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    Discoveries

    GUIDE TO WORLD CRUDES: Statoil assays Volve crude

    Jan. 26, 2009
    StatoilHydro has conducted a crude assay for its Volve field, which lies 200 km west of Stavanger (Fig. 1).
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    Oil Shale —2: New approaches overcome past technical issues

    Jan. 26, 2009
    Building on past lessons in the US and successful efforts in Estonia, China, and Brazil, developers of oil shale technology are defining, testing, and demonstrating new approaches...
    Government

    Obama puts Chavez on watch

    Jan. 26, 2009
    If anyone in the oil and gas industry imagined the administration of US President Barack H. Obama would be soft on Venezuela, they will have to readjust their imaginings.
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    Unconventional resources to keep pivotal supply role

    Jan. 26, 2009
    For the past several years, leading major oil companies and independent producers have believed unconventional resources to be key elements of future energy supply.
    Companies

    COMPANY NEWS: LyondellBasell Industries files Chapter 11 bankruptcy

    Jan. 26, 2009
    LyondellBasell Industries has filed for reorganizational bankruptcy for its US operations and Basell Germany Holdings.

    More content from Volume 107, Issue 4

    Reserves

    Watching Government: BLM’s Utah plans

    Jan. 26, 2009
    Organizations opposing the US Bureau of Land Management’s latest Utah oil and gas lease sale were elated when a federal district court judge issued a temporary restraining order...
    Government

    MMS to publish initial 2010-15 OCS leasing draft

    Jan. 26, 2009
    The US Minerals Management Service on Jan. 16 announced a draft of the proposed 2010-15 US Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program and preliminary plans for an Atlantic...
    Government

    Groups sue BLM over New Mexico oil, gas operations

    Jan. 26, 2009
    The Western Environmental Law Center and other groups filed a lawsuit against the US Bureau of Land Management, claiming the agency violated federal law in granting oil and gas...
    Companies

    Oil companies focus on liquidity, efficiency, analysts say

    Jan. 26, 2009
    Oil and gas companies report that their immediate focus is on maintaining liquidity and promoting operational efficiency in preparation for an eventual economic upswing, consultants...
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    LNG

    OGJ Newsletter

    Jan. 26, 2009
    General Interest — Quick TakesMarcellus coming of age, says Range ResourcesThe initial rate averaged 7.3 MMcfd of gas equivalent for 10 horizontal Devonian Marcellus shale wells...
    Government

    Editorial: Risky loans and ethanol

    Jan. 26, 2009
    Before making any more fuel choices, Congress and the new administration of Barack Obama should compare a past governmental foray into the energy market with the mortgage industry...
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    New Caspian oil production will bypass Russian transport

    Jan. 26, 2009
    Most of the Caspian region’s new oil production will be transported to international markets via pipelines in Azerbaijan and Georgia, reducing Russia’s share of the regional oil...
    Government

    Senate confirms Salazar, Chu as DOI, DOE secretaries

    Jan. 26, 2009
    The US Senate confirmed Ken Salazar’s nomination as Interior secretary and Steven Chu’s nomination as Energy secretary on Jan. 20.
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    Gas Processing

    IEA slashes 1 million b/d from 2009 oil demand outlook

    Jan. 26, 2009
    In its most recent monthly Oil Market Report (OMR), the International Energy Agency slashed its oil demand outlook for 2009, and updated its demand figures for the fourth quarter...
    Exploration & Development

    Federal judge blocks oil and gas leases in Utah

    Jan. 26, 2009
    The Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States expressed disappointment that a federal judge blocked the US Bureau of Land Management from issuing oil and gas leases...
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    Obama’s energy, environment strategies to be ‘mixed bag’

    Jan. 26, 2009
    As Barack H. Obama was sworn in Jan. 20 as the 44th US president, his administration announced an energy and environment program with provisions directly affecting the oil and...
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    Personnel Moves and Promotions: Apache founder, longtime chairman retires

    Jan. 26, 2009
    Raymond Plank, founder and longtime chairman of Apache Corp., Houston, retired Jan. 15 after 54 years with the firm that he grew from a pioneer public drilling program to one ...
    Petrochemicals

    Petrobras to present 5-year strategic plan to investors

    Jan. 26, 2009
    Brazil’s Petroleo Brasilerio SA (Petrobras), pending approval of its board, will present its latest 5-year strategic plan to investors and analysts on Jan. 26, the company said...
    LNG

    WoodMac: N. America to import more LNG

    Jan. 26, 2009
    Imports of LNG into North America are set to increase to 4.2 bcfd in 2014 from 1.7 bcfd in 2009, according to a report by consultants Wood Mackenzie Ltd.
    IOR/EOR

    A peek inside OGJ news

    Jan. 26, 2009
    Oil & Gas Journal editors supply the latest industry news, statistical studies, special reports, and technical information to the oil and gas industry through its weekly print...
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    The warming joust

    Jan. 26, 2009
    Regarding your editorial entitled “Obama and climate change,” thank you for a bit of sanity (OGJ, Dec. 8 2008, p. 24)!
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    Jan. 26, 2009
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    Exploration & Development

    Iraq’s E&D Future —2 Impediments abound to exploiting Iraq’s vast petroleum resource

    Jan. 26, 2009
    The traditional go-slow approach of the Iraq Petroleum Co. and its associated companies, its ability to shift exploration and production to where it best served its interests ...
    Refining

    ‘Vicious’ loop in oil market

    Jan. 26, 2009
    Escalating oil inventories have filled most storage at the Cushing, Okla., primary delivery point, undermining US crude prices to the point West Texas Intermediate is “about as...
    Companies

    TV show targets wrong element of ’08 oil price leap

    Jan. 26, 2009
    An “investigation” by a popular US television news show has uncovered information about oil prices that anyone familiar with the market knew months ago.