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  • Volume 106, Issue 19

    • Volume 106, Issue 19

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    Discoveries

    SPECIAL REPORT: Extending mole-sieve life depends on understanding how liquids form

    May 19, 2008
    Well-designed, monitored, and operated molecular sieve dehydration systems in natural gas processing plants effectively remove moisture for more than 2,000 regeneration cycles...
    Refining

    SPECIAL REPORT: CMMS improves refining maintenance management

    May 19, 2008
    To operate a world-class maintenance organization, plant operators need precise information combined with the ability to act quickly in response to impending emergencies.
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    Drilling & Production

    New fluids prevent formation damage to Tarim sandstones

    May 19, 2008
    Researchers at China University of Petroleum have developed new drilling and completion fluids to minimize damage in Jurassic sandstones.
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    HSE

    COMMENT: US can learn from European experience with cap and trade

    May 19, 2008
    Cap-and-trade responses to climate change are in place in Europe and are in prospect in the US.
    Government

    Refiners’ storm plans greatly improved, NPRA says

    May 19, 2008
    Refiners have greatly enhanced their storm preparation procedures in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, reported National Petrochemical & Refiners Association Pres. Charles...

    More content from Volume 106, Issue 19

    Drilling & Production

    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: Dragon Oil appoints chief executive officer

    May 19, 2008
    Dragon Oil PLC has appointed Abdul-Jaleel Al-Khalifa as chief executive officer.
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    LNG

    OGJ Newsletter

    May 19, 2008
    General Interest — Quick TakesOPEC: Refinery mismatch strains crude priceRefinery construction oriented to gasoline in a market needing distillate is lifting the premium for light...
    Production Operations

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Wyoming Range leasing resisted

    May 19, 2008
    When the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee sent 45 public land, forest, park, and water bills to the floor on May 7, the measures included closure of 1.2 million...
    Refining & Processing

    COMPANY NEWS: EnCana plans split into separate oil, gas companies

    May 19, 2008
    The board of Canadian oil and natural gas company EnCana Corp. has approved a proposal to split along distinct business lines—oil and gas—to create two Calgary-based...
    Production Operations

    Senate, House approve bills to suspend SPR crude oil purchases

    May 19, 2008
    The US Senate and House overwhelmingly approved bills on May 13 to suspend crude oil purchases for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through the end of 2008 unless prices fall below...
    Home

    OTC: Natural gas hydrates research active, promising

    May 19, 2008
    Methane hydrates research has made unexpected strides since 2000, but technical and economic obstacles have to be resolved before hydrates production can be proved feasible, a...
    LNG

    Bodman criticizes gasoline tax suspension pitch

    May 19, 2008
    US Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman has criticized a call by both Republic Party presumptive nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) for a suspension...
    Production Operations

    OTC: Dialogue with consumer groups can influence policy

    May 19, 2008
    The oil and gas industry is headed for an energy policy “train wreck” unless it can successfully communicate with and engage the public in a way that will influence governmental...
    Refining & Processing

    WATCHING THE WORLD: A shamrock or shillelagh?

    May 19, 2008
    Believe it or not, in Ireland’s County Mayo they’re still arguing over the route of the pipeline Shell E&P Ireland wants to construct from offshore Corrib gas field (OGJ, Nov....
    Refining

    US gasoline perceptions

    May 19, 2008
    With the official start of the summer driving season just a week away, US drivers are faced with the most expensive gasoline in history.
    Home

    Biofuels and food

    May 19, 2008
    I believe that blaming biofuels for high feedstuff prices is simplistic.
    Economics & Markets

    Energy prices continue climbing

    May 19, 2008
    The June contract for US light, sweet crudes jumped to a record of $126.27/bbl May 9 on the New York Mercantile Exchange before closing at a record $125.96/bbl, gaining a total...
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    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    May 19, 2008
    Douglas-Westwood Ltd.,ReidClick here to enlarge imageAberdeen, has appointed Andrew Reid managing director. John Westwood, company founder and former managing director, will assume...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    May 19, 2008
    Gas engine introduced to compressor operationsThis firm’s 34SG gas engines now are available for gas compressor operations.With outputs of 4,050-9,000 kw (5,430 to 12,070 bhp)...
    Refining

    Intensity rising in the politics of energy villainy

    May 19, 2008
    Intensity is rising in the politics of energy villainy.
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    Pipelines

    Shallow-water gas network navigates multiple problems

    May 19, 2008
    Design and installation of the offshore portion of Bahrain Petroleum Co.’s Khuff gas transmission and distribution networks (three 18-in. OD high-pressure natural gas lines) required...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Area Drilling

    May 19, 2008
    ArgentinaThe Mendoza government formally authorized Oromin Explorations Ltd., Vancouver, BC, to exploit oil and gas on the 7,694 sq km Santa Rosa Block in Argentina’s Cuyana basin...
    Home

    Subsidizing oil use

    May 19, 2008
    What better symbolizes the modern oil market than the American sport utility vehicle? The outsize crowd carrier embodies the unbridled gasoline consumption and disregard for cost...
    Home

    Print Ad Index

    May 19, 2008
    Baker Hughes IncorporatedBaker Petrolitewww.bakerpetrolite.comBCCK Engineering, Inc.www.bcck.comBrand ServiceAluma Systemswww.beis.comButler Manufacturing CompanyDeltaValve USAwww...
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    Exploration & Development

    Method is alternative to soil gas for detecting seepage anomalies

    May 19, 2008
    Through the years, many geochemical methods have been developed for the detection of near surface hydrocarbon seepage anomalies.