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  • Volume 112, Issue 10

    • Volume 112, Issue 10

    Refining

    Petrotrin to start up long-delayed ULSD plant early next year

    Oct. 6, 2014
    Trinidad and Tobago's state-owned Petrotrin LLC has said its ultralow-sulfur diesel (ULSD) plant will begin production in second-quarter 2015.
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Planned LNG plants must consider potential permit modifications

    Oct. 6, 2014
    Although the US Department of Energy (DOE) has so far not modified an LNG import or export permit after issuing it, it is not explicitly prohibited from doing so and the risk ...
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    Refining & Processing

    Study for offshore Mideast field proves inhibitor, sulfur solvent compatible

    Oct. 6, 2014
    Elemental sulfur in the produced gas from Hasbah gas field in the Arabian Gulf off Saudi Arabia raised concerns about flow assurance and corrosion.
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    Exploration & Development

    Bahamas: Gravity data suggest existence of Triassic-Jurassic syn-rift

    Oct. 6, 2014
    Recent analyses of gravity, magnetic, and seismic data in the southeastern region of the Bahamas provide clear evidence for the presence of a salt diapir at a depth of 5 km.
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    Refining

    Tight oil prompts new plan for atmospheric distillation heater

    Oct. 6, 2014
    Distillation unit atmospheric heaters serve a vital role in crude oil processing. Any issues directly related to reduced capacity of a heater, such as elevated tube-skin temperatures...

    More content from Volume 112, Issue 10

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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Eurasian pipelines threaten LNG growth

    Oct. 6, 2014
    Early LNG suppliers to the East Asian market, such as Malaysia and Indonesia, may be able to retain their market positions based on existing long-term contracts, but newer projects...
    Economics & Markets

    Abysmal discussion on climate change touches new lows

    Oct. 6, 2014
    The acrimony that masquerades as discussion about climate change touched new lows before a United Nations summit on the topic in New York.
    Discoveries

    Another UK response

    Oct. 6, 2014
    The British government proved its responsiveness in the weeks before Scotland's Sept. 18 vote on independence.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Gathering-line scrutiny

    Oct. 6, 2014
    The US Department of Transportation is taking actions to improve rail safety requirements for crude oil transportation, Government Accountability Office investigators found during...
    Government

    Denationalizing EPA

    Oct. 6, 2014
    Concerning the editorial in the Sept. 8, 2014: Few questioned the importance of clean air and clean water when the Environmental Protection Agency was established.
    New Plants

    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    Oct. 6, 2014
    BAKER HUGHESAnnounced the commercial release of the FLEXPumpER™ extended-range pump, which expands the operating range of a single electrical submersible pumping (ESP) system....
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Regulations: lead or pay

    Oct. 6, 2014
    The US Government Accountability Office Sept. 22 called on the Department of Transportation to consider making new oil and gas transportation rules as production outpaces both...
    Companies

    Shell begins production from Cardamom in Gulf of Mexico

    Oct. 6, 2014
    Royal Dutch Shell PLC has started production from its Cardamom development on Garden Banks Block 427, about 225 miles southwest of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    US crude exports aren't simply a 'yes-no' issue, law firm forum told

    Oct. 6, 2014
    The question of whether the US should remove restrictions on crude oil exports is so complex that it has moved beyond a simple "yes-no" issue, speakers agreed during a Sept. 23...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Oct. 6, 2014
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Exploration & Development

    Hydraulic fracturing battle has moved to several local ballot boxes

    Oct. 6, 2014
    Opponents of hydraulic fracturing, horizontal drilling, and other unconventional oil and gas development technologies have changed their focus to local governments.
    Companies

    ExxonMobil, Linn to make second asset exchange this year

    Oct. 6, 2014
    ExxonMobil Corp. has agreed to trade interest in 500 net acres from South Belridge field near Bakersfield, Calif., to Linn Energy LLC, Houston, in exchange for 17,800 net acres...
    New Plants

    IHS: Unconventional supply chain industries support growing number of jobs, revenues

    Oct. 6, 2014
    A diverse group of industries supporting unconventional oil and gas producers has reaped a large portion of the economic rewards from development of these previously untapped ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Reworked LNG export policy should consider longer term, speaker says

    Oct. 6, 2014
    The US should consider how a reformed LNG exports policy could help facilitate a longer-term transition to renewable and alternative energy sources, a former US Department of ...
    Government

    Industry groups mixed as EPA releases 2013 GHG emissions inventory

    Oct. 6, 2014
    Greenhouse gas emissions from more than 8,000 large US industrial sources totaled 3.18 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2013, about half of total domestic GHG emissions...
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    Discoveries

    RJD revitalizes mature Kansas oilfield

    Oct. 6, 2014
    The benefits of horizontal drilling are not limited to previously undeveloped fields or by lithography.
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    Companies

    China accelerates shale gas development

    Oct. 6, 2014
    China began tapping into its shale gas resources as early as 1996 (Table 1). But after a 2014 government report proposed that the nation "speed up the exploration and development...
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    Exploration & Development

    Permanent monitoring enhances life of field reservoir management

    Oct. 6, 2014
    Although permanent reservoir monitoring (PRM) technology is in its infancy, certain components, such as life-of-field seismic (LoFS) systems, are becoming more commonplace.
    Exploration & Development

    New SEG chief eyes mainstream role for full-waveform inversion

    Oct. 6, 2014
    When asked about important geophysical trends, the new president of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists points to a seismic processing method called full-waveform inversion...