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    Gas Processing

    US ETHANE OUTLOOK —Conclusion: Midstream, petchem players must face problems of increased ethane capacity

    Feb. 23, 2009
    This conclusion to a two-part series on the outlook for US ethane analyzes changes occurring in the US ethylene industry and whether that industry can consume more ethane supplies...
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    Discoveries

    Screenless frac-packs extend PetroChina well production

    Feb. 23, 2009
    During field trials, PetroChina successfully installed screenless frac-pack completions to control proppant flow-back, thereby extending the life of marginally producing wells...
    Production Operations

    Gulf of Mexico insurance availability is tightening

    Feb. 23, 2009
    Oil and gas companies need to very precise this year regarding their insurance needs for Gulf of Mexico operations because insurance providers report that their own financial ...
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    Companies

    Special Report: Pressure’s on to open EU’s energy markets

    Feb. 23, 2009
    One of the priorities for the European Union (EU), which now comprises 27 member states, is advancing its gas and electric power liberalization agenda.
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    Drilling & Production

    Cromarty Firth celebrates good start to 2009

    Feb. 23, 2009
    The Cromarty Firth Port Authority is enjoying a busy start to 2009 with the arrival of the Hutton tension-leg platform to Cromarty Firth.

    More content from Volume 107, Issue 8

    LNG

    Global LNG supply on rise; project costs falling

    Feb. 23, 2009
    Global LNG supply by 2013 will jump as nearly 100 million tonnes/year (tpy) of liquefaction projects currently near start-up or under construction come on line.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Gazprom prioritizes projects in economic downturn

    Feb. 23, 2009
    OAO Gazprom is prioritizing gas projects, determining which projects it will proceed with, because of decreasing gas demand and challenging financing issues amid the economic ...
    Companies

    Watching The World: Japan’s bow to diplomacy

    Feb. 23, 2009
    Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso views the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project as an example of mutually advantageous cooperation, giving Russia new technologies and access to the ...
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    General Interest

    POINT OF VIEW: Gabrielli steers Petrobras’s $174 billion investment plan

    Feb. 23, 2009
    Jose Sergio Gabrielli, chief executive and president of Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), sat in the company’s new offices in the West End of London, which was blanketed...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Iraq battles terrorists, criminals to secure pipelines

    Feb. 23, 2009
    Most of Iraq’s 7,000-km domestic oil pipeline network has been wrecked by attacks by terrorists and criminals, according to a senior government official.
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    LNG

    OGJ Newsletter

    Feb. 23, 2009
    General Interest — Quick TakesEni sets production growth target of 3.5%/yearEni SPA plans to increase its production by 3.5%/year over the next 3 years despite the uncertainty...
    Drilling & Production

    Rahall: Expired moratoriums probably can’t be reimposed

    Feb. 23, 2009
    US Outer Continental Shelf moratoriums that expired last September probably can’t be reimposed, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-W.Va.) said on Feb...
    Drilling & Production

    Editorial: Backward California

    Feb. 23, 2009
    Partly because California officially lives in the past, Americans elsewhere must help the state deal with financial desperation.
    Exploration & Development

    ExxonMobil shrugs off latest Qadhafi remarks

    Feb. 23, 2009
    ExxonMobil Corp., dismissing the latest statements by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, said it is not concerned about remarks threatening to nationalize the Arab country’s oil industry...
    Home

    Watching Government: Pennsylvania eyes severance tax

    Feb. 23, 2009
    If anyone wonders whether the general economic recession will affect the oil and gas industry, they need look at Pennsylvania where Gov. Edward G. Rendell proposed a natural gas...
    Companies

    Incentive to drill

    Feb. 23, 2009
    The International Monetary Fund again has lowered its outlook for economic output this year, now seeing 0.5% in economic growth worldwide.
    Home

    Fission for hydrogen

    Feb. 23, 2009
    In a response to Duncan Macleod’s article “Oil industry ramps up for hydrogen vehicles,” Thomas Wyman argues that hydrogen will never be more than a “boutique fuel” (OGJ, Dec....
    Economics & Markets

    WTI, Brent spread widens

    Feb. 23, 2009
    Front-month oil prices fell in mid-February to the lowest closing since late December on the New York Mercantile Exchange but at the same time increased on IntercontinentalExchange...
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    Exploration & Development

    Services/Suppliers

    Feb. 23, 2009
    Redmond, Wash., has announced relocation of the headquarters for its global oil and gas industry business to Dubai.
    Refining

    Supply, oil use trends reshape future of refining

    Feb. 23, 2009
    Growth in production of light hydrocarbons combines with shifting patterns of oil consumption and new transportation options to reshape the refining industry’s future.
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    Tankers

    Marine CNG opens alternate production, delivery options

    Feb. 23, 2009
    Recent offshore natural gas opportunities in US waters often share the same obstacle: a lack of pipeline infrastructure to support offshore drilling and transport the gas to shore...
    Tankers

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Feb. 23, 2009
    Petrobras gives torpedo pile rights to Louisiana firmPetroleo Brasileiro SA, Rio de Janeiro, has granted torpedo pile technology rights to InterMoor Inc., Amelia, La., which becomes...
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    Feb. 23, 2009
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    Exploration & Development

    Total signs agreement on Libyan blocks

    Feb. 23, 2009
    Total SA will convert its petroleum agreements with Libya’s National Oil Corp.
    Exploration & Development

    Brazil independent gears up for exploration

    Feb. 23, 2009
    OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA, Brazil’s largest independent company in terms of offshore exploration acreage, plans to drill or participate in 51 wells the next 4 years ...
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    Companies

    Shell exploring Tucumcari Cuervo area after gas find

    Feb. 23, 2009
    Field reports indicate that Shell Western Exploration & Production LP, Houston, has been spearheading a play for gas in northeastern New Mexico’s nonproducing Tucumcari basin....
    Reserves

    Reserves booked in remote US, Canada plays

    Feb. 23, 2009
    GeoMet Inc., Houston, booked proved reserves at the end of 2008 in remote gas plays in Alabama and British Columbia, the company reported.