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  • Volume 111, Issue 1a

    • Volume 111, Issue 1a

    Companies

    Salazar orders review of 2012 Arctic oil, natural gas drilling

    Jan. 14, 2013
    The US Department of the Interior has launched an expedited, high-level assessment of the 2012 offshore drilling program in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas, Interior Sec. Ken Salazar...
    New Plants

    Neb. DEQ sees minimal impacts with revised Keystone XL route

    Jan. 14, 2013
    Construction and operation of the proposed Keystone XL crude oil pipeline along its revised route, with the necessary mitigation measures, could have minimal environmental impacts...
    LPG Markets

    Watching Government: Building downstream outreach

    Jan. 14, 2013
    American Petrochemical & Fuel Manufacturers Pres. Charles T. Drevna made his primary 2013 New Year—s resolution early, and quickly started to keep it.
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    Companies

    Accenture: US shale gas operations offer lessons for other countries

    Jan. 14, 2013
    Countries embarking on shale gas development worldwide stand to benefit from lessons learned in US shale gas operations and water management, according to a recent report from...
    HSE

    Transocean to pay $1.4 billion in fines for Macondo blowout, spill

    Jan. 14, 2013
    A Transocean Ltd. subsidiary agreed to plead guilty to violating the US Clean Water Act and to pay a total of $1.4 billion in civil and criminal fines and penalties for its conduct...

    More content from Volume 111, Issue 1a

    Government

    The other tax fight

    Jan. 14, 2013
    Congressional Republicans insist their compromise allowing the US to evade widespread tax increases means the fight is finished over taxation in general. Oil and gas companies...
    Home

    Ailing Chavez should put oil market on alert

    Jan. 14, 2013
    The oil market faces new instability as the Jan. 10 inauguration approaches of newly reelected but apparently ailing President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela.
    Home

    Cold winds, tepid economy

    Jan. 14, 2013
    Despite occasional cold snaps, the US generally has experienced higher-than-average temperatures so far this winter. But during the first week of the New Year, meteorologists ...
    Home

    EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

    Jan. 14, 2013
    Europe gas oil storage reportAn Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) weekly gas oil storage report is now available to the industry.Aiming to match the usefulness of its North American...
    Government

    SEC responds to challenge of oil, gas foreign disclosure rule

    Jan. 14, 2013
    The US Securities and Exchange Commission forcefully responded to the American Petroleum Institute, US Chamber of Commerce, and other groups— legal challenge of its disclosure...
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    Refining

    OGJ Newsletter

    Jan. 14, 2013
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Exploration & Development

    Exploration/Development Briefs

    Jan. 14, 2013
    ArgentinaGran Tierra Energy Inc., Calgary, said a horizontal well in the Neuquen basin of Argentina is flowing light oil naturally from the Lower Cretaceous Loma Montosa tight...
    Government

    Senate passes bill allowing gas line through Denali National Park

    Jan. 14, 2013
    The US Senate approved legislation allowing a natural gas pipeline to be built along existing highway right-of-way in Denali National Park. S. 302 would allow a gas line to be...
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    Companies

    Kulluk drilling unit reaches harbor on Kodiak Island after being grounded

    Jan. 14, 2013
    The Kulluk, a conical drilling unit, was safely towed to a harbor on Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska where it will undergo a thorough safety assessment before resuming its...
    Companies

    Gerard: Industry poised to help US economy grow in 2013

    Jan. 14, 2013
    The US petroleum industry is making substantial contributions to improve the nation—s economic and energy security, and stands ready to do more in 2013, American Petroleum Institute...