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  • Volume 112, Issue 9

    Exploration & Development

    BOEM answers assertions

    Sept. 1, 2014
    A federal government agency's scientists usually don't feel compelled to more fully explain the basis for their decisions.
    Government

    Can anyone name top agency in count of restrictive regs?

    Sept. 1, 2014
    The leader in a new measure of regulatory activism is-can anyone guess? While suspense builds, a description of the tracking mechanism is in order.
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Crude oil pipeline growth, revenues surge; construction costs mount

    Sept. 1, 2014
    US pipeline operators continued to expand their systems rapidly in 2013. Investment in oil pipeline carrier property surged last year, rising roughly $14 billion to more than ...
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    Petrochemicals

    GUIDE TO WORLD CRUDES: New development plans prompt Peregrino assay update

    Sept. 1, 2014
    Statoil has published an updated crude oil assay for its Peregrino field, which began producing second-quarter 2011 from licenses BMC-7 and BMC-47 in 100 m of water 53 miles off...
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    Petrochemicals

    Maintenance slows first-half 2014 US ethylene production

    Sept. 1, 2014
    Following a nearly flawless production record in second-half 2013, US ethylene producers maintained exceptional performance through first-quarter 2014.

    More content from Volume 112, Issue 9

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    Discoveries

    Declining costs enhance Duvernay shale economics

    Sept. 1, 2014
    Alberta's Duvernay play is often characterized as Canada's Eagle Ford and is similarly seen as one of the most economically attractive plays in North America.
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    Companies

    OGJ100 group posts lower 2013 earnings

    Sept. 1, 2014
    Oil & Gas Journal's survey of the 100 leading oil and gas producing firms based outside the US reveals that 2013 net income and revenues fell modestly from 2012 results in most...
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    Companies

    China looks ahead to a robust natural gas endowment

    Sept. 1, 2014
    Natural gas plays an important role in China's economic development and energy structure. Proved reserves exceed 600 billion cu m/year (bcm/year), and production has topped 100...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Supply complacency

    Sept. 1, 2014
    Complacency comes easily in the US when the price of crude oil sags while hostilities jar the Middle East, while Russia tests Western resolve over Ukraine, and while China rattles...
    Home

    Nicaragua canal review

    Sept. 1, 2014
    A recent column, "Another canal? Really?", mischaracterized the environmental review of the proposed Nicaraguan Grand Canal Project-currently in progress-and the role of Environmental...
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    Companies

    Earnings, revenues down for OGJ150 in 2013; liquids output, reserves up

    Sept. 1, 2014
    The combined earnings of the OGJ150 group declined 3.03% during 2013 to $88.1 billion. The group's revenues for the year were also down 7.32% from a year earlier to $944.9 billion...
    Home

    Did you know?

    Sept. 1, 2014
    After spending countless hours scouring through annual reports, financial documentation, and press releases for this week's special report on the OGJ150/100 (see p. 30), this ...
    Companies

    AMP acquires additional midstream assets in Eagle Ford

    Sept. 1, 2014
    American Midstream Partners LP (AMP) has opted to use, and has received approval of, its right-of-first-offer to acquire the Gonzales County, Tex., full-well-stream gathering ...
    Discoveries

    CERI: Market access key to Canadian bitumen output

    Sept. 1, 2014
    Outcomes in two areas of critical uncertainty can mean a difference in Canadian bitumen production in 2030 of 1.7-1.8 million b/d, according to a study published by the Canadian...
    General Interest

    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    Sept. 1, 2014
    LandmarkLandmark Software and Services, a Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) business line, has acquired Neftex Petroleum Consultants Limited, a UK-based company specializing in sequence...
    Refining

    Vietnam's Dung Quat refinery wraps maintenance

    Sept. 1, 2014
    State-owned Petrovietnam has completed the second planned maintenance turnaround since 2011 at its 140,000-b/d Dung Quat refinery in Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam (OGJ Online, ...
    New Plants

    Industry, regulators work to build US crude pipelines right

    Sept. 1, 2014
    Surging US production has led to strong demand for the construction of crude oil pipelines. The industry and its government regulators are working hard to make certain the systems...
    Production Operations

    WoodMac: Norway's 10 billion bbl of undeveloped resources could net $106 billion

    Sept. 1, 2014
    Norway holds 10 billion boe of discovered but undeveloped natural resources, of which 60% could be commercialized and potentially add $106 billion to the country's revenues, Wood...
    New Plants

    EPA finalizes GHG permits for Texas olefins complex

    Sept. 1, 2014
    The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final permit to Formosa Plastics Corp. (FPC) to proceed with the third major expansion of its petrochemical complex in Point...
    Economics & Markets

    EIA: Brent crude oil price stability continues

    Sept. 1, 2014
    Spot prices of Brent crude oil averaged $107/bbl in July, marking the 13th consecutive month in which the average price has ranged $107-112/bbl.
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    New Plants

    OGJ Newsletter

    Sept. 1, 2014
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Companies

    WEA launches new greater sage grouse public information campaign

    Sept. 1, 2014
    Listing the greater sage grouse as an endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act would discourage effective local and state conservation efforts while stifling...
    General Interest

    OGUK: Optimism still waning in UK's offshore oil, gas industry

    Sept. 1, 2014
    Optimism in the UK's offshore oil and gas industry continues to wane, according the second-quarter Oil & Gas UK (OGUK) Business Sentiment Index (BSI), released Aug. 6.
    Petrochemicals

    Nova nears 100% NGL feedstock conversion at Corunna ethylene plant

    Sept. 1, 2014
    The cracker feedstock conversion project at Nova Chemicals Corp.'s Corunna, Ont., refinery and petrochemical complex, which was designed to allow the cracker to utilize up to ...
    Exploration & Development

    Gazprom Neft starts exploratory drilling in Iraq's Kurdistan region

    Sept. 1, 2014
    JSC Gazprom Neft has commenced with exploratory drilling on the Shakal block in the southwest part of Iraq's Kurdistan region.
    Companies

    Utah's crude transportation options include Uinta Express project

    Sept. 1, 2014
    Utah's crude oil transportation options-which include Tesoro Refining & Marketing Co. LLC's proposed Uinta Express Pipeline-typify the broader US challenge in several ways.
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Virtual flow metering improves Chinese offshore production

    Sept. 1, 2014
    A common problem for inflow-rate metering in subsea wells is the lack of real-time, three-phase flow rates, which are critical for reservoir characterization and well optimization...
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    Exploration & Development

    Static, dynamic data integration improves reservoir modeling, characterization

    Sept. 1, 2014
    This article introduces a methodology for reservoir characterization, geological modelling, and well-performance prediction. The methodology integrates petrophysical and pressure...