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  • Volume 105, Issue 46

    • Volume 105, Issue 46

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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: US independents explore ample financing options

    Dec. 10, 2007
    Robust oil and gas prices have contributed to an abundance of capital readily available to the oil and gas industry through the public equity market, the private equity market...
    Companies

    LNG Summit: LNG key to meeting world demand to 2030

    Dec. 10, 2007
    LNG will lead pipeline supply as natural gas leads other forms of energy to meet growing global demand through 2030, according to Tom Cordano, president of ExxonMobil LNG Market...
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    LPG Markets

    Saudi Aramco converts Yanbu fixed-bed reformer into CCR

    Dec. 10, 2007
    Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) successfully converted an existing 38,000 b/d fixed-bed reformer in its Yanbu refinery to continuous catalyst regeneration (CCR) operation...
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    Drilling & Production

    GULF UPDATE—Conclusion: Study updates elements, costs of Gulf of Mexico net trawling

    Dec. 10, 2007
    Site clearance and verification (SC&V) comprise the last stage of offshore decommissioning in which abandoned well and platform locations are cleared of all debris remaining from...
    Companies

    COMPANY NEWS: OMV increases pressure to acquire Hungary’s MOL

    Dec. 10, 2007
    Austria’s OMV AG has launched legal proceedings in the Hungarian courts to remove the barriers to acquiring MOL Rt., upping pressure on the company’s management to accept its ...

    More content from Volume 105, Issue 46

    Economics & Markets

    Energy and tax reform

    Dec. 10, 2007
    A wisp of hope drifts around the murk of energy legislation under development in the US.
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Dec. 10, 2007
    Addax Petroleumwww.addaxpetroleum.comAIGwww.aigglobalmarineandenergy.comBaker Botts L.L.P.www.bakerbotts.comBaker Hughes IncorporatedBaker Hughes Drilling Fluidswww.bakerhughes...
    Exploration & Development

    Area Drilling

    Dec. 10, 2007
    Falkland IslandsRockhopper Exploration PLC let a contract to Wavefield Inseis for a site survey over the Ernest prospect in License PL024 in the Atlantic Ocean in the North Falkland...
    HSE

    Studies won’t fix unintended consequences

    Dec. 10, 2007
    What does a government do when unintended consequences highlight its mistakes? It conducts a study.
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    Drilling Operations

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Dec. 10, 2007
    Bracket, saw available for oil field tubulars cutsA chain-mount bracket that attaches a universal air-powered saw to pipe and bar stock quickly for applications requiring multiple...
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    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    Dec. 10, 2007
    InterActMohammadiClick here to enlarge imageNorwich, UK, has announced that Shahrokh Mohammadi has been named vice-president of operations. Mohammadi has 23 years of oil industry...
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    Companies

    CATASTROPHIC EVENT MODELING—2: Industry exposure and value at risk to storms in the Gulf of Mexico

    Dec. 10, 2007
    Offshore energy insurers have traditionally been defined by their willingness to take risk without relying on technical analysis to model or quantify their exposure.
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Controlled emergency shutdown procedures aid crude line safety

    Dec. 10, 2007
    Pipeline control center operators need controlled operational emergency shutdown procedures to prepare for an emergency situation.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    NYMEX suffers week of losses

    Dec. 10, 2007
    During Nov. 26-30, the last full week of trading prior to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ Dec. 5 meeting, the front-month contract for benchmark US light, sweet...
    Production Operations

    Shell contemplating greenhouse gas science

    Dec. 10, 2007
    Long-term storage logistics, support facilities for sequestration, public acceptance, and consistent regulations are just as critical as technology to making carbon capture and...
    Drilling Operations

    Shale shaker screens

    Dec. 10, 2007
    The article “Norwegians develop new method to measures shaker screen performance” indicated correctly that the simple designation of a “mesh” size could no longer be used when...
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    Economics & Markets

    OGJ on the move

    Dec. 10, 2007
    The Houston offices of OGJ are moving this week. After 10 years at 1700 West Loop South, this staff and all other PennWell employees in Houston will relocate.
    Refining

    BP, Husky Energy to form oil sands partnership

    Dec. 10, 2007
    BP PLC will join Husky Energy Inc. in developing Sunrise oil sands field in northeast Alberta under a joint $3 billion investment plan, marking its entry into this sector for ...
    LNG

    Nigeria to impose domestic, export balance in gas use

    Dec. 10, 2007
    Under a new presidential administration, Nigeria plans to impose greater balance between domestic gas and export projects, said Fabiyka Amakiri, group general manager for LNG ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Russia, Turkmenistan hasten Caspian pipeline work

    Dec. 10, 2007
    Russia and Turkmenistan have agreed to accelerate development of the proposed Caspian Gas Pipeline project following talks between OAO Gazprom Chief Executive Officer Alexei Miller...
    Reserves

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Corruption feeds on oil

    Dec. 10, 2007
    These days, it is very fashionable to unmask corruption in the oil and gas industry.
    Government

    House again considers oil and gas tax hikes

    Dec. 10, 2007
    Tax increases on the US oil and gas industry are again under consideration in Congress.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Dec. 10, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesSaudis foil Al Qaeda terrorist plots, arrest 208Saudi Arabia said it has preempted a terrorist attack on its oil facilities in the eastern region...
    LNG

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Climate debate and gas prices

    Dec. 10, 2007
    US gas utilities are closely watching the way global climate change legislation evolves because it potentially will affect the price of gas supplies.
    Government

    US House bill taking shape with CAFE, renewables focus

    Dec. 10, 2007
    US House Democrats are moving toward energy legislation containing stiffer automotive fuel efficiency requirements and a higher renewable fuel standard.