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  • Volume 112, Issue 1a

    • Volume 112, Issue 1a

    Pipelines & Transportation

    Murkowski: Ban on US oil exports should end soon

    Jan. 13, 2014
    Prohibition of US crude oil and condensate exports is an outmoded policy that should end soon as a first step in an overall energy export reassessment and reforms, US Sen. Lisa...
    Reserves

    IHS: Chinese national oil companies dominated M&A deals in 2013

    Jan. 13, 2014
    Led by the Chinese, Asian and Caspian regional national oil companies purchased half of the 10 largest deals globally in 2013, according to IHS research on energy mergers and ...
    Drilling & Production

    Watching Government: Horvath reflects on changes

    Jan. 13, 2014
    Skip Horvath will wrap up 25 years as a major official in Washington's oil and gas associations when he retires as president of the Natural Gas Supply Association later this year...
    Pipelines

    PHMSA issues safety alert on Bakken crude flammability

    Jan. 13, 2014
    The US Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a safety alert to shippers and carriers, emergency responders, and ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Mexico to temper expectations as it implements energy reforms

    Jan. 13, 2014
    Having adopted its first energy reforms since 1960, when it increased already major barriers to private sector participation, Mexico will try now to temper expectations as it ...

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    Production Operations

    Watch Saudi Arabia

    Jan. 13, 2014
    Anyone whose business needs the price of crude oil to exceed $70-75/bbl in order to be profitable should watch Saudi Arabia, about which a few observations follow
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    No injuries after collision ignites North Dakota oil train fire

    Jan. 13, 2014
    A BNSF Rail Co. train carrying crude oil caught fire Dec. 30 after it struck a derailed train carrying agricultural products west of Fargo, ND. Residents of the nearby town of...
    Production Operations

    API: US energy policy choices may be crucial this year

    Jan. 13, 2014
    Policy choices during 2014 could determine whether the US realizes its full oil and gas production potential and becomes a world energy superpower, or simply continues to play...
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    Jan. 13, 2014
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    Companies

    Fieldwood to acquire gulf assets from SandRidge for $750 million

    Jan. 13, 2014
    Fieldwood Energy LLC has purchased certain offshore Gulf of Mexico and onshore Gulf Coast assets from SandRidge Energy Inc. for $750 million.
    Production Operations

    EIA: Global oil demand to rise 1.2 million b/d in 2014

    Jan. 13, 2014
    Global liquid fuels consumption is forecast to increase by 1.2 million b/d in 2014 and by another 1.4 million b/d in 2015, according to the US Energy Information Administration...
    Economics & Markets

    EIA: Energy commodity prices show mixed changes in 2013

    Jan. 13, 2014
    Prices for West Texas Intermediate crude, natural gas, western coal, and electricity all averaged higher in 2013 than in 2012, while the price of North Sea Brent crude, various...
    Home

    Reykjavik's heated sidewalks

    Jan. 13, 2014
    The recent cold snap in Houston—with temperatures dipping into the mid-20s in parts of the city for a stretch of nights—made miserable several mornings' walks from the parking...
    Home

    Why not apply logic of the light bulb to whales on wheels?

    Jan. 13, 2014
    To the looming unavailability in the US of incandescent light bulbs, responders logically cluster into four categories.