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  • Volume 108, Issue 9

    • Volume 108, Issue 9

    Production Operations

    Frac fluid fearsvshow capacityvfor inconsistency

    March 8, 2010
    Controversy over hydraulic fracturing fluids and their possible effect on drinking water demonstrates the boundless human capacity for inconsistency.
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    Production Operations

    Mixing oil and Wasser

    March 8, 2010
    As parts of the US and elsewhere experience one of most relentless winters on record, it's only human nature to entertain thoughts of warmer-weather activities, such as walking...
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    LNG

    OGJ Newsletter

    March 8, 2010
    General Interest — Quick TakesAnadarko hikes spending to $5.6 billion for 2010Anadarko Petroleum Corp. on Mar. 2 said it plans capital expenditures of $5.3-5.6 billion this year...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    March 8, 2010
    New tool sizes, detects corrosion features in pipelinesThe GEMINI system is a new range of combo tools that provide caliper, metal loss, and mapping information in a single tool...
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    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    March 8, 2010
    Transocean Ltd.,Zug, Switzerland, has named Steven L. Newman CEO. He succeeds Robert L. Long, who is retiring. Newman is a candidate for the Transocean board. He previously served...

    More content from Volume 108, Issue 9

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    Exploration & Development

    Lehigh Park field seen as indicator of S. Florida offshore oil potential

    March 8, 2010
    Lehigh Park field in Lee County, southwest Florida, was discovered in 1974 by Exxon.
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    Home

    Europe pursues Baltic transit debottlenecking

    March 8, 2010
    The Baltic Sea region's role on Europe's energy map will grow in the near future.
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    Petrochemicals

    OGJ FOCUS: Competitive pressures changing Asian petchems

    March 8, 2010
    Massive growth in Chinese and Middle East petrochemical capacities and prospects of intense competition for Asian markets from Middle East producers are prompting profound change...
    General Interest

    TIPRO uses convention to push increased US gas use

    March 8, 2010
    The Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association used its annual convention in Houston to a call for increased use by the US of natural gas produced in the US.
    Government

    Independents converge on Washington as gas advocates

    March 8, 2010
    Independent producers converged on US Senate and House members' offices Mar. 2 to advocate for federal policies that encourage the development of natural gas.
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    Petrochemicals

    OGJ FOCUS: US OLEFINS—SECOND-HALF 2009: US olefins production rebounds amid global economic recovery

    March 8, 2010
    Second-half 2009 saw sustained recovery for the US petrochemical industry, even as broader economies continued to experience credit crises and economic recession.
    Refining

    US, Canadian firms post weak 4Q 2009, annual results

    March 8, 2010
    For some oil and natural gas producers, fourth-quarter 2009 earnings improved from a bleak quarter a year earlier, but feeble demand for products hurt refining and marketing results...
    General Interest

    Watching The World: Doing business together

    March 8, 2010
    If there is anything the oil and gas industry desperately needs, it is business.
    Economics & Markets

    CFTC official wants more energy market transparency

    March 8, 2010
    Energy commodities regulators worldwide will need to move carefully and cooperatively if they expect to make global oil markets more transparent, US Commodity Futures Trading ...
    Companies

    Watching Government: A controversial position

    March 8, 2010
    His position hasn't won him many friends among coastal property owners where he lives, but Bruce Allen still says that the best way to reduce pollution from oil seeps in the Santa...
    Government

    Editorial: Al Gore and the IPCC

    March 8, 2010
    Nobel Propagandist Al Gore has reemerged to dogmatize again about global warming, responding this time to the collapse of scientific arguments for abandoning fossil energy.
    Production Operations

    US lawmaker requests hearings on OCS delay costs

    March 8, 2010
    US Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) urged House Natural Resources Committee leaders to schedule hearings on the economic costs of continued delays in offshore oil and gas development...
    IOR/EOR

    CO2 injection under way in Alabama EOR pilot project

    March 8, 2010
    A project team has begun to inject carbon dioxide into Alabama's Citronelle field as part of a $7.9 million pilot project to determine whether the field is ideal for simultaneous...
    Exploration & Development

    Tullow eyeing higher oil production target in Uganda

    March 8, 2010
    Uganda's oil production target could more than double to 350,000 b/d by 2018 from the current target of 150,000 b/d in 2013 if the right business plan is adopted, according to...
    Exploration & Development

    Norway launches new licensing round

    March 8, 2010
    Norway, while warning of the potential for espionage directed against its oil and gas industry, has launched its 2010 oil and gas licensing round for predefined areas (APA).
    Production Operations

    Trinidad and Tobago ramps up crude oil production

    March 8, 2010
    Trinidad and Tobago says it is taking steps to increase crude oil production in an effort to balance its energy portfolio.
    Refining

    BP seeking to boost profits by $3 billion/year

    March 8, 2010
    BP PLC on Mar. 2 outlined its annual strategy presentation in which Chief Executive Tony Hayward said the company hopes to boost its profits before taxes by more than $3 billion...
    Home

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    March 8, 2010
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    Government

    Salazar defends proposed increased costs for producers

    March 8, 2010
    US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar defended plans to increase oil and gas royalties and fees on federal leases as he testified Mar. 3 before a US Senate committee on his department...
    Production Operations

    US oil production climbs

    March 8, 2010
    Unlike most producers outside the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the US "put up remarkably strong oil production growth of 7.1% in 2009" after "a nearly nonstop...