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  • Volume 106, Issue 31

    • Volume 106, Issue 31

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    Drilling & Production

    SPECIAL REPORT: Shell optimizes new Pinedale completions

    Aug. 18, 2008
    Shell Rocky Mountain Production LLC is optimizing drilling, well design, and completions in the Pinedale field in western Wyoming’s Green River basin to increase production and...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    OGJ Newsletter

    Aug. 18, 2008
    General Interest — Quick TakesChavez further expands PDVSA’s role in economyVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez, as part of a wider set of reforms for his country, has decreed changes...
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    Petrochemicals

    SPECIAL REPORT: Straddle packer assemblies allow selective completions, stimulations

    Aug. 18, 2008
    In well completions, straddle packers offer a way to shut off zones from producing or injection intervals above or below the packers.
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    HSE

    EPRINC: Cap and trade will hurt and help oil industry

    Aug. 18, 2008
    A carbon cap and trade system and other initiatives to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will hurt the petroleum industry overall but also will create opportunities for some...
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    Refining

    US refinery investments align with oil sands supplies to 2015

    Aug. 18, 2008
    Supply of Canadian oil sands products will increase by 2 million b/d between 2007 and 2015; half of this growth will be in Canadian heavy crude blends.

    More content from Volume 106, Issue 31

    Drilling & Production

    Equitable reports progress with Berea gas play

    Aug. 18, 2008
    Equitable Resources Inc., Pittsburgh, said it has had encouraging results from early drilling for gas in Lower Mississippian Berea sandstone mostly in Kentucky and plans to have...
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    Reserves

    Abu Dhabi’s Shah field sour gas-condensate project on track

    Aug. 18, 2008
    ConocoPhillips and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. signed an interim agreement to develop the Shah sour gas-condensate field onshore in southern Abu Dhabi.
    Reserves

    Low-quality pay could hike Pinedale reserves

    Aug. 18, 2008
    The placing on production of low-quality pay zones at giant Pinedale gas-condensate field in northwest Wyoming could increase the original gas in place estimate, said Ultra Petroleum...
    Pipelines

    Menzel Ledjmet East output goal is mid-2011

    Aug. 18, 2008
    The target for first hydrocarbons production from the $1.3 billion Menzel Ledjmet East (MLE) development in eastern Algeria’s Berkine basin is the second quarter of 2011, said...
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Aug. 18, 2008
    Air Francewww.airfrance.com or www.klm.comAPI Datawww.apidatanow.orgAriel Corporationwww.arielcorp.comBaker Hughes IncorporatedBaker Hughes Drilling Fluidswww.bakerhughesdirect...
    HSE

    A sound energy policy

    Aug. 18, 2008
    US fuel prices are plummeting while members of Congress—aside from Republicans staying behind to speak on energy in an empty House chamber—are away on vacation.
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    Home

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Aug. 18, 2008
    New load cell signal conditionerClick here to enlarge imageThe OM-19 load cell signal conditioner enables a weighing system to be controlled by a computer or programmable logic...
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    HSE

    BLACK POWDER—Conclusion: Management requires multiple approaches

    Aug. 18, 2008
    Effective control of black powder usually requires a combination of several management methods varied for each specific case.
    Production Operations

    Area Drilling

    Aug. 18, 2008
    CubaSherritt International Corp., Toronto, its Cuban oil production steady, has finalized the production-sharing contract for a carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery pilot in Varadero...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    New York Times writer yields to glacier seduction

    Aug. 18, 2008
    A celebrated New York Times columnist has observed glaciers melting in Greenland and issued this judgment on proposals for expanded oil and gas leasing of the Outer Continental...
    Exploration & Development

    Another oil price spike predicted

    Aug. 18, 2008
    Unless demand for oil collapses within 5-10 years, the world will experience a serious “supply crunch” with prices shooting above $200/bbl for crude, according to an Aug. 8 report...
    General Interest

    The ‘Twilight Zone’ challenge

    Aug. 18, 2008
    A 1963 episode of the popular television series, “The Twilight Zone,” told of a rich executive who, with no new business challenges to conquer, made a deal with the Devil to return...
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    Economics & Markets

    Services/Suppliers

    Aug. 18, 2008
    Enventure Global Technology LLC,BaileyClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has appointed Greg Bailey vice-president of engineering and technology. He is responsible for leading...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    BP faces aftermath of Caucasus region conflict

    Aug. 18, 2008
    BP PLC is dealing with the aftermath of the conflict in the Caucasus region after the Russian government sent troops and bombarded locations in Georgia on Aug. 8.
    Home

    EIA: near-term forecast sees better supply-demand balance

    Aug. 18, 2008
    Underlying world oil market fundamentals point to a better supply-demand balance with lower prices in the near term, the US Energy Information Administration said in its latest...
    HSE

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Keeping marginal wells producing

    Aug. 18, 2008
    Nearly lost in the energy issue shuffle as Congress took its August recess was a bill its sponsors say could slow the domestic oil and gas production decline.
    Drilling & Production

    More House Democrats introduce compromise legislation

    Aug. 18, 2008
    Six more US House Democrats introduced their own bill Aug. 1 to open more of the Outer Continental Shelf to oil and gas leasing and repeal a moratorium on oil shale lease regulation...
    Refining & Processing

    Bush, GOP congressmen call for OCS moratorium vote

    Aug. 18, 2008
    US President George W. Bush urged the Democratic congressional majority on Aug. 12 to schedule a vote on opening more of the Outer Continental Shelf to oil and gas leasing when...
    Economics & Markets

    FTC moves closer to addressing oil market manipulation

    Aug. 18, 2008
    The US Federal Trade Commission moved a step closer to addressing petroleum market manipulation on Aug. 13 as it sought public comments for a proposed rule.
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    LNG

    US court overturns FERC OK of Cove Point LNG expansion

    Aug. 18, 2008
    A federal district court on July 18 overturned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of a proposed expansion of Dominion Resources’ Cove Point LNG installation on...
    Reserves

    Colorado cleared for Anvil Points leasing revenue

    Aug. 18, 2008
    The US Energy and Interior secretaries jointly notified Congress on Aug. 8 that the way has been cleared for Colorado to begin receiving leasing revenue from Naval Oil Shale Reserves...
    Government

    EPA denies Texas RFS mandate waiver request

    Aug. 18, 2008
    The US Environmental Protection Agency has denied a request submitted by Texas Gov. Rick Perry for a 50% waiver from the federal renewable fuel standard (RFS) mandate for corn...
    General Interest

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Putin bullies BP, Georgia

    Aug. 18, 2008
    If anyone ever had any doubts about Russian intentions regarding the Caucasus as an energy bridge for the West, those doubts should have been laid to rest by now.