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    Antioil arguments too often rely on distortion

    Aug. 26, 2013
    Obstructionism accommodates itself more readily to politics than to argument.
    Companies

    Exploration/Development Briefs

    Aug. 26, 2013
    AustraliaShell Development (Australia) Pty. Ltd. will earn a 50% interest in and become operator of the AC/P 52 permit in the northern Browse basin offshore Western Australia ...
    Production Operations

    Denbury oil output climbs with Bell Creek start-up

    Aug. 26, 2013
    Denbury Resources Inc., Plano, Tex., reported record oil production in the quarter ended June 30 and said it foresees lower output in the third quarter before total and tertiary...
    Exploration & Development

    Oryx details Demir Dagh development in Iraq Kurdistan

    Aug. 26, 2013
    Oryx Petroleum Corp., Calgary, has laid out its plans to explore and develop the Demir Dagh license in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, where it targets 7,000-9,000 b/d of oil production...
    IOR/EOR

    EOR upside anchors OMV-Statoil North Sea deal

    Aug. 26, 2013
    OMV AG has agreed to acquire $2.65 billion in North Sea and Atlantic margin assets from Statoil ASA and has taken options on 11 exploration licenses.

    More content from Volume 111, Issue 8c

    Government

    Mexican reform details seen left to Congress

    Aug. 26, 2013
    The Aug. 12 energy-reform proposal by Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto leaves many questions dependent on subsequent legislation, according to a review by the law firm Mayer...
    Government

    API, AFPM ask EPA to partially waive 2014 ethanol requirements

    Aug. 26, 2013
    The American Petroleum Institute and the American Petrochemical & Fuel Manufacturers jointly asked the US Environmental Protection Agency to partially waive 2014 ethanol volume...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Murkowski: US should move faster on LNG export applications

    Aug. 26, 2013
    The US may squander an important energy and economic opportunity if it takes too long to begin exporting LNG, US Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alas.) warned on Aug. 6 as she released...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    DOE approves Lake Charles LLC's LNG exports to non-FTA countries

    Aug. 26, 2013
    The US Department of Energy conditionally approved Lake Charles LLC's application to export LNG to countries that do not have a free trade agreement with the US.
    Companies

    Shale gas renaissance makes governments examine regulatory roles

    Aug. 26, 2013
    The rapid growth of unconventional natural gas development and production is forcing governments worldwide to examine not just how to regulate the business, but also to consider...
    Home

    The US reserves turnaround

    Aug. 26, 2013
    The reversal the last few years of declines in US oil and gas reserves is happening because of economic factors, determined individual entrepreneurs, and technological innovation...
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    Exploration & Development

    OGJ Newsletter

    Aug. 26, 2013
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Government

    Watching Government: More uncertainty for refiners

    Aug. 26, 2013
    US refiners who already have to deal with fluctuating crude oil prices and falling gasoline demand face additional regulatory uncertainty because of an Aug. 2 federal court settlement...
    Refining

    Chevron settles charges stemming from Richmond refinery fire

    Aug. 23, 2013
    Chevron USA Inc. agreed to pay $2 million in fines on Aug. 5 as it pleaded no contest to six charges stemming from a fire at its Richmond, Calif., refinery nearly a year earlier...
    Production Operations

    Conflict in the UK

    Aug. 23, 2013
    In a rapidly developing conflict between public welfare and environmental obstinacy in the UK, obstinacy has won a round.