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    PDC Energy eyes Ohio exploration play

    July 26, 2010
    PDC Energy, Denver, formerly Petroleum Development Corp., will explore for gas and oil in Late Cambrian Rose Run sand and Early Ordovician Beekmantown carbonate remnants encased...
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    Providence sees Porcupine basin oil, gas-condensate potential

    July 26, 2010
    Providence Resources PLC, Dublin, plans to progress to drilling several prospects in the Porcupine basin off southwestern Ireland after a mid-2009 3D seismic survey indicated ...
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    Nexen expands Northeast BC holding, runs fracs

    July 26, 2010
    Nexen Inc., Calgary, said has more than doubled its land position in Northeast British Columbia, where it drilled eight wells in the Horn River basin in the first quarter of 2010...
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    Petrobras starts production from Urugua field

    July 26, 2010
    Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has begun producing Well Urugua 6 to the Cidade de Santos floating production, storage, and offloading vessel, moored 160 km off Brazil in the...
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    House panels pass bills directed at deepwater drilling

    July 26, 2010
    Two US House committees passed bills after returning from Congress's Independence Day recess in response to the Gulf of Mexico deepwater well blowout, rig explosion, and oil spill...

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    Watching The World: Libya's oil on troubled waters

    July 26, 2010
    The oil and gas industry is used to interesting surprises, but one came up last week that is of special interest.
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    Apache buys BP assets for $7 billion

    July 26, 2010
    BP PLC said it has entered into several agreements to sell Apache Corp. some of its upstream onshore assets valued at $7 billion.
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    Rage over Macondo greater than past disasters

    July 26, 2010
    Any disaster with loss of life and grave environmental damage is upsetting, but the Macondo blowout in the Gulf of Mexico has generated unprecedented rage and vindictiveness among...
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    Editorial: Buying votes with energy

    July 26, 2010
    As President Barack Obama seeks to buy votes for party colleagues with fanciful promises about energy, the US has new reason to resist his costly ploy and all others like it.
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    Petronas unit to lay Indonesian natural gas line

    July 26, 2010
    Pertronas exploration unit Petronas Carigali Sdn. Bhd. plans to build a 200-km pipeline to Indonesia's Tambak Lorok electric power plant in East Java from the Kepodang gas block...
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    BP's first relief well 'perfectly positioned' from Macondo

    July 26, 2010
    An integrity test on the deepwater Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico continued for several days as operator BP PLC and federal officials evaluated whether pressure readings might...
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    BP plan to divest Pakistan assets seen as 'expected' moveBP plan to divest Pakistan assets seen as 'expected' move

    July 26, 2010
    BP PLC has reportedly decided to divest its exploration and production operations in Pakistan by yearend, according to a company spokeswoman.
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    Watching Government: Making US ocean policy

    July 26, 2010
    As the Obama administration's efforts to stop, contain, and clean up the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico ended their third month, a White House task force issued a report...
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    Cleaning oil, sand & water

    July 26, 2010
    The Macondo oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is pushing US skimming resources to their limits, and the spill provides a test venue for new cleanup technology.
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    OGJ Newsletter

    July 26, 2010
    General Interest— Quick TakesBOE plans meetings on deepwater drillingThe US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOE) will hold eight public meetings...
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    Oil majors outline plans for rapid spill response in gulf

    July 26, 2010
    Four oil majors announced plans July 21 to build and deploy a rapid response system that would be available to capture and contain oil in the event of a future well blowout in...
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    July 26, 2010
    Geomodeling software adds new technology moduleJewelSuite, a Windows-based geomodeling software, has integrated into the program a next-generation facies modeling technology based...
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    Economic fears slow price rise

    July 26, 2010
    The front-month crude contract jumped 5.5% in the week ended July 9 to $76.09/bbl in the New York market on mixed demand forecasts and an unexpected drop in US inventories.
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    OGJ FOCUS: Global ethylene surplus

    July 26, 2010
    Severe global capacity oversupply will characterize the ethylene industry through 2011.
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    Services/Suppliers

    July 26, 2010
    Knowledge Reservoirand 3GiG, both of Houston, have announced a collaborative initiative with Hess Corp. to implement a global asset management portal. The initiative uses 3GiG...
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    Fraud allegation turns up heat in Lago Agrio case

    July 26, 2010
    Chevron Corp. has raised stakes in the legal battle it calls a "runaway farce" over environmental damage in Ecuador.
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    OGJ FOCUS: US OLEFINS—FIRST-HALF 2010: Ethylene

    July 26, 2010
    Ethylene producers will long remember, some fondly and others with regret, first and second quarters 2010 as a period of unusual price volatility and unexpectedly strong profitability...
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    July 26, 2010
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    OGJ FOCUS:Global ethylene production

    July 26, 2010
    Producers added more than 6 million tonnes/year (tpy) of ethylene capacity in 2009, according to the latest Oil & Gas Journal's survey of the global industry.
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    OGJ Focus: International survey of ethylene from steam crackers—2010

    July 26, 2010
    Click here to download the pdf of the "International survey of ehtylene from steam crackers — 2010"More Oil & Gas Journal Current Issue ArticlesMore Oil & Gas Journal Archives...
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    Shale gas changes N. American gas production projections

    July 1, 2010
    Estimates of ultimate gas recovery from shales have changed the outlook for gas production in the US and Canada.