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  • Volume 108, Issue 3

    • Volume 108, Issue 3

    Exploration & Development

    McMoRan sees Davy Jones find revitalizing much of gulf shelf

    Jan. 25, 2010
    An apparent Eocene-Paleocene discovery just off the central Louisiana coast could eventually produce 2 tcf of gas or more from Wilcox, appears to have shallower Eocene pay, and...
    Exploration & Development

    SAFE: Industry, military can coexist in eastern gulf

    Jan. 25, 2010
    Oil and gas activity in the eastern Gulf of Mexico will not encroach on US military missions in the area, a report commissioned by Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) concluded...
    Government

    Editorial: Massachusetts and oil

    Jan. 25, 2010
    The US oil and gas industry has reason to treat with care the Republican takeover of a US Senate seat held for decades by the late Ted Kennedy representing steadfastly Democratic...
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    Government

    Industry embraces opportunities, meets challenges from Washington in 2009

    Jan. 25, 2010
    As 2009 began, the US oil and gas industry wondered how the change Barack Obama promised in his successful 2008 presidential campaign would affect its business.
    Reserves

    Watching The World: China, Japan sparring again

    Jan. 25, 2010
    Disputed natural gas reserves beneath the East China Sea are once again making headlines, as China and Japan spar over which of the two countries has the rights to the underwater...

    More content from Volume 108, Issue 3

    Refining

    API: US oil demand showed signs of recovery late in 2009

    Jan. 25, 2010
    US oil demand fell during 2009 but began to recover as the year concluded, the American Petroleum Institute said.
    Government

    IPAA asks Salazar to reconsider onshore leasing regs

    Jan. 25, 2010
    The Independent Petroleum Association of America urged US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to reconsider implementing what the trade association believes are new duplicative and...
    Drilling & Production

    API: US drilling activity falls 37% in 2009

    Jan. 25, 2010
    Fewer US oil and gas wells were drilled in 2009 than in 2008, but the pace of activity grew during last year's final 6 months, the American Petroleum Institute reported.
    Drilling & Production

    Marcellus shale fight continues in New York

    Jan. 25, 2010
    Chesapeake Energy Corp. has warned that new rules proposed by New York regulators over shale gas drilling already are unnecessarily onerous and may deprive New York of badly needed...
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    Refining

    OGJ Newsletter

    Jan. 25, 2010
    General Interest — Quick TakesKPO 'in talks' with Kazakhstan over KarachaganakKazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Masimov said his country is negotiating to purchase a stake in ...
    Government

    Watching Government: GHG rules bring higher costs

    Jan. 25, 2010
    The US Environmental Protection Agency confirmed that businesses will be subject to significant regulations and higher costs and endure more regulation as a result of four greenhouse...
    Home

    Canadian oil trusts

    Jan. 25, 2010
    Canadian oil and gas trusts are in the midst of positioning themselves for a federal tax change effective next year in which trusts essentially will be taxed the same way that...
    Economics & Markets

    Energy markets in transition

    Jan. 25, 2010
    This year will likely see a transition of energy markets back to "traditional fundamentals" of supply, demand, and inventories in place of the financial, currency, and equity ...
    Exploration & Development

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Jan. 25, 2010
    New shale shaker offers small footprintThe new MD-3 shale shaker promises operators with the ability to meet solids control challenges, offshore or onshore.The small footprint...
    New Plants

    Spending and jobs

    Jan. 25, 2010
    As a marketing writer and technical editor for a major engineering firm, which includes oil and gas, I was struck by your comment that, according to "liberal theory," "…history...
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    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    Jan. 25, 2010
    Expro,Aberdeen, has named Sergio Zubelli regional director, Latin America. In his new role, Zubelli is responsible for all aspects of the business in South and Central America...
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    Production Operations

    OGJ Focus: Thermodynamics help determine underlying black powder processes

    Jan. 25, 2010
    Thermodynamics can assist with understanding the underlying chemical processes of internal corrosion and black powder formation in dry gas pipelines.
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    Petrochemicals

    GUIDE TO WORLD CRUDES: StatoilHydro publishes Troll Blend assay

    Jan. 25, 2010
    StatoilHydro late last year published an assay of its Troll Blend crude oil, a commingling of Troll B, Troll C, Fram, and Kvitebjorn fields off Norway and operated by the company...
    Exploration & Development

    Dramatic education sometimes the best antidote for fear

    Jan. 25, 2010
    Because antidevelopment environmentalists know how to manipulate fear, advocates of oil and gas development need to know how to combat it.
    Home

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    Jan. 25, 2010
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    Drilling & Production

    Causes of Tarim oil field drillstring failures assessed

    Jan. 25, 2010
    A statistic analysis found that drillstring failures in Tarim oil field were related to the difference between specifications and working conditions.