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    Capacities

    Study evaluates link between environmental performance, profits of Canadian refiners

    Jan. 22, 2007
    A study conducted on the Canadian refining industry for 1993-2003 showed a positive correlation between environmental performance and profitability.
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    Companies

    DRILLING MARKET FOCUS: Spending increasing on new yards, new rigs, company acquisitions

    Jan. 22, 2007
    Drilling rig contracts are lengthening, in response to increasing demand, reduced rig availability, and long lead times for new construction.
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    Companies

    Floating production system orders spike in late 2006

    Jan. 22, 2007
    >Orders for production floaters spiked in second-half 2006, according to International Maritime Associates Inc.’s 4-month update of worldwide floating production systems.
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    Companies

    COMMENT: EU energy investment drops as development obstacles rise

    Jan. 22, 2007
    The European Commission, which aims to devise a “European strategy for sustainable, competitive, and secure energy,” published a green paper in March 2006 to that effect, suggesting...
    Companies

    Canadian spending outlook for 2007 slightly depressed

    Jan. 22, 2007
    Spending may be slightly depressed in Canada for 2007, relative to 2006, but $22 billion (Can.) will still drill many wells.

    More content from Volume 105, Issue 4

    Companies

    EIA forecasts another wave of growth in US LNG imports

    Jan. 22, 2007
    Despite declining volumes in the last 2 years, US LNG imports should experience another wave of growth in the next 2 years, the US Energy Information Administration predicts.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    EC proposes legislation to enforce utility unbundling

    Jan. 22, 2007
    The European Commission has proposed enforcing full ownership unbundling of gas and electricity infrastructure via new legislation as one of its measures to help facilitate an...
    Exploration & Development

    WATCHING THE WORLD: China courts Myanmar

    Jan. 22, 2007
    Myanmar has recently been hitting the news, both for its oil and natural gas as well as for alleged human rights abuses.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Jan. 22, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesBP’s US safety culture draws fire in reviewBP’s US refinery and corporate safety culture has been severely criticized in a report by an independent...
    Companies

    EBRD withdraws financial support for Sakhalin-2

    Jan. 22, 2007
    The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) will not offer financial support for the controversial Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project in Russia following the change ...
    Government

    House Democrats’ bill to repeal oil, gas tax incentive

    Jan. 22, 2007
    US House Democrats introduced legislation on Jan. 12 to repeal a pair of oil and gas tax incentives and put pressure on holders of Gulf of Mexico deepwater leases issued in 1998...
    Companies

    Energy and litigation

    Jan. 22, 2007
    Oil and gas companies have long worried about where they’ll find the geologists and engineers they’ll need in the future, but there’s another group of professionals whom they ...
    Economics & Markets

    NYMEX crude breaks $55/bbl price support

    Jan. 22, 2007
    The February contract for benchmark US light, sweet crudes broke through former market support at $55/bbl to close at $54.02/bbl, down $1.62 for the day, after trading at $53....
    Drilling & Production

    Services/Suppliers

    Jan. 22, 2007
    Weatherford International Ltd.Houston, has announced the appointment of E. Lee Colley III as chief operating officer, a newly created post. In conjunction with this appointment...
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    Discoveries

    ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION-Conclusion: Habitat replacement increases flora-fauna diversity, abundance

    Jan. 22, 2007
    Habitat replacement areas used by Gulfstream Natural Gas System LLC on the Gulf of Mexico seafloor have provided habitat for both the recruitment of sessile epifauna-epifora and...
    HSE

    Europe pressing failed approach to global warming

    Jan. 22, 2007
    In the battle over what to do about global warming, alarmists are trouncing deniers.
    Government

    Oil and instability

    Jan. 22, 2007
    The next time anyone complains about oil from “unstable” countries, check the US Congress.
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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: Water issues overshadow Powder River coal gas play

    Jan. 22, 2007
    Wyoming’s Powder River basin coalbed methane development began its third decade in 2006 with vast gas potential and environmental challenges.
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Jan. 22, 2007
    Baker Hughes IncorporatedBaker Atlaswww.bakerhughes.comBCCK Engineering Incwww.bcck.comChevronEnergy Institutewww.energyinst.org.ukFaro Technologieswww.FARO.comGreater Houston...
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Jan. 22, 2007
    New weld alignment clampHere’s a new compact, high-strength weld alignment clamp that is easy to use for rigidly holding in place two sections of tube, pipe, flanges, or plate...