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    New Plants

    Europe's renewable future

    Aug. 4, 2014
    With European offshore hydrocarbon production on the decline, a host of developments promise to breathe new life into several regions.
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    Exploration & Development

    Simplified LWD method improves geosteering, well placement

    Aug. 4, 2014
    With the recent advancements in directional drilling and the use of rotary-steerable systems, more deviated and horizontal wells are being drilled and evaluated around the world...
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    Petrochemicals

    GUIDE TO WORLD CRUDES: BP updates assay for Angolan Saturno crude

    Aug. 4, 2014
    Based on a sample taken Feb. 4, 2014, BP PLC has published an updated assay of its Saturno Blend crude oil, which is the marketing name for production from Plutão, Saturno, Venus...
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    Companies

    Algorithm provides new EUR estimates for US shale plays

    Aug. 4, 2014
    Since the early 2000s, US shale gas production has grown exponentially and reached a production level of 26 bcfd in 2013, 40% of total US gas output according to the US Energy...
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    Petrochemicals

    Nelson-Farrar monthly cost indexes

    Aug. 4, 2014
    Based on a sample taken Feb. 4, 2014, BP PLC has published an updated assay of its Saturno Blend crude oil, which is the marketing name for production from Plutão, Saturno, Venus...

    More content from Volume 112, Issue 8

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    Production Operations

    New development expected to arrest European offshore decline

    Aug. 4, 2014
    After playing a pivotal role in the European economy for decades, offshore hydrocarbon production has declined steeply in recent years and is struggling to arrest the dive.
    Exploration & Development

    API survey finds gap between voters, federal officials on development

    Aug. 4, 2014
    A substantial gap exists between registered voters' support for more US oil and gas development on federal lands, and what they think federal officials actually are doing about...
    Home

    WoodMac: Wolfcamp spending could surpass that of Bakken by 2017

    Aug. 4, 2014
    Activity in the Wolfcamp shale is expanding and, by as early as 2017, could overtake the Bakken in tight oil spending, according to analysis on the West Texas-New Mexico play ...
    Production Operations

    IPAA survey: Regulation becoming more burdensome for oil, gas independents

    Aug. 4, 2014
    Regulations over the past 5 years have made operations more complex for independent oil and gas producers, according to a recent survey, Profile of Independent Producers 2012-...
    Companies

    States with fracing are economically stronger, House panel told

    Aug. 4, 2014
    US states that embraced hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling staged stronger economic recoveries than those that did not since 2008 when the country plunged into recession...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    OGJ Newsletter

    Aug. 4, 2014
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    New Plants

    Texas Petro Index sets record for 7th straight month

    Aug. 4, 2014
    The Texas Petro Index (TPI), a composite index based on a comprehensive group of upstream economic indicators released by the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers (TAEP), continued...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Center for LNG urges DOE to scrap proposed export review changes

    Aug. 4, 2014
    The US Department of Energy's proposal to only issue national interest determinations to LNG export projects that have completed a National Environmental Policy Act review should...
    Government

    IG's office recommends EPA begin regulating LDC methane emissions

    Aug. 4, 2014
    The US Environmental Protection Agency, which does not regulate methane emissions from natural gas local distribution companies (LDC), should start working with the US Pipeline...
    Companies

    Chesapeake, RKI E&P agree on Powder River acreage exchange

    Aug. 4, 2014
    Chesapeake Energy Corp. and RKI Exploration & Production LLC (RKI), both of Oklahoma City, have agreed to exchange nonoperated interests in 440,000 gross acres in the Powder River...
    Home

    EIA: Firms with flattened cash flow increase borrowing to meet spending

    Aug. 4, 2014
    In line with the lowest price volatility in years and stable crude oil prices, cash flow from operations for major energy companies has flattened.
    Refining

    EIA: Weekly US refinery inputs set new record in July

    Aug. 4, 2014
    Refinery inputs reached a record-high of 16.8 million b/d in each of the past 2 weeks, exceeding the previous record from summer 2005, according to the US Energy Information Administrat...
    General Interest

    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    Aug. 4, 2014
    Kobe Steel, Ltd.Kobe Steel, Ltd. announced that its subsidiary company, Kobelco Machinery do Brasil Servicos Empresariais Ltda., has begun full-scale marketing of nonstandard ...
    Companies

    Study examines return-investment balance

    Aug. 4, 2014
    Europe and Africa are the regions under greatest scrutiny by major oil and gas companies trying to tighten capital discipline in response to pressure to improve shareholder returns...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Relative velocity factor advances internal tee erosion prediction

    Aug. 4, 2014
    Development of a relative velocity factor comparing inlet flow rates of gas pipeline tees can predict the maximum erosion position inside the tee.
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    Discoveries

    Abandoned gulf reservoirs provide low cost, low risk prospects

    Aug. 4, 2014
    Production growth of onshore unconventional oil and gas and of deepwater oil has headlined a fundamental change in US hydrocarbon supply in the last 6 years.
    Home

    States protest federal barriers

    Aug. 4, 2014
    Louisiana's parish and local governments want a bigger share of revenue from development of federally managed oil and gas resources there. Utah officials simply would like more...
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    Pipelines

    Post-construction infield lining rehabs subsea pipelines

    Aug. 4, 2014
    Petronas Carigali (PCSB) owns and operates an extensive network of subsea pipelines off Malaysia in the South China Sea.
    Economics & Markets

    Contests of fairness

    Aug. 4, 2014
    While sidling toward a sensible-sounding appeal for tax reform recently, President Barack Obama couldn't resist a swerve into populism. "You don't get to pick which rules you ...
    Government

    Climate testimony by EPA chief light on facts, balance

    Aug. 4, 2014
    A government official proposing to overhaul energy use should ground arguments in facts and present them with balance.