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  • Volume 112, Issue 10b

    General Interest

    National Fuel Gas chief executive becomes INGAA's 2014-15 chairman

    Oct. 20, 2014
    National Fuel Gas Co. Chief Executive Officer Ronald J. Tanski was elected as chairman of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America for a 1-year term during the trade ...
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    New Plants

    OGJ Newsletter

    Oct. 20, 2014
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Companies

    Countries, oil and gas firms launch methane taskforce at UN meeting

    Oct. 20, 2014
    Governments of major producing countries and six multinational oil and gas companies formed a methane emissions reduction taskforce during the United Nation's global climate change...
    HSE

    Wild Well completes second capping stack

    Oct. 20, 2014
    Wild Well Control Inc., a subsidiary of Superior Energy Services, has completed a subsea capping stack stationed in Singapore to serve the area during a deepwater well control...
    Production Operations

    Greenland's premier outlines deliberate, resolute resources approach

    Oct. 20, 2014
    Greenland is moving deliberately, but resolutely, in preparing to develop its oil and gas and other mineral resources, its premier said at the Brookings Institution.

    More content from Volume 112, Issue 10b

    Refining

    Groups sue to block California refinery expansion

    Oct. 20, 2014
    Environmental groups have petitioned a California superior court to stop Alon USA Energy Inc. from moving forward with a plan to expand existing receiving and processing options...
    LNG

    Russia likely to remain important European gas supplier, report says

    Oct. 20, 2014
    Europe's natural gas supply mix likely won't change much without drastic policy interventions despite recent renewed concern over instability in Ukraine, a new Brookings Institution...
    Economics & Markets

    IEA reduces global oil demand forecast again on slower economic growth

    Oct. 20, 2014
    The International Energy Agency's Oil Market Report (OMR) for October continues to reduce its forecast of global oil demand for 2014 by 200,000 b/d from the previous month, to...
    Refining

    EIA: Crude oil prices held down by rising global supply, lower demand

    Oct. 20, 2014
    With global demand forecasts being revised lower while supply continues to rise, North Sea Brent crude oil prices have fallen to about $91/bbl-the lowest level in more than 2 ...
    Capacities

    Cedigaz: Worldwide gas storage capacity up 5%

    Oct. 20, 2014
    Worldwide working gas capacity totaled 399 billion cu m (bcm) on Jan. 1, representing 5% growth over the previous year, according to Cedigaz's latest Worlwide Underground Gas ...
    HSE

    BlueGreen Alliance calls for strong US methane reduction strategy

    Oct. 20, 2014
    The BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of 10 national labor unions and 5 environmental organizations, urged the Obama administration to adopt a strong methane reduction strategy ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Ethanol rail safety

    Oct. 20, 2014
    Ethanol producers argue vast differences exist between the potential safety hazards posed by rail shipments of ethanol and the safety hazards posed by rail shipments of crude ...
    Companies

    Study: Energy jobs extrasensitive to oil-price changes

    Oct. 20, 2014
    As oil prices fall, speculation naturally arises about winners and losers in the event a decline of the moment becomes something more severe.
    Exploration & Development

    Luthi: OCS still matters

    Oct. 20, 2014
    National Ocean Industries Association Pres. Randall B. Luthi takes a back seat to no one when it comes to applauding increased onshore unconventional oil and gas production's ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    The Saudi factor

    Oct. 20, 2014
    The arithmetic is straightforward. In round numbers, Saudi Arabia grosses $549 million/day producing 9 million b/d of crude oil and, with subsidized internal consumption at about...