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  • Volume 105, Issue 48

    • Volume 105, Issue 48

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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Dec. 24, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesSEC mulls oil, gas reserves disclosure rulesThe US Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking public comment on possibly revising oil and gas ...
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    Discoveries

    SPECIAL REPORT: Oil, gas reserves inch up, production steady in 2007

    Dec. 24, 2007
    Worldwide oil and gas reserves grew marginally from a year ago, and oil production declined slightly during 2007, according to Oil & Gas Journal’s annual survey.
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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: Global refining capacity increases slightly in 2007

    Dec. 24, 2007
    Worldwide in 2007, the number of refineries remained stable, while global capacity increased slightly.
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    IOR/EOR

    UNCONVENTIONAL GAS TECHNOLOGY—2: Custom technology makes shale resources profitable

    Dec. 24, 2007
    Low permeability shales are unconventional gas reservoirs that are being more efficiently exploited with newly developed production technologies.
    Home

    Deloitte: Stanislaw sees changing role for oil companies

    Dec. 24, 2007
    Oil and gas companies might want to redefine themselves as high-technology companies given growing public awareness of climate change and energy security, said energy consultant...

    More content from Volume 105, Issue 48

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    Companies

    Chile awards E&P rights for Magallanes blocks

    Dec. 24, 2007
    Chile has awarded oil and gas exploration and production rights to foreign companies that will invest at least $267 million each in the southern Magellan region.
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Pemex system integration improves crude management

    Dec. 24, 2007
    Pemex used internal resources to design a cost-effective system based on open communication protocols and software to manage its crude oil inventory and track changes and fluctuations...
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Dec. 24, 2007
    Addax Petroleumwww.addaxpetroleum.comAir Francewww.airfrance.comBaker Hughes IncorporatedHughes Christensenwww.bakerhughes.comBCCK Engineering Inc.www.bcck.comCambridge Energy...
    Refining

    More politics, less energy

    Dec. 24, 2007
    The US oil and gas industry can find little consolation in last week’s passage of energy legislation that could have been worse.
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    Companies

    US offshore LNG terminals face technical, political maze

    Dec. 24, 2007
    Experience to date with US offshore LNG projects teaches critical lessons and offers many clues for where the offshore LNG market is heading.
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    Drilling & Production

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Dec. 24, 2007
    New one-piece downhole jet pumpHere’s the new one-piece Tex-Jet downhole pump, a unit that features no moving parts and is made of 4140 heat treated, stressed relieved steel. ...
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Dec. 24, 2007
    ArgentinaArgenta Oil & Gas Inc., Toronto, said logs identified at least three potential pay zones per well in its first two exploratory wells on its 100% owned Loma El Divisadero...
    Government

    Some dislike oil companies; some just dislike oil

    Dec. 24, 2007
    While battling recently against misguided energy legislation, a veteran oil and gas industry representative observed, “They’re trying to put us out of business.
    LNG

    Economic factors whiplash energy prices

    Dec. 24, 2007
    The January crude contract for US light, sweet crudes climbed to $94.85/bbl Dec. 12 on the New York Mercantile Exchange before closing at $94.39/bbl, up $4.37 in the biggest 1...
    New Plants

    Struggling to be green

    Dec. 24, 2007
    On Dec. 13, the US Senate passed a revised energy bill that included a large expansion of the federal motor fuel ethanol mandate (OGJ Online, Dec. 18, 2007).
    Government

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Lugar: Energy needs attention

    Dec. 24, 2007
    The winner of the 2008 presidential election will need to take bold steps to address energy and climate change problems despite the absence of substantive discussions from the...
    Production Operations

    Deloitte: NOCs seeking broader services, technology

    Dec. 24, 2007
    National oil companies are seeking broader service capabilities and more technology, and this trend could prompt more consolidation among service companies, a speaker told the...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Sino-Russian ‘cooperation’

    Dec. 24, 2007
    China’s ambassador to Russia, Liu Guchang, recently said that there are broad prospects for cooperation on oil and gas between the two countries.
    Reserves

    Deloitte: Consumers, oil execs differ on solutions

    Dec. 24, 2007
    Oil and gas executives and consumers often disagree about how US energy challenges should be resolved, said results of a survey commissioned by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP.
    Government

    Senate passes energy bill, drops two major provisions

    Dec. 24, 2007
    The US Senate Dec. 13 passed an energy bill that does less than many Democrats had hoped but stands a greater chance of being signed into law.
    Refining & Processing

    Deloitte: Sieminski forecasts $80/bbl oil in 2008

    Dec. 24, 2007
    Deutsche Bank AG Chief Energy Economist Adam Sieminski expects that light, sweet crude prices will average $80/bbl on the New York Mercantile Exchange in 2008.