Volume 112, Issue 6b

Watching Government: Crude export policy questions

June 16, 2014

It was easy to wonder if anything new could be said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies' June 9 forum about possible impacts of lifting the ban on US crude oil...

Government

Opposing groups want the SEC to write new foreign payment rules

June 16, 2014

The US Securities and Exchange Commission should move quickly to write new disclosure requirements for publicly traded US oil, gas, and mining companies' payments to foreign governments...

LNG

IEA outlook: 'Golden Age' of gas to extend to China

June 16, 2014

The "Golden Age" of natural gas that has taken such a strong foothold in North America will extend to China over the next 5 years, driven by booming demand, according to the latest...

Companies

NGSA: US gas prices to feel slight upward pressure this summer

June 16, 2014

US natural gas likely will feel modest upward pressure this summer from levels a year earlier when Henry Hub prices averaged $3.77/MMbtu, the Natural Gas Supply Association said...

Companies

McClendon's American Energy units to acquire acreage in major US basins

June 16, 2014

American Energy–Permian Basin LLC (AEPB), American Energy–Utica LLC (AEU), and American Energy-Marcellus LLC (AEM), all affiliates of Oklahoma City-based American Energy Partners...

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Companies

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LNG

IHS: India needs to reform gas prices

June 16, 2014

Uncertain reform of natural-gas pricing in India, if allowed to move forward, would revive oil and gas investment and help the government balance its accounts, according to a ...

HSE

CSB reports unrecognized pipe buckling added to Macondo oil spill

June 16, 2014

An incident similar to the 2010 deepwater Macondo well blowout and resulting oil spill still could occur, the US Chemical Safety Board reported June 5 in releasing its investigation...

Refining

Group sues to halt California refinery revamp

June 16, 2014

A California-based environmental group has filed a lawsuit requesting a state superior court to revoke a permit that would allow Chevron Corp. to proceed with its long-delayed...

HSE

Study: Future natural gas use uncertain in Europe

June 16, 2014

A high price relative to coal and increasing use of renewable energy make future demand for natural gas especially uncertain in Europe, according to an analyst at the Oxford Institute...

Exploration & Development

Akin Gump: Mozambique, Tanzania are updating petroleum laws

June 16, 2014

The governments of Mozambique and Tanzania are developing laws and regulations so those nations can tap into revenues from potential natural gas export projects, a partner with...

Government

Extreme agenda shaped emissions proposal by EPA

June 16, 2014

Architects of the US Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to cut carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants have no intention of stopping with coal.

Production Operations

A new table: the DPR

June 16, 2014

Consider Oil & Gas Journal's statistics section to be a living, breathing animal. As such, on occasion, the section is required to adapt and change-sometimes shrink, sometimes...

HSE

Cost-benefit distortion

June 16, 2014

Dodgy estimation of costs and benefits should expose climate rules newly proposed in the US to political if not legal challenge.