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    Exploration & Development

    OGJ Newsletter

    July 8, 2013
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Reserves

    Group asks Irish government to streamline licensing

    July 8, 2013
    Citing environmentally related delays of two oil and gas projects, the local branch of the Energy Institute, London, has urged the Irish government to address "uneasiness with...
    IOR/EOR

    Carbon dioxide injection starts in Oklahoma's Burbank oil field

    July 8, 2013
    Carbon dioxide injection began June 6 into giant Burbank field in Osage County, Okla., in a 30-year project the operator expects to recover 88 million bbl of oil.
    Government

    API urges longer compliance period if EPA adopts Tier 3 proposal

    July 8, 2013
    The American Petroleum Institute will ask the US Environmental Protection Agency to give refiners at least two more years to comply if the federal regulator adopts proposed Tier...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Watching Government: More work ahead for TAP

    July 8, 2013
    The Shah Deniz II consortium's selection on June 26 of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline as its natural gas western export gateway moved the project farther along. Much more will need...

    More content from Volume 111, Issue 7a

    LNG

    Rosneft, ExxonMobil reach milestones in strategic agreement

    July 8, 2013
    Rosneft and ExxonMobil Corp. said they achieved several milestones under their 2011 Strategic Cooperation Agreement, including joint venture formation for the Kara Sea and Black...
    New Plants

    Mexico's energy reforms will need to be bold, experts suggest

    July 8, 2013
    Mexico's government, which is expected to announce energy reforms in August, will need to take bold steps if it expects to meaningfully participate in North America's oil and ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    More steps needed to improve US energy advantage, House panels told

    July 8, 2013
    Lower natural gas prices resulting from increased unconventional production have made US manufacturing globally competitive again, witnesses told a joint hearing of two US House...
    Home

    Diluted bitumen poses no special pipeline leak risks, NAS panel finds

    July 8, 2013
    Oil sands crude does not pose an increased risk compared with other crude oils when transported via pipeline, said a committee of scientists reporting to the US Department of ...
    Production Operations

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

    July 8, 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.
    Exploration & Development

    Exploration/Development Briefs

    July 8, 2013
    EgyptA group led by Vegas Oil & Gas has tested its Al Amir SE-17 development well at 3,664 b/d of oil and spudded the Shehab-2 exploratory well, both on the Northwest Gemsa concession...
    Home

    High court rulings on pollution are not about science

    July 8, 2013
    The US Supreme Court's June 24 decision not to consider a challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's E15 waiver serves as a reminder that their honors have the final say...
    Companies

    Piper Alpha, and after

    July 8, 2013
    Industry representatives and others gathered for a 3-day conference in Aberdeen last month to "reflect, review, reinforce, and reenergize" the lessons learned after an explosion...
    Home

    A costly climate gesture

    July 8, 2013
    When the President of the United States acts to raise energy costs by limiting commercial supply, he should provide more than a gesture as a reason for sacrifice.