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  • Volume 107, Issue 37

    • Volume 107, Issue 37

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    ANGA study cites gas industry's contributions

    Oct. 5, 2009
    The US natural gas industry supports nearly 3 million American jobs, providing a significant positive impact to the general economy, a study commissioned by America's Natural ...
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    Business groups ask House panel to modify chemical plant bill

    Oct. 5, 2009
    Twenty-seven business associations, including seven from the oil and gas industry, expressed concern to leaders of a US House committee on Sept. 28 about three provisions in a...
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    Special Report: Gas Shale—2: Lessons learned help optimize development

    Oct. 5, 2009
    Exploring for resource quality, building advanced technological capability, pursuing improved performance and cost efficiencies, and adopting high-value entry strategies are some...
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    Special Report: Reverse osmosis treatment of CBM produced water continues to evolve

    Oct. 5, 2009
    A comparison of two treatment plant designs shows the evolution of the reverse osmosis process for treating produced water from Powder River basin coalbed methane wells.
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    CYBER SECURITY— Conclusion: SCADA system protection requires independent barriers

    Oct. 5, 2009
    A risk assessment, combined with a vulnerability assessment and threat scenario analysis, specifically identifies cyber vulnerabilities that may require elimination from a pipeline...

    More content from Volume 107, Issue 37

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    Professional ethics

    Oct. 5, 2009
    Most veteran Oil & Gas Journal editors have heard so many industry talks that memory blurs them after only a few years.
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    Advertisers Index

    Oct. 5, 2009
    Baker Hughes Incorporated...... www.bakerhughes.comBUPA International...... www.bupa-intl.comCameron.... www.c-a-m.comCapstone Turbine Corporation.... www.capstoneturbine.comChevron...
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    Services/Suppliers

    Oct. 5, 2009
    Sungard,Wayne, Pa., has named Ben Jackson senior executive vice-president of its new energy and commodities business unit, based in Houston. He succeeds Matt Mandalicini, who ...
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    Horsnell: US policy will shift oil markets

    Oct. 5, 2009
    Commodities market regulation in the US seems to be moving towards higher capital requirements and bureaucratization with relatively little impact on prices in the long run, said...
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    Chevron confronts unreal damages in Ecuadorian lawsuit

    Oct. 5, 2009
    A single fact puts Chevron's legal mess in Ecuador into all the perspective anyone should need.
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Oct. 5, 2009
    New tool for exploration operationsNew Quadro Plex solutions are suited for scalable visualization professionals who interact with 3D models and analyze large volumes of data....
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    Nelson-Farrar Quarterly Costimating: Changes in the indexes for nonmetallic building materials

    Oct. 5, 2009
    How Nelson-Farrar indexes have changed during 2006-08 for selected basically nonmetallic building materials.
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Oct. 5, 2009
    General Interest—Quick TakesArbitration move called 'forum shopping'Lawyers for Ecuadorian plaintiffs in an environmental lawsuit against Chevron Corp. have dismissed the company...
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    Armstrong gauges Williston basin Lodgepole find

    Oct. 5, 2009
    A group led by Armstrong Operating Inc., Dickinson, ND, gauged the Dickinson area's first Mississippian Lodgepole oil discovery since the late 1990s and plans to drill at least...
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    Work flow reveals fault complexity

    Oct. 5, 2009
    An effective quality control work flow using basic fault scaling relationships and distributions can help interrogate mapped prospects or appraised fields.
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    NPRA: Determine impacts before changing RFS

    Oct. 5, 2009
    More time should be taken to determine actual impacts before the US Environmental Protection Agency makes significant changes in the federal renewable fuels standard, the National...
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    Aramco team plots energy savings at Berri gas plant

    Oct. 5, 2009
    An energy-assessment team for Saudi Aramco has systematically analyzed the interaction between process and utility systems at the company's Berri gas plant and identified realistic...
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    Murkowski amendment kept out of EPA appropriation

    Oct. 5, 2009
    US Senate Democrats kept Lisa Murkowski's (R-Alas.) amendment to restrict US Environmental Protection Agency use of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to greenhouse gases for a year out ...
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    Watching The World: Brazil's brave new world

    Oct. 5, 2009
    Brazil's oil and gas industry is looking at some highly significant changes following what officials call the world's largest oil discovery in 30 years—the famed presalt layer...
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    Human rights lawsuits: mitigating a new threat

    Oct. 5, 2009
    Over the past decade, lawsuits have proliferated in US courts alleging human rights abuses against multinational companies.
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    NGC prefers full fuel cycle approach to costs

    Oct. 5, 2009
    Members of the Natural Gas Council would like the administration of US President Barack Obama to adopt a full fuel cycle approach to keep energy costs low and reduce emissions...
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    Observers question strategy of raising taxes on oil, gas

    Oct. 5, 2009
    A strategy that diverts federal tax incentives from domestic oil and gas to renewable and alternative energy would quickly increase oil and gas imports, industry observers warned...
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    NPC to study transport fuels, oil and gas resources

    Oct. 5, 2009
    US Energy Secretary Steven Chu would like the National Petroleum Council to conduct studies on future transportation fuels and on prudent development of North American oil and...
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    Watching Government: California's carbon fee

    Oct. 5, 2009
    As federal lawmakers discussed the mechanics of a proposed federal greenhouse gas emissions control program, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) imposed the nation's first...
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    Editorial: Confusion over subsidies

    Oct. 5, 2009
    US President Barack Obama summoned the oil and gas industry to two tasks when he called last month for an end to subsidies for fossil energy.
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    Boxer-Kerry climate bill arrives amid praise, criticism

    Oct. 5, 2009
    The US Senate's latest effort to address global climate change emerged after several weeks of anticipation as Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) introduced their...