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  • Volume 106, Issue 24

    • Volume 106, Issue 24

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    Drilling Operations

    Mud-pulse telemetry sees step-change improvement with oscillating shear valves

    June 23, 2008
    After 30 years of refinements, mud-pulse systems transmit data more quickly and more accurately, through increasingly deep wellbores.
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    Production Operations

    Software facilitates deepwater development off Nigeria

    June 23, 2008
    Management software helps project managers navigate the complexity of delivering large construction projects, on time and on budget.
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    Reserves

    SPECIAL REPORT: Global LPG markets react to high oil prices

    June 23, 2008
    High global oil prices, regional supply disruptions, project delays, regional demand increases, and slowing economies in many regions have all affected global LPG markets and ...
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    Production Operations

    SPECIAL REPORT: Global processing capacity flat; US construction pace quickens

    June 23, 2008
    Global natural gas production growth in 2007 was flat, with decline in Western Europe and nearly invisible increases in Eastern Europe, the FSU, Africa, and countries of Asia-...
    Economics & Markets

    SPECIAL REPORT: High energy prices: good or bad for NGLs?

    June 23, 2008
    Monthly average prices for crude oil have increased by a factor of five in less than 5 years since the end of 2003 and have nearly tripled in only the last 18 months.

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    June 23, 2008
    Baker Hughes IncorporatedBaker Oil Toolswww.welltreatment.comButler Manufacturing CompanyCameronwww.c-a-m.com/distributedvalvesCareerBuilder.comwww.careerbuilder.comCCI Thermal...
    HSE

    McCain on energy

    June 23, 2008
    Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who will be the Republican Party’s nominee in this year’s presidential election, traveled to Houston last week to address energy policy.
    Reserves

    Area Drilling

    June 23, 2008
    NigeriaNigeria awarded Express Petroleum & Gas Co. Ltd. and Petroleum Prospects International Ltd., both of Nigeria, and Addax Petroleum Corp., Calgary, rights to OPL 227 in the...
    Exploration & Development

    Blame obsession won’t change the price of gasoline

    June 23, 2008
    The US Constitution gives Congress plenty of work to perform.
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    Refining

    Volatile VLCC rates lead tanker rebound

    June 23, 2008
    Tanker market earnings for the half-year ended March 2008 firmed by 14.1%, from the previous 6 months.
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    Companies

    Voxel volumetric visualization aids oil sands production optimization

    June 23, 2008
    This article outlines a volumetric visual method (voxel volumetric method) to visualize and model underground geological structures for optimizing in situ steam assisted gravity...
    Economics & Markets

    Angry officials mull market controls

    June 23, 2008
    Diplomatic and government policy responses appear to be coming to a head in a climate of accusations over high energy prices, said industry analysts.
    Companies

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Real work begins behind the scenes

    June 23, 2008
    US Senate rejection of punitive oil taxes and a global climate change bill within days of each other doesn’t mean the ideas are dead; they simply have moved behind the scenes ...
    LNG

    Small steps

    June 23, 2008
    Oil and gas companies often hear that consumers want them to be “energy” companies.
    LNG

    Ship guarding Addax facility off Nigeria attacked

    June 23, 2008
    Even as Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced a continuation of its force majeure for Nigerian Bonny oil exports, militants in southern Nigeria ambushed a naval vessel guarding an offshore...
    Drilling & Production

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Do McCain and the Saudis agree?

    June 23, 2008
    US Sen. John McCain will probably smile with satisfaction after learning of remarks by members of Saudi Arabia’s legislative body, the Majlis Shura, who feel that the US should...
    Government

    US CFTC unveils new foreign market data pact

    June 23, 2008
    The US Commodity Futures Trade Commission improved its access to data on US commodities traded on overseas exchanges as it amended terms under which ICE Futures Europe is permitted...
    HSE

    Alberta to rebut oil sands’ environmental foes

    June 23, 2008
    In response to environmental organizations’ opposition to oil sands development, Alberta plans to emphasize the strategic and economic benefits of continuing production, said ...
    Refining

    Saudi Arabia again delays bids for Jizan refinery

    June 23, 2008
    Saudi Arabia has delayed for the third time a tender for bids for a projected 250,000-400,000 b/d refinery in the southwestern province of Jizan, according to local media.
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    Exploration & Development

    OGJ Newsletter

    June 23, 2008
    General Interest — Quick TakesBush urges Congress to lift bans on OCS leasingUS President George W. Bush urged Congress to lift oil and gas leasing bans on the Outer Continental...
    General Interest

    Indonesia modifies E&P cost-recovery process

    June 23, 2008
    Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met with top foreign oil and gas company executives in a closed-door meeting also attended by Vice-President Jusuf Kalla, Energy ...
    General Interest

    US oil firms urged to prep for global reporting standards

    June 23, 2008
    Oil and gas companies in many countries are preparing to follow International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and at least one major accounting firm is urging US public ...
    Refining

    Rolling strike delays oil shipping through Marseille port

    June 23, 2008
    A rolling strike, which already has halted oil shipping through the Port of Marseille, is set to continue for a further 5 days, according to officials of the state-run port administrati...
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    Reserves

    Import jolt highlights ironies of Iranian gas

    June 23, 2008
    Residents of Iran’s north must surely have experienced chagrin at a visceral level in December 2007 when they froze after Turkmenistan halted natural gas exports to the country...
    Reserves

    McCain promises ‘bold’ energy program, NAFTA support

    June 23, 2008
    Speaking June 17 in Houston—“the oil capital of America”—US Sen. John McCain, the apparent Republican nominee for president, endorsed ending federal embargoes of offshore...