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    Drilling & Production

    Prices and potential

    Oct. 13, 2014
    If prices of crude oil continue to slide, oil production in the US very likely will follow. Naysayers then will claim vindication for their gloom about supply from unconventional...
    Pipelines

    Oil, rail groups comment on DOT's proposed crude-by-rail regulations

    Oct. 13, 2014
    Proposed federal crude-by-rail regulations should focus more on accident prevention and mitigation than tank-car redesigns and retrofits, two major oil industry trade associations...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    US should reexamine Jones Act, Tesoro's CEO recommends

    Oct. 13, 2014
    Tesoro Corp. Chief Executive Officer Gregory J. Goff called for a review of the Jones Act, a federal law dating from the 1920s that requires US-produced goods moving between US...
    Government

    Groups ask Obama to impose methane emissions limits

    Oct. 13, 2014
    Leaders of 16 national environmental organizations have asked US President Barack Obama to impose methane emissions limits on the US oil and gas industry.
    Companies

    Encana to acquire Athlon Energy in $7.1 billion deal

    Oct. 13, 2014
    Encana Corp., Calgary, has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Athlon Energy Inc., Ft. Worth, through an all-cash tender offer of $5....

    More content from Volume 112, Issue 10a

    Exploration & Development

    GWPC report examines changes in states' water protection rules

    Oct. 13, 2014
    Regulatory agencies in 27 US states that produce 98% of the nation's oil and gas have significantly increased exploration and production oversight and rules, the Ground Water ...
    Petrochemicals

    Williams CEO details regulatory hurdles, growth strategy

    Oct. 13, 2014
    Crude oil and natural gas pipeline systems in the US are growing at a very rapid pace as new infrastructure is introduced in an effort to optimize utilization of shale resources...
    Capacities

    US refiners could process more light, tight crudes, study finds

    Oct. 13, 2014
    US refiners will have the capacity by 2020 to process 3.1-4.3 million b/d more of light, tight crude oil (LTC) than in fourth-quarter 2013, according to a Baker & O'Brien Inc....
    Pipelines & Transportation

    NGSA forecasts lower winter gas prices on a combined analysis

    Oct. 13, 2014
    In its 14th annual Winter Outlook assessment of the natural gas market, the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) expects downward price pressure on the natural gas market compared...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Oct. 13, 2014
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Government

    BLM to offer 270 tracts in NPR-A lease sale

    Oct. 13, 2014
    The US Bureau of Land Management will offer oil and gas leases within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) at a sale on Nov. 19 in Anchorage, BLM's Alaska State Office...
    Discoveries

    Oil & Gas UK report calls for greater collaboration offshore

    Oct. 13, 2014
    The assurance of long-term future success for the UK's offshore oil and gas industry will depend largely on greater collaboration among industry and government participants, according...
    Production Operations

    Happy coincidence underlies Obama's oil and gas boasts

    Oct. 13, 2014
    American political custom allows presidents to take credit for whatever economic joy arises while they're in office.
    Moral Case For Fossil Fuels
    Moral Case For Fossil Fuels
    Moral Case For Fossil Fuels
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    Fossil fuels' moral case

    Oct. 13, 2014
    A book written by Center for Industrial Progress founder Alex Epstein takes a gutsy stance on a widely misunderstood and largely unpopular position.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Two energy progress stories

    Oct. 13, 2014
    US President Barack Obama quickly cited the country's improved oil and gas outlook when he declared that his administration and congressional Democratic leaders have rebuilt the...