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    Discoveries

    CHINA'S ENDOWMENT—2: China assesses unconventional land oil shale, oil sands, coal gas resources

    April 26, 2010
    The China National Petroleum Assessment (2003-07) evaluated coalbed methane, oil shale, and oil sands resources in Chinese onshore basins.
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    New Plants

    COMMENT: It's time for a fresh look at the license to operate

    April 26, 2010
    There is more to relationships than the legalities on which they may be based.
    Reserves

    Watching The World: Norwegians debate oil hunt

    April 26, 2010
    Controversy continues in Norway over oil and gas exploration off the Lofoten and Vesteralen islands.
    Exploration & Development

    Tullow finds more oil in Uganda; confirms earlier findings

    April 26, 2010
    Tullow Oil PLC said its Kasamene-3 and Kasamene-3A wells in the Butiaba region of Uganda Block 2 have successfully delineated the extent of oil in the Kasamene field, and it discovered...
    LNG

    Black Sea LNG accord could 'torpedo' Nabucco natural gas pipeline

    April 26, 2010
    Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Romania signed a memorandum of understanding to transport Azeri LNG to the European Union through a project that could come online sooner than the Nabucco...

    More content from Volume 108, Issue 15

    Government

    GAO finds flaws in DOI agencies' measurement programs

    April 26, 2010
    The federal government may not be measuring oil and gas production from federal leases accurately because of contradictory policies and poor coordination between agencies, the...
    Drilling & Production

    NEB notes shift toward BC in Canadian natural gas deliverability

    April 26, 2010
    Gas deliverability in Canada will continue to decline through 2012 as production falls in Alberta and rises in British Columbia, says the National Energy Board.
    Refining

    Further delays seen for Abreu e Lima refinery

    April 26, 2010
    The start-up of Brazil's planned 230,000-b/d Abreu e Lima refinery, now under construction in Pernambuco state, has been delayed by another 7 months, according to an executive...
    Companies

    Editorial: The dependency mechanism

    April 26, 2010
    Before proceeding further with its campaign to remake energy choice, the US government should consider the latest favors requested on behalf of fuel ethanol.
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    LNG

    OGJ Newsletter

    April 26, 2010
    General Interest — Quick TakesHelicopter flights off Europe still crippledAlthough helicopter transportation off Northern Europe remained crippled by a cloud of volcanic ash from...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    European Union energy chief touts 'Southern Corridor' projects

    April 26, 2010
    The European Union's Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger, on a tour of energy-rich nations in the Caspian region, underlined the importance of Turkmenistan as a supplier of ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    US imposes tariff on Chinese OCTG imports

    April 26, 2010
    The US Department of Commerce has imposed tariffs on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) imported from China after determining they were being sold in the US at margins ranging from...
    Government

    Watching Government: Colorado law opens gas door

    April 26, 2010
    Natural gas producers joined environmental organizations and Colorado lawmakers on Apr. 19 as Gov. Bill Ritter Jr. signed legislation that directs the state's biggest electric...
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    Home

    Trains moving Bakken crude

    April 26, 2010
    More oil companies are being drawn to explore, develop, and produce crude oil in the Bakken formation in North Dakota and Montana only to discover limited pipeline takeaway capacity...
    Government

    Senate Democrats oppose OCS revenue split

    April 26, 2010
    Three leading US Senate Democrats reiterated their opposition to sharing federal offshore energy development revenue with coastal states.
    Home

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    April 26, 2010
    System enables use of fracture flow-back waterThe GammaFRac System now on the market is suited specifically for hydraulic-fracture stimulation of shale-gas wells.The slick-water...
    Refining

    Assessing gasoline demand

    April 26, 2010
    Prospects for increased US gasoline demand have been written off by much of the industry and many analysts to the point that it has become "a sort of conventional wisdom" that...
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    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    April 26, 2010
    UniversalPegasus International,Houston, has promoted Craig Pierrotti to vice-president, business development. Pierrotti has 15 years of experience in the energy industry and has...
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    Petrochemicals

    OGJ Focus: Commingling produces low-sulfur Sleipner condensate

    April 26, 2010
    Sleipner condensate is a low-sulfur North Sea condensate produced from commingling of Sleipner East, Sleipner West, and Sigyn fields.
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Development constraints limit Turkmen gas export options

    April 26, 2010
    Constraints in project financing and technical capabilities in developing its gas fields, as well as a lack of adequate gas infrastructure, will limit gas export availability ...
    Home

    Chevron elicits rebuke of '60 Minutes' smear

    April 26, 2010
    Chevron has scored public-relations points in its legal quagmire in Ecuador—against the television network CBS, no less.
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    Advertisers Index

    April 26, 2010
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    Production Operations

    Design window helps avoid coupling failures during fracs

    April 26, 2010
    Operators can avoid failure of couplings during hydraulic fracturing by using a design window when designing a casing string.
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    Refining

    OGJ FOCUS: Refining catalyst market begins to recover in 2010

    April 26, 2010
    The global refining catalyst market 2010-13 shows signs of recovering, based on an analysis of the world's oil refining operations 1999-2009 that established future trends in ...