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    New Plants

    E&Y: North American oil, gas industry staves off geopolitical strife in 1Q

    May 5, 2014
    The North American oil and gas market started the year on a good note during the first quarter as a cold winter brought relief to producers and refiners while Mexico progressed...
    Government

    Voters ready to respond to Keystone XL delays, API-sponsored poll finds

    May 5, 2014
    Candidates' stances on whether to complete the proposed Keystone XL crude oil pipeline and other energy issues potentially could affect midterm congressional elections this November...
    HSE

    Full set of tools needed for US Arctic spill response, NRC finds

    May 5, 2014
    A full slate of response tools will be needed to address crude oil spills in the US Arctic, but not all of those tools are readily available, the National Research Council said...
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    Survey shows rise in refining construction

    May 5, 2014
    Oil & Gas Journal's semiannual Worldwide Construction Update shows an increase in refining construction activity compared with the previous edition of the update.
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    HSE

    OFFSHORE DRILLING RISKS—1: Study: Risk indicators have varying impact on mitigation

    May 5, 2014
    More oil and gas wells are drilled onshore than offshore, requiring more man hours and creating more exposure to risk. As a result, onshore drilling consistently has higher lost...

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    LNG

    Australia emerging as top LNG supplier

    May 5, 2014
    Australia will be a key player in the global trade in natural gas for several decades, at least. This influence is based on projects already operating or under construction and...
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    Production Operations

    DEEPWATER GULF DECOMMISSIONING–4 (Conclusion): Pace of decommissioning to accelerate over next decade

    May 5, 2014
    This final installment of our four-part series examining end-of-life production in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) applies three forecast models to infer expected short, medium...
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    Gas Processing

    Optimization guides similar gas plants to different strategies

    May 5, 2014
    Operating natural gas processing plants under fluctuating commodity pricing, inlet conditions, and equipment performance capabilities is difficult. Under such conditions, processors...
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    IOR/EOR

    CO2-EOR set for growth as new CO2 supplies emerge

    May 5, 2014
    Development of large natural sources of CO2 in Colorado (McElmo Dome/Doe Canyon) and New Mexico (Bravo Dome) plus construction of high-volume CO2 pipelines enabled CO2 enhanced...
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    Refining

    GUIDE TO WORLD CRUDES: ExxonMobil publishes assay for Kearl oil sands diluted bitumen

    May 5, 2014
    In February 2014, ExxonMobil Corp. issued an updated assay for diluted bitumen from the Kearl oil sands project in Canada's northern Athabasca region, about 47 miles northeast...
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    Drilling Operations

    Optimized fluids improve production in Tarim horizontal wells

    May 5, 2014
    Well productivity is reduced by formation damage caused by drilling fluids, especially in horizontal wells.
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    Production Operations

    Oil-price patterns—2 (Conclusion): Biggest uncertainty among forces shaping oil price: politics

    May 5, 2014
    With the price of crude oil elevated in the first half of the 2000s by failure of world oil supply to keep pace with growing world oil demand—as was argued in the first article...
    Companies

    EIA: Companies' global upstream spending flat in 2013

    May 5, 2014
    According to annual reports from 42 international oil and natural gas companies that have reported data on upstream expenditures since 2000, total upstream spending by these companies...
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    LNG

    OGJ Newsletter

    May 5, 2014
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Government

    EPA white papers offer hint of methane, VOC emissions

    May 5, 2014
    The US natural gas industry received a preview of a new regulatory push on Apr. 15 when the Environmental Protection Agency published white papers on emissions of methane and ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    EIA: US petroleum product exports increased in 2013

    May 5, 2014
    US petroleum product exports in 2013 averaged 3.5 million b/d, up 10% from levels in 2012, according to the US Energy Information Administration. In December 2013, US exports ...
    New Plants

    Marathon proposes expansion at Garyville refinery

    May 5, 2014
    Marathon Petroleum Corp. is taking the next step toward construction of a proposed $2.2-2.5 billion upgrade to its 522,000-b/d Garyville, La., refinery.
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    EIA: Marcellus gas production continues to outpace takeaway capacity

    May 5, 2014
    Rising production of natural gas in the Marcellus shale play in the Appalachian basin continues to outpace the growth in the region's pipeline takeaway capacity, which has led...
    Companies

    Shell aims for world's first commercial CCS project by end of decade

    May 5, 2014
    Royal Dutch Shell PLC hopes to operate the world's first successful commercial carbon capture and storage (CCS) project by the end of the decade.
    Government

    Share knowledge for defense

    May 5, 2014
    By its nature, work on thwarting cyber-attacks against oil and gas companies and their assets is an incremental process.
    HSE

    LETTERS

    May 5, 2014
    Dire warming reportsNew dire warming reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change tell of collapsing Arctic ice, new storms and heat waves, rapid sea level rise,...
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    General Interest

    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    May 5, 2014
    Antelope Oil ToolAntelope Oil Tool & Manufacturing Co., LLC has acquired CTE Industries LTD. Headquartered in Edmonton, AB, CTE was founded in 2006, and is an independent manufacturer...
    Government

    Teapot Dome transitions

    May 5, 2014
    The US Department of Energy retained Denver-based Meagher Energy Advisors Inc. on Apr. 22 to sell Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 3 (NPR-3) in Wyoming—better known as Teapot Dome....
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    Discoveries

    Mexico's subsurface presents new E&P opportunities

    May 5, 2014
    Sweeping changes to Mexico's hydrocarbon laws will open the country for private operators to invest in oil and gas exploration and production and to book reserves secured by a...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Interconnected ironies

    May 5, 2014
    New international responses to expansionism by Russia and China, coupled with an interestingly timed pipeline announcement, highlight the often ironic interconnectedness of modern...
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    Energy folly helped push Ontario into 'have-not' status

    May 5, 2014
    Economic wounds self-inflicted in service to energy fashion have helped push Canada toward uncharacteristic instability.