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    Exploration & Development

    OGJ FOCUS: Fall may be imminent for Kansas Cherokee basin coalbed gas output

    Feb. 8, 2010
    Natural gas production in the Kansas portion of the Cherokee basin (southeastern Kansas) for 2008 was 49.1 bcf.
    Production Operations

    Watching The World: Swordfish? Not likely!

    Feb. 8, 2010
    The oil and gas industry does not usually have to worry too much about swordfish, but might that situation have to change after reports from Angola last week?
    Government

    Obama renews call for oil taxes in 2011 budget

    Feb. 8, 2010
    The Obama administration proposed $36.5 billion of new oil and gas taxes as it released its proposed fiscal 2011 budget.
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    Government

    Obama's speech contains good, bad news for industry

    Feb. 8, 2010
    US President Barack Obama called for more domestic offshore oil and gas development in his 2010 State of the Union address on Jan. 27. He also said that it's time to end tax cuts...
    Reserves

    UK offers tax boost package as 26th bidding round opens

    Feb. 8, 2010
    The British government announced a package of tax incentives worth up to £12 billion aimed at unlocking oil and gas reserves in the Atlantic frontier west of Shetland—an area ...

    More content from Volume 108, Issue 5

    Government

    US Interior budget request contains cost increases

    Feb. 8, 2010
    US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the nation's oil and gas industry will remain an important contributor to resource management as he presented the Department of the Interior...
    General Interest

    IADC/SPE: BP changes training, development focus

    Feb. 8, 2010
    To meet the increasing complexity of drilling and completing wells in higher pressure and temperature environments that are deeper and have longer deviations, Scott Sigurdson,...
    LNG

    Indonesia rejects development plan for LNG project

    Feb. 8, 2010
    Indonesia's upstream oil and gas regulator BPMigas rejected a plan of development for an LNG project proposed by Energy Equity Epic Sengkang (EEES), a wholly owned subsidiary ...
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    Tankers

    OGJ Newsletter

    Feb. 8, 2010
    General Interest — Quick TakesAPI, NPRA question EPA's proposed ozone limitsTwo witnesses from oil industry trade associations separately questioned the US Environmental Protection...
    Government

    Iran condemns US Senate for gasoline sanctions

    Feb. 8, 2010
    Iran has condemned the US Senate for approving gasoline import sanctions against the Middle Eastern country, saying it follows Washington's traditional line of ineffective policy...
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    Production Operations

    Chinese oil companies invest heavily abroad

    Feb. 8, 2010
    Chinese oil and gas companies have boosted their investments abroad since 2008 despite the global economic downturn, having committed billions of dollars into developing large...
    LNG

    Indonesia seeks to purchase LNG carriers

    Feb. 8, 2010
    Indonesia's state-owned PT Pertamina said it will open a bidding round to procure ocean-going vessels to be converted into floating LNG-receiving terminals in East and West Java...
    Companies

    Watching Government: Rendell's plans in Pennsylvania

    Feb. 8, 2010
    Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell gets it. His state is on the verge of a natural gas development boom, so he has ordered the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to...
    Government

    Editorial: Obama's message

    Feb. 8, 2010
    President Barack Obama to the US oil and gas industry: Get out of town. That's the message in the president's budget proposal for fiscal 2011.
    Home

    Three companies submit oil sands EIAs to Alberta

    Feb. 8, 2010
    Korea National Oil Corp., Osum Oil Sands Corp., and Shell Canada Ltd. recently submitted to Alberta environment impact assessment reports concerning planned oil sands projects...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Internal pressure test succeeds where other measures fail

    Feb. 8, 2010
    Despite the promulgation of multiple standards regarding materials and methods used in pipeline construction and the adoption of these by contractors and operating companies, ...
    Discoveries

    All about Orinoco

    Feb. 8, 2010
    Venezuela's Orinoco oil belt made headlines in January with word that the US Geological Survey had assigned the area technically recoverable volumes of 513 billion bbl of heavy...
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    IOR/EOR

    Practical equations calculate gas flow rates through venturi valves

    Feb. 8, 2010
    Oil field operators can use several practical equations for calculating flow rates of natural gas through venturi gas-lift valves.
    Companies

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Feb. 8, 2010
    New compact gauge valveThis new compact gauge valve is designed with a smaller footprint, promising quick, convenient access for the isolation and venting of pressure gauges.The...
    Refining

    Floating inventories fall

    Feb. 8, 2010
    The volume of crude in storage on supertankers at sea has fallen well below 40 million bbl from a peak of 100 million bbl last May.
    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    Feb. 8, 2010
    Riverstone Holdings LLC,New York, has completed its acquisition of Seajacks International for a total cash consideration of $207 million. Seajacks owns and operates two self-propelled...
    Home

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    Feb. 8, 2010
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    Government

    Obama's speech raises tax alarm for oil industry

    Feb. 8, 2010
    For the oil and gas industry, President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech on Jan. 27 contained one carrot and two heavy sticks.
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    Petrochemicals

    Calculating high cetane 300-400° F. cut for diesel

    Feb. 8, 2010
    This article provides a basis for deciding whether to evaluate a new process scheme or alter an existing one with a view toward moving a 300-400° F. cut from gasoline to diesel...