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    HSE

    SPECIAL REPORT: Shell develops spill-response program for Beaufort work

    Nov. 12, 2007
    Designing contingency measures for potential accidents is particularly important in remote environments.
    HSE

    SPECIAL REPORT: Corporate culture key to safety performance

    Nov. 12, 2007
    A company’s safety performance and avoidance of catastrophic events is a direct result of the organization’s corporate culture, according to Carolyn Merritt, Former Chairman of...
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    HSE

    SPECIAL REPORT: Satellite data estimate worldwide flared gas volumes

    Nov. 12, 2007
    For the past several years, a study led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has developed procedures for independent estimation of flared gas volumes...
    Government

    US House members trade charges as oil price climbs towards $100/bbl

    Nov. 12, 2007
    US House Democratic and Republican leaders accused each other of inaction as oil prices climbed toward $100/bbl.
    New Plants

    Onshore drilling threatens environment, House panel told

    Nov. 12, 2007
    Onshore oil and gas activity in the Rocky Mountains is threatening public health and the environment in producing areas, witnesses told a US House committee on Oct. 31.

    More content from Volume 105, Issue 42

    HSE

    IEA warns of coal’s comeback in energy mix by 2030

    Nov. 12, 2007
    China and India are expected to continue using coal as a major source of energy supplies, which would greatly increase the world’s carbon emissions, with drastic consequences ...
    IOR/EOR

    Producers urged to double oil recovery efficiency worldwide

    Nov. 12, 2007
    Producers should seek to double oil recovery efficiency worldwide and pursue the target through effective use of technology and wise management, says a former head of reservoir...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Nov. 12, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesKuwaiti oil minister quits after 8-day tenureBader Mishari al-Humaidhi, Kuwait’s oil minister, has resigned after only 8 days in office because opposition...
    Government

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Keeping a grip on Sudan’s oil

    Nov. 12, 2007
    For the oil industry, the news from Sudan is anything but good. Indeed, while using the Darfur problem to keep his grip on the country’s oil-rich south, Sudanese President Omar...
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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: Sustainability reports address safety, environmental issues

    Nov. 12, 2007
    Environmental stewardship and employee safety ranked high among issues major oil companies addressed in the lengthy, nonfinancial disclosures for 2006 that some companies call...
    Government

    Former US senator sees drawbacks in royalty measure

    Nov. 12, 2007
    A former US senator who helped formulate federal deepwater leasing incentives in the early 1990s warned that imposing price thresholds now on 1998-99 Gulf of Mexico leases could...
    Companies

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: API donation turns political

    Nov. 12, 2007
    Several people in Washington, DC, believe the oil and gas industry should pay more taxes and royalties.
    Government

    Bingaman says energy bill needs more time

    Nov. 12, 2007
    US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) said he does not expect to see a reworked 2007 federal energy bill to appear before the Senate takes...
    Capacities

    New refining capacity totaling 13 million b/d seen by 2012

    Nov. 12, 2007
    Wood Mackenzie Ltd., Edinburgh, expects 13 million b/d of crude distillation capacity to be built within the next 5 years out of the 20 million b/d proposed worldwide.
    Companies

    Wildcats making a comeback

    Nov. 12, 2007
    You don’t encounter “wildcat” much anymore.
    Refining & Processing

    A money game

    Nov. 12, 2007
    Eighty-five dollar crude oil is obscene! The traders on the New York Mercantile Exchange are gambling with the economic health of the US and the world.
    Companies

    Anticipating $100/bbl oil

    Nov. 12, 2007
    Crude prices swung sharply during the trading week of Oct. 29-Nov. 2, fluctuating at record levels of $93-95/bbl that had many analysts anticipating $100/bbl oil within weeks....
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    General Interest

    SPECIAL REPORT: Method improves pipeline-spread silt containment

    Nov. 12, 2007
    Researchers have developed an effective silt fence and mechanized installation system ideally suited for pipeline construction.
    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    Nov. 12, 2007
    Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corp.Falls Church, Va., has announced the appointment of David Cunningham as vice-president and general manager of the company’s Valve Systems Div....
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    Tankers

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Nov. 12, 2007
    New offshore capsule holds as many as six personsThe Frog-6-a higher-capacity version of the original, three-person Frog-3 (OGJ, Apr. 9, 2007, p. 67)-is designed to move as many...
    Companies

    Wailing begins about ruling on deepwater leases

    Nov. 12, 2007
    “This is a sad day for the American public,” wailed Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) about a court decision favoring an oil company in a royalty dispute with...
    Discoveries

    Area Drilling

    Nov. 12, 2007
    New ZealandL&M Petroleum Ltd., Wellington, NZ, took a farmout on PEP 38521 in the Westland basin of New Zealand’s nonproducing South Island.The 336 sq km block contains the Fireball...
    Production Operations

    The curse of $95 oil

    Nov. 12, 2007
    For reasons that will prove to have been fleeting, the price of crude oil exceeds $95/bbl at this writing and is flirting with the $100/bbl landmark.
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Nov. 12, 2007
    Addax Petroleumwww.addaxpetroleum.comAIGwww.aigglobalmarineandenergy.comAriel Corporationwww.arielcorp.comBaker Botts L.L.P.www.bakerbotts.comBaker Hughesdivision of Baker Petrolitewww...
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    IOR/EOR

    GLOBAL OIL RESERVES-2: Recovery factors leave EOR plenty of room for growth

    Nov. 12, 2007
    Within a broad context, the applicability of the assortment of improved oil recovery and enhanced oil recovery technologies depends by and large on two factors: the API gravity...