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  • Volume 108, Issue 32

    • Volume 108, Issue 32

    Discoveries

    Piceance basin oil-shale study finds 1.5 trillion bbl in place

    Aug. 30, 2010
    An estimated 1.5 trillion bbl of oil in place lies in Western Colorado's Piceance basin oil shale, the US Geological Survey said in the first comprehensive assessment published...
    Exploration & Development

    First deepwater oil found off East Africa

    Aug. 30, 2010
    An exploratory well off Mozambique has penetrated 38 m of net oil and gas saturated sands in the upper of two Cretaceous fan lobes, signaling the first documented occurrence of...
    Production Operations

    Watching The World: Yamani foresees OPEC's demise

    Aug. 30, 2010
    Remember Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani? The man who is famous for that saying about the Stone Age? You know: the Stone Age did not end because people ran out of stones?
    Exploration & Development

    Trinidad and Tobago reports changes to PSCs

    Aug. 30, 2010
    Trinidad and Tobago announced changes to its production-sharing contracts, reverting to one similar to its 1995 model.
    HSE

    Transocean outlines indemnity language in Deepwater Horizon contract

    Aug. 30, 2010
    Transocean Ltd., owner of the Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible drilling rig, filed a quarterly report with the US Securities and Exchange Commission outlining 206 claims filed...

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    HSE

    Hydrates slow removal of pipe from Macondo well

    Aug. 30, 2010
    BP PLC flushed hydrates from inside Transocean Ltd.'s Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible blowout preventer and a capping stack on the blown-out Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico...
    Exploration & Development

    Uganda's president wants final approval of all oil, gas deals

    Aug. 30, 2010
    Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, apparently spurred by recent difficulties between his government and Heritage Oil PLC over taxes, said no future oil or gas agreements are ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Venezuela's oil exports down 16% in 2Q

    Aug. 30, 2010
    Venezuela's oil exports dropped 16% in this year's second quarter, largely due to increased use of domestic fuels for electric power, according to a quarterly report by the central...
    Companies

    Marathon, Dominion settle royalty claims

    Aug. 30, 2010
    Two more producers agreed to make payments to settle federal charges that they knowingly underpaid natural gas royalties in an ongoing investigation originating with a whistle...
    Production Operations

    Study: Cutting IDC, Sect. 199 breaks hurts gas more than oil

    Aug. 30, 2010
    Eliminating federal tax deductions for intangible drilling costs and for US oil and gas production expenses would hurt oil production growth and devastate future US natural gas...
    HSE

    Watcing Government: No place to hang out

    Aug. 30, 2010
    Oil and gas production safety has been a major issue since 11 workers died when the semisubmersible rig drilling BP PLC's Macondo deepwater well exploded on Apr. 20.
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Aug. 30, 2010
    International News for oil and gas professionals
    Companies

    Mitsubishi, PWE to form Canadian shale gas joint venture

    Aug. 30, 2010
    Penn West Energy Trust (PWE) agreed to form a 50-50 joint venture with Mitsubishi Corp. to develop PWE's shale gas assets in the Cordova Embayment area and some of its conventional...
    Exploration & Development

    Afghanistan claims 1.8 billion bbl oil field find

    Aug. 30, 2010
    Afghanistan's ministry of mining announced the discovery of an oil deposit in the northern region of the country, estimating reserves of 1.8 billion bbl.
    New Plants

    Enbridge announces Bakken crude pipeline system expansion

    Aug. 30, 2010
    Enbridge Inc. affiliates Enbridge Energy Partners LP (EEP) and Enbridge Income Fund (EIF) announced Aug. 24 a joint project to further expand crude oil pipeline capacity for growing...
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    The powers that be

    Aug. 30, 2010
    Seattle geologist and writer Scott L. Montgomery has authored a book under the above title from which many on the planet could learn a lot about energy.
    Companies

    Long-term natural gas focus seen to persist

    Aug. 30, 2010
    Despite the near-stampede to oilier unconventional plays, the US upstream sector remains a highly natural gas-focused industry that is navigating a "messy period" that may not...
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    Policy changes pending for ethanol

    Aug. 30, 2010
    The ethanol industry this fall will face important policy challenges for which it may not be fully prepared, including expiration of supportive tax credits and tariffs and a government...
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    EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

    Aug. 30, 2010
    updated content management software suiteNewly released Meridian Enterprise 2010 is an updated engineering content management software suite that provides enhanced, powerful asset...
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    The mosque and oil

    Aug. 30, 2010
    The oil and gas industry has strong interests in the ugly controversy over plans to build a Muslim activities center two blocks from Ground Zero—the New York site of terrorist...
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    Why scorn report about shrinking mess in the gulf?

    Aug. 30, 2010
    The Apr. 20 blowout of the Macondo wildcat off Louisiana, with its 11 deaths and consequent oiling of the Gulf of Mexico, wasn't bad enough to suit some people.
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    Aug. 30, 2010
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