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  • Volume 107, Issue 7

    • Volume 107, Issue 7

    Th Srudy Sees Continued 01
    Companies

    Study sees continued deepwater expenditure growth

    Feb. 16, 2009
    Despite lower expected expenditures during 2009 and 2010 relative to 2008, a study forecasts that the petroleum industry’s deepwater expenditures will trend upward and reach $...
    Th Bp Investing 01
    Reserves

    CERAWeek: BP investing for future despite economy

    Feb. 16, 2009
    The oil and gas industry needs to continue investing in technology to achieve greater energy efficiency and to commercialize new energy sources, said Tony Hayward, BP PLC chief...
    Th Sec Updates 01
    Reserves

    SEC updates reserves reporting regulations

    Feb. 16, 2009
    The recently updated US Securities and Exchange Commission reserves reporting requirements for oil and natural gas companies attempt to provide investors with more meaningful ...
    Th Increased Us T1
    Gas Processing

    US ETHANE OUTLOOK—1: Increased US ethane capacity puts processors at greater risk

    Feb. 16, 2009
    Over the past 2 years, En*Vantage has been warning US gas processors that the rapid expansion of processing capacity will create a surplus of ethane extraction capacity.
    Th Oil Price Drop 01
    Production Operations

    Oil price drop unevenly affects floating production projects

    Feb. 16, 2009
    The recent $100 oil price drop, closure of financing windows, and general aversion to investment risk will affect in the near-term new floater projects.

    More content from Volume 107, Issue 7

    Th Uganda Hits 01
    Exploration & Development

    Uganda hits threshold with Giraffe discovery

    Feb. 16, 2009
    Sufficient recoverable oil has been discovered in Uganda’s Albert basin to exceed the commercial threshold for development, said Heritage Oil Corp., Calgary.
    Home

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    Feb. 16, 2009
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    Companies

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Feb. 16, 2009
    The new InSitu Family of wireline services provides quantitative fluid measurements at reservoir conditions, in real time.
    Exploration & Development

    Operators report string of Gulf of Mexico discoveries

    Feb. 16, 2009
    Operators in the Gulf of Mexico reported a string of discoveries in late January and early February 2009.
    Government

    Economy in peril no reason to stoop to politics of fear

    Feb. 16, 2009
    The scariest part of the economic crisis is the US government’s wild resort to the politics of fear.
    Companies

    Industry in survival mode

    Feb. 16, 2009
    A recent survey of 60 producers and service company executives confirmed the upstream oil and gas industry is in a survival mode, said analysts in the Houston office of Raymond...
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    Pipelines

    Iraqis mending own pipelines

    Feb. 16, 2009
    Most of the pipelines damaged during the war in Iraq are domestic crude or domestic product pipelines belonging to and repaired by the Oil Pipeline Co. (OPC) of the Ministry of...
    Th Services Suppliers 01
    Exploration & Development

    Services/Suppliers

    Feb. 16, 2009
    Knight Oil Tools,MitchellClick here to enlarge imageLafayette, La., has named Phillip Thomas Mitchell general manager of its Knight Manufacturing division. He will manage Knight...
    Home

    Hydrogen worth pursuing

    Feb. 16, 2009
    In your Jan. 19 issue, Thomas Wyman argues that, because “it simply takes more energy to extract hydrogen from water using electrolysis or to extract it from methane using steam...
    Th Journally Speaking 01
    Exploration & Development

    Marine transfer safety evolves

    Feb. 16, 2009
    The logistics of boarding offshore installations tend to be exciting for journalists who only make such trips infrequently.
    Home

    CERAWeek: Al-Naimi urges ‘inclusive energy strategy’

    Feb. 16, 2009
    Calling for an “inclusive energy strategy,” the Saudi Arabia minister of petroleum and mineral resources listed factors of price volatility among “newly emerging challenges” facing...
    Government

    Salazar scraps predecessor’s 5-year OCS plan

    Feb. 16, 2009
    Calling it “a headlong rush of the worst kind,” US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said on Feb. 10 that he was delaying a 5-year Outer Continental Shelf leasing plan, which his...
    Th Ogj Newsletter 01
    Pipelines & Transportation

    OGJ Newsletter

    Feb. 16, 2009
    General Interest — Quick TakesIEA again cuts 2009 oil demand forecastIn its latest monthly Oil Market Report, the International Energy Agency has revised downward its outlook ...
    Government

    Utah congressional delegation blasts Salazar order

    Feb. 16, 2009
    Republicans in Utah’s congressional delegation angrily responded to US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s order to cancel 77 federal oil and gas leases in the state that were sold...
    Government

    Watching Government: OCS takes center stage

    Feb. 16, 2009
    When the US House Natural Resources Committee held the first of three scheduled hearings on offshore oil and gas leasing on Feb. 11, it marked the first opportunity for the 111th...
    Government

    Obama: Energy an essential part of economic recovery plan

    Feb. 16, 2009
    Energy components are essential parts of a strong economic recovery plan because they would begin to reduce reliance on imported oil, US President Barack H. Obama told Department...
    Government

    Editorial: Addiction and tyranny

    Feb. 16, 2009
    On the hierarchy of political metaphors, oil has fallen another notch. Former President George W. Bush institutionalized disrespect for the substance when, in the 2006 State of...
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    LNG

    Special Report: Natural gas vehicles gain in global markets

    Feb. 16, 2009
    Natural gas, one of Earth’s cleanest, most abundant resources, accounts for 22% of total US energy use but only 2.2% of the energy used in the US for transportation, although ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    CERAWeek: Wintershall head guarantees Nord Stream

    Feb. 16, 2009
    Wintershall Chairman Reinier Zwitserloot, speaking Feb. 10 in Houston during a Q&A session following a Eurasia Transportation session at Cambridge Energy Research Associates’ ...
    General Interest

    CERAWeek: Oil companies vow to maintain exploration

    Feb. 16, 2009
    Oil companies must resist slashing exploration and development activities during the economic downturn if industry expects to supply energy to meet projected long-term demand,...
    General Interest

    Watching The World: Hu eyes African oil

    Feb. 16, 2009
    The oil and gas industry has no doubt why Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Saudi Arabia last week.