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    San Juan Chaco play has Denver Niobrara elements

    Aug. 2, 2010
    An oil play is under way on the eastern Chaco slope of the San Juan basin in northwestern New Mexico, where 17 zones from 400 ft to 4,000 ft have oil potential, including unconventional...
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    Davy Jones: can geologists predict deeper commercial environments?

    Aug. 2, 2010
    The Davy Jones deep gulf shelf discovery by McMoRan Exploration et al. in South Marsh Island blocks 230, 231, 234, and 235 is of major importance for a number of reasons.
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    Model thermal anomalies over petroliferous basins

    Aug. 2, 2010
    The presence of negative thermal anomalies over petroliferous basins has been reported from field data and from satellite remote sensing data.
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    Jordan to exploit shale deposits under accord with Enefit

    Aug. 2, 2010
    The Jordanian government, aiming to overcome years of dependency on outside sources of oil and gas, has granted Estonia's Eesti Energia (Enefit) a concession of up to 50 years...
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    Well logs identify igneous reservoir fracture types

    Aug. 2, 2010
    A study established a quantitative fracture identification method for the igneous reservoir rock in the Xingcheng group of Xushen gas field, a field near Daqing in northeastern...

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    Design optimizes sour-crude production facility

    Aug. 2, 2010
    A proposed design can improve a production facility that handles sour crudes containing saline water.
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    Adopting E85 provides way over 'blend wall'

    Aug. 2, 2010
    Approval soon of gasoline ethanol blends of 15% (E15) by the US Environmental Protection Agency appears nearly certain and offers the illusion of a path to alleviate the immediate...
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    Effects of crude price formula may be unexpected

    Aug. 2, 2010
    The crude oil price escalation and de-escalation formula for change in API gravity may result in payment of a higher price for a crude oil as a result of the increase in API gravity...
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    Surging GTL promises lube-market opportunities

    Aug. 2, 2010
    Petrobras has analyzed the world's lube-oil production capacity trends from 2000-09, as published by Oil & Gas Journal's annual refinery survey, the current status of world GTL...
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    Nelson-Farrar Cost Indexes

    Aug. 2, 2010
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    Government

    Watching The World: China pushes the boundaries

    Aug. 2, 2010
    The international oil and gas industry is no stranger when it comes to maritime disputes.
    HSE

    Norton, Kempthorne defend OCS decisions in House hearing

    Aug. 2, 2010
    Two former US Interior secretaries firmly refused to accept some US House members' efforts to second-guess the DOI officials' offshore oil and gas decisions in light of the Apr...
    Companies

    BP reports $32 billion charge related to oil spill in gulf

    Aug. 2, 2010
    BP PLC announced a pretax charge of $32.2 billion for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, including a previously announced $20 billion escrow compensation fund.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Unconventional gas revolution to reshape global gas dynamics

    Aug. 2, 2010
    Global unconventional gas has the potential to reshape global gas dynamics, according to a report by analyst Wood Mackenzie.
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    BP planning for relief well to kill Macondo blowout starting early August

    Aug. 2, 2010
    BP PLC crews drilling the first relief well to the Macondo well tentatively planned to start trying to kill the flow of oil and gas inside Macondo around Aug. 7-9 regardless of...
    Government

    House panel asks Transocean for data on rig before blowout

    Aug. 2, 2010
    US House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Transocean Ltd. on July 23 seeking more information on safety practices aboard the Deepwater Horizon and the semisubmersi...
    Reserves

    Boost in Marcellus shale jobs, economy expected, study says

    Aug. 2, 2010
    Development of Marcellus shale natural gas could create 280,000 jobs and add $6 billion of federal, state, and local tax revenues over the next decade, a new study commissioned...
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    BP's Hayward to step down as chief executive

    Aug. 2, 2010
    BP PLC Chief Executive Tony Hayward agreed to step down from his post, effective Oct. 1, and he will be succeeded by Robert Dudley, executive director who is currently overseeing...
    HSE

    US House passes R&D bills in response to blowout in gulf

    Aug. 2, 2010
    The US House passed two bills on July 21 that would create research programs in response to the Macondo well blowout and resulting oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
    HSE

    Study outlines economic impact of independents in gulf

    Aug. 2, 2010
    Excluding independent producers from the deepwater Gulf of Mexico could eliminate 265,000 jobs and $106 billion in federal, state, and local tax revenue by 2020, a new study by...
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    Market changes vex Russian gas policies

    Aug. 2, 2010
    Adapted from a presentation prepared for the Russian Event sponsored by the Center for Global Affairs, New York University, and The Carnegie Corp., Feb. 26, 2010.
    Government

    Senators press DOI to expedite shallow-water permit processing

    Aug. 2, 2010
    Ten US senators from five coastal states urged the US Department of the Interior to expedite consideration of shallow-water drilling permit applications and to provide adequate...
    HSE

    Analyst says Macondo incident 'not terminal' to gulf drilling

    Aug. 2, 2010
    The deepwater Macondo well blowout will not prove as detrimental to drilling in the Gulf of Mexico as the Three Mile Island accident proved for the nuclear industry, Douglas L...
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Aug. 2, 2010
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    HSE

    Watching Government: The oil spill bill

    Aug. 2, 2010
    As US Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) prepared to unveil oil spill liability legislation, an alliance of Midcontinent producers and national associations representing...
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    A large multimedia step

    Aug. 2, 2010
    First a description of what's happening with Oil & Gas Journal, then the reasons for this large multimedia step forward…
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    Services/Suppliers

    Aug. 2, 2010
    Allied Power Group,Houston, has named Kelly Moore marketing manager. She will oversee all Allied Power marketing initiatives, including brand identity, advertising campaigns, ...
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    Refining capacity near 3-year high

    Aug. 2, 2010
    US refineries operated at 91.5% of capacity the week ended July 16—"the highest level since August 2007" and up from 90.5% the previous week, said Jacques H. Rousseau, analyst...
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    EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

    Aug. 2, 2010
    SOFTWARE HELPS AUTOMATE PRESSURE CALIBRATION PROCESSNew COMPASS for Pressure 3.0 software helps calibration specialists organize and accelerate the task of calibrating pressure...
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    Production Operations

    Prospects slowly brighten for operations off Europe

    Aug. 2, 2010
    Nervous optimism describes the mood of European operators just past 2010's midpoint as oil prices have recovered from the drastic late 2008 slump, economies slowly emerge from...
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    Message on sulfur to oil industry: pay now or suffer later

    Aug. 2, 2010
    The oil and gas industry has taken over the global production of sulfur but, according to sulfur specialists, mistreats the yellow material as a byproduct best disposed of and...
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    An antibribery crackdown

    Aug. 2, 2010
    Enforcement of antibribery statutes is increasing around the world in a trend important to the oil and gas industry for two big reasons.
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    Aug. 2, 2010
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    Europe considers drill ban following BP gulf oil spill

    Aug. 2, 2010
    BP PLC's oil spill crisis in the US Gulf of Mexico has prompted offshore safety regulators in Europe to examine the adequacy of their own response procedures to ensure a similar...
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    LEAK DETECTION—Conclusion: Integrated selection method yields life-cycle benefits

    Aug. 2, 2010
    A new method outlines a comprehensive approach to integrated selection and implementation of pipeline leak-detection systems, yielding both lower costs and greater efficiency ...