• Subscribe
  • Magazine
  • Past Issues
  • Surveys
  • Industry Statistics
  • About Us
  • Members Only
  • Home >
  • Back Issues >
  • Oil & Gas Journal >
  • Volume 107, Issue 10

    • Volume 107, Issue 10

    Th Is It Time 01
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Is it time for Gazprom to hit the reset button?

    March 9, 2009
    The Russian-Ukrainian “gas war” that took place for 20 days in January and the disruption in December 2005 are part of a long-running struggle between Ukraine and Russia over ...
    Government

    Divisions form over oil, gas provisions in Obama budget

    March 9, 2009
    Sharp divisions have formed over the Obama administration’s budgetary proposals to eliminate “oil and gas company preferences” worth an estimated $31.48 billion over 10 years ...
    Th Compositional 01
    Companies

    Compositional variety complicates processing plans for US shale gas

    March 9, 2009
    Recently higher gas prices and improved drilling technology have spurred shale gas drilling across the US.
    Th Real Time 01
    Companies

    Real-time well optimization stabilizes, adds production

    March 9, 2009
    Several field cases show how Shell Group’s use of software for monitoring and optimizing production has reduced decline rates.
    Th Newbuild 01
    Drilling & Production

    Newbuild cantilevered jack up headed for work off India

    March 9, 2009
    Even as the world’s drilling activity trends downward, new offshore rigs continue to enter the market.

    More content from Volume 107, Issue 10

    Home

    Advertisers Index

    March 9, 2009
    Ariel Corporation ……… www.arielcorp.comBaker Hughes Incorporated ……… www.bakerhughes.comBupa International ……… www.bupa-intl.comEuropipe GmbH ……… www.europipe.comIndustrial Rubber...
    Th Emphasis On T1
    Exploration & Development

    Emphasis on urban areas affects drilling in Ohio

    March 9, 2009
    Effective Sept. 16, 2004, a law went into effect that gives the Division of Mineral Resources Management sole authority in Ohio to regulate the permitting, locating, drilling,...
    IOR/EOR

    Obama’s budget isn’t just change; it’s derangement

    March 9, 2009
    Change is nearly always good. The same can’t be said for derangement.
    Companies

    Crude market tries to stabilize

    March 9, 2009
    The price of gasoline climbed and crude hit a 1-month high in a 3-day rally before dropping slightly Feb. 27 on the New York futures market.
    Tankers

    Danton’s rising

    March 9, 2009
    Shipwrecks have always had an ethereal quality. But there is also excitement associated with them, despite the tragedy of the sinking, because of the possibility of discovering...
    Th Us Lng Imports 01
    LNG

    US LNG imports in 2008 signal unexpected role for gas markets

    March 9, 2009
    Recent experience and forecasts have shown a narrowing gap between domestic natural gas supply and consumption, unfavorable oil-to-gas price disconnects, increasing competition...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Special Report: Russia-Ukraine gas confrontation raises major questions

    March 9, 2009
    The confrontation between Russia and Ukraine in January over natural gas raises questions not just for Europe, but also for the US, experts indicated at a recent seminar at the...
    Exploration & Development

    Watching The World: Venezuela facing hard truth

    March 9, 2009
    If there’s anything like an essential characteristic needed for the oil and gas industry, it’s a sense of humor.
    Th Ogj Newsletter 01
    Tankers

    OGJ Newsletter

    March 9, 2009
    General Interest — Quick TakesAlberta offers incentives to boost drillingAlberta oil and gas producers have been offered royalty incentives from a provincial government hoping...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Special Report: Russian oil firms combat ‘perfect storm’ of grim events

    March 9, 2009
    The Russian Federation’s oil industry currently is facing a “perfect storm” of difficulties—with simultaneous, sudden low oil prices, high taxes and tariffs, the devaluation of...
    Production Operations

    Watching Government: A stripper well owner speaks up

    March 9, 2009
    The US oil and gas industry found plenty to dislike when President Barack Obama’s administration announced its proposed federal budget.
    Th State Governors 01
    Refining

    State governors evaluate energy’s role in economic strategies

    March 9, 2009
    US governors brought a wider than usual range of energy ideas to the 2009 winter meeting of the National Governors Association Feb. 21-23 in Washington as they grappled with a...
    HSE

    Editorial: Oppose cap-and-trade

    March 9, 2009
    That oil and gas companies differ over political issues is nothing new and usually constructive.