarily, the US government should fix programs that make current standards difficult to meet.
    HSE

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Sept. 17, 2007
    Enhancements added to offshore thrustersNew enhancements to the Pleuger brand of azimuthing thrusters are designed to help improve offshore operations.These thruster units are...
    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    Sept. 17, 2007
    KBR Inc.Houston, has announced creation of three new business units: technology, downstream, and services. Named to lead these new business units are Tim Challand, president, ...
    HSE

    Dingell steers toward classic US energy folly

    Sept. 17, 2007
    “Properly addressing climate change requires us to address the issue of consumption.
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    Companies

    Northeast Kansas well tests oil, gas possibilities in Precambrian rocks

    Sept. 17, 2007
    Several thousand wells in Kansas have been drilled into the Precambrian basement, which usually signals the depth limit of drilling for oil and gas prospecting.
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    Refining & Processing

    COMMENT: Increased US ethanol production requires dedicated pipelines

    Sept. 17, 2007
    Increased ethanol production capacity in the US requires a new transportation paradigm.
    Companies

    Gas shut in due to low prices

    Sept. 17, 2007
    Natural gas futures prices temporarily strengthened Sept. 4-5 on news that Chesapeake Energy Corp. of Oklahoma City, the largest independent gas producer in the US, is reducing...
    Companies

    Ethics questions

    Sept. 17, 2007
    I incorporate a lot of ethics discussion in the finance classes I teach. In particular, the last assignment my finance graduate students have before completing the masters program...
    Companies

    ConocoPhillips to spend $10 million on GHG offset

    Sept. 17, 2007
    ConocoPhillips has agreed to spend $10 million to offset greenhouse gases (GHG) that would be created by a proposed expansion of its northern California refinery, said California...
    Companies

    FTC chief’s letter chills Democrats’ ‘hot fuels’ crusade

    Sept. 17, 2007
    US Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras has questioned proposed cures for so-called “hot fuels” distortions alleged by some US House Democrats, saying the...
    LNG

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Diversifying Asian energy

    Sept. 17, 2007
    The leaders of Asia-Pacific countries last week agreed to set an “aspirational goal” of improving the energy efficiency of economic output by at least 25% by 2030 from the 2005...
    Companies

    OGJ200 popular, repopulating

    Sept. 17, 2007
    This week’s issue includes Oil & Gas Journal’s popular OGJ200 report.
    Refining

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: ‘Broader view’ steers IFC aid

    Sept. 17, 2007
    When the International Finance Corp. financed its first coalbed methane project in China in late August, the venture involved much more than simply producing CBM instead of coal...
    Production Operations

    Cuba’s oil, gas production rising, Politburo member says

    Sept. 17, 2007
    Cuba is producing nearly 50% of the oil and gas it consumes, according to Carlos Lage Davila, a member of the country’s Politburo and secretary of the Council of Ministers’ Executive...
    Companies

    Gorgon LNG project clears environmental hurdle

    Sept. 17, 2007
    The Western Australian government has given final environmental approval for Chevron Australia-operated Gorgon LNG project proposed for Barrow Island off Western Australia.
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    Production Operations

    SPECIAL REPORT: Oil production slumps, but OGJ100 firms’ earnings climb

    Sept. 17, 2007
    Oil & Gas Journal’s survey of the 100 leading oil and gas producers based outside the US shows year-on-year earnings increases for most, while national oil companies again dominate...
    Companies

    Parties ready for dialogue on Kashagan; development delay to be discussed

    Sept. 17, 2007
    Kazakh Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sauat Mynbayev, reiterating earlier government claims, told Eni SPA Chief Executive Paolo Scaroni Sept. 11 that economic damage caused...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Sept. 17, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesVenezuela state oil firms to pay ‘back taxes’Venezuela’s tax authority Seniat has received or been promised payments from two state-dominated joint...
    New Plants

    Uncertainties cloud Arctic gas pipelines outlook

    Sept. 17, 2007
    Recent developments have created uncertainties for proposed natural gas transmission systems from Canada’s Mackenzie River Delta and Alaska’s North Slope to markets farther south...
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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: OGJ200 expands as 2006 earnings, spending surge

    Sept. 17, 2007
    The OGJ200 group of companies posted a 16% gain in earnings for 2006, as capital expenditures surged and production and reserves increased.