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  • Volume 106, Issue 47

    • Volume 106, Issue 47

    Th 01 Wytch Farm
    Field Start Ups

    Wytch Farm wireless wellhead monitoring network self-organizes

    Dec. 15, 2008
    The smart, self-organizing, wireless transmitters installed recently in Wytch Farm field provide for continuous monitoring of wellhead pressures, thereby eliminating the need ...
    Exploration & Development

    Watching the World: White Nile raises the white flag

    Dec. 15, 2008
    Oil-gas explorer White Nile Ltd. recently raised the white flag in Sudan, saying it plans a change of mission and will now invest in African agriculture.
    Th 01 China India
    Refining & Processing

    Special Reports: China, India lead growth in Asian refining capacity

    Dec. 15, 2008
    Asian refining capacity continues to grow rapidly despite the effects of a suffering global economy.
    Th 01 Asia Petchem T1
    Reserves

    Special Report: Asia petchem expansions to 2015 increase demand for naphtha

    Dec. 15, 2008
    A wave of ethylene investment will take place in Asia during 2009-11 with distinct peaks in early and late 2009.
    Th 01 Williams Compares
    Production Operations

    Williams compares sequential, simultaneous Barnett fracturing

    Dec. 15, 2008
    Williams Production Gulf Coast Co. is simultaneously fracturing wells in North Texas to improve production rates.

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    LNG

    Advertisers Index

    Dec. 15, 2008
    Ariel Corporation ……… www.arielcorp.comBaker Hughes Incorporated Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids ……… www.bakerhughes.com/drillingfluidsChesapeake Energy Corporation ………www.chk.comChevron...
    Drilling Operations

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Dec. 15, 2008
    New BE-9 bactericide can be used to help control bacteria growth in water used as the basis for fracturing fluids.
    Exploration & Development

    ‘Windfall profit’ tax move leaves reason for worry

    Dec. 15, 2008
    The US oil and gas industry has reason to feel relief and worry about President-elect Barack Obama’s decision not to pursue a “windfall profit” tax on oil.
    Th 01 Elusive Alabama
    Production Operations

    Elusive Alabama shales need more work, Energen says

    Dec. 15, 2008
    Energen Corp., Birmingham, Ala., plans further exploratory tests in 2009 of Conasauga and Chattanooga gas shales in Alabama without partner Chesapeake Energy Corp., Oklahoma City...
    Th 01 Services Suppliers
    Drilling & Production

    Services/Suppliers

    Dec. 15, 2008
    Rowan Cos. Inc.,RallsClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has named W. Matt Ralls CEO, president, and a director. He succeeds D.F. McNease, who announced his retirement in late...
    Production Operations

    A turbulent year

    Dec. 15, 2008
    The waning year of 2008 is sure to be remembered as one of the most turbulent in the history of the oil and gas industry, said energy analysts.
    Th 01 New Pipeline
    Production Operations

    New pipeline profiling method helps avoid condensation, black powder

    Dec. 15, 2008
    A new method can help avoid condensation and control hydrates in the early stages of a natural gas transmission pipeline’s life, thereby helping avoid future black powder formation...
    Drilling & Production

    Alarmed at legislation

    Dec. 15, 2008
    Your editorial “A chance to play offense” is outstanding (OGJ, Nov. 24, 2008, p. 20).
    Th 01 Technology Humanly
    Exploration & Development

    Technology, humanly applied

    Dec. 15, 2008
    Technology developed by the oil and gas industry to locate and extract oil and natural gas from below the earth’s surface is now being adapted for humanitarian purposes.
    LNG

    FERC issues final EIS for LNG project near Baltimore

    Dec. 15, 2008
    The US Federal Energy Regulatory The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission identified additional adverse environmental impacts as it issued a final environmental impact statement...
    Exploration & Development

    Petrobras delays strategic plan; receives investment offers

    Dec. 15, 2008
    Brazil’s Petroleo Brasilerio SA (Petrobras) continues to review its 2009-13 strategic plan, with no deliberation taking place yet at the board level, according to an official ...
    HSE

    IEA: Energy security to come from mitigating climate change

    Dec. 15, 2008
    The global economic slowdown cannot distract policymakers worldwide from progressing on climate change mitigation efforts through international accords and related national energy...
    Th 01 Ogj Newsletter
    HSE

    OGJ Newsletter

    Dec. 15, 2008
    General Interest — Quick TakesStudy: Tapping off-limit US resources beneficialDevelopment of US oil and gas resources that Congress has kept off-limits for decades could generate...
    Companies

    Booz & Co.: Strategic growth remains possible despite recession

    Dec. 15, 2008
    Falling energy consumption and the credit crisis have slashed liquidity in the capital markets, yet Booz & Co.’s energy consultants advise oil companies to remember that strategic...
    Th 01 Aboveground
    Production Operations

    Aboveground constraints may limit Mexico’s oil production

    Dec. 15, 2008
    The irreversible decline of Mexico’s Cantarell field has been the subject of steady discussion in the industry.
    Production Operations

    Editorial: Ranking high in bribery

    Dec. 15, 2008
    On some rankings it’s best to score near the bottom. So it is with assessments by Transparency International (TI), the anticorruption group, of the tendency of industries to pay...
    Pipelines

    Italian pipeline developers undeterred by credit crunch

    Dec. 15, 2008
    The Galsi and Interconnector-Greece-Italy (IGI) pipeline partners do not expect the credit crisis to negatively impact their plans, as they have very strong balance sheets, according...
    Production Operations

    Analyst forecasts ‘major risks’ ahead in Iraq

    Dec. 15, 2008
    Iraq has ambitious targets, aiming for 500,000 b/d annual oil output expansion and a long-term goal of 6 million b/d, according to a recent report by analyst BMI.
    Reserves

    MMS chief hopes Obama, Congress won’t reinstate OCS bans

    Dec. 15, 2008
    Acknowledging that he will have no direct influence after Jan. 20, US Minerals Management Service Director Randall B. Luthi said he hopes the Obama administration and Congress...
    Drilling & Production

    Watching Government: Early responses to falling demand

    Dec. 15, 2008
    The US Energy Information Administration’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook said it all on Dec. 9: “The current global economic slowdown is now projected to be more severe and...
    Pipelines

    EA report outlines issues with Iraqi energy security, fragile systems

    Dec. 15, 2008
    While Iraq’s oil industry will continue to face problems with security in 2009, the country’s crumbling production and pipeline systems are more likely to disrupt crude exports...