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    LNG

    FACTS: 2007 LNG trade set record; Americas led regions

    April 28, 2008
    In 2007, global LNG demand reached about 172.2 million tonnes, a rise of roughly 13 million tonnes (or 8%) compared with 2006.
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    LNG

    Gulf LNG terminals will see completion 2008-09

    April 28, 2008
    Terminal commissioning has been ongoing at two Texas Gulf Coast LNG terminals this month, as the region begins to complete and start up the first wave of new US import capacity...
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    IOR/EOR

    Single-set CT straddle packers successful in Alaska

    April 28, 2008
    At Prudhoe Bay, Alas., nonrig tubing repairs have become a viable alternative to rig workovers (RWOs).
    Production Operations

    COMPANY NEWS: GEPetrol acquires Equatorial Guinea assets from Devon

    April 28, 2008
    Equatorial Guinea state oil concern GEPetrol reported acquiring assets in Equatorial Guinea from Devon Energy Corp. for $2.2 billion.
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    Production Operations

    Fields on Iraq’s borders require joint operations

    April 28, 2008
    A recent study advocates that the many fields that lie along Iraq’s borders should be operated jointly with the adjacent country.

    More content from Volume 106, Issue 16

    Refining & Processing

    Project would bring heavy oil to West Texas

    April 28, 2008
    Centurion Pipeline LP launched an open season to determine interest in a proposed reversal project that would deliver heavy Canadian crude from Cushing, Okla., to West Texas.
    Pipelines

    Turkmenistan seeks energy cooperation, offshore PSAs

    April 28, 2008
    Turkmenistan will allow international oil companies to develop Caspian Sea offshore deposits under production-sharing agreements, said Tacberdi Tagyyew, deputy chairman of the...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    OGJ Newsletter

    April 28, 2008
    General Interest - Quick TakesAlaska rejects ExxonMobil’s Point Thomson planAlaska state officials have rejected ExxonMobil Corp.’s latest plan to develop Point Thomson Unit (...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    SPECIAL REPORT: Capital budgets grow in US, drop in Canada

    April 28, 2008
    Capital spending for oil and gas projects in the US will increase this year, buoyed by growth in upstream, midstream, and downstream developments and maintenance.
    General Interest

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: New York nixes LNG plant plan

    April 28, 2008
    Three weeks after winning Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval, a large floating liquefied natural gas terminal and regasification facility proposed for construction ...
    Operations

    CTL deemed ‘credible’ fuel option despite drawbacks

    April 28, 2008
    Coal-to-liquids appears to be one of the more credible alternatives to oil “for the long-term supply of transport fuels,” said Institut Francais du Petrole Pres. Olivier Appert...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    CSU researchers see more active hurricane season

    April 28, 2008
    The 2008 Atlantic Basin hurricane season could be as active as ever, with 15 named storms expected, two Colorado State University scientists predicted on Apr. 9.
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    Tankers

    Float-off of Maari wellhead platform completed successfully

    April 28, 2008
    Earlier this month, Australian engineering and construction firm Clough completed float-off of the Maari wellhead platform in New Zealand for OMV New Zealand Ltd. on behalf of...
    Government

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Biofuels begin to feel the heat

    April 28, 2008
    The oil and gas industry is not alone in taking heat from environmentalists these days.
    HSE

    DOE monitors CO2 injection in Australian gas field

    April 28, 2008
    The US Department of Energy provided technology that helped Australia launch the Otway basin pilot project, which will inject carbon dioxide into a depleted gas field in southeastern...
    Production Operations

    SAFE: US economic survival tied to oil, gas production hikes

    April 28, 2008
    Record high crude prices, combined with the declining value of the US dollar and growing signs of a recession, make increased US oil and gas production necessary not only for ...
    Refining

    The rising diesel price

    April 28, 2008
    As crude oil prices continue hitting record levels, prices for US on-highway diesel fuel hit an all-time high as well.
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    LNG

    US NATURAL GAS—1: Gulf-region transport bottlenecks pose future supply, price dislocation

    April 28, 2008
    Between 2010 and 2012, barring a drastic decline in the price of natural gas that would curtail the current growth trajectory of US production, incremental domestic production...
    LNG

    Weak dollar buoys oil prices

    April 28, 2008
    The US dollar at record lows against the euro, China’s robust demand for diesel, and market concerns about supply and demand have pushed up oil prices more than 18% so far this...
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    Refining & Processing

    Services/Suppliers

    April 28, 2008
    Martin International,MartinClick here to enlarge imageLaPlace, La., named Russell D. Martin its new CEO. He started in the business as an ordinary seaman with Otto Candies in ...
    Government

    Bush attempts climate-change damage control

    April 28, 2008
    The climate-change proposal by US President George W. Bush deserves credit for damage control.
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    Production Operations

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    April 28, 2008
    Drilling sites are focus of application reportsA series of application reports focuses on worldwide drilling sites.Three recent additions to these 2-4 page educational reports...
    HSE

    The new imperative

    April 28, 2008
    Energy policy for many years has been impossible to discuss outside an environmental context.
    Gas Processing

    Area Drilling

    April 28, 2008
    NewfoundlandNWest Energy Inc., St. John’s, let a contract to Geophysical Service Inc., Calgary, to shoot industry’s first 3D seismic survey off western Newfoundland in the 2008...
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    April 28, 2008
    ABBwww.abb.com/oilandgasASME/UH Cajun Crawfish BoilBaker Hughes IncorporatedBaker Oil Toolswww.multilateralwells.comButler Manufacturing Corp.Cameronwww.c-a-m.com/otc08Capstone...
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    Production Operations

    Independents nurtured Bakken to economic producibility

    April 28, 2008
    Shale formations can contain vast stores of hydrocarbons, and it can take industry decades to develop them commercially.
    Exploration & Development

    H Oil Group applies for Block Ea in Sudan

    April 28, 2008
    Sudan’s National Petroleum Commission (NPC) has mapped out a new oil concession in the southern region of the country, calling it Block Ea, according to officials.
    Companies

    Chesapeake sees large potential in US plays

    April 28, 2008
    A Jurassic Haynesville shale play in Louisiana, with only a few wells producing gas so far, could eventually be worth 7.5-20 tcf of recovery net to Chesapeake Energy Corp., the...
    Production Operations

    Spraberry Trend resource estimate up sharply

    April 28, 2008
    Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Dallas, estimated that its properties in the Spraberry Trend in West Texas contain 1 billion boe of net resource potential in addition to the 481...