Volume 111, Issue 3a

Watching Government: Venezuela after Chavez

March 11, 2013

Many anticipated Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's death from cancer. It still raised significant questions about what will happen next when it actually happened on Mar. 5.

Government

API: Cabinet nominees will impact energy policies

March 11, 2013

Obama nominated McCarthy, currently EPA's assistant administrator for air and radiation, and Moniz, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Energy Initiatives,...

Government

State Department releases draft SEIS for revised Keystone XL

March 11, 2013

The US Department of State released a draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the proposed Keystone XL crude oil pipeline's new presidential permit application...

Government

Sequestration will affect federal energy activities, Zichal warns

March 11, 2013

The automatic budget cuts under the impending federal budget sequestration will adversely affect federal energy activities, warned Heather Zichal, US President Barack Obama's ...

Home

UT study forecasts reliable supply from Barnett shale through 2030

March 11, 2013

A new study of the Barnett shale foresees reliable supply with slowly declining production through the year 2030, said the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) at the University of...

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Economics & Markets

A new energy approach

March 11, 2013

The transition to a new team of Cabinet-level officials presents the opportunity for a useful course correction on US energy policy.

General Interest

Policing executive pay

March 11, 2013

Swiss voters recently approved tough pay limits for executives of privately owned companies, including a binding annual vote by shareholders on management salaries.

Home

Great Green Fleet lowers worry about defense budget cuts

March 11, 2013

Taking threats seriously about the security implications of automatic spending cuts would be easier if US military leaders always acted serious about security.

Government

Obama nominates McCarthy to head EPA, Moniz to lead DOE

March 11, 2013

US President Barack Obama nominated Gina McCarthy, the US Environmental Protection Agency's assistant administrator for air and radiation, to succeed Lisa A. Jackson as EPA's ...

Exploration & Development

Exploration/Development Briefs

March 11, 2013

ColombiaPetrominerales Ltd., Calgary, said it resumed production testing in January 2013 at its Tatama horizontal well in Colombia's Llanos basin, where the company operates the...

LNG

OGJ Newsletter

March 11, 2013

International news for oil and gas professionals

Pipelines & Transportation

IHS CERAWeek: Energy industry entering transformation period

March 11, 2013

IHS CERAWeek speakers generally agree the energy industry is entering a transformation period that likely will reshape traditional oil and natural gas supply-demand scenarios ...

Companies

Shell energy scenarios to 2050 stress cooperation, flexibility

March 11, 2013

Global economic growth, North America's new oil and gas strength, and increasing climate change impacts will have to be carefully juggled through 2050 by industries, governments...

Companies

Shell puts Arctic drilling off Alaska on pause

March 11, 2013

Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced it will "pause" its exploration drilling activity for 2013 in Alaska's Beaufort and Chukchi seas to prepare equipment and plans for a resumption...

Home

Talisman's shale strategy emphasizes Eagle Ford liquids

March 11, 2013

Talisman Energy Inc. is setting its short-term priority on developing in the South Texas Eagle Ford liquids shale play and also on drilling to hold strategic land positions in...

Reserves

IHS CERAWeek: BP sees growing diversity of oil, gas supply

March 11, 2013

The oil and gas industry faces a growing diversity of reserves worldwide ranging from shale plays to Arctic drilling, BP PLC Chief Executive Bob Dudley said in an opening keynote...