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  • Volume 108, Issue 46

    • Volume 108, Issue 46

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    Nelson-farrar cost indexes

    Dec. 6, 2010
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    Companies

    How temp. affects H2O solubility in alkanes

    Dec. 6, 2010
    The solubility of water in alkanes found in crude oil as a function of temperature has been calculated.
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    Production Operations

    Crude demand to increase, feed-quality changes in store

    Dec. 6, 2010
    World crude oil demand will exceed 87 million b/d by 2025, consistent with an outlook for a return to normal economic and petroleum-demand growth.
    Optimizing Conditions Modifying Design 1
    Companies

    Optimizing conditions, modifying design improve FCC regenerator

    Dec. 6, 2010
    A high-severity fluid catalytic cracking unit of 100,000 tonnes/year capacity has been in operation at the Guwahati refinery, one of the 10 refineries operated by Indian Oil Corp...
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    Drilling Operations

    CLOSED-LOOP CIRCULATING—1: Advanced pressure control improves kick, loss detection

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Closed-loop circulating provides pressure control in many drilling and completion applications for which conventional fluid return systems are inadequate.

    More content from Volume 108, Issue 46

    Companies

    Arctic conferences point to 'cold war' over oil

    Dec. 6, 2010
    No matter how you look at it, the Arctic region is generally considered to be the new frontier for the oil and gas industry.
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    Companies

    Poland seen as exploratory hot spot for 5 years

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Rystad Energy AS, Oslo research and consulting outfit, predicts that Poland will become a global exploration hot spot with as many as 330 exploratory wells to be drilled in the...
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    Exploration & Development

    SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA SHALLOW GAS—1: Louisiana lagniappe: shallow gas play concept, evaluation techniques, analogs

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Lagniappe is a term commonly used in the Gulf Coast region, especially in Louisiana, to describe a small gift or something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure...
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    Exploration & Development

    Dimensional metrology aids pipe manufacture, installation

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Dimensional metrology allows engineers to ensure fabricators meet precise line pipe specifications.
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    Pipelines

    Intermittent operations, PPD optimize low flow-rate waxy crude system

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Intermittent operation in combination with pour-point depressants allows optimum long-term operation of low flow-rate, waxy crude pipelines.
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    ADVERTISERS INDEX

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Aerial Surveillance Systems, Inc. ...... www.aerialsurveillancesystemsinc.comAlaska Communications Systems ...... www.alaskacommunications.comAmerican Business Conferences ......
    Pipelines & Transportation

    European pressures highlight meeting on energy markets

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Debt pressures in Europe enhance the importance of low-profile meetings held Nov. 22-23 in London on interactions between physical and financial markets in energy.
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    New Plants

    Proper method boosts decommissioned pipe value

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Pricing decommissioned line pipe above scrap requires proper valuation methods and handling.
    Government

    Subsidies and incentives

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Supporters of generous federal subsidies for fuel ethanol must be desperate.
    Government

    No joy in troubled oil patch

    Dec. 6, 2010
    It's the holiday season—a time to be jolly and to look back at the accomplishments of the past year.
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    General Interest

    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Global Geophysical Services Inc.,Houston, has appointed Russell Roundtree vice-president, technology, for Global Microseismic Services Inc. His 25-year career started in surface...
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    Discoveries

    EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

    Dec. 6, 2010
    New diagnostic modulesAdvanced diagnostic modules (ADM)—the newest version of this firm's advanced diagnostic module DTM software—monitors the quality of fieldbus communication...
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    Refining

    OGJ Newsletter

    Dec. 6, 2010
    International News for Oil and Gas professionals
    HSE

    A new greenhouse target

    Dec. 6, 2010
    As efforts to cut emissions of carbon dioxide founder, negotiators at the latest round of United Nations climate change talks are looking to other greenhouse gases.
    Drilling & Production

    Frac services costly in tight supply, operators say

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Operators faced with costly delays in obtaining fracturing crews are considering their options, and some are assembling their own company-owned fracture stimulation fleets and...
    LNG

    Global LNG markets showing unexpected resilience

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Fears of global LNG oversupply in late 2008 have proven overblown by late 2010, said Betsy Spomer, BG Group vice-president regional business development, Americas and global LNG...
    HSE

    PTTEP outlines action plan after Montara spill

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Thailand's PTTEP Australasia Ltd., which implemented an action plan to improve drilling safety following the Montara well oil spill, on Nov. 24 acknowledged its earlier operating...
    Government

    GAO report sees flaws in DOI tracking of gas venting, flaring

    Dec. 6, 2010
    The US government is losing income from oil and gas leases because the Department of the Interior does not accurately track losses from natural gas venting and flaring, the Government...
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    HSE

    Q&A: Insights from authors who've faced challenges like BP's

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Is BP CEO Bob Dudley's recent charge that there was "a rush to justice" by the media fair criticism?
    Companies

    Watching The World: Growing arctic concerns

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Eric WatkinsOil Diplomacy EditorRoyal Dutch Shell PLC plans to limit the effect on wildlife from exploration in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas off Alaska after the US designated...
    Government

    Watching Government: Mapping sage grouse

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Many Rocky Mountain producers already were aware of the sage grouse's potential impact on their operations when the US Department of the Interior released a breeding density map...
    Refining

    PDVSA, Eni initiate heavy oil, refinery projects in Venezuela

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Venezuela's state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela SA and Italy's Eni SPA have agreed to invest $17 billion in two separate joint venture projects aimed at producing and refining ...
    HSE

    COMMENT: Communicating with the public: how BP told the Macondo story

    Dec. 6, 2010
    These are the words most often recalled when dozens of oil and gas executives were asked what they remembered about BP PLC's communications during the Gulf of Mexico oil spill...
    HSE

    MMS shortcomings changed government response to Macondo well oil spill

    Dec. 6, 2010
    The federal response to crude oil spilling from BP PLC's Macondo well in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico involved more experts from the oil and gas industry and from government departments...
    HSE

    Higher spill tax could come on top of other hikes, API warns

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Proposals to raise the federal oil spill tax by $31 billion would increase the US oil and gas industry's possible targeted amount to $117.48 billion in the fiscal 2011 budget,...
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    Reserves

    Total reserves, production climb on mixed results

    Dec. 6, 2010
    With the inclusion of some large oil reserves in Africa and a boost in Venezuela, Oil and Gas Journal's annual look at reported worldwide reserves shows an increase to 1.47 trillion...
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    Refining

    Global capacity growth slows, but Asian refineries bustle

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Crude oil distillation capacity worldwide advanced again in 2010, according to the latest OGJ Refinery Survey, setting a record for the ninth year in a row.
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    New Plants

    Construction survey shows completion date delays; projects on hold

    Dec. 6, 2010
    Oil & Gas Journal's semiannual Worldwide Construction Update shows a decline in construction activity compared with the previous edition of the update (OGJ, Apr. 5, 2010, p. 24...
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    Production Operations

    New treatment enables waste-stream water reuse

    Dec. 6, 2010
    A novel treatment enables operators to reuse Class II oil and gas waste streams from Greater Wattenberg Oil and Gas field in the Denver-Julesburg basin.