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    General Interest — Quick TakesConocoPhillips asks to amend propane agreementConocoPhillips Co. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission for approval to amend its propane supply...
    Aug. 10, 2009
    The folly of governmental fuel choice is playing out vividly in the shadowed margins of fiscal politics. Hydrogen, everyone’s favorite vehicle fuel a few years ago, has fallen...
    Aug. 10, 2009
    The United Steelworkers (USW) has withdrawn from talks on refinery safety standards with the American Petroleum Institute and the oil industry.
    Aug. 10, 2009
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    Russia has historically exported medium sour crude, but over the next decade there will be more than a 2 million b/d increase in light sweet exports.
    Aug. 10, 2009
    A new air quality study of eastern Utah’s Uinta basin was released on July 31, not by a government agency or academic researchers but by the Independent Petroleum Association ...
    Aug. 10, 2009
    Ecuador’s state-owned Petroecuador, eyeing an advance payment of $1 billion, has signed an agreement to sell 3 million bbl/month of oil to PetroChina International Co. Ltd. over...
    Aug. 10, 2009
    No one in the oil and gas industry is immune to extravagant allegations, as evidenced by one court case after another.
    Aug. 10, 2009
    The chairmen of two US House committees with commodities regulation oversight have released a concept paper describing how they would like to regulate over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives...
    Aug. 10, 2009
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    The Mexican Competitiveness Institute, known by its acronym IMCO, released in mid-July its 2009 report on the state of the Mexican economy.
    Aug. 10, 2009
    Natural gas hydrates are a potentially significant energy source, but more work needs to be done to determine if they can be economically produced, three experts told a US House...
    Aug. 10, 2009
    Baker Hughes Incorporated...... www.bakerhughes.comFluor www.fluor.com/offshoreIndustrial Rubber, Inc. www.iri-oiltool.comLagcoe www.lagcoe.comM-I Swaco www.miswaco.comOffshore...
    Aug. 10, 2009
    US Minerals Management Service statistics show a total of 2,724 safety incidents were reported during 2005-08 on the Outer Continental Shelf, of which 506 incidents involved lifting...
    Aug. 10, 2009
    Alaska state officials and environmental organizations each claimed victory following a federal appeals court’s clarification late last month that its earlier order vacating the...
    Aug. 10, 2009
    An ethanol advocacy group’s suggestion that an American Petroleum Institute study supports increasing allowable ethanol levels in gasoline to 12% is misleading, the oil industry...
    Aug. 10, 2009
    Clamp-on meter designed for upstream flow operationsActiveSONAR clamp-on sonar meters are specifically designed to address flow rates and heavy schedule piping in upstream operations...
    Aug. 10, 2009
    When oil-company profits surged last year, Congress staged a two-ring circus.
    Aug. 10, 2009
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    Transocean Ltd.,TomaZug, Switzerland, has named Ihab Toma senior vice-president, marketing and planning. Based in Geneva, Toma will be responsible for marketing and planning for...
    Aug. 10, 2009
    The northern portion of the Rocky Mountain region of the US may see more enhanced oil recovery projects as carbon dioxide from new sources becomes available because of concerns...
    Aug. 10, 2009
    A growing market force is floating crude prices above levels justified by the simple fundamentals of supply and demand, said analysts at KBC Market Services, a division of KBC...
    Aug. 10, 2009