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  • Volume 107, Issue 39

    • Volume 107, Issue 39

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    Tests gauge LED sensors for fuel-dye measurements

    Oct. 19, 2009
    Certain classes of diesel fuel are dyed red under regulations of the US Environmental Protection Agency and Internal Revenue Service.
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    API: US drilling up, but still below year ago

    Oct. 19, 2009
    US oil and gas drilling activity rebounded somewhat from the previous 3-month period during 2009's third quarter but remained substantially lower than the comparable 2008 period...
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    Pemex confirms review of work in Chicontepec region

    Oct. 19, 2009
    Responding to earlier media reports, Mexico's state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) confirmed it is reviewing performance in the Chicontepec oil region, but is not suspending...
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    Papua New Guinea explorers eye deepwater play in Coral Sea

    Oct. 19, 2009
    Papua New Guinea has a well established oil and gas production region in the Highlands area of the country.
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    New plays emerge, although environmental issues arise

    Oct. 19, 2009
    New shale plays continue to emerge in North America and elsewhere, but issues related to the environment and land will affect commercial shale development.

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    Advertisers Index

    Oct. 19, 2009
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    Tradeoff on climate bill might fracture oil and gas industry

    Oct. 19, 2009
    Compromise forming around climate-change legislation in the US Senate promises despair for the oil and gas industry.
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    Services/Suppliers

    Oct. 19, 2009
    Boulogne-Billancourt, France, has agreed to acquire Dubai-based DPAL FZCO from the Soconord Group.
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    EIA adopts new methodology

    Oct. 19, 2009
    The US Energy Information Administration has adopted a new methodology to show high and low ranges in forecasts of oil and natural gas prices, as revealed in the October issue...
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Oct. 19, 2009
    The CARBONTRACKER gas metering system is a new development in reservoir characterization for tight gas, underbalanced drilling operations.
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    Europe studies variables of common CCS approach

    Oct. 19, 2009
    A common European approach toward carbon capture and sequestration and toward developing an integrated carbon dioxide transportation network will help address CO2 emissions.
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    Human impact statements

    Oct. 19, 2009
    Nick Snow's Watching Government column entitled "Delivering 'human impact statements'" hit a key issue that has been missing in policymaking in general and certainly in energy...
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    Offshore care on line

    Oct. 19, 2009
    Technology continues to drive innovations in telemedicine—and consequently lower costs—for oil companies and drilling contractors responsible for providing medical care to offshore...
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    Union claims IOC lobbyists pressuring Brazil legislators

    Oct. 19, 2009
    Brazil's largest union of oil workers, the Federacao Unica dos Petroleiros (FUP), claimed international oil companies are pressuring legislators to amend a bill that would extend...
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    Half of Shell's production will be gas by 2012, CEO says

    Oct. 19, 2009
    Oil and natural gas are indispensable in a growing world energy market, and Royal Dutch Shell PLC plans to make gas roughly half of its total production by 2012, its chief executive...
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    Southern Sudan OKs plan for 50,000-b/d refinery

    Oct. 19, 2009
    Even as it faces fresh conflict with its northern rival, the government of Southern Sudan approved plans to build a $2 billion refinery, according to a senior official of the ...
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    IOGCC tackles two key issues

    Oct. 19, 2009
    The Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission agreed with the US Department of Energy's Fossil Fuels Office on Oct. 2 to collaborate on natural gas supply and delivery and climate...
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Oct. 19, 2009
    General Interest — Quick TakesIraq signs oil security pact with BritainIraq's parliament signed an agreement allowing as many as 100 British Royal Navy Trainers to return for ...
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    Turkmenistan cleans house

    Oct. 19, 2009
    Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow recently met with officials to discuss his country's oil and gas industry.
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    Iraqi minister sees 'big leap' coming in oil production

    Oct. 19, 2009
    Following agreement on two new oil service contracts, Iraq's oil minister said he expects his country to increase its oil production to 10-12 million b/d over the next 6 years...
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    Editorial: Mitigating climate change

    Oct. 19, 2009
    The International Energy Agency has performed a service with its detailed comparison of a business-as-usual energy projection with one that assumes a global effort to mitigate...
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    Recommendations offered for withdrawn Utah leases

    Oct. 19, 2009
    The US Bureau of Land Management should lead development of a comprehensive interagency strategy to address energy leasing, development, and related air quality concerns for other...
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    Offshore rig, platform inspections protect personnel, environment

    Oct. 1, 2009
    US Minerals Management Service inspectors conduct field inspections of offshore drilling rigs and production platforms 7 days a week in the Gulf of Mexico, off California, and...