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    Final RFS rule a lot of trouble for little energy

    Aug. 19, 2013
    If Americans read the Environmental Protection Agency's final rule implementing the Renewable Fuels Standard for 2013
    Exploration & Development

    Exploration/Development Briefs

    Aug. 19, 2013
    ChinaShell China E&P Co. Ltd. signed a production-sharing contract with China National Offshore Oil Corp. for Block 35/10 in the Yinggehai basin in the western South China Sea...
    Companies

    US oil, gas industry employment up 40% during 2007-12

    Aug. 19, 2013
    The US oil and natural gas industry increased by more than 162,000 jobs—a 40% increase—from the start of 2007 through yearend 2012, according to a recent report from the US Department...
    Exploration & Development

    Petrobank works to boost Kerrobert output

    Aug. 19, 2013
    Petrobank Energy & Resources Ltd., Calgary, is testing two strategies to expand the combustion zone and raise production in a pioneering thermal heavy-oil project in Saskatchewan...
    Capacities

    Kinder Morgan, MarkWest Utica EMG to develop gas plant, pipeline

    Aug. 19, 2013
    MarkWest Utica EMG formed a joint venture with Kinder Morgan to open a 1,100-mile natural gas liquids pipeline to the Gulf Coast, expand northern Ohio rich-gas processing capacity...

    More content from Volume 111, Issue 8b

    Companies

    PwC US: Eagle Ford, Marcellus most active shale plays for 2Q M&A

    Aug. 19, 2013
    Transactions involving unconventional oil and gas assets remained a key driver for deal activity in the second quarter, and midstream shale assets values beat upstream shale deal...
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    Watching Government: No easy answers from USGS study

    Aug. 19, 2013
    Research by the US Geological Survey may begin to help public well water managers identify how vulnerable their systems are to contamination, but the study that USGS released ...
    Government

    EPA finalizes 2013 biofuel quotas; to address E10 'blend wall'

    Aug. 19, 2013
    The US Environmental Protection Agency announced final 2013 biofuel quotas under the Renewable Fuel Standard.
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    Senators promote North Dakota's regulatory role during Jewell visit

    Aug. 19, 2013
    North Dakota's two US senators—John Hoeven (R) and Heidi Heitkamp (D)—welcomed US Sec. of the Interior Sally Jewell to the state for a 2-day visit on Aug. 6.
    Government

    DOS conducts Keystone XL EIS conflict of interest inquiry

    Aug. 19, 2013
    The US Department of State's Office of Inspector General is studying whether a conflict of interest was created when a consultant that had done work for oil companies was hired...
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    IHS: Keystone XL would have minimal greenhouse gas emissions impact

    Aug. 19, 2013
    Completing the proposed Keystone XL crude oil pipeline would not have a significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions because other transportation routes used in its absence ...
    Reserves

    Mexico's president formally proposes oil sector reforms

    Aug. 19, 2013
    Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto formally proposed a plan on Aug. 12 to reform the country's oil and gas sector as a way to stimulate foreign investment.
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    Repeal Sect. 526

    Aug. 19, 2013
    If the US can't act friendly with its neighbor to the north, it at least should refrain from outright hostility. Current US policy makes appeasement of extreme environmentalists...
    Production Operations

    Reporting oil and gas

    Aug. 19, 2013
    Decades ago when I covered oil and gas for a Houston daily newspaper, some editor each spring would gas up his vehicle on the way to work and suddenly realize pump prices were...
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    Tankers

    OGJ Newsletter

    Aug. 19, 2013
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