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  • Volume 111, Issue 5

    Government

    Watching Government: Federal fracing research update

    May 6, 2013
    Four agencies are moving ahead and continuing to coordinate federal hydraulic fracturing research despite missing a pair of deadlines, officials told a pair of US House Science...
    New Plants

    FOCUS: UNCONVENTIONAL OIL & GAS: Much of industry awaits more details on new shale coalition

    May 6, 2013
    Reactions varied widely following formation of the Center for Sustainable Shale Development, which was set up by a coalition of environmental groups, foundations, and some oil...
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    Refining

    Survey shows increase in refining construction

    May 6, 2013
    Oil and Gas Journal's semiannual Worldwide Construction Update shows an increase in refining construction activity compared with the previous edition of the update (OGJ, Nov.5...
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    Petrochemicals

    PROCESS SAFETY—1: Gas conditioning failures show need for design scrutiny

    May 6, 2013
    Review of certain oil and gas operations offers lessons on process safety to designers of gas conditioning.
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    Refining

    North American production boom pushes crude blending

    May 6, 2013
    Rapid growth of US and Canadian crude oil production in recent years is exceeding the capacity of pipeline infrastructure to deliver crudes to refiners, causing some crudes to...

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    Exploration & Development

    Studies predict oil upswing in deepwater GOM 2013, beyond

    May 6, 2013
    Independent reports by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) and Wood Mackenzie Ltd. (OGJ Online, Oct. 15, 2012) predict a strong upswing in oil exploration and production...
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    Tankers

    Incremental steps advance subsea development

    May 6, 2013
    Subsea oil and gas technology is continuously advancing to meet the requirements of increasingly demanding production environments: deeper water, greater distances from shore,...
    Reserves

    South China Sea contested areas poorly endowed, EIA says

    May 6, 2013
    Contested areas of the South China Sea have not been assessed to hold large conventional oil and natural gas resources, the US Energy Information Administration said.
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    Pipelines

    SUBSEA PRECOMMISSIONING—1: Nord Stream natural gas pipeline highlights need to integrate precommissioning

    May 6, 2013
    As subsea natural gas pipelines get longer and more remote, precommissioning requires increased integration into the overall project plan.
    Home

    Tension relaxing on two fronts in important Turkey

    May 6, 2013
    Tension is easing on two still-dodgy fronts in a mostly stable country supremely important in the logistics and geopolitics of energy.
    Discoveries

    The OCS narrative

    May 6, 2013
    Nowhere in the administration of US President Barack Obama has action conflicted with narrative more than it has with offshore oil and gas leasing. And the narrative keeps changing...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Tajikistan: Pamir pipedream or new Central Asian exporter?

    May 6, 2013
    Tajikistan is energy starved—a situation that results in up to 70% of the population suffering from severe power outages each winter, imposes an estimated annual economic hit ...
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    Home

    North American Resource Value — 2: North American tight oil play economics compared

    May 6, 2013
    This report is the second of two parts on the economics and fiscal competitiveness of North American tight oil resources.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Foreign crude supply concentrated

    May 6, 2013
    It's no secret the jump in US oil production in recent years has dropped imports of foreign crude to the lowest levels since 1997—down 1.3 million b/d in the 4 weeks ended Apr...
    Home

    A new family member

    May 6, 2013
    A new member of the PennWell Petroleum Group family will come to you soon.
    Home

    PwC analyzes first-quarter US unconventional deals

    May 6, 2013
    Mergers and acquisitions involving unconventional assets contributed to increased number of deals and total deal value during the first quarter 2013 compared with the same period...
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    LNG

    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    May 6, 2013
    Lufkin Industries Inc.,Lufkin, Tex., and the General Electric Co. agreed jointly to the $3.3 billion cash acquisition of Lufkin Industries to $88.50/share—a 38% premium to its...
    Government

    TransCanada delays Keystone XL in-service date to second-half 2015

    May 6, 2013
    TransCanada Corp. is pushing back the in-service date for its Keystone XL pipeline from late-2014 or early-2015 to second-half 2015.
    Home

    Bakken, Three Forks resources rise twofold in new USGS estimate

    May 6, 2013
    The Bakken and Three Forks formations in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana hold an estimated mean of 7.38 billion bbl of undiscovered, technically recoverable crude oil,...
    Government

    House panel begins US-Mexico Trans-boundary treaty discussions

    May 6, 2013
    Congressional approval of the 2012 US-Mexico Trans-Boundary Hydrocarbons Treaty would produce significant benefits for both countries, witnesses told a US House Natural Resources...
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    Exploration & Development

    OGJ Newsletter

    May 6, 2013
    International news for oil and gas professionals