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    The Australian government may use the $2.5 billion (Aus.) gained over the next 4 years from the imposition of excise taxes on North West Shelf condensate production to pay for...
    June 2, 2008
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    Record-high worldwide oil prices and strong natural gas prices drove oil and gas company earnings in the first quarter of 2008, but weak downstream margins weighed on profits....
    June 2, 2008
    Indonesia’s decision to leave the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is thought to have been a long time in coming, and due to its inability to cast much influence ...
    June 2, 2008
    US House Republicans announced a legislative package on May 22 to increase domestic oil and gas production, encourage construction of new oil refineries, and facilitate coal-to...
    June 2, 2008
    The national energy and environmental debate will need to widen notably if it intends to create necessary dramatic changes, said speakers at a leading energy conference May 19...
    June 2, 2008
    US onshore public lands contain an estimated 31 billion bbl of crude oil and 231 tcf of natural gas, reported the US Bureau of Land Management in its latest inventory.
    June 2, 2008
    It’s not often that a message from a break-out session at a financial service company’s energy conference is dramatically illustrated within a few days.
    June 2, 2008
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    Sembcorp Marine Inc.’s Jurong shipyard delivered the Raroa floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel to Tanker Pacific Offshore Terminals Pte. Ltd. in early April...
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    General Interest — Quick TakesUS Senate questions oil executives on pricesA US Senate committee brought five major oil company executives back to Congress for the second time ...
    June 2, 2008
    Record high crude oil and gasoline prices may be starting a transition to clean fuels from renewable and alternative resources, energy advisors from the three leading US presidential...
    June 2, 2008
    The polar bear will be listed as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA), announced US Interior Secretary Dirk A. Kempthorne on May 14.
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    The critical role played by accurate seismic velocity measurements in imaging is well documented.
    June 2, 2008
    The Indonesian government, reportedly registering a protest at high global oil prices, has decided to terminate its membership in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries...
    June 2, 2008
    Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is being touted as a promising method of reducing carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere.
    June 2, 2008
    The present news and government-sponsored furor about global warming has ignored all facts that do not follow their desires blindly (OGJ, May 5, 2008, Newsletter).
    June 2, 2008
    The July contract for benchmark US light, sweet crudes traded above $135/bbl on the New York Mercantile Exchange just prior to the May 26 Memorial Day holiday that marked the ...
    June 2, 2008
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    Industrial Scientific Corp.,LordoClick here to enlarge imagePittsburgh, Pa., has named Scott Lordo to the newly created position of global director of product development. He ...
    June 2, 2008
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    New mixer blends ethanol, additives into gasolineClick here to enlarge imageThis patented, compact all stainless steel static injection mixer is designed to blend ethanol and ...
    June 2, 2008
    The oil market seems to have panicked over the possibility that the end of oil availability has come into view.
    June 2, 2008
    For their latest trek to Capitol Hill May 21 to absorb empty-headed insults from politicians, oil company executives merit little pity.
    June 2, 2008
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    A new system allows real-time remote temperature monitoring along the length of a pipeline during hydrotesting.
    June 2, 2008
    Baker Hughes IncorporatedBaker Atlaswww.bakeratlas.comCGGVeritaswww.cggveritas.comChevronwww.chevron.com/careersFalcon Gas Storage Companywww.falcongasstorage.comHalliburtonwww...
    June 2, 2008