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  • Volume 111, Issue 4

    • Volume 111, Issue 4

    Government

    Salazar finalizes oil shale plan; BLM proposes revisions

    April 1, 2013
    US Interior Sec. Ken Salazar issued a record of decision that finalizes a development process for oil shale and tar sands resources in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.
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    Refining

    Clean Fuels Project will reshape the refining industry in Kuwait

    April 1, 2013
    Kuwait's Clean Fuels Project (CFP) will reconfigure the country's three refineries and, in conjunction with grassroots construction planned at Al Zour, nearly double total refining...
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    Gas Processing

    Equations estimate ASTM distillation loss in gasoline

    April 1, 2013
    In the ASTM D86 distillation test, pentanes minimize hydrocarbon loss by "holding back," or suppressing the volatility of, butanes.
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    New Plants

    Indexes for selected equipment show moderate increase

    April 1, 2013
    Costs for six selected equipment items used in refining construction operations have been surveyed for 3 years, 2010-12. The accompanying table shows Nelson-Farrar equipment indexes...

    More content from Volume 111, Issue 4

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    Companies

    Automation maximizes performance for shale wells

    April 1, 2013
    Although automation technology has been used for many years to improve well performance in oil and gas production, the technology continues to evolve, benefitting both operations...
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    Exploration & Development

    ExxonMobil-Rosneft expand Arctic net to Alaska, LNG

    April 1, 2013
    ExxonMobil Corp. and Russia's Rosneft have agreed to expand a 2011 strategic cooperation agreement to include far more Russian Arctic exploratory acreage, possible Rosneft participation...
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    Exploration & Development

    RIL, BP offer $5 billion to hike KG D6 gas output

    April 1, 2013
    Reliance Industries Ltd., BP PLC, and Niko Resources Ltd. have outlined $5 billion in development and exploratory work to the Indian government to hike gas production on the deepwater...
    Equations Predict
    Production Operations

    Equations predict wellbore pressure, liquid loading in high GOR wells

    April 1, 2013
    Unique behavior of gas condensate wells is characterized by rapid well production loss. Condensate rapidly builds up around the wellbore, reducing gas permeability and gas deliverabilit...
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    Companies

    NORTH AMERICAN RESOURCE VALUE—1: Economics, fiscal competitiveness eyed for Canada, US tight oil plays

    April 1, 2013
    This report provides an assessment of the economics and fiscal competitiveness of the major tight oil plays in North America with a focus on Canada.
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    East Mediterranean discoveries raise tension in region

    April 1, 2013
    Another energy bonanza, another international crossfire with hydrocarbons in the middle.
    Government

    NEPA and the climate

    April 1, 2013
    An economy teetering despite interest rates barely above zero soon will have a new load to bear. The White House will blame Congress, especially the Republican-controlled House...
    Home

    Corn, ethanol prices squeeze profit

    April 1, 2013
    Last summer, US prices for ethanol and corn reached such an imbalance that production costs exceeded revenue at relatively simple ethanol plants, the US Energy Information Administratio...
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    LNG

    LNG UPDATE: Global LNG pricing evolves; supply, demand struggle toward balance

    April 1, 2013
    Global LNG faced a number of problems as 2013 began. All reflect industry's growing pains; none responds to easy solution.
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    US debate on LNG exports centered at Energy Department

    April 1, 2013
    Use of hydraulic fracturing to produce natural gas and oil from shale and other tight formations has transformed US energy markets. Vast new oil and gas reserves are now commercially...
    HSE

    Letters

    April 1, 2013
    Global luke-warmingBlizzard Nemo follows Hurricane Sandy, and drought spreads from the plains to the American Southwest. The year 2012 was the warmest US year on record. The media...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    'Seamless' market needed

    April 1, 2013
    To promote economic growth, the US needs to look no further than its closest neighbors, Canada and Mexico.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    April 1, 2013
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Home

    Watching Government: Future workforce needs

    April 1, 2013
    Many people in the oil and gas industry have been thinking hard about future workforce needs.
    Drilling & Production

    Industry urged to use natural gas in operations

    April 1, 2013
    Efforts to boost the use of natural gas in the US should begin with the industry producing the fuel, according an executive of a large independent gas producer.
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    General Interest

    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    April 1, 2013
    ShawCor Ltd.,Toronto, won an Offshore Technology Conference 2013 Spotlight on New Technology Award for Bredero Shaw's mobile robotic cutback system, which the company said is ...
    Companies

    FOCUS: UNCONVENTIONAL OIL & GAS — Montney, Duvernay will be key to Canada shale oil, gas growth

    April 1, 2013
    The oil and gas industry continues working to develop unconventional plays in British Columbia and Alberta, particularly oil and liquids with an emphasis toward the Duvernay and...
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    Companies

    Toughened oversight raises antitrust hazards of oil industry collaboration

    April 1, 2013
    Because federal antitrust agencies have intensified their oversight of the oil and gas industry recently, US operators and service providers must be more wary than ever of the...
    Companies

    UK government proposes tax incentives for shale gas E&P

    April 1, 2013
    The UK government continues working toward offering tax breaks to encourage shale gas exploration and production, and the proposed measures could make onshore shale exploration...
    LNG

    GIIGNL: Net global LNG trade slides in 2012

    April 1, 2013
    Global LNG imports net of reloads last year reached 236.3 million tonnes, a 1.9% decrease vs. 2011 trade movements, according to a report from Paris-based Groupe International...
    Companies

    Ten guidelines for managing the risks of collaboration

    April 1, 2013
    These guidelines can help oil and gas operators manage the antitrust risks of collaborations with competitors:
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Gazprom faces growing pressure to change, report says

    April 1, 2013
    Changing global gas markets may compel Russia's state-run Gazprom to dramatically change, two Washington observers suggested, but the changes won't be easy, and will take time...
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    Exploration & Development

    Industry bids $1.2 billion for 4.4% of acres offered in central gulf lease sale

    April 1, 2013
    A total high bonus of $1.2 billion at Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 227 masked the fact that oil and gas companies made only 407 bids on 320 of the 7,299 blocks offered.
    Tankers

    Drewry: LNG trade, fleet heading into choppy waters

    April 1, 2013
    Heating demand in major LNG importing regions fell in February. In addition, cargo availability tightened after a few unplanned shutdowns, leading to a 4% decline in Drewry Maritime...