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  • Volume 107, Issue 43

    • Volume 107, Issue 43

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    CO2 INJECTION—1: Restaged CO2 compressors, new pumps remove bottleneck at Weyburn

    Nov. 16, 2009
    The restaging of CO2 compressors and installation of injection pumps removed the bottleneck caused by the lack of reinjection compression capacity for the produced recycled gas...
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    Offshore pipelay vessels grow in strength, number

    Nov. 16, 2009
    The need to continue developing offshore oil and gas resources has kept strength in demand for offshore pipelay and construction vessels.
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    Special Report: Construction survey shows delay in completion dates

    Nov. 16, 2009
    Oil & Gas Journal's semiannual Worldwide Construction Update shows a decline in construction activity compared with the previous edition of the update (OGJ, Apr. 6, 2009, p. 22...
    Government

    Editorial: The reckless IST mandate

    Nov. 16, 2009
    The 111th Congress has shown yet again a dangerous urge to govern before thinking.
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    Senate panel considers climate change bill's impacts

    Nov. 16, 2009
    Days after one US Senate committee approved a climate change bill with a carbon cap-and-trade program, the chairman of another convened a hearing to examine the possible economic...

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    Study: Cooperation key to growth in oil sands supply

    Nov. 16, 2009
    Although the oil sands industry will continue to develop in Alberta despite the jolt it received when oil prices plunged last year, total Canadian oil exports to the US face constraints...
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    House passes chemical security bill; provision intact

    Nov. 16, 2009
    The US House approved a chemical and water security bill with a provision requiring inherently safer technology (IST) by a vote of 230 to 193 on Nov. 6, despite objections from...
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    IPAA advocates fact-based hydraulic fracturing study

    Nov. 16, 2009
    The Independent Petroleum Association of America will work to ensure that an upcoming study on hydraulic fracturing is scientific, based on facts, and includes input from the ...
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    Watching Government: EIA forecast mentions rebound

    Nov. 16, 2009
    Economists are generally hesitant about using "r" words. Many waited a year ago before admitting that the world had entered a recession. They're equally cautious now about any...
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    IEA: Recession lowers global energy outlook to 2030

    Nov. 16, 2009
    In its 2009 World Energy Outlook (WEO), the International Energy Agency projects in its reference scenario that global energy demand will climb 40% between 2007 and 2030, and ...
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    Gabon to launch 40-block licensing round

    Nov. 16, 2009
    Gabon will launch an oil licensing round for more than 40 blocks from two of its deepwater basins in May 2010, according to an official at CGGVeritas.
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    Final institute report refines, forecasts cyber-security issues

    Nov. 16, 2009
    This article follows a 2006 article that introduced the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P) and presented initial research findings and industry perspectives...
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    WILLISTON WAULSORTIAN MOUNDS—2: Geochemical innovations point to vast Lodgepole oil expanse

    Nov. 16, 2009
    New technologies reveal that Lodgepole reef oil discoveries near Dickinson, ND, may be part of a supergiant oil field that covers a much larger area of the Williston basin.
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    FACTS: Abu Dhabi needs gas for domestic market

    Nov. 16, 2009
    Abu Dhabi currently imports 740 MMscfd of natural gas from Qatar via the Dolphin Pipeline and likely would buy more if the Qatari gas moratorium were lifted, according to FACTS...
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    Watching The World: Setback in Ireland

    Nov. 16, 2009
    Ireland's planning authority, An Bord Pleanala, has told Royal Dutch Shell PLC it is dissatisfied about the level of risk posed by the planned Corrib gas pipeline.
    Refining

    Spending clunkers cash

    Nov. 16, 2009
    The US government's $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, designed to put more fuel-efficient vehicles on the road, mainly involved deals that swapped used, full-size pickups ...
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    Exploration & Development

    OGJ Newsletter

    Nov. 16, 2009
    General Interest — Quick TakesEPA directs Texaco to resume Superfund cleanupThe US Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Texaco Inc., which Chevron Corp. acquired in 2001...
    Exploration & Development

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Nov. 16, 2009
    New geologic interpretation tool for upstream operationsStratEarth 2009 is a new upstream program designed to bridge the gap between seismic and geological interpretation.Offered...
    Companies

    Shrinking to grow: Is Conoco plan a model for industry?

    Nov. 16, 2009
    Although one company doesn't represent a whole industry, a shrink-to-grow strategy adopted by ConocoPhillips illustrates pressures on the biggest operators in a world of shrinking...
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    Services/Suppliers

    Nov. 16, 2009
    CGGVeritas,Paris, has named Jean-Georges Malcor CEO effective July 1, 2010. In connection with the appointment, CGGVeritas will separate the chairman and CEO functions on that...
    New Plants

    DB: Markets are between recessions

    Nov. 16, 2009
    The recession appears to have ended in June, "although not officially declared yet," said analysts with Deutsche Bank AG, London.
    Government

    Focus on jobs

    Nov. 16, 2009
    One of the unfortunate characteristics of the oil and gas industry is its unwillingness to estimate the impact of government actions in terms that the public can relate to.
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    Nov. 16, 2009
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