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    Click here to download the PDF of the "International survey of ethylene from steam crackers — 2014"International-survey-of-ethylene-from-steam-crackers--2014
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    Global ethylene production capacity in 2013 rose at faster rates compared with 2012 and 2011 but still more slowly than record-setting capacity expansions achieved during 2010...
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    In 2007, Saudi Aramco installed the first openhole, multistage fracturing (MSF) completion systems in Saudi Arabia's deep, highly deviated gas wells.
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    From 2004-08, five major hurricanes–Ivan, Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike—destroyed 181 structures and 1,673 wells in the Gulf of Mexico.
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    A new approach to shear-wave data acquisition should lead to expanded use of shear waves in prospect evaluation and reservoir characterization.
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    Improved recovery factors for Alberta's bitumen sands are elevating the province's reserves estimate to compete with some of the largest in the world.
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    A proposed 1,800-km pipeline that would transport as much as 33 billion cu m/year of natural gas from Turkmenistan across Afghanistan to Pakistan and India is making steady progress...
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    Total US crude oil production in 2015 will reach its highest level since 1972, the US Energy Information Administration forecasts in its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) released...
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    Dow Chemical Co. will begin construction on the previously announced ethylene production expansion and upgrade project at its Oyster Creek complex in Freeport, Tex., on June 30...
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    ExxonMobil Corp. has started construction on a multibillion dollar expansion at its Baytown, Tex., refining and petrochemical complex just east of Houston.
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    Linn Energy LLC, Houston, has agreed to acquire assets in five US operating areas from Devon Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, for $2.3 billion, effective Apr. 1.
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    Canada's federal government approved Enbridge Inc.'s proposed Northern Gateway crude oil pipeline project as long as it meets 209 conditions a joint review panel imposed in December...
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    At 400,000 b/d, the US recorded the largest increment to global oil consumption in 2013, outpacing Chinese growth, 390,000 b/d, for the first time since 1999, according to BP'...
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    The oil and gas industry awaits greater clarification from the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), which recently issued private rulings for two...
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    Despite disruptions in important producing countries, the oil market in the second half of 2014 remains well supplied.
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    The New York Supreme Court has upheld the use by municipalities of zoning laws to block hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells.
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    Months before the 2014 World Cup soccer tournament began on June 12, the US coach ignited a controversy with overtones for energy policy.
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    International news for oil and gas professionals
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    In a speech on July 17, 2008, former US Vice-President Al Gore challenged the nation "to commit to producing 100% of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon...
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