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    BHP exec: Shale success requires rethinking business approach

    June 9, 2014
    Big Oil can be successful in shale but it requires a relentless focus on improving productivity and an ability to be nimble, said Rod Skaufel, president of North American shale...
    Refining

    Environmental review issued for California refinery revamp

    June 9, 2014
    California's Kern County Planning & Community Development Department (KCPCDD) has issued a draft environmental impact report for Alon USA Energy Inc.'s request to increase the...
    Government

    Watching Government: When gas must replace coal

    June 9, 2014
    US oil and gas producers were only indirectly affected by the US Environmental Protection Agency's June 2 announcement of stricter carbon emissions limits for existing coal-fired...
    New Plants

    CNPC called 'winner' in Gazprom gas deal

    June 9, 2014
    The $400 billion natural gas deal Gazprom signed with China National Petroleum Corp. last month strongly favors the Chinese company and its country, writes an analyst with Chatham...
    HSE

    Cedigaz: Europe faces crisis in electric power reliability

    June 9, 2014
    Europe faces "a major structural crisis" of electric power reliability as thermal generation capacity needed to back up electricity from renewable energy falls, according to a...

    More content from Volume 112, Issue 6a

    LNG

    Market dynamics key to US LNG exports to Asia, witnesses say

    June 9, 2014
    US exports of LNG to Asia are more likely to be determined by overseas market dynamics than by US government policies, witnesses told a US House Foreign Affairs Committee subcommittee...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    IHS: US crude oil exports would help lower US gasoline prices

    June 9, 2014
    A decision to lift restrictions on US crude oil exports would boost US production, lower gasoline prices, and support as many as 1 million additional jobs, IHS said, adding that...
    LNG

    Russia to remain Europe's primary gas supplier, UK research fellows say

    June 9, 2014
    Russia is likely to remain Europe's primary natural gas supplier because Gazprom, that country's state-owned integrated gas company, has already begun to adjust operations and...
    Refining

    Washington state enacts new regulation for refineries

    June 9, 2014
    The state of Washington has adopted a new rule that will require refineries in the state to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2025.
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    New Plants

    OGJ Newsletter

    June 9, 2014
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Pipelines & Transportation

    DOE proposes changes in its LNG export application review process

    June 9, 2014
    The US Department of Energy is considering changes in its review process for LNG export applications by limiting final national interest determinations to projects that have completed...
    Companies

    Forum: Exploration opportunities outnumber available people, capital

    June 9, 2014
    Oil and gas companies today face more emerging exploration opportunities than they have available capital or people, Susan Cunningham, senior vice-president of Noble Energy Inc...
    General Interest

    The yellow magazine

    June 9, 2014
    Back when I started working for Oil & Gas Journal, there was an office manager at the Houston bureau who I very much admired.
    Home

    Misconceptions feed reluctance to allow export of US crude

    June 9, 2014
    Three misconceptions make US officials reluctant to allow the export of crude oil.
    Government

    The US acts—finally

    June 6, 2014
    Finally, the US has done something in response to climate change. The country has done nothing about global warming, of course. Global mean temperature won't change measurably...