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  • Volume 111, Issue 1

    • Volume 111, Issue 1

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    Petrochemicals

    GUIDE TO WORLD CRUDES: BP issues NWS condensate assay

    Jan. 7, 2013
    Early last year, BP—whose subsidiary BP Developments Australia Pty. Ltd. holds an interest in the North West Shelf (NWS) venture off Australia—released a crude oil assay of the...
    Refinery Construction T1
    Refining

    Nelson-Farrar Quarterly Costimating: Refinery construction indexes listed for 80+ years

    Jan. 7, 2013
    Here are annual values for the Nelson-Farrar refinery inflation cost index since 1926.
    Illinois Basin T1
    IOR/EOR

    Illinois basin, Midwest carbon dioxide EOR challenges may be surmountable

    Jan. 7, 2013
    As a technology new to the Midwest, carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (CO2 EOR) has several barriers to overcome before it can gain a sustained presence in the region.
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    Refining

    HEAVY OIL REFINING—1: Understanding fines in coking more important now

    Jan. 7, 2013
    Growth in the need to upgrade heavy crude oils, such as Athabasca bitumen and others, into synthetic crude oils as well as the need to process heavier conventional crudes is increasing...
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    IOR/EOR

    Egypt's Tut field a candidate for CO2 miscible flooding

    Jan. 7, 2013
    Tut field has proved to be feasible for the application of enhanced oil recovery technology.

    More content from Volume 111, Issue 1

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    Pipelines

    Focused-beam reflectance method aids hydrate blockage prediction

    Jan. 7, 2013
    Examining the variance of hydrate particle size with focused-beam reflectance measurements (FBRM) yields a clearer understanding of the microscopic mechanisms guiding hydrate ...
    Slower Drilling T1
    Drilling & Production

    Slower drilling pace likely in US, Canada during 2013

    Jan. 7, 2013
    The year 2013 could be a lackluster period for overall well completions in the US and Canada with declines possible if not likely in both countries.
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    Reserves

    Resource plays could help refill trans-Alaska pipeline

    Jan. 7, 2013
    Can Alaska match some of the other emerging oil plays in the Lower 48, namely the Eagle Ford shale and the Bakken?
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    LNG

    US LNG EXPORT PROJECTS—2 (Conclusion): Projected financial performance supports building at least a few

    Jan. 7, 2013
    The projected financial performance of proposed US LNG export plants supports the building and commissioning of at least a few of them.
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    High energy costs will be legacy of retiring EPA chief

    Jan. 7, 2013
    The regulatory activism for which Lisa P. Jackson long will be remembered hit full stride in her first year as administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency.
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Unusual economic uncertainties cloud oil and gas market outlook

    Jan. 7, 2013
    More than usual uncertainty about the economic drivers of energy markets complicates forecasts about oil demand in a year of continuing relocation of the growth centers for supply...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Approve Keystone XL

    Jan. 7, 2013
    The year 2013 opens with the US economy still sputtering, unemployment still too high, the federal government still struggling with fiscal hazard, and President Barack Obama triumphant...
    Companies

    Gasoline from trees

    Jan. 7, 2013
    KiOR Corp. recently announced the completion of a commercial-scale plant to make gasoline blendstocks from wood. According to the company, the commercial facility at Columbus,...
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    2013 looks a lot like 2012

    Jan. 7, 2013
    New Year 2013 looks as though it will be much like the old one. There's rioting in Egypt, confrontation with Iran, continued crisis in the Euro-zone, and Texas needs rain—as does...
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    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    Jan. 7, 2013
    Schlumberger Ltd.,Paris, acquired GeoKnowledge AS, a Norwegian software company specializing in exploration decision and support solutions for the oil and gas industry, including...
    HSE

    A global-warming wish

    Jan. 7, 2013
    The start of a year, always a time of forecasts—with reference to which, see p. 26—can be the occasion for wishes, as well. Here's one: that popular debate about global warming...
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    Home

    EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

    Jan. 7, 2013
    Large diameter vacuum cups suited for heavy liftingLarge vacuum cups in sizes to 15 in. in diameter are designed to lift and manipulate large, bulky, or cumbersome materials.Round...
    LNG

    Chevron to buy stake in Kitimat LNG, BC shale basins

    Jan. 7, 2013
    Chevron Canada Ltd. plans to acquire a 50% state in the Kitimat LNG project and proposed Pacific Trail Pipeline (PTP) and a 50% interest in 644,000 acres in the Horn River and...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Jan. 7, 2013
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Companies

    WoodMac: Commercial viability of UK shale gas yet to be proved

    Jan. 7, 2013
    Recent announcements by the UK government encouraging development of shale gas are not enough to ensure its commercial viability, and the key determinant will be the quality of...
    General Interest

    Watching Government: 2012's war of words

    Jan. 7, 2013
    Maybe it was because it was a presidential election year. Whatever the reason, words seemed to matter more than substance to Washington's energy policy-makers in 2012, and produced...
    New Plants

    IHS: Refinery, petrochemical construction costs flat in second half

    Jan. 7, 2013
    Costs for designing and building refining and petrochemical plants were essentially unchanged from this year's first quarter to its third quarter, according to the latest edition...
    Production Operations

    IHS: Study measures economic benefits of unconventional oil, gas production

    Jan. 7, 2013
    A new state-by-state study estimates total unconventional oil and gas production in the Lower 48 will contribute $63 billion in federal, state, and local tax revenues in 2012,...
    Exploration & Development

    Exploration/Development Briefs

    Jan. 7, 2013
    AlbaniaPetromanas Energy Inc., Calgary, said it has drilled the Shpirag-2 well in Albania's Berati thrust belt to 4,230 m in the flysch shale and expects to encounter the target...
    Companies

    FOCUS: UNCONVENTIONAL OIL & GAS: Industry awaits permission to explore South Africa's Karoo shale gas

    Jan. 7, 2013
    With the lifting of a ban on hydraulic fracturing, oil and gas companies hope the South African government will authorize natural gas development in the Karoo basin, which awaits...
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