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    Refining & Processing

    Refiner demand for discounted feeds will increase trade of high-acid crudes

    March 17, 2008
    Refiners looking for discounted crude supplies will import and use greater volumes of high total acid number (TAN) crudes, according to a study from Asia Pacific Energy Consulting...
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    Drilling Operations

    SPECIAL REPORT: All-electric actuated subsea system qualified, implemented

    March 17, 2008
    After about 8 years of design, testing, and qualifying, the all-electric actuated subsea system is now ready for is first commercial installation on gas wells off the Netherlands...
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    Production Operations

    SPECIAL REPORT: Upgrade expands Visund subsea well communications

    March 17, 2008
    Upgrading of communications from subsea wells producing to the Visund platform required a threefold solution that involved retrofitting new communication cards in canisters that...
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    Refining & Processing

    COMMENT: Obstacles bedevil EISA’s RFS biofuels mandate

    March 17, 2008
    Is it possible for 36 billion gal/year of renewable fuels to be produced in 15 years, and if so, would it bring energy independence and security to the US?
    General Interest

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Beyond petroleum

    March 17, 2008
    Beyond petroleum is the direction various companies are headed these days, as many of them turn to the production of biofuels, especially second-generation.

    More content from Volume 106, Issue 11

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    Drilling & Production

    Ziff: Royalty hike worsens Alberta gas industry troubles

    March 17, 2008
    A looming royalty increase is aggravating a “recession” in Alberta’s conventional oil and gas industry, according to a veteran Calgary consultant.
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    LNG

    OGJ Newsletter

    March 17, 2008
    General Interest - Quick TakesMarkey summons majors for oil-price hearingResponding to record crude oil prices, US Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) announced Mar. 11 that the House...
    General Interest

    Yergin: Renewables becoming competitive in energy markets

    March 17, 2008
    Renewable energy is becoming competitive in energy markets yet must overcome problems of economics, technology, and scale, said Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research...
    LNG

    Gastech: Market factors to slow global LNG evolution

    March 17, 2008
    Against a rapidly changing environmental and geopolitical backdrop, the global LNG industry appears rapidly evolving, said Martin Houston, executive vice-president and managing...
    LNG

    Gastech: Meeting gas demand to require partnerships, technology

    March 17, 2008
    Industry keynote speeches opening Gastech 2008 in Bangkok centered on the bright future of natural gas, especially LNG; the need for cooperation among international oil companies...
    Production Operations

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: What Congress needs to hear

    March 17, 2008
    Oil and gas producers face formidable technical challenges as they venture into deeper water.
    General Interest

    Luthi: OCS oil and gas leasing must move beyond gulf

    March 17, 2008
    More federal Outer Continental Shelf areas must be opened for oil and gas leasing if the US expects to limit its energy imports, said US Minerals Management Service Director Randall...
    Production Operations

    Opening doors

    March 17, 2008
    About 15 years ago, when it became evident that a great bank of senior personnel in oil and gas production, refining, and petrochemicals would soon be nearing retirement age and...
    Production Operations

    Oil supply and investment

    March 17, 2008
    In the letter entitled “World decline rate,” the authors quoted a Cambridge Energy Research Associates forecast for a world oil supply of 112 million b/d by 2017.
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    LPG Markets

    Neutron diffraction-based tools aid failure forecasting models

    March 17, 2008
    Neutron diffraction and small-angle neutron scattering techniques can assess residual stress in and the microstructure of hydrocarbon pipelines.
    Economics & Markets

    Fundamentals don’t support $105 oil

    March 17, 2008
    An unexpected drop in US crude inventories made front-month crude jump $5 to a record closing of $104.52/bbl Mar. 5 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, although many of the industry...
    Home

    OPEC blames rising crude oil prices on US ‘mismanagement’

    March 17, 2008
    The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries drew first blood in a spat with US President George W. Bush.
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    General Interest

    Services / Suppliers

    March 17, 2008
    Paradigm,MachnizhClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has appointed Jorge Machnizh president and COO. He will relocate to London under the company’s strategy of distributing executive...
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    Exploration & Development

    Equipment / Software / Literature

    March 17, 2008
    New seismic data acceleration softwareA newly launched seismic data acceleration solution promises a multifold performance increase to reduce lengthy processing times and deliver...
    Drilling & Production

    Area Drilling

    March 17, 2008
    VenezuelaThe Baripetrol SA joint venture’s $60 million 2008 budget for the Colon Block in western Venezuela calls for drilling four development wells in La Palma field, a 165 ...
    Economics & Markets

    Energy and the poor

    March 17, 2008
    Politicians who favor governmental solutions to energy problems often make two statements that those more committed to market solutions tend to avoid.
    Pipelines & Transportation

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    March 17, 2008
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    Exploration & Development

    Exploration maturity key to ranking search areas

    March 17, 2008
    This article describes a scheme for summarizing visually the spatial distribution, intensity, and productivity of oil and gas drilling for areas outside the US and Canada.