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  • Volume 107, Issue 23

    • Volume 107, Issue 23

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    CSIS: Independents affected most by global recession

    June 15, 2009
    Independent oil and gas producers that rely heavily on cashflow face bigger financing challenges than major or national oil companies as the global recession depresses oil and...
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    Special Report: European refiners challenged during declining gasoline, diesel markets

    June 15, 2009
    The past year has been a challenging one for the European refining industry, particularly because of the drastic fluctuations of world oil prices.
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    Gulf of Mexico structure removal costs examined

    June 15, 2009
    A study examined structure removal costs in the Gulf of Mexico for operations performed by TETRA Technologies Inc.
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    Refining

    Special Report: New environmental challenges to test European refiners’ flexibility, resources

    June 15, 2009
    European refiners have enjoyed a short period of extremely good profitability caused by a tightening of refining capacity in the Atlantic Basin.
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    Alaskan officials respond to Begich comment on gas line

    June 15, 2009
    Alaskan officials defended the state’s plan to build a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Alberta after US Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alas.) said the Obama administration is...

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    EnCana banking heavily on unconventional gas, oil

    June 15, 2009
    Unconventional gas and oil plays represent the future for EnCana Corp. and the North American oil and gas industry, EnCana said May 27.
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    Advertisers Index

    June 15, 2009
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    Shale gas acreage, European database draw interest

    June 15, 2009
    Companies are seeking permits for shale gas prospects in southeast France in Languedoc Roussillon, the Cevennes mountains region, and the Savoie area near the Swiss border.
    Discoveries

    Oil sands attack lifts doubt about activists’ motives

    June 15, 2009
    A stepped-up attack on the Canadian oil sands strengthens doubt about the motives of environmental activists.
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    ‘Goldilocks range’ of prices

    June 15, 2009
    Top producers—especially key members of the Organization of Petroleum Countries—seek a “Goldilocks range” of crude prices, “neither too hot nor too cold for both producers and...
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    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    June 15, 2009
    Transocean Ltd.,RosaClick here to enlarge imageZug, Switzerland, has named Richard H. Rosa senior vice-president and CFO effective Sept. 1. He will be based in Geneva and will...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Study outlines method for managing unexpected liquids

    June 15, 2009
    Preventing hydrate formation when wet gas is introduced to a trunkline designed for dry service requires a combination of careful modeling and diligent operation.
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    Drilling & Production

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    June 15, 2009
    New offshore drilling power moduleHere’s the new QSK60 offshore drilling power module.It’s rated at 1,855 hp at 1,200 rpm with a 10% overload capability and is integrated with...
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    Companies ramp up Bakken participation

    June 15, 2009
    Several companies increased ownership in North Dakota Bakken well and production interests under an existing joint venture with Slawson Exploration Co., private Denver operator...
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    ‘No regret’ warming solutions

    June 15, 2009
    Global warming is a reality, but many proposed solutions would be “much more costly to society than the danger it seeks to avert,” according to a June report by National Center...
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    Trinidad eyes gas pipeline extension to Barbados

    June 15, 2009
    Even as it proceeds with plans to spend upwards of $155 million to construct a natural gas pipeline to its sister island of Tobago, Trinidad says it is still considering an extension...
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    Analyst takes bullish view of natural gas, LNG

    June 15, 2009
    Research analysts with Calgary-based Tristone Capital Inc. are optimistic on the outlook for natural gas beginning in the second half of 2009 and foresee a possible US gas supply...
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    Watching Government: Calls for calm amid hyperbole

    June 15, 2009
    US Rep. Martin T. Heinrich (D-NM) tried to cool things off when he was finally recognized at the House Natural Resources Committee’s Energy and Mineral Resources subcommittee ...
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    Exploration & Development

    OGJ Newsletter

    June 15, 2009
    General Interest — Quick TakesBill would reverse oil shale program revisionUS Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) has introduced a bill to restore the Bush administration’s oil shale ...
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    APPEA: Pluto, Wheatstone fields to be developed separately

    June 15, 2009
    Woodside Petroleum Ltd. and Chevron Australia Pty. Ltd. are likely to develop their respective Pluto and Wheatstone gas field-LNG projects as separate entities and compete for...
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    House Republicans offer ‘all of the above’ energy bill

    June 15, 2009
    US House Republicans introduced an energy bill on June 10 that they said takes a more realistic approach than proposed carbon cap-and-trade legislation.
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    Study finds US production would dip under hydraulic fracturing bill

    June 15, 2009
    US oil and gas production would drop 20.5% over 5 years if federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing becomes law, the American Petroleum Institute said on June 9 as it released...
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    Editorial: Where feds shouldn’t stray

    June 15, 2009
    For the push to impose federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing, three possible motivations exist: The practice exposes subsurface sources of drinking water to risk and therefore...
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    Watching The World: Hara-kiri Venezuela style

    June 15, 2009
    The oil and gas industry will not be surprised to learn that resurgent nationalism is killing Venezuela.
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    Venezuela seizes gas compression plants, faces union unrest

    June 15, 2009
    Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) is continuing to nationalize oil field service companies in the country, with Houston-based...
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    API, NPRA ask EPA to consider delay of RFS-2 implementation

    June 15, 2009
    Two leading US oil industry trade associations asked the US Environmental Protection Agency on June 9 to consider delaying for a year the implementation of the new renewable fuel...
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    CBO says HR 2454 would add $846 billion in taxes

    June 15, 2009
    A US House bill that would introduce a domestic carbon emissions cap-and-trade program would cost $846 billion in new taxes, the Congressional Budget Office said on June 5.