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  • Volume 108, Issue 21

    • Volume 108, Issue 21

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    Watcing The World: Yemen eyes gas revenues

    June 14, 2010
    The oil and gas industry is well aware of problems taking place in Yemen, where oil production is on a steady decline.
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    Canadian oil sands to lead US imports

    June 14, 2010
    Canadian oil sands are poised to become this year the main source of crude imports by the US, according to new research from IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Inc.'s (...
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    Production Operations

    OGJ FOCUS: GULF COAST ECONOMIC LIMITS—2: Limits compared for Texas coast, bays-estuaries, state waters

    June 14, 2010
    In Part 2 of this four-part series, we compute economic limits in Texas based on 16,045 oil and gas fields that terminated production between 1993 and 2008.
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    Canada's share grows as US oil suppliers change

    June 14, 2010
    In 2009, when domestic production satisfied only 40% of its demand for oil, the US relied on imports from 40 countries.
    Drilling Operations

    Guyane Maritime sustained French E&P investment in 2009

    June 14, 2010
    Exploration investment in France and its possessions fell only slightly in 2009 compared with 2008 due to heavy investment in blocks off French Guiana, South America.

    More content from Volume 108, Issue 21

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    Presidential power limited in blowouts and energy market

    June 14, 2010
    The inability to meet impossible standards is not a license for demagoguery.
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    Petrochemicals

    GUIDE TO WORLD CRUDES: New Statfjord assay reveals light, low-sulfur crude oil

    June 14, 2010
    Statfjord Blend 2010 crude is a light, low-sulfur North Sea oil is similar to Brent Blend, according to Statoil's web site, with a slightly lower sulfur content and less atmospheric...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    New method streamlines thixotropic crude calculations

    June 14, 2010
    A new method of describing thixotropy in waxy crude oil transported through pipelines is both accurate and more convenient than previous methods.
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    Advertisers Index

    June 14, 2010
    Bupa International ..... www.bupa-intl.comHornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. .......... www.hornbeckoffshore.comIndustrial Rubber, Inc. ..... www.iri-oiltool.comNape Expo LP ......
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    Services/Suppliers

    June 14, 2010
    Honeywell International,Morris Township, NJ, has agreed to acquire Matrikon Inc., Edmonton, for about $142 million. In addition, entities related to Matrikon Pres. and CEO Nizar...
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    June 14, 2010
    New sucker rod circumferential displacement cardsThese new circumferential displacement cards are available for sucker rod makeup.The company says an engineering study was conducted...
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    Drilling ban boosts gas prices

    June 14, 2010
    US President Barack Obama's May 30 ban against drilling in US waters deeper than 500 ft because of the Macondo blowout in the Gulf of Mexico helped drive up natural gas prices...
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    Production Operations

    Nodal analysis indentifies ESP wellhead choke problems

    June 14, 2010
    As shown with a nodal analysis, the use of wellhead chokes on electrical submersible-pumped wells causes high hydraulic losses across the chokes and wastes considerable energy...
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    Spill on the brain

    June 14, 2010
    It's probably just as difficult to write in this confined space about the ongoing oil spill in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico as it is not to.
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    DOI issues directive with new offshore safety rules

    June 14, 2010
    The US Department of the Interior issued a directive to offshore oil and gas lessees and operators implementing seven safety requirements which Interior Sec. Ken Salazar recommended...
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    Climate-change bill's outlook still uncertain, experts say

    June 14, 2010
    Prospects for congressional passage of climate change legislation in the wake of BP PLC's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico remain uncertain despite President Barack Obama's call...
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    EIA estimates drilling ban's impact on gulf output

    June 14, 2010
    Production of oil from the US Gulf of Mexico will drop by an average 26,000 b/d during the fourth quarter and roughly 70,000 b/d during 2011 as a result of the Obama administration...
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    OGJ Newsletter

    June 14, 2010
    General Interest— Quick TakesAnadarko outlines gulf drilling plansAnadarko Petroleum Corp. and other oil companies are evaluating their drilling programs given a 6-month moratorium...
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    Watching Government: Obama sends mixed signals

    June 14, 2010
    US President Barack Obama signaled again on June 2 that he considers the Gulf of Mexico oil spill a wake-up call for Congress to pass climate-change legislation that will move...
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    BP working to rebuild trust as it responds to spill

    June 14, 2010
    BP PLC's response to the Gulf of Mexico crude oil spill remains its top priority, but its top executives also are working to rebuild confidence and trust in the multinational ...
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    BP starts collecting oil and gas from blowout well

    June 14, 2010
    On June 5, the lower marine riser package (LMRP) containment cap, which was installed by BP PLC on the top of the Deepwater Horizon's damaged riser in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico...
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    JV forms to expand Marcellus, Huron shale processing

    June 14, 2010
    Yet more infrastructure is in the works for shale plays in the eastern US.
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    Louisiana lawmakers see harm from deepwater moratorium

    June 14, 2010
    Several members of Louisiana's congressional delegation expressed concern over potential economic impacts of a 6-month deepwater drilling moratorium on the state's economy as ...
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    UK to double inspection rate for offshore rigs

    June 14, 2010
    The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) will inspect offshore drilling rigs with increasing frequency in response to the Apr. 20 blowout of the BP Macondo well and...
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    Editorial: Volatile deepwater context

    June 1, 2010
    The offshore oil and gas industry must look past facile headlines generated by US President Barack Obama's June 8 television interview with MSNBC's Matt Lauer and heed deeper ...