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  • Volume 105, Issue 37

    • Volume 105, Issue 37

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    Nelson-Farrar Quarterly Costimating: Changes in indexes for nonmetallic building materials

    Oct. 1, 2007
    The accompanying table shows how Nelson-Farrar indexes have changed during 2004-06 for selected basically nonmetallic building materials.
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    Nelson-farrar cost indexes

    Oct. 1, 2007
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    Petrochemicals

    SPECIAL REPORT: Clean fuels requirements increase catalyst demand

    Oct. 1, 2007
    Requirements for cleaner fuels, rising demand for refined products, and the need to meet more stringent environmental regulations continue to increase demand for refining catalysts...
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    Companies

    UNCONVENTIONAL GAS-4: Technology, efficiencies keys to resource expansion

    Oct. 1, 2007
    At the core of every successful unconventional gas play are two common themes: the continuous search for improvements in technology and the relentless pursuit of cost and operating...
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    Drilling & Production

    Shell Alaska readies ice-class drilling units for Beaufort Sea

    Oct. 1, 2007
    Shell Offshore Inc. recently renovated and upgraded two arctic-class mobile drilling units to evaluate some of its Beaufort Sea leases.

    More content from Volume 105, Issue 37

    Companies

    Powder River wells to target oil in Mowry shale

    Oct. 1, 2007
    Brigham Exploration Co., Austin, has formed a new Wyoming joint venture and signed a letter of intent for a work program to explore and develop more than 240,000 gross acres of...
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    Reserves

    Iraq licensing situation fluid as Kurdistan awards blocks

    Oct. 1, 2007
    Major questions remain over the enduring legitimacy of production sharing contracts being signed by Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
    Companies

    Conventional targets sought in Palo Duro basin

    Oct. 1, 2007
    Palo Duro Energy Inc., Vancouver, BC, said it is preparing an exploration program for fall in the Palo Duro basin using proprietary electromagnetic technologies.
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Oct. 1, 2007
    AXENSwww.axens.netBaker Hugheswww.bakerhughes.com/fastmaxChevronwillyoujoinus.comwww.chevron.com/careersDuPont Corporationcleantechnologies.dupont.comEmerson Process ManagementEmersonPr...
    Companies

    Governor mistakes business move for price misbehavior

    Oct. 1, 2007
    The governor of Connecticut has found yet another way for Americans to think self-destructively about energy.
    Companies

    Alberta faces decision

    Oct. 1, 2007
    Alberta’s government has arrived at a political intersection that’s becoming too familiar.
    Drilling & Production

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Oct. 1, 2007
    New manifold for high-pressure instrumentationThe new Hi-Pro 3/8 in. bore double block and bleed manifold operates at as high as 15,000 psi cold working pressure.The company says...
    Discoveries

    Area Drilling

    Oct. 1, 2007
    ArmeniaTranseuro Energy Corp., Vancouver, BC, spudded the Karmir-1 exploratory well on a gas prospect in the Armavir region of Block 2 in Armenia.The country’s first exploration...
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    Production Operations

    Services/Suppliers

    Oct. 1, 2007
    ModuSpec USALewandClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has appointed Peter F. Lewand as vice-president and general manager. He will be responsible for operations in North America...
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    LNG

    LNG TRADE-1: Domestic gas statistics shape LNG policies

    Oct. 1, 2007
    Looking closely at prevailing natural gas statistics for production, consumption, net export capability, and proved reserves of each country provides insight into how various ...
    Economics & Markets

    A run of record high prices

    Oct. 1, 2007
    The front month crude contract hit record highs in either intraday trading or closings-usually both-in eight consecutive trading sessions Sept. 11-20 on the New York Mercantile...
    HSE

    Emission ambition

    Oct. 1, 2007
    I hope your Aug. 27 editorial, “Restating temperatures,” (p. 19) moderates the global warming zealots, but so far it doesn’t look like it has.
    New Plants

    Suppliers’ delivery issues

    Oct. 1, 2007
    Over the past 12-18 months oil and gas companies have been operating in a suppliers’ market.
    HSE

    Companies adapt to expanded responsibility reporting

    Oct. 1, 2007
    Oil and gas companies are updating their tools for reporting environmental, health, and safety (EHS), and social issues.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    UK oil industry expected to survive credit squeeze

    Oct. 1, 2007
    The UK oil and gas industry likely will survive the credit squeeze in the financial markets, a senior banker said in London, adding that the industry is important and cyclical...
    Pipelines

    European Commission’s energy legislation faces opposition

    Oct. 1, 2007
    With its third legislative package on energy revealed Sept. 19, the European Commission is tackling head-on the nine countries opposed to ownership unbundling-the crux of its ...
    Reserves

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Chavez unveils a new whopper

    Oct. 1, 2007
    A few weeks ago, we wondered if oil diplomacy was driving Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez over the edge.
    Production Operations

    IOGCC: EPA to measure VOCs from oil, gas fields

    Oct. 1, 2007
    US state and federal air quality and environmental agencies are contemplating how to better estimate and measure the level of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions coming...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Oct. 1, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesSenate committee begins energy bill discussionsAfter weeks of silence regarding a possible conference to reconcile differences between comprehensive...
    HSE

    IOGCC: States best positioned to regulate CO2 storage

    Oct. 1, 2007
    State governments are the logical entities to implement and administer regulations for carbon dioxide storage, the Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission Task Force on Carbon...
    Government

    US GAO to study refining capacity, gasoline prices

    Oct. 1, 2007
    The US Government Accountability Office has agreed to examine relationships between refining capacity and gasoline prices and demand in response to requests from Connecticut’s...
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    Companies

    Sustainability reports answer growing calls for information

    Oct. 1, 2007
    Oil and gas companies in growing numbers are issuing sustainability reports in response to demand for information on corporate governance and risk-mitigation.
    Companies

    SEG: Geophysics role large in unconventionals

    Oct. 1, 2007
    Geophysical methods will have important applications in commercializing unconventional oil and gas resources, a panel of geoscientists told the opening session of the Society ...
    Discoveries

    Producers cautious about Alberta royalty proposals

    Oct. 1, 2007
    The Canadian oil and gas producing industry is responding cautiously to recommendations for large royalty increases in Alberta.
    Economics & Markets

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: CFTC’s timely look at markets

    Oct. 1, 2007
    At a time when energy issues supposedly had moved into the background in Washington, DC, the US Commodity Trading Futures Commission quietly held a timely-some might say overdue...
    Exploration & Development

    China, Japan postpone dispute resolution talks

    Oct. 1, 2007
    Conflicting diplomatic schedules have caused Japan and China to postpone their next round of talks aimed at resolving a dispute over gas exploration rights in the East China Sea...