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  • Volume 111, Issue 5c

    • Volume 111, Issue 5c

    Government

    The Enron analog

    May 27, 2013
    The Executive Branch of the US government is beginning to look like Enron just before bankruptcy. That's not to say the administration of Barack Obama has criminals in high office...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    ICF study outlines LNG exports' benefits to US economy

    May 27, 2013
    LNG exports could create at least 73,100-145,100 and up to 220,100-452,300 new US jobs over 20 years while having a minimal impact on US gas prices, a new ICF International study...
    Government

    Watching Government: Illuminating a shady process

    May 27, 2013
    To settle or not to settle, that is the question. Whether it's practical or simply expedient for a federal agency facing legal action to negotiate a compromise so it can use increasingl...
    Home

    Canada to EU: Don't penalize oil sands

    May 27, 2013
    Canada's minister of natural resources has warned officials of the European Union against "discriminatory treatment" of fuels made from products of Canadian oil sands.
    New Plants

    Keystone XL's small business pluses would be big, House panel told

    May 27, 2013
    Completing the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline's construction would significantly benefit many US small businesses and skilled workers, three witnesses told a US House subcommittee...

    More content from Volume 111, Issue 5c

    Production Operations

    DOI releases revised proposal to regulate hydraulic fracturing

    May 27, 2013
    The US Department of the Interior released a revised proposal to regulate hydraulic fracturing on public and Indian lands that it said would maintain important safety standards...
    Companies

    European Parliament approves offshore oil, gas safety directive

    May 27, 2013
    The European Parliament authorized a new offshore oil and gas operations directive that requires operators to prove their ability to cover potential liabilities and to submit ...
    Reserves

    Alaskan government proposes new ANWR crude oil resource study

    May 27, 2013
    Alaska's state government proposed that a new study of potential crude oil resources beneath the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's coastal plain be conducted before the Obama ...
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    Government

    OGJ Newsletter

    May 27, 2013
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Companies

    ACC details US chemical rebound from abundant, affordable gas

    May 27, 2013
    Abundant, affordable US natural gas supplies resulted in 97 announced chemical and plastics projects totaling $71.7 billion in potential new investment, the American Chemical ...
    Reserves

    RWI report measures resource-rich countries' accountability

    May 27, 2013
    The lives of more than 1 billion people worldwide could be transformed if their governments managed their countries' oil, gas, and mineral resources in a more open and accountable...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    DOE okays Freeport to start LNG exports to non-FTA countries

    May 27, 2013
    The US Department of Energy conditionally approved Freeport LNG's request to export domestically produced LNG from its Quintana Island, Tex., terminal to countries that do not...
    Companies

    Shell executive: Innovation, cooperation key to future energy success

    May 27, 2013
    A combination of innovation and cooperation will be necessary to meet the world's future energy needs, a Shell Downstream Inc. executive forecast.
    Companies

    Deloitte: Shale gas, oil potential increasingly apparent

    May 27, 2013
    Oil and gas production from tight shale formations clearly is a long-term phenomenon and not a short-term trend, Deloitte LLP officials told reporters.
    Exploration & Development

    Exploration/Development Briefs

    May 27, 2013
    KazakhstanCondor Petroleum Inc., Calgary, received regulatory approval for a completion and testing program of KN-E-201 oil discovery on the 2,610 sq km Zharkamys territory in...
    Companies

    Barclays: US gas exports to Mexico will accelerate

    May 27, 2013
    As the US debates exporting more plentiful natural gas from new liquefaction along the East and Gulf coasts, gas exports to Mexico in the past 3 years have doubled, according ...
    Companies

    For the birds

    May 27, 2013
    Oil companies have been prosecuted for federal crimes when migratory birds died in waste pits at drilling sites, but apparently US President Barack Obama's administration figures...
    Home

    US should repeal its antique ban on the export of crude

    May 27, 2013
    Sooner or later, the US government must allow general export of crude oil. Sooner would be better than later.