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  • Volume 108, Issue 30

    • Volume 108, Issue 30

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    Macondo pressure test due before relief well resumes

    Aug. 16, 2010
    BP PLC planned another pressure test last week on the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico to gain more information about the condition of the annulus before penetration by a relief...
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    UAE confirms terror link to Hormuz tanker attack

    Aug. 16, 2010
    Explosives experts in the United Arab Emirates confirmed a Japanese-owned oil tanker steaming through the Strait of Hormuz last week came under a terrorist attack.
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    Watching The World: Uganda ups the ante

    Aug. 16, 2010
    The oil and gas industry rarely has a problem spotting politicians, especially when it comes to the matter of taxes.
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    M&A hits highest level in nearly 2 years

    Aug. 16, 2010
    Mergers and acquisitions in the US oil and gas sector hit the highest level in 1¾ years during the second quarter, said officials at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PWC) in a recent...
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    Denbury presses Gulf Coast EOR projects

    Aug. 16, 2010
    Denbury Resources Inc., Plano, Tex., started carbon dioxide injection June 29 in Oyster Bayou field in eastern Chambers County, Tex., and hopes to begin injecting at Hastings ...

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    Aug. 16, 2010
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    Exploiting tax confusion

    Aug. 16, 2010
    Among many faults of a US Senate proposal to repeal the manufacturer's tax deduction for large oil companies, the worst is not that it is arbitrary, spiteful, and—by any standard...
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    New York raises taxes yet spurns big revenue hope

    Aug. 16, 2010
    When clothing expenses rise later this year, New Yorkers can console themselves by quaffing unthreatened water.
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    EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

    Aug. 16, 2010
    New 4 oz boron nitride aerosol spray canHere's the new, easy-to-use 4 oz boron nitride aerosol Lubricoat spray can designed for researchers, engineers, scientists, designers, ...
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    Light product stocks grew through July

    Aug. 16, 2010
    Light product inventories—gasoline, distillate, and jet fuel—grew for 9 consecutive weeks through the end of July "due to high production levels, increased gasoline imports (including...
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    EIA offers international data

    Aug. 16, 2010
    Energy statistics are necessary to keep up with industry research. While browsing the US Energy Information Administration's web site for an upcoming survey, this OGJ editor found...
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    Watching Government: Studying CBM water

    Aug. 16, 2010
    Regulatory framework complications, and not water quality, limit effective management of produced water from coalbed methane wells in five western US basins, a new National Research...
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    EPA rejects petitions challenging GHG endangerment finding

    Aug. 16, 2010
    The US Environmental Protection Agency rejected 10 petitions challenging climate science behind its Dec. 7, 2009, finding that greenhouse gases threaten public health and the ...
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    Mexico plans careful regulation in deep water

    Aug. 16, 2010
    Mexico's formation of deepwater policies in response to the Macondo well blowout, Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, and crude oil spill probably will push drilling of Mexico's ...
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    Alaska senator offers draft on spill liability

    Aug. 16, 2010
    US Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alas.) proposed draft legislation to move discussions forward on developing alternatives to eliminating offshore oil spill liability limits.
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    Reliance joins Carrizo in Marcellus shale venture

    Aug. 16, 2010
    Reliance Industries Ltd., Mumbai, has taken another step into US unconventional resource plays by entering a venture that envisions the drilling of 1,000 wells in the Marcellus...
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    Nationwide LCFS would raise GHGs in US, study finds

    Aug. 16, 2010
    Implementation of a nationwide low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) would increase greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by as much as 19 million tonnes/year, a study commissioned by the ...
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Aug. 16, 2010
    International News for oil and gas professionals
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    Chukchi Sea seismic starting after federal judge's ruling

    Aug. 16, 2010
    A federal judge in Anchorage clarified his order enjoining Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. from exploring its Chukchi Sea leases by allowing permitted seismic surveying to start, Alaska...
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    Investors ask firms to outline deepwater risks, spill-response plans

    Aug. 16, 2010
    A group of investors sent letters to 27 oil and gas companies asking each company to disclose information by Nov. 1 regarding its spill prevention and response plans for offshore...
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    MEG Energy ramps up Christina Lake bitumen production

    Aug. 16, 2010
    "Production volumes from our commercial operations at Christina Lake, which commenced in August 2009, have safely ramped up more rapidly than any other [steam-assisted gravity...