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  • Volume 111, Issue 11

    • Volume 111, Issue 11

    LNG

    Study: Uncertainty rules smaller nations' rush to gas

    Nov. 4, 2013
    Smaller nations' plans to invest in natural gas should proceed with caution, according to interim results of a study by MIT Energy Initiative in collaboration with the Cyprus ...
    Companies

    Foreign oil, natural gas investment strong in Canada

    Nov. 4, 2013
    Foreign investment in Canadian oil and gas, a topic that raised governmental concern when CNOOC Ltd. of China last year announced plans to acquire Nexen Inc. of Calgary for $15...
    Government

    Moniz: US still vulnerable despite improved outlook

    Nov. 4, 2013
    The US still must address natural resources geopolitics despite its oil and gas outlook being dramatically better than it was when the Arab oil embargo began 40 years ago, US ...
    Companies

    Speakers see changes ahead for Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela

    Nov. 4, 2013
    Three major Latin American oil-producing nations face different near-term policy prospects, ranging from reforms in Mexico to possible retreat in Brazil to near-total uncertainty...
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    New Plants

    Survey shows increase in gas processing construction

    Nov. 4, 2013
    Oil and Gas Journal's semiannual Worldwide Construction Update shows an increase in gas processing construction activity compared with the previous edition of the update.

    More content from Volume 111, Issue 11

    Production Operations

    Rhetoric vs. action

    Nov. 4, 2013
    "Every barrel of oil or cubic foot of gas that we produce at home instead of importing from abroad means more jobs, fast growth, and a lower trade deficit," said Gene Sperling...
    Government

    RFS and health care

    Nov. 4, 2013
    The subjects differ, but basic problems in two US political issues are identical. In both, Americans face the need to part with money for failing to meet impossible requirements...
    Government

    LETTERS

    Nov. 4, 2013
    'Tale of Two Cities'Regarding the editorial entitled "Two layers of cost" (OGJ, Oct. 21, p. 20), my "window" into the effects of government policy is through my life in the two...
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    Exploration & Development

    OGJ Newsletter

    Nov. 4, 2013
    International news for oil and gas professionals
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    LPG Markets

    US C3 balances to tighten, prices to rise over winter months

    Nov. 4, 2013
    Propane supply-demand balances in US markets are poised to be much tighter in winter 2013 than during winters of 2011 and 2012. Tighter supply-demand balances generally result...
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    Production Operations

    Novel hull concepts address ultradeep Gulf of Mexico production

    Nov. 4, 2013
    By 2020, according to industry forecasts, deepwater oil production will constitute a third of the world's total oil supply.
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    Production Operations

    Gas production starts at ExxonMobil's Kipper-Tuna-Turrum project

    Nov. 4, 2013
    Oil and gas production has begun from ExxonMobil's $4.5 billion (Aus.) Kipper-Tuna-Turrum project in Bass Strait offshore Victoria. Gas is flowing from the Tuna field while Turrum...
    Companies

    Pioneer to sell Alaska subsidiary for $550 million

    Nov. 4, 2013
    Dallas-based independent Pioneer Natural Resources Co. has agreed to sell its equity in subsidiary Natural Resources Alaska Inc. to privately held Caelus Energy Alaska LLC, Dallas...
    Home

    Dana Gas group files arbitration on Kurdistan government

    Nov. 4, 2013
    Three operators that hold oil and gas rights in Iraq's Kurdistan region have filed an arbitration action in a London court seeking to clarify contractual rights under their agreement...
    Government

    AAA, API ask EPA to lower 2014 ethanol mandates

    Nov. 4, 2013
    The American Automobile Association has asked the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Obama administration to reduce ethanol mandates under the federal Renewable Fuels ...
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    General Interest

    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    Nov. 4, 2013
    Duma Energy Corp.Duma Energy Corp. is pleased to announce the election of Kent Watts and Pasquale Scaturro as directors of the company, effective October 11, 2013. Watts has been...
    Home

    Protest events seen as 'new normal' for Keystone XL opponents

    Nov. 4, 2013
    Proponents of the proposed Keystone XL crude oil pipeline said opponents' increasingly frequent protest events represent a "new normal" in efforts to keep the pipeline from Alberta...
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    Pipelines

    Systematic approach streamlines natgas pipeline pressure increase

    Nov. 4, 2013
    A sequence consisting of internal inspection, elimination of major defects, and subsequent pressure testing is the most efficient way to ensure the integrity and increase the ...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Transient analysis helps IM for crater-type corrosion defects

    Nov. 4, 2013
    Introducing transient analysis to pipeline integrity management (IM) is strongly recommended when crater-type corrosion defects are present and when threshold criteria are more...
    Government

    Treaty's glitch may be fading

    Nov. 4, 2013
    Remember the Gulf of Mexico transboundary treaty glitch that was the subject of Watching Government's Oct. 14 column? There are growing indications now that it might not be a ...
    Home

    Censure would greet conservative using Al Gore's tactics

    Nov. 4, 2013
    A political conservative leveraging shrill argumentation on a judgmental view of substance abusers would be censured for insensitivity.
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    Exploration & Development

    Applying gamma-ray logs to a carbonate reservoir: a Pakistan Potwar basin example

    Nov. 4, 2013
    Reservoir rocks (carbonates and sands) are mainly sedimentary in nature with interconnected pore spaces (permeability), reflecting the ease with which hydrocarbons can flow in...
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    Companies

    Alaska's oil crossroads: lucrative OCS prize and TAPS pipeline fuse

    Nov. 4, 2013
    Alaska's oil business faces an uncertain future.