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  • Volume 107, Issue 18

    • Volume 107, Issue 18

    HSE

    Brazil announces ‘two-pronged’ energy policy

    May 11, 2009
    The Brazilian government announced plans to overhaul the country’s energy basket with more emphasis on renewable resources, even as it continues with oil and natural gas development...
    Exploration & Development

    Costa Rica nixes exploration; wants Chinese refinery

    May 11, 2009
    Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, reversing earlier statements of his own government, has declared his opposition to any oil and gas exploration in his country, recently described...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    ASSET OPTIMIZATION— Conclusion: Scenarios validate, optimize process

    May 11, 2009
    In implementing its field production optimization tool, BP Trinidad & Tobago (BPTT) ran scenarios for tuning, validating, and calibrating the models, as well as multiple optimization...
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    Production Operations

    Process developed for enhanced H2S recovery from sour-water strippers

    May 11, 2009
    Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. has developed a process for enhanced recovery of H2S from sour water of refinery hydrotreaters.
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    General Interest

    Special Report: 40th OTC highlights world economy, energy policy, and environment

    May 11, 2009
    The oil and gas industry continues to develop new technologies to explore for, develop, and produce the energy resources needed for growing global demand.

    More content from Volume 107, Issue 18

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    Advertisers Index

    May 11, 2009
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    HSE

    ‘Pollutant’s’ new meaning threatens hydrogen vehicles

    May 11, 2009
    If applied consistently, the logic that treats carbon dioxide as air pollution would end whatever hope remains for hydrogen-powered vehicles.
    Exploration & Development

    Producers wary as Colorado oil, gas rules become law

    May 11, 2009
    Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter Jr. said that new oil and gas regulations would allow the industry to grow in a sustainable way compatible with the state’s economy as he signed them...
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    New Plants

    Oblique shaft construction offers alternative for slope crossings

    May 11, 2009
    Using an oblique shaft to cross slopes in pipeline construction can protect the environment, overcome difficulties related to slope stability, and save construction costs.
    Th Services Suppliers 01
    IOR/EOR

    Services/Suppliers

    May 11, 2009
    IDS,Kuala Lumpur, has appointed Douwe Franssens to the newly created position of general manager, IDS Group. His initial focus will be Northern Hemisphere operations. FranssensClick...
    Drilling & Production

    Possible shift in gas fundamentals

    May 11, 2009
    Analysts at Pritchard Capital Partners LLC in New Orleans reported a pending shift in the bearish fundamentals of the natural gas market with US production expected to drop because...
    Th Equip Soft Liter 01
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    May 11, 2009
    Updated well planning, drilling engineering applicationSysdrill 2009 is an updated well planning and drilling engineering application. The 2009 version promises tighter integration...
    Th Ogj Newsletter 01
    Exploration & Development

    OGJ Newsletter

    May 11, 2009
    General Interest — Quick TakesWork begins on Calabar Energy City in NigeriaWork has begun to create an energy city in Calabar, Nigeria, that will allow oil companies to fabricate...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Editorial: A biodiesel trade fight

    May 11, 2009
    The US has evoked trade retaliation from Europe with a program most Americans would be shocked to learn involved international commerce.
    Production Operations

    Where’s the bottom?

    May 11, 2009
    Everyone in the oil business wants to know when the market will reach bottom. The normal answer would be that the oil market reaches bottom when oil prices quit falling.
    Companies

    Special Report: OTC Spotlight on Technology recognizes 14 technologies

    May 11, 2009
    The 2009 Offshore Technology Conference in its Spotlight on New Technology awards recognized 14 innovations that provide benefits beyond existing technologies.
    HSE

    Scotland identifies potential UK North Sea CCS sites

    May 11, 2009
    The UK North Sea could hold millions of tonnes of carbon emissions in saline aquifers and depleted oil and gas fields, but government must support carbon capture and storage (...
    Refining

    Watching Government: Iran’s trade sanctions

    May 11, 2009
    UStrade sanctions have applied to Iran since 1996. One goal of denying that country’s national oil company access to American goods, services, and technology has been to punish...
    Discoveries

    Watching The World: Alberta’s premier visits OPEC

    May 11, 2009
    Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach has the interests of his province’s oil and gas industry very much at heart.
    Government

    House members revive bill to expand OCS activity

    May 11, 2009
    US House members who tried to legislatively repeal offshore drilling bans in previous sessions introduced a bill on May 4 to restore a 5-year Outer Continental Shelf plan, which...
    HSE

    KPMG: Executives doubt energy independence by 2030

    May 11, 2009
    Despite the emphasis on alternative energy sources in current and proposed government energy policies, the US cannot attain energy independence by 2030, said a majority of oil...
    Production Operations

    UK chancellor offers incentives for challenging fields

    May 11, 2009
    Operators focused on small and challenging projects in the UK North Sea that are offered investment incentives by Chancellor Alastair Darling in his 2009 budget to unlock 2 billion...