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    Evaluating Equation
    Government

    Evaluating claims of groundwater contamination from hydraulic fracturing

    July 1, 2013
    Proper evaluation of a claim of groundwater contamination from hydraulic fracturing requires several steps, which include characterization of the background groundwater condition...
    Us Canada T1
    Drilling & Production

    US, Canada maintain slower drilling pace through 2013

    July 1, 2013
    Operators backed away further from gas drilling in Canada and parts of the US in the first half of 2013 compared with the first half of 2012.
    Exploration & Development

    Serbian NIS spuds exploratory well in Bosnia and Herzegovina

    July 1, 2013
    Jadran Naftagas has spudded the Obudovac exploratory well near the village of Obudovac, located in the Samac municipality in Republika Srpska, an autonomous region within Bosnia...
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    Exploration & Development

    Argentina's Alvear subbasin may have unconventional oil

    July 1, 2013
    Oil fields in Argentina's Cuyo basin, lying just north of the Neuquen basin, are concentrated in only about 5% of the basin's total areal extent of 42,640 sq km.
    Global Us T1
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Global, US oil use to climb in 2013 as economies continue to struggle

    July 1, 2013
    Demand for oil and gas in the US will climb this year, bolstered by improving economic conditions. US crude oil and lease condensate production is expected to rise 13.8% to 7....

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    IOR/EOR

    EOR via CO2 flood requires careful transportation assessment

    July 1, 2013
    Enhanced oil recovery via miscible flooding with CO2 is an increasingly viable substitute globally for water flooding, but each case requires careful project design and cost estimation...
    Home

    Bipartisan effort forms to repeal biofuels mistake

    July 1, 2013
    Facing the chance to exercise bipartisan judiciousness, US lawmakers should remember that the problem with ethanol in vehicle fuel isn't the substance but rather volumetric requirements...
    Acid Washes T1
    Production Operations

    Acid washes, oxygenate scavengers work against gas gathering failures

    July 1, 2013
    A combination of acid washes and oxygenate scavengers can both reduce the frequency of pipeline failures caused by existing pitting corrosion and prevent new pitting corrosion...
    Government

    The EPA's retreat

    July 1, 2013
    Retreat by the US Environmental Protection Agency from its hunt for hydraulic-fracturing witches exposes an overworked strategy of modern environmental politics.
    Home

    LNG exports will affect US spot market

    July 1, 2013
    Much attention has focused on how the Henry Hub, La., cash market for natural gas will influence world gas markets when the US begins exporting LNG. But an "equal if not greater...
    Turner
    Tankers

    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    July 1, 2013
    Cameron International Corporation,Houston, opened its CAMSERV™ aftermarket drilling facility in Singapore to serve primarily major shipyards and offshore drilling contractors ...
    Companies

    The oil-price factor

    July 1, 2013
    Assumptions about the price of oil strongly influence forecasts of oil demand and supply such as Oil & Gas Journal's Midyear Forecast (p. 30). But what influences the price of...
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    Tankers

    OGJ Newsletter

    July 1, 2013
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Production Operations

    Petrominerales tests Llanos oil find at 5,900+ b/d

    July 1, 2013
    Petrominerales Corp., Calgary, will conduct long-term production tests at a multizone oil discovery on its 100% owned Casanare Este block in Colombia's central Llanos basin.
    Government

    EPA's proposed new ozone limits may be unworkable, House panel told

    July 1, 2013
    The US Environmental Protection Agency's possible reduction in allowable ground level ozone concentrations to 60 parts per billion potentially could trigger sanctions against ...
    Government

    Watching Government: EPA backs off Pavillion

    July 1, 2013
    Wyoming will conduct further investigations of drinking water quality in rural areas east of the town of Pavillion with the US Environmental Protection Agency's support, the state...
    Government

    Obama sends mixed signals to oil, gas industry in his climate address

    July 1, 2013
    US President Barack Obama strongly supported continued domestic natural gas development as he outlined measures to combat global climate change.
    Companies

    Shell takes FIDs for Niger Delta projects after pipeline explosion

    July 1, 2013
    Shell Petroleum Development Co. of Nigeria Ltd. (SPDC), operator of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC)/SPDC joint venture (SPDC JV), reported that the group has taken...
    Companies

    FOCUS: UNCONVENTIONAL OIL & GAS: EIA-ARI issues update of world assessment of shale oil, shale gas

    July 1, 2013
    Countries outside the US and Canada have vast quantities of hydrocarbons yet to be tapped from shale formations, said a June assessment released by the US Energy Information Administrat...
    Petrochemicals

    International Survey of Ethylene From Steam Crackers — 2013

    July 1, 2013
    Leena Koottungal Survey Editor/News WriterCapacities as of Jan. 1, 2013Click here to download the PDF of the the "International Survey of Ethylene From Steam Crackers—2013"
    Global Ethylene T1
    Petrochemicals

    Global ethylene capacity poised for major expansion

    July 1, 2013
    Global ethylene capacity grew in 2012 at about the same pace as in 2011, and in both years capacity grew more slowly than the prior 3 years, according to the latest Oil & Gas ...
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    Refining

    Nelson-Farrar Quarterly Costimating

    July 1, 2013
    The Nelson-Farrar refinery construction index rose quickly from 2,281.6 in January 2010, to 2,378.1 in December of the same year. Then continued upward ending with 2,475.6 in ...
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    Companies

    China developing strategy for horizontal fracturing technology

    July 1, 2013
    Although China's need for both crude oil and natural resources has increased dramatically during the last decade, its productivity lags behind.