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  • Volume 111, Issue 9

    • Volume 111, Issue 9

    Government

    Keystone XL's summer rerun

    Sept. 2, 2013
    Back in the 1950s and early 1960s, when there were three US commercial networks and an infant one called educational television, programs went into "summer reruns" where selected...
    Home

    Antitrust gambit shows why biofuel mandates must end

    Sept. 2, 2013
    With a ludicrous antitrust initiative, US senators from Iowa and Minnesota show why the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) needs repeal instead of repair.
    Robertson
    Companies

    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    Sept. 2, 2013
    Shell and InterpipeIn 2012 Shell and Interpipe signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that outlined the steps required to bring Interpipe's pipe products in line with Shell...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    US pipeline operators sink revenue growth into expansion

    Sept. 2, 2013
    US pipeline operators used rising revenues to grow their systems and expanded plans for future growth. Oil pipeline operators' revenues surged in 2012, allowing carriers to aggressively...
    130902 Nelson Farrar Cost Indexes

    More content from Volume 111, Issue 9

    Ethylene Production T1
    Petrochemicals

    US OLEFINS FIRST-HALF 2013: Ethylene production prospects clouded by first-half turnarounds

    Sept. 2, 2013
    US ethylene producers in both first and second quarters 2013 improved on the results of second-half 2012 and maintained output above the historic mid-range of 145 million lb/day...
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    IOR/EOR

    CO2 use could boost Egypt's Western Desert oil recovery

    Sept. 2, 2013
    The main objective of this study was to develop a strategy that maximizes use of CO2 emissions from the Egyptian Western Desert.
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    Home

    BARNETT SHALE MODEL-2 (Conclusion): Barnett study determines full-field reserves, production forecast

    Sept. 2, 2013
    A comprehensive, integrated study of the reserve and production potential of the Barnett shale integrates engineering, geology, and economics into a numerical model that allows...
    Spalding
    Companies

    Backing fracing: UK government lays out shale gas incentives

    Sept. 2, 2013
    The UK government has demonstrated its commitment to the establishment of a shale gas industry by announcing details of proposed tax incentives to be offered to project developers...
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    Reserves

    More attention recommended for global deep reservoirs

    Sept. 2, 2013
    Exploration for deep oil and gas accumulations, which refers to those at burial depths of no less than 15,000 ft (about 4,572 m), deserves more specialized attention.
    Exploration & Development

    Atrush field eastern extension gauged in Iraq Kurdistan

    Sept. 2, 2013
    A well drilled by Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. PJSC’s TAQA Atrush BV subsidiary has extended the Atrush field area 6.5 km to the east on the Atrush block in the Kurdistan Region...
    Gas Processing

    Dana hails Egypt flow, seeks outstanding payments

    Sept. 2, 2013
    Dana Gas, Sharjah, said its core operations in Egypt’s Nile Delta and its Egyptian Bahrain Gas Derivatives Co. gas processing plant in Ras Shukheir have remained stable during...
    Refining

    API: US petroleum demand hits highest July level in 3 years

    Sept. 2, 2013
    Total US petroleum deliveries, as a measure of demand, averaged 18.9 million b/d last month, up 1.7% from year-ago levels and hitting a 3-year high, according to the American ...
    Us Senators T1
    Exploration & Development

    Lackluster western gulf lease sale draws $102 million in bids

    Sept. 2, 2013
    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 233 offshore Texas netted $102,351,712 in apparent high bids—less than the first two sales in the ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    US Senators say oil firms may be blocking renewable fuels

    Sept. 2, 2013
    US Sens. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said oil companies may be using anticompetitive practices to block access to renewable fuels, and asked for a...
    Exploration & Development

    Independents see problems in BLM’s latest proposed frac rule

    Sept. 2, 2013
    US independent oil and gas producers identified three main problems as two of their trade associations submitted comments on the US Bureau of Land Management’s proposed revised...
    Exploration & Development

    API, US Chamber separately question proposed federal fracing rules

    Sept. 2, 2013
    Two more business associations joined US independent oil and gas producers in telling the US Bureau of Land Management that proposed hydraulic fracturing regulations would needlessly...
    Exploration & Development

    FOCUS: UNCONVENTIONAL OIL & GAS: Dry fracing transforms water use in unconventional developments

    Sept. 2, 2013
    Water resources are an important factor in unconventional oil and gas development. At both ends of the barrel, water is a necessary component of developing gas and oil and, once...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    FGE: US gas price sensitive to LNG exports

    Sept. 2, 2013
    The future price of natural gas in the US depends greatly on development of LNG exports, the outlook for which remains unclear, says Facts Global Energy (FGE).
    LNG

    Fitch: MLPs likely to invest in US LNG export projects

    Sept. 2, 2013
    Master limited partnerships (MLPs) are among a new set of players likely to invest in emerging US LNG export projects, Fitch Ratings said in recent report.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Global LNG markets move faster than government policies, experts say

    Sept. 2, 2013
    Global LNG markets move so quickly that government policies worldwide won't likely keep up with them, experts agreed.
    Ogj100 Production
    Companies

    OGJ100 group posts higher 2012 output, lower earnings

    Sept. 2, 2013
    The latest compilation of the top 100 oil and gas producers outside the US reported much weaker financial results for 2012, as a result of a weak economy, higher costs, and sluggish...
    Ogj150 Earnings T1
    Companies

    OGJ150 earnings down as US production climbs

    Sept. 2, 2013
    The dramatic slide of US natural gas and natural gas liquids prices, large differential between West Texas Intermediate and Brent prices, weak energy demand growth, and increased...
    Production Operations

    Making petropower peace

    Sept. 2, 2013
    Escalating tension over war-torn Syria rattled oil markets for good reason last week but had longer-term ramifications even more important.
    New Plants

    Popular pipeline economics

    Sept. 2, 2013
    The costs and benefits of building one or another hydrocarbon pipeline, or deciding instead to use rail or another mode of transportation, are as close to the popular consciousness...
    Companies

    Chemistry of knock

    Sept. 2, 2013
    Modern cars control engine knock by cylinder-fuel injection and by computers to retard the spark. This is a mechanical solution.
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    Exploration & Development

    OGJ Newsletter

    Sept. 2, 2013
    GENERAL INTEREST — Quick TakesAnadarko sells stake in offshore Mozambique Area 1Anadarko Petroleum Corp. agreed to sell a 10% stake in its offshore Mozambique Area 1 to ONGC Videsh...