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    Pipelines & Transportation

    EIA expects US liquids fuels consumption to rise

    April 29, 2013
    In a Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) released Apr. 9, the US Energy Information Administration projected that world oil consumption will reach 90 million b/d in 2013 and 91.3...
    Exploration & Development

    India considering changes to production-sharing contract

    April 29, 2013
    The Indian government is considering changes to its production-sharing contract, including a new mechanism for determining the price of natural gas.
    Refining

    Watching Government: Broader questions at Richmond

    April 29, 2013
    Broader questions emerged as the US Chemical Safety Board released its draft report on its investigation of an Aug. 6, 2012, incident at Chevron USA Inc.'s Richmond, Calif., refinery...
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    New Plants

    OGJ Newsletter

    April 29, 2013
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Government

    US can play constructive Western Hemisphere role, House panel told

    April 29, 2013
    The US should carefully consider how it can best help Latin American and Caribbean countries address their energy problems, witnesses told a US House subcommittee on Apr. 11.

    More content from Volume 111, Issue 4d

    Exploration & Development

    Cairn India plans 450 Rajasthan block wells

    April 29, 2013
    Cairn India Ltd. plans to drill more than 450 wells over the next 3 years on its Barmer basin block in Rajasthan, India, where it is producing from five oil fields and recently...
    Gas Processing

    Keyera, Plains explore Deep basin Alberta NGL pipeline

    April 29, 2013
    Keyera Corp. and Plains Midstream Canada ULC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Plains All American Pipeline LP, are soliciting interest in construction of a jointly owned NGL system...
    Government

    EPA critiques Keystone XL draft supplemental EIS

    April 29, 2013
    The US Environmental Protection Agency urged the US Department of State to look closely at alternative routes, including one that would closely parallel the existing Keystone ...
    Refining

    CSB draft report says neglect led to Chevron Richmond refinery fire

    April 29, 2013
    A failure to apply an inherently safer design, identify and evaluate damage mechanism hazards, and use effective safeguards led to an Aug. 6, 2012, pipe rupture and vapor release...
    Government

    Keystone XL pro-con debate heats up in Nebraska hearings

    April 29, 2013
    Calls for the Obama administration to authorize construction of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline's final segment increased as the US Department of State began hearings on the...
    Government

    US Supreme Court lowers curtain on an activist stage

    April 29, 2013
    The international oil and gas industry escaped a legal hazard on Apr. 17 when the US Supreme Court narrowed the geographic scope of an antique law on civil infractions involving...
    Government

    Groups seek Supreme Court review of EPA's GHG regulations

    April 29, 2013
    Four oil and gas associations joined 20 other business groups on Apr. 18 in asking the US Supreme Court to review the US Environmental Protection Agency's regulation of greenhouse...
    Economics & Markets

    EIA: US household spending on home energy fell last year

    April 29, 2013
    US average consumer spending on home energy fell $12 billion in 2012 compared with 2011, the Energy Information Administration reported.
    New Plants

    Midland plans skyscraper

    April 29, 2013
    Developers early this month unveiled plans to build what they call Energy Tower City Center in Midland. Initial plans call for offices, condominiums, a hotel, retail space, and...
    Discoveries

    Keystone XL tension

    April 29, 2013
    Tension increases in the Keystone XL pipeline controversy as hard-core opponents behave with growing desperation.