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  • Volume 108, Issue 38

    • Volume 108, Issue 38

    Economics & Markets

    Crude starts October at 7-week high

    Oct. 11, 2010
    After weeks of vacillating around $75/bbl, the price of crude climbed to consecutive new 7-week highs the last two September sessions and the first trading day in October, closing...
    Companies

    Alaska offshore plans should reflect conditions there, panel told

    Oct. 11, 2010
    Concerns raised following the Apr. 20 Macondo well accident and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may not fully apply to activity off Alaska, witnesses told US President...
    HSE

    API urges ending moratorium once new deepwater rules emerge

    Oct. 11, 2010
    The deepwater drilling moratorium should be lifted promptly once the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement issues new safety regulations, an American...
    General Interest

    Industry climbs unconventional learning curves

    Oct. 11, 2010
    The oil and gas industry is climbing technical, geological, operational, and political learning curves in tackling the numerous US unconventional gas and oil drilling plays, speakers...
    Companies

    Watching Government: Pennsylvania tax rumblings

    Oct. 11, 2010
    The Pennsylvania House of Representatives' passage of a bill establishing a natural gas severance tax less than 2 weeks before the 2010 Marcellus Summit opens at Pennsylvania ...

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    Oct. 11, 2010
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    HSE

    UK science group takes welcome turn on climate issue

    Oct. 11, 2010
    Whether or not the world faces ruinous warming, debate over the issue of climate change has taken a welcome turn toward reason.
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    LPG Markets

    EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

    Oct. 11, 2010
    New density, refractive index meters for petchem useHere's the new LiquiPhysics excellence instruments for density and refractive index determinations in petrochemical plant operations...
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    Watching The World: NGOs promote transparency

    Oct. 11, 2010
    Transparency is a key concern of the oil and gas industry, so the introduction of a new index to measure transparency is a welcome event.
    HSE

    BP pledges certain gulf assets as spill collateral

    Oct. 11, 2010
    BP PLC pledged certain Gulf of Mexico assets as collateral for the $20 billion Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trust, which was established to pay claims arising from the Apr. 20 ...
    General Interest

    BP sets up safety division, restructures upstream

    Oct. 11, 2010
    BP PLC announced it is creating a safety and operational risk unit that will have authority to intervene in all aspects of BP's technical activities.
    Discoveries

    Quebec formalizes St. Lawrence moratorium

    Oct. 11, 2010
    Quebec has formalized a moratorium on oil or gas exploration in the St. Lawrence River estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence.
    Government

    Misrepresenting shale gas

    Oct. 11, 2010
    Misrepresentation building in the eastern US threatens to limit a technology-based, multiple-location gas play that's reshaping energy markets in ways that benefit US interests...
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    Oil of angels, oil of man

    Oct. 11, 2010
    You might know, if you worked for Shell 30-40 years ago or read its publications, that the phrase "oil of angels" means bribe.
    HSE

    Lubchenco: Sound science played role in gulf oil-spill response

    Oct. 11, 2010
    Good science, from wisdom gained responding to earlier offshore spills to new information obtained in the last 6 months, will continue to drive the federal response to the Apr...
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Oct. 11, 2010
    GENERAL INTEREST — Quick TakesOil, gas reserves increase in 2009, IHS saysWorldwide oil and gas reserves climbed 3% in 2009 as capital spending declined, IHS Herold reported Oct...
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    Companies

    WoodMac: Majors buying into shale gas plays

    Oct. 11, 2010
    North American large caps and smaller exploration and production companies now dominate the largest and most economically attractive US shale plays, but the majors and large cap...