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  • Volume 105, Issue 47

    • Volume 105, Issue 47

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    IOR/EOR

    SPECIAL REPORT: UNCONVENTIONAL GAS TECHNOLOGY—1: Advances in fracs and fluids improve tight-gas production

    Dec. 17, 2007
    Only 10 years ago, unconventional gas was an emerging resource; now it’s a core business of many large independent producers and a growing number of major operating companies....
    Exploration & Development

    China calls for oil worker safety in Sudan, Ethiopia

    Dec. 17, 2007
    The Chinese government has called for the safety of its oil workers in two African countries, citing the dangers to operations posed by antigovernment rebels in Sudan and Ethiopia...
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    New Plants

    Syncrude upgrader revamp improves product quality

    Dec. 17, 2007
    As part of the Upgrading Expansion Stage 1 (UE-1) project completed in 2006, Syncrude Canada Ltd. revamped all existing five hydrotreaters and installed an additional diluent ...
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    Production Operations

    Technology collaboration key in well intervention today

    Dec. 17, 2007
    The frontier of coiled tubing-related technology in the well intervention business is shown being tested in the Last Frontier state as Western Well Tool loads its drilling tractor...
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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: Model proposed for world conventional, unconventional gas

    Dec. 17, 2007
    A long-term conventional and unconventional natural gas production model has been developed for the world.

    More content from Volume 105, Issue 47

    Refining & Processing

    Petrobras to start Tupi oil development by 2011

    Dec. 17, 2007
    Petroleo Brasileiro SA’s development plans for ultradeepwater Tupi oil field off Rio de Janeiro state include a 100,000 b/d early production system to be built by 2010-11, said...
    Companies

    Seismic to start in New Zealand’s Great South basin

    Dec. 17, 2007
    Consortia led by ExxonMobil Corp. and OMV AG are starting a new wave of exploration in New Zealand’s Great South basin off the southern South Island.
    Exploration & Development

    Brazil official seeks nuclear sub for Tupi

    Dec. 17, 2007
    Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim claims that a new oil discovery off Brazil underlines the need for his country to develop a nuclear submarine for protection.
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Dec. 17, 2007
    Baker Hughes IncorporatedBaker Petrolitewww.bakerpetrolite.comChevronIndustrial Rubber, Inc.www.iri-oiltool.comLouisiana Economic Developmentlouisianaforward.com/oilandgasMRO ...
    Refining

    A clean-fuel paradox

    Dec. 17, 2007
    December 2007 has been an active month for the climate change issue. Negotiators from around the world met in Bali, Indonesia, under auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention...
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    LNG

    Sluggish European demand relaxes first-half 2007 LNG

    Dec. 17, 2007
    Sluggish European LNG demand helped relax supply tensions in the first half of 2007, despite numerous liquefaction plants producing below nameplate capacity.
    Reserves

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Dec. 17, 2007
    New software for well planning, drillingNewly released Sysdrill Version 3.0 is an evolved product suite of well planning and drilling software solutions that combines new modules...
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Dec. 17, 2007
    ArgentinaAn exploration well appears to have established continuity between the north and central lobes of Puesto Morales Norte field in the Nuequen basin, said Petrolifera Petroleum...
    Drilling & Production

    New House bill highlights US energy instability

    Dec. 17, 2007
    When US lawmakers fret about energy supply from unstable regimes, they should look closely at themselves.
    Economics & Markets

    OPEC holds pat on production

    Dec. 17, 2007
    As was generally expected, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed Dec. 5 not to raise crude production since commercial oil inventories remained at comfortable...
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    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    Dec. 17, 2007
    Mustang Gas Compression Ltd.StoryClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has announced that it has been acquired by Hoak Fund Inc. and a group of investors and industry executives...
    Discoveries

    The rise of coalbed methane

    Dec. 17, 2007
    Coalbed methane (CBM) production has spread to several countries since its meager beginnings in the US.
    LNG

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Chavez woos Galp

    Dec. 17, 2007
    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recently stopped in Portugal and offered to become a main supplier of oil and gas to the small Iberian Peninsula nation.
    Companies

    Newfield hails Woodford fracs, longer laterals

    Dec. 17, 2007
    Longer horizontal laterals in Devonian Woodford shale appear to be improving estimated ultimate recoveries in the Arkoma basin in southeastern Oklahoma, said Newfield Exploration...
    Companies

    Global E&P spending forecast to rise 11% in 2008

    Dec. 17, 2007
    Global capital expenditures for exploration and production companies are expected to increase 11% to $332 billion in 2008, according to the latest spending survey released Dec...
    Companies

    COMPANY NEWS: Chevron, Canadian firms report 2008 spending plans

    Dec. 17, 2007
    One US major and two Canadian exploration and production companies have recently reported their preliminary capital spending plans for 2008.
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    Companies

    3rd quarter 07 earnings slide on high costs, low margins

    Dec. 17, 2007
    The collective third-quarter earnings for a sample of US-based oil and gas producers and refiners declined from earnings a year earlier, softened by lower production volumes and...
    Government

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Preparing for 2008

    Dec. 17, 2007
    Marc W. Smith arrived in Washington, DC, from Denver for his latest visit on Dec. 3 as the US House leadership announced its latest energy legislation.
    Economics & Markets

    Action needed to meet climate change challenge

    Dec. 17, 2007
    Oil and gas companies and other energy producers are being looked to for assistance in finding a solution to the climate change problem, an energy expert said at the United Nations...
    Gas Processing

    Ghawar field reserves decline overstated, survey says

    Dec. 17, 2007
    Concerns about global oil peaking due to declining reserves at Saudi Aramco’s Ghawar oil field may be overstated, according to Bernstein Research commenting on the results of ...
    Production Operations

    Reworked energy bill passes House, stalls in Senate

    Dec. 17, 2007
    US Congressional Democrats passed a reworked energy bill in the House by 235 to 181 votes on Dec. 6, only to see the measure stall in the Senate the following day.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Dec. 17, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesIraq refinery attacked by rocketIraq’s Doura refinery burst into flames Dec. 10 after being hit by a rocket, according to an Oil Ministry official...