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  • Volume 107, Issue 3

    • Volume 107, Issue 3

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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Special Report: Economic slump to suppress US, worldwide oil use in 2009

    Jan. 19, 2009
    US energy demand this year will shrink along with the economy, but total use of all forms of energy will decline by a smaller margin than during 2008.
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    Drilling & Production

    Special Report: Fewer wells to be drilled in US, Canada in 2009

    Jan. 19, 2009
    Drilling in the US is declining in response to the 2008 oil and gas price collapse and financial crisis in the US, and further drops are expected in the US and Canada in 2009....
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    Drilling Operations

    CNX Gas drills record Marcellus shale well

    Jan. 19, 2009
    Pittsburgh-based CNX Gas Corp., an exploration and production company that has drilled hundreds of coalbed-methane wells in the Appalachian basin, drilled its first horizontal...
    Refining

    Report updates Iran’s refinery project status

    Jan. 19, 2009
    Iran has announced many refining and upgrading projects to increase the supply of transportation fuels. Many of these projects, however, will not proceed due to lack of funding...
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    Reserves

    OIL SHALE—1: US, world possess rich resource base

    Jan. 19, 2009
    Oil shale contains a massive energy resource that potentially can contribute greatly to the world’s energy supply.

    More content from Volume 107, Issue 3

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    Reserves

    IRAQ’S E&D FUTURE—1: Iraq’s oil prospects face political impediments

    Jan. 19, 2009
    Iraq’s proved reserves of 115 billion bbl are housed in some 80 oil fields (Fig. 1).
    Exploration & Development

    Discoveries boost output on Fell Block in Chile

    Jan. 19, 2009
    GeoPark Holdings Ltd., Buenos Aires, said it is completing its $57 million 2008 capital program on the 440,000-acre Fell Block in southern Chile’s Austral basin.
    Home

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    Jan. 19, 2009
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    Reserves

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Jan. 19, 2009
    Here’s an explosionproof-flameproof certified version of the Micro Motion 7835 custody transfer density meter.
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    Tankers

    Conversion, scrapping keep rates firm as demand erodes

    Jan. 19, 2009
    Tanker market earnings for the half-year ended September 2008 firmed 43.7%, accelerating the strength seen in the previous 6 months.
    Home

    In Russia-Ukraine gas row, everyone loses something

    Jan. 19, 2009
    The new gas-price showdown between Russia and Ukraine is a complex affair in which all parties lose.
    Economics & Markets

    Market rally remains ‘elusive’

    Jan. 19, 2009
    A sustained rally in oil and gas commodity prices “will be elusive” as markets search for a self-supporting recovery and a reduction in asset market volatility into 2010, predicted...
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    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    Jan. 19, 2009
    Tulsa, has announced a series of key executive appointments. They are part of a major expansion of the company that includes a 28% overall increase in staff and a relocation to...
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    Home

    Driving habits transformed

    Jan. 19, 2009
    A recent Gallup poll entitled “Despite Cheaper Gas, New Driving Habits Sticking” caught this editor’s eye.
    Home

    Hydrogen and thermodynamics

    Jan. 19, 2009
    I daresay that, even as readers of this petroleum-oriented journal, most of us would like to see hydrogen become an economically viable transportation fuel that could supplement...
    Government

    Editorial: Congress lurching leftward

    Jan. 19, 2009
    Concern about a disintegrating economy hasn’t daunted lawmakers who seem determined to force up the costs of energy.
    Reserves

    Petrobras keeping 5-year plan under wraps

    Jan. 19, 2009
    The long-awaited 5-year strategic plan spanning 2009-13 for Brazil’s Petroleo Brasilerio SA (Petrobras)—already delayed several times—will be assessed by the company’s board at...
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    Refining

    OGJ Newsletter

    Jan. 19, 2009
    General Interest — Quick TakesOil, gas equipment sales likely to slow in 2009Global oil and gas equipment sales are expected to be slow for much of 2009 because of the economy...
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    Home

    Mulva: US should pursue comprehensive energy strategy

    Jan. 19, 2009
    Broader economic problems should not keep the US from pursuing comprehensive energy and environmental strategies, according to ConocoPhillips Chief Executive Officer James J. ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    BMI: Indonesian oil production decline to continue

    Jan. 19, 2009
    Indonesia will see a 17.5% decline in oil production by 2018, with the country’s crude volumes falling steadily to 800,000 b/d, according to the most recent Indonesia Oil and ...
    Government

    Appeals court backs earlier Kerr-McGee deepwater ruling

    Jan. 19, 2009
    A federal appeals court affirmed on Jan. 12 a US district court’s ruling that Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp. should not have to pay royalties on eight Gulf of Mexico deepwater leases...
    New Plants

    Costs rise despite economic slowdown, analysts say

    Jan. 19, 2009
    Despite the global recession, construction costs for upstream oil and gas facilities have reached a record high, as have those for the design and construction of refining and ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    NOIA, other trade groups voice support for leasing off Virginia

    Jan. 19, 2009
    The National Ocean Industries Association and seven other industry trade groups issued a statement supporting the US Mineral Management Service’s formal solicitation of comments...
    IOR/EOR

    Watching Government: GAO report sees duplications

    Jan. 19, 2009
    The US Department of Energy should formally assess whether its oil and gas research and development projects would not have occurred without federal funding, the Government Accountabili...
    Reserves

    USAEE: US economic growth likely to be slight in 2009

    Jan. 19, 2009
    The faltering economy and its effects on oil and gas production were among the main topics discussed at the December North American conference of the US Association for Energy...
    New Plants

    Watching The World: Panama popping with possibility

    Jan. 19, 2009
    Panama has been out of the news for a while, but the oil and gas industry has plans for the place, and those plans are moving ahead smartly.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    INGAA: Wider economic pressures could hamper gas pipeline financing

    Jan. 19, 2009
    While US natural gas pipelines remain financially strong, broader economic conditions could challenge their ability to raise money to expand and maintain their systems, the Interstate...