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  • Volume 106, Issue 44

    • Volume 106, Issue 44

    Th 01 Cazalot Us
    HSE

    Cazalot: US at risk of losing energy security race

    Nov. 24, 2008
    The US is running the risk of losing the global race for energy, said Marathon Oil Corp. Chief Executive Officer Clarence Cazalot at a recent American Petroleum Institute meeting...
    Government

    Editorial: A chance to play offense

    Nov. 24, 2008
    The US oil and gas industry will enter 2009 needing to play hard political defense.
    Th 01 New Wireless
    Production Operations

    New wireless sensor network monitors water-injection wells off Abu Dhabi

    Nov. 24, 2008
    Abu Dhabi Marine and Operating Co. (ADMA-OPCO) has embarked on a project with vMonitor to deploy a new generation wireless-sensor-network technology for monitoring continuously...
    Th 01 New Regs Require
    HSE

    a New regs require lower bunker fuel sulfur levels

    Nov. 24, 2008
    Recently ratified International Marine Organization regulations that call for a decrease in the sulfur level of marine bunker fuels may cause refiners to invest in more desulfurization...
    Th 01 Petrolifera
    Drilling & Production

    Petrolifera, Brownstone drilling in Rio Negro province, Argentina

    Nov. 24, 2008
    Calgary-based Petrolifera Petroleum Ltd. and Toronto’s Brownstone Ventures Inc. are acquiring 1,250 sq km of 3D seismic and drilling 12 wells in an exploration program on the ...

    More content from Volume 106, Issue 44

    Th 01 West Texas
    HSE

    West Texas Overthrust outlook expands with 3D

    Nov. 24, 2008
    SandRidge Energy Inc., Oklahoma City, expects to be operating 20 rigs in the West Texas Overthrust by the end of 2008, down from 27 rigs in early November and a third quarter ...
    Th 08 Pipeline Design T1
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Special Report: Crude Export Riser— Conclusion: Pipeline design allows continued use beyond field’s life

    Nov. 24, 2008
    The export pipeline system includes two modules permitting future connections and another serving as a contingency for the freestanding hybrid riser (FSHR), making the infrastructure...
    Home

    Advertisers Index

    Nov. 24, 2008
    Baker Hughes Incorporated Pipeline Management Group …………[email protected] Companies …………www.bayoucompanies.comBredero Shaw …………www.brederoshaw.comGE Oil & Gas …………www.geoilandgas...
    Production Operations

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Nov. 24, 2008
    New four-gas detectorThe GX-2009, which measures 2.75 in. high by 2.95 in. long by 0.98 in. deep, is a lightweight four-gas monitor that weighs 4.6 oz and fits in the palm of ...
    Home

    The bright side of bankruptcy: a political fantasy

    Nov. 24, 2008
    In the rush to make financially troubled companies wards of the US government, a strange misconception seems to be at work: that bankrupt entities cease to exist.
    Home

    Outlooks differ on slack demand, tight supplies

    Nov. 24, 2008
    Financial analysts differ in expectations for a continuing fall in world demand for energy or a tightening of supplies as demand revives in 2009.
    Th 01 Arctic Field
    New Plants

    Special Report: Arctic field test offers method for estimating pipeline heave

    Nov. 24, 2008
    Pipeline heave in cold environments is influenced by the transition zone between permafrost zone (frozen soil) and nonpermafrost zone (unfrozen soil) as well as the heaving behavior...
    Th 01 Services
    LNG

    Services/Suppliers

    Nov. 24, 2008
    Pride International Inc.,Houston, has appointed new financial, legal, and human resources managers in Pride’s mat-supported jack up rig business. Steven A. Manz has been appointed...
    Government

    Timely pipeline rules

    Nov. 24, 2008
    On Nov. 17, new rules took effect increasing the maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) for natural gas transmission pipelines beyond that allowed by previous regulations...
    Reserves

    Nigeria president proposes Lukman as oil minister

    Nov. 24, 2008
    Nigeria’s Rilwanu Lukman, former president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, has been nominated to lead Nigeria’s Ministry of Petroleum Resources.
    Government

    Watching The World: The ‘arc of instability’

    Nov. 24, 2008
    If the oil and gas industry expected comforting news from the election of Barack Obama as US president, it may need a rethink–especially when it comes to the al-Qaeda terrorist...
    Tankers

    Emboldened Somali pirates hijack Saudi Aramco tanker

    Nov. 24, 2008
    In a clear sign of their determination to escalate attacks on international oil shipping, Somali pirates operating on the high seas southeast of Mombassa, Kenya, Nov. 15, have...
    Government

    BLM finalizes oil shale regulations

    Nov. 24, 2008
    The US Bureau of Land Management published final regulations on Nov. 17 to establish a commercial oil shale development program on public lands in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming....
    LNG

    Japan ‘unlikely’ to buy on LNG spot market this winter

    Nov. 24, 2008
    Japan is unlikely to purchase further cargoes of LNG on the spot market this winter, according to Akio Nomura, chairman of Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. and the Japan Gas Association.
    Th 01 Ogj Newsletter
    LNG

    OGJ Newsletter

    Nov. 24, 2008
    General Interest — Quick TakesEU-Russia summit delegates look to next meetingA summit between Russia and members of the European Union, held Nov. 14 in Nice, France, was seen ...
    Production Operations

    BTC oil pipeline to boost throughput by yearend

    Nov. 24, 2008
    The Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline will resume shipments of 1 million b/d by the yearend, according to Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Turkey pipeline blast rekindles security concerns

    Nov. 24, 2008
    Oil has resumed flowing through one of the twin Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipelines following an explosion on one of the lines near the town of Bozova, in the mainly Kurdish province of Sanliurfa...
    Pipelines

    Bodman: Caspian remains vital to global energy security

    Nov. 24, 2008
    US Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman, recalling the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia, reaffirmed the need for Europe to diversify its sources of energy and stressed...
    Reserves

    Brazil officials clash over financial crisis’ impact on E&P

    Nov. 24, 2008
    Brazilian officials have issued conflicting statements concerning the potential impact of the current global financial crisis–as well as other issues–on the exploration and development...
    HSE

    Slump’s varied effects present mixed opportunities

    Nov. 24, 2008
    The varying effects of economic troubles on exporting countries and national oil companies present a mixed slate of opportunities to international oil companies with cash to invest...
    Th 01 Irans Rationing
    Refining & Processing

    Iran’s rationing system working to control gasoline consumption

    Nov. 24, 2008
    The launch in 2007 of an elaborate gasoline rationing system by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s cabinet to help stem that country’s gasoline consumption was initially ...