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  • Volume 105, Issue 39

    • Volume 105, Issue 39

    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: Independents working UKCS areas abandoned by majors

    Oct. 15, 2007
    Independent oil and gas producers are moving into traditional producing areas of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) as major companies move toward technologically the region’s challenging...
    Companies

    Tengizchevroil fined for Tengiz field sulfur storage

    Oct. 15, 2007
    Kazakhstan authorities have imposed a $609 million fine on Tengizchevroil (TCO), the Chevron Corp.-led consortium developing giant Tengiz oil field, for alleged violations of ...
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    Companies

    UNCONVENTIONAL GAS-5: Rising drilling, stimulation costs pressure economics

    Oct. 15, 2007
    The sharp recent rise in well drilling and particularly well stimulation costs has led to the concern that much of the US unconventional gas resource may be becoming uneconomic...
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    Refining & Processing

    US Fuels-Conclusion: Policy issues will affect future US fuels markets

    Oct. 15, 2007
    This article examines the economic and policy factors that have played a large role in the US motor fuels market, and quantifies future outcomes based on a range of possible economic...
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    LNG

    Shell revitalizes ‘Drilling the Limit’ program

    Oct. 15, 2007
    Shell has revitalized its “Technical Limit” program in well delivery and well servicing activities.

    More content from Volume 105, Issue 39

    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Oct. 15, 2007
    AIGwww.aigglobalmarineandenergy.comBaker Botts L.L.P.www.bakerbotts.comBaker Hughes Drilling Fluidswww.bakerhughes.com/drillingfluidsBCCK Engineering Inc.www.bcck.comChevronwww...
    Economics & Markets

    Price and energy politics

    Oct. 15, 2007
    In US energy politics, the prime mover is price. Yet politicians fortify their energy initiatives with other, seemingly steadier motives, probably because they’ve learned that...
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    New Plants

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Oct. 15, 2007
    Crankcase fumes-disposal system for generator setsThe maker of the AIRSEP crankcase fumes-disposal system has packaged its systems for easy field installation on large generator...
    Home

    Oil traders know output gains trim a market cushion

    Oct. 15, 2007
    A production increase coordinated by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries isn’t always what it appears to be.
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    LNG

    China’s growing LNG demand will shape markets, strategies

    Oct. 15, 2007
    China’s rapidly growing demand for clean energy sources stands to make it a major LNG importer in coming years.
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Oct. 15, 2007
    IsraelIsrael’s petroleum commissioner issued Avenue Energy Inc., New York City, a license to Heletz-Kokhav field near Ashkelon.The 60,000-acre license includes Heletz, Brur, and...
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    New Plants

    WEB SERVICES TO SOA-2: BP describes maturity model for IT in its E&P organization

    Oct. 15, 2007
    In the first part of this article, we provided an overview of the value BP will derive from a broad service-oriented architecture (SOA) program as well as the issues that exist...
    Economics & Markets

    Crude price rebounds then settles

    Oct. 15, 2007
    Crude futures prices rebounded more than $10/bbl in the first 3 weeks of September to a record high of $83.90/bbl Sept. 20 on the New York Mercantile Exchange then fluctuated ...
    Home

    Government and energy

    Oct. 15, 2007
    I should like respectfully to comment on the article in which you attack Rep. John Dingell’s suggestion that the government should take action to reduce consumption as part of...
    Companies

    2007-08: LNG pace quickens

    Oct. 15, 2007
    By reading Oil & Gas Journal, gas industry professionals can readily keep up with major events in the rapidly expanding LNG industry.
    Government

    SPECIAL REPORT: AEPC sees reversals of ’05 gains in new energy bills

    Oct. 15, 2007
    US independent oil and gas producers and their industry associations are fighting a political storm as energy bills that would hamper their work head toward a House-Senate conference...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Oct. 15, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesEcuador claims 90% of oil ‘windfall profits’Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has signed a decree requiring foreign oil firms with operations in ...
    Companies

    Total CEO says work will continue in Iran, Myanmar

    Oct. 15, 2007
    Total SA Chief Executive Christophe de Margerie, in an interview with Le Monde newspaper, has affirmed that his company will continue to work in Iran and Myanmar despite pressure...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Who follows Domenici?

    Oct. 15, 2007
    The changing of the Republican leadership on the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is a relatively small consequence of Pete V. Domenici’s deciding not to seek ...
    Companies

    COMPANY NEWS: KMG EP to acquire interest in Citic Energy

    Oct. 15, 2007
    JSC KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (KMG EP) will buy a 50% stake in Citic Canada Energy Ltd. for $930 million, which will provide access to the Karazhanbas field in western...
    Companies

    Rowan Cos. pleads guilty to environmental charges

    Oct. 15, 2007
    Rowan Cos. Inc. has pleaded guilty to three felonies involving the discharge of pollutants and garbage into the Gulf of Mexico from the Rowan-Midland drilling rig, the US Department...
    Reserves

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Oil at center of Iraqi flaps

    Oct. 15, 2007
    In US congressional hearings last week, Iraq’s central government was accused of reverting to its old ways, with control of the country’s oil reserves a mainstay of that effort...
    Companies

    Kazakhstan rejects new Kashagan oil contracts

    Oct. 15, 2007
    Kazakhstan will not revise the terms of its contract with the Eni SPA-led consortium developing Kashagan oil field, according to Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
    Drilling & Production

    Norwood to press exploration program in Nicaragua

    Oct. 15, 2007
    Numerous opportunities may have gone unevaluated in Norwood Resources Ltd.’s initial two-well program in the remote Sandino basin in nonproducing Nicaragua, a consulting engineer...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Onshore pipeline spend to be $180 billion by 2012

    Oct. 15, 2007
    An estimated $180 billion will be spent on onshore pipeline projects worldwide through 2012, says Douglas-Westwood analysts in a new study, “The World Onshore Pipelines Report...
    HSE

    NGC: Gas to play critical part in reducing GHG emissions

    Oct. 15, 2007
    Conventional natural gas supplies from basins currently restricted for exploration and development will be needed if the US adopts greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction mandates...