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  • Volume 107, Issue 44

    • Volume 107, Issue 44

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    CO2 INJECTION—Conclusion: Multiple tasks finalize Weyburn CO2 injection modifications

    Nov. 23, 2009
    Modifications to the Weyburn CO2 injection scheme required a detailed engineering approach followed by construction work carried out by multiple companies.
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    REFINERY GASES—1: Hydrogen, nitrogen assist compliance with new, tougher environmental regs

    Nov. 23, 2009
    Refineries primarily process crude oil into motor and heating fuels, although other products can be made.
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    DRILLING MARKET FOCUS: Drilling outlook stabilizes as world economy rebounds

    Nov. 23, 2009
    The fundamental outlook for the global drilling market gained strength during October, driven by improving crude oil prices amid signs of an economic recovery throughout much ...
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    Oil, gas supply trends point to tight spots, higher prices

    Nov. 23, 2009
    At the beginning of the millennium oil prices were $27/bbl and essentially remained at this level through 2003.
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    Watching The World: Brunei assures Japan

    Nov. 23, 2009
    Japan's oil and gas industry got a bit of assurance from Brunei after learning it will receive stable long-term supplies of LNG from the sultanate.

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    Study: Waxman-Markey bill costly to US refiners

    Nov. 23, 2009
    Economic consequences to the US refining industry of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), H.R. 2454, also known as the Waxman-Markey (W-M) energy and climate bill...
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    GOP members ask DOI to improve categorical exclusions

    Nov. 23, 2009
    Four US House Republicans urged US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to improve, instead of jettison, categorical exclusions in response to a recent Government Accountability Office...
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    NPRA outlines problems in EPA's proposed GHG rule

    Nov. 23, 2009
    A proposed greenhouse-gas tailoring rule for large industrial facilities could cause more problems than it solves, a National Petrochemical & Refiners Association official told...
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    Salazar: Businesses, entrepreneurs critical to energy future

    Nov. 23, 2009
    Businesses and entrepreneurs will need to play a critical part if the US is to create a cleaner energy economy, US Interior Sec. Ken Salazar told a North Dakota audience.
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    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: Ivanhoe Energy Canada appoints president, CEO

    Nov. 23, 2009
    Ivanhoe Energy Inc., Calgary, has appointed David Dyck as president and chief executive officer of its Canadian subsidiary, Ivanhoe Energy Canada Inc.
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    COMPANY NEWS: Devon to divest noncore assets; focus on N. America

    Nov. 23, 2009
    Devon Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, plans to divest its Gulf of Mexico and international assets in a move toward focusing on high-growth US and Canadian onshore assets, the company...
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    OPEC: World oil demand to rise slightly in 2010

    Nov. 23, 2009
    The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries reported that the world's economic recovery will drive global oil demand to 85.07 million b/d in 2010, an increase of 0.9%.
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    Bingaman joins Barrasso in CCS bill to offer R&D prize

    Nov. 23, 2009
    Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) has joined US Sen. John A. Barrasso (R-Wyo.) in proposing a government prize to encourage scientific...
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    Editorial: Interior's damaging overhaul

    Nov. 23, 2009
    US Interior Sec. Ken Salazar often portrays his approach to oil and gas leasing as repair of damage inflicted by the administration of George W. Bush.
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    Shorter lease terms proposed for central gulf sale

    Nov. 23, 2009
    The US Minerals Management Service's next Central Gulf of Mexico lease sale on Mar. 17, 2010, will include a shorter initial lease term for blocks in 400-1,600 m of water, US ...
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    Watching Government: Cantwell's basic question

    Nov. 23, 2009
    US Sen. Maria E. Cantwell (D-Wash.) probably recognized that the bill she introduced on Nov. 10 with Ronald L. Wyden (D-Ore.) and Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.) has little chance of ...
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    IPAMS chides Congresswoman for letter about fracing

    Nov. 23, 2009
    The Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States has asked US Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) to stop spreading misinformation in a letter to other members of Congress about...
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    Special Report: Coal seam oxidation leads to CP failure, pipeline corrosion

    Nov. 23, 2009
    Coal seam oxidation under wet, high-temperature conditions caused accelerated external corrosion of a buried carbon steel natural gas flowline despite application of impressed...
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    Special Report: New launching technology increases pigging efficiency

    Nov. 23, 2009
    A new technology allows multiple pig launching with existing pipeline equipment.
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Nov. 23, 2009
    General Interest— Quick TakesEPA publishes regs on oil-spill rule amendmentsThe US Environmental Protection Agency published a final regulation on Nov. 10 that amends certain ...
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    'Genned' by the wind

    Nov. 23, 2009
    What fluctuates faster than crude prices in a nervous market? Apparently the RPMs of wind turbines powered by the whims of Mother Nature.
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    Crude trades in tight price range

    Nov. 23, 2009
    After trading over a fairly tight range for more than 4 months on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the front-month crude contract finally broke through to the upside only to ...
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    Nov. 23, 2009
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    Gas-lift valve testing

    Nov. 23, 2009
    This letter refers to an article by Zotan Turzo and Gabor Takacs entitled "CFD techniques determine gas-lift valve behavior" (OGJ, June 8, 2009, p. 46).
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    Credibility claim shows low quality of climate debate

    Nov. 23, 2009
    Everything wrong about debate over climate change congealed in a single sentence at a Senate Finance Committee hearing Nov. 10.