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    The accelerating pace of change that has turned the gas market from relatively simple to increasingly complex and risky, has brought a new dimension to supply and demand security...
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    Among the projects Dubai Petroleum has under way is a feasibility study for injecting CO2 to extract more oil from mature oil fields.
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    To sustain long-term oil production from its contract area in Oman, Petroleum Development Oman has turned to diverse methods for enhancing oil recovery from its fields that contain...
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    During his 5 years as managing director of Petroleum Development Oman, John Malcolm has seen an increase in the complexity of operations for sustaining oil production from the...
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    The US government and oil industry must jointly take aggressive action to slow the growth in oil demand and to increase oil supply with help from unconventional sources, reported...
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    US Congress should consider expanding the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s authority over energy derivatives trading, particularly in exempt commercial markets, the General...
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    Memo to US, Canadian, and other Western nations’ oil and gas producers: Russia and Caspian Basin nations are renegotiating agreements with stricter terms.
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    The US Supreme Court agreed Oct. 29 to hear an appeal of the $2.5 billion punitive damages award stemming from the 1989 grounding of the tanker Exxon Valdez and subsequent crude...
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    Globally, oil field equipment and services have been in tight supply since 2005, but the demand growth rate is beginning to slow and may plateau in 2008, said officials at the...
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    The American Petroleum Institute, Independent Petroleum Association of America, and seven other trade associations representing natural gas producers, pipelines and consumers ...
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    Alberta will raise royalty rates on production of oil, gas, and oil sands-but not by as much as a provincial advisory panel recently recommended.
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    BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to pay $303 million in fines to settle charges that it manipulated propane markets in February 2004 and April 2003, the US Commodity ...
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    Since 2003 prompt and long-term oil prices have been constantly climbing to levels ($70-90/bbl) that have caught many people by surprise.
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    General Interest - Quick TakesSenate members question further SPR oil purchasesNoting that crude oil prices have reached the $90/bbl range, seven US Senate Democrats asked Energy...
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    If you were counting on increased supplies of Sudanese crude to reduce the worldwide price of oil, you may need to think once again, especially given plans made by rebels in the...
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    The UK will have sufficient capacity in LNG terminals and natural gas pipelines to receive gas imports in the medium term, but price will determine if gas is sent to the country...
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    The editorial, “Biofuels meet doubt,” tells us that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Round Table on Sustainable Development views the rush to biofuels...
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    New media-like wikis, blogs, social networking, and tagging tools-raise interesting questions about how businesses should utilize them.
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    Internal inspection of pipelines is not always economic, prompting development of methods for assessing a pipeline’s current condition based on historic operating and process ...
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    The December contract for benchmark US light, sweet crudes climbed as high as $92.22/bbl during the regular trading session Oct. 26 on the New York Mercantile Exchange before ...
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    The US treasury secretary offered lessons all around-some related to oil and gas-in a stinging Oct. 16 speech about the meltdown of housing finance.
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    New web mapping serviceA new web mapping service (WMS) has been added to this firm’s suite of web-based mapping products available to Eddy Watch subscribers.The new product allows...
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    ArgentinaTwo undrilled 5-km-long structural traps may contain a resource of 8.1 bcf of gas and 6.4 million bbl of oil on the 20 sq km Mina El Carmen block in the northern Golfo...
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    The worst US energy legislation in years should be viewed in context. The House and Senate have passed destructive energy bills while losing control of federal spending and threatening...
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    AB Sandvik Materials Technologywww.sandvik.comAIGwww.aigglobalmarineandenergy.comBaker Hughes IncorporatedBaker Hughes INTEQBJ Serviceswww.bjservices.comBourbonwww.bourbon-online...
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