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  • Volume 107, Issue 46

    • Volume 107, Issue 46

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    Watching The World: Low wattage at PDVSA?

    Dec. 14, 2009
    Here's a first for the oil and gas industry: Venezuela's state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) plans to launch the country's first plant to produce energy-saving light...
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    IHS CERA says upstream cost decline flattening

    Dec. 14, 2009
    Upstream cost declines evident in the first half of the year appear to be flattening, reports IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates.
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    Upgrade optimizes Weyburn tank vapor recovery, pressure relief

    Dec. 14, 2009
    An upgrade of the Weyburn tank battery vapor-recovery system eliminated the problem of the tank pressure and vacuum relief valves (PVRVs) venting to the atmosphere.
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    GULF MARGINAL PRODUCTION—2: Model identifies marginal structures, future output

    Dec. 14, 2009
    All producing properties are unique and have costs and benefits specific to each stage of its life cycle.
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    Special Report: Canada looks to shales for boost to gas supply

    Dec. 14, 2009
    Natural gas from shale formations represents a potentially crucial source of supply growth in Canada, where production from conventional reservoirs is declining in a trend likely...

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    Self-resonated jet technology improves cavern construction

    Dec. 14, 2009
    Using a self-resonated cavitation jet can increase the salt dissolution rate and improve the efficiency of natural gas storage cavern construction, particularly in bedded (vs....
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    Advertisers Index

    Dec. 14, 2009
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    Responses reveal more than e-mails in 'Climategate'

    Dec. 14, 2009
    In the controversy known as "Climategate," responses by chagrined climate activists reveal even more than embarrassing e-mails.
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    Gas oil market out to sea

    Dec. 14, 2009
    Barring an extremely cold winter and stronger-than-expected economic recovery, the phenomenon of gas oil inventories stored at sea in transport vessels will continue next year...
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    REFINERY GASES— Conclusion: Specialty gases assist product quality, emissions compliance

    Dec. 14, 2009
    This article is the third and final in a series (OGJ, Nov. 23, 2009, p. 50; Dec. 7, 2009, p. 48) on the effects of recent developments on refineries and their use of gases to ...
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    Climate feedbacks

    Dec. 14, 2009
    Regarding the editorial "Climate change twists", you refer to the assumption by climate change alarmists that there is a positive feedback magnifying the minuscule direct effect...
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    EPA upstages conference

    Dec. 14, 2009
    The Environmental Protection Agency upstaged the opening of the Copenhagen climate conference by formalizing on Dec. 7 its finding that carbon dioxide—the fifth most common gas...
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    Only two oil sands projects meet new ERCB tailings rules

    Dec. 14, 2009
    Only two tailings management plans for oil sands mining operations comply with the new Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) Directive 074, according to a Pembina...
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    Watching Government: Biofuels' water impacts

    Dec. 14, 2009
    The US government is encouraging the use of biofuels in response to concerns about the country's dependence on imported oil, climate change, and other issues.
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Dec. 14, 2009
    General Interest — Quick TakesNGSA, AXPC chime in on OTC market reformUS House floor action to reform over-the-counter derivatives markets could increase commercial hedging and...
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    Study says oil speculation not 'excessive'

    Dec. 14, 2009
    As the US Congress and Commodity Futures Trading Commission consider tighter regulation of derivatives trading, a new study suggests excessive speculation wasn't to blame for ...
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    BP CEO: Growing economies demand more energy

    Dec. 14, 2009
    BP PLC Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward says more money needs to be spent on exploration and development if the world is to meet increasing demand for energy.
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    GHG health-threat finding sets stage for regulations

    Dec. 14, 2009
    Greenhouse gases threaten the public's health and should be regulated, the US Environmental Protection Agency said on Dec. 7. GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to...
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    Record Barnett HC content seen in combo play

    Dec. 14, 2009
    Hydrocarbon content in the thickest part of the Mississippian Barnett shale combo play in North Texas is so great that even 2-3% recovery is highly economic, said EOG Resources...
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    API, IPAA: White House overlooking oil industry's job-creation potential

    Dec. 14, 2009
    The American Petroleum Institute's two top officials expressed concern over the White House's apparent omission from its Dec. 3 jobs forum of chief executives from the oil and...
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    Editorial: Deconstructing endangerment

    Dec. 14, 2009
    With the US Environmental Protection Agency's "endangerment finding" on greenhouse-gas emissions (GHGs), the politics of global warming reveals its tyrannical core.
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    IEA forecast includes climate-change policy scenario

    Dec. 14, 2009
    The International Energy Agency developed a climate-change policy scenario as part of its latest annual forecast because it wanted "to be part of the solution as well as part ...
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    Floating production system orders resume

    Dec. 14, 2009
    Orders for floating production systems have resumed after a 1-year hiatus, according to the latest International Maritime Associates Inc. assessment.
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    USCAP: US economic growth would not be reduced by aggressive climate-change actions

    Dec. 14, 2009
    US economic growth would not be significantly reduced through 2030 if the nation took aggressive action to address climate change, the US Climate Action Partnership said on Dec...