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  • Volume 107, Issue 17

    • Volume 107, Issue 17

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    Nelson-Farrar Cost Indexes

    May 4, 2009
    Click here to download a .pdf of the Nelson-Farrar monthly cost indexes
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    Refining

    Oil linked to US move toward thaw with Cuba

    May 4, 2009
    A proposal to allow work by US oil and gas companies off Cuba appears in a broad set of recommendations made before President Barack Obama on Apr. 13 eased travel and financial...
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    Production Operations

    Special Report: ASSET OPTIMIZATION—1: Real-time data, models optimize complex production off Trinidad

    May 4, 2009
    BP Trinidad & Tobago (BPTT) has leveraged real-time data with engineering models to manage a complex gas offshore production scheme.
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    LPG Markets

    US propane inventories—FOURTH QUARTER 2008–FIRST QUARTER 2009: Economic turmoil pushes propane supply to season-ending surplus

    May 4, 2009
    Weather is always an important influence on propane supply-demand trends during the winter heating season, but the financial crisis and ensuing economic recession had substantial...
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    Exploration & Development

    Special Report: Su Tu Vang project overcomes tough construction environment

    May 4, 2009
    The successful Su Tu Vang (Golden Lion) project off Vietnam demonstrates that even during periods of tough industry conditions companies can bring on stream well planned and properly...

    More content from Volume 107, Issue 17

    Companies

    Eagle Ford viewed among top US shale gas plays

    May 4, 2009
    Formation characteristics from two of its first five wells indicate that the Cretaceous Eagle Ford shale in LaSalle and McMullen counties of South Texas “is one of the highest...
    Exploration & Development

    Peru inks 13 exploration agreements with IOCs

    May 4, 2009
    Peru’s state-owned Perupetro, recovering from earlier scandals connected with the awarding of exploration licenses, has signed 13 new contracts valued at $650 million with international...
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    Exploration & Development

    Afghanistan blocks offer unproduced discoveries

    May 4, 2009
    Afghanistan’s Ministry of Mines is launching a bid round of three blocks in the lightly explored Afghan-Tajik and Amu Darya basins.
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    Advertisers Index

    May 4, 2009
    ABS America American Bureau of Shipping ……… [email protected] ……… www.anp.gov.brAir France ……… www.airfrance.comAlliance Engineering, Inc. ……… www.alliance-engineering...
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    Shock in Canada: Alberta not worst on environment

    May 4, 2009
    In Canada, calling Alberta green—even brownish green—can cause a ruckus.
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    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    May 4, 2009
    ENERTAG Inc.,a subsidiary of ENERTAG SAS, Meudon La Foret, France, has expanded its operations by opening an office in Houston. Oleg-Serguei Schkoda, CEO of both entities, hired...
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    Production Operations

    Special Report: One-call system addresses offshore damage prevention

    May 4, 2009
    A new Gulf of Mexico offshore damage prevention and notification “one-call” system, operating in conjunction with existing onshore systems, offers a cost-effective means of preventing...
    Economics & Markets

    Tax hike sends wrong signal

    May 4, 2009
    The push by consumer nations for lower oil prices to help spark an economic recovery may be undermined when crude-producing nations see those governments take advantage of oil...
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    LPG Markets

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    May 4, 2009
    The Steel-Trak Model 640S immersible thermal mass flowmeter now comes in a special high-temperature option capable of trouble-free operation in process temperatures as high as...
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    Learning languages

    May 4, 2009
    The names of oil and gas fields offer a way for Anglophones to acquire some non-English vocabulary.
    Exploration & Development

    Watching The World: Argentina, UK eye Falklands oil

    May 4, 2009
    The Falkland Islands are in the news again, a matter of interest to the oil and gas industry given the reserves under the region’s waters, estimated at 18 billion bbl.
    LNG

    LNG supply, fuel competition pose major concerns in US

    May 4, 2009
    How US markets will accommodate the impending flood of LNG continues to puzzle industry observers.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    COMMENT: Oil work can be part of US-Cuban rapprochement

    May 4, 2009
    Two thirds of Cuba’s petroleum demand currently relies on imports, and Venezuela is the single source of these imports under heavily subsidized payment terms.
    Government

    Watching Government: Gingrich is a late, eloquent addition

    May 4, 2009
    He was not originally scheduled to testify. Then the US House Energy and Commerce Committee announced former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) would follow former Vice-President Al...
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    OGJ Newsletter

    May 4, 2009
    General Interest — Quick TakesEx-Im Bank approves $900 million in loans to PemexThe US Export-Import Bank has approved $900 million worth of 10-year direct loans to Mexico’s state...
    Production Operations

    EPA asked to set new drillsite discharge standards

    May 4, 2009
    Activist organizations are urging the US Environmental Protection Agency to expand regulation of wastewater discharges from the oil and gas drilling industry to cover a host of...
    Government

    Cavaney: Cap-and-trade proposal would hit refiners hard

    May 4, 2009
    Refiners will be hit harder than other US manufacturers under proposed cap-and-trade legislation, a ConocoPhillips official told the US House Energy and Commerce Committee.
    HSE

    Editorial: Dollars and energy

    May 4, 2009
    Because the US government plans to spend heavily on energy over the next decade, taxpayers have reason to wonder what they’ll get for their money.
    Government

    Changes likely as cap-and-trade legislation moves through US House

    May 4, 2009
    US House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) planned to mark up cap-and-trade legislation the week of May 11 when he and Rep. Edward J. Markey (D...