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  • Volume 113, Issue 12

    • Volume 113, Issue 12

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    Pipelines

    Method improves detection of subsea pipeline insulation damage

    Dec. 7, 2015
    A new method based on temperature differentials has improved detection of damaged insulation in subsea pipelines carrying high-viscosity crude oil.
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Turkmenistan positions itself as Eurasian natural gas power

    Dec. 7, 2015
    Natural gas's share of global energy demand is set to increase from 21% in 2011 to 25% by 2035. But most proven gas reserves are concentrated in a few countries far from the main...
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    Refining

    ExxonMobil publishes updated assay for Equatoguinean Zafiro Blend

    Dec. 7, 2015
    ExxonMobil Corp. in October published an updated crude oil assay for Zafiro Blend, which is jointly produced by subsidiary Mobil Equatorial Guinea Inc. (71.25%), Guinea Ecuatorial...
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    EPA's final renewable fuel quotas more ambitious than proposed

    Dec. 7, 2015
    The US Environmental Protection Agency issued final renewable fuel quotas for fiscal 2014, 2015, and 2016, and biomass-based diesel quotas for 2014-17 that are more ambitious ...
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    General Interest

    Study forecasts gradual Haynesville production recovery before final decline

    Dec. 7, 2015
    Low natural gas prices have slowed development of the Haynesville shale in east Texas and southwest Louisiana. Despite this, the play remains promising under the right economic...

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    Drilling Operations

    Saudi carbonate MSF well analysis determines optimal horizontal drilling direction

    Dec. 7, 2015
    Stress variations and drilling directions affect fracture geometry in open-hole multistage fracturing (MSF). Determining whether to drill toward the minimum horizontal stress ...
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    Exploration & Development

    Ohio seismic reflection data reveals direct hydrocarbon indicator

    Dec. 7, 2015
    Older strata may yield direct hydrocarbon indicators (DHIs) in environments typically thought unlikely to contain them. DHIs are features in seismic reflection data attributed...
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    Companies

    Type-well analysis improves decline curve estimation

    Dec. 7, 2015
    Year-on-year stability in remaining proved-developed reserves (1P) is the most positive impact of applying a consistent type-well approach to 1P estimates. Operators can then ...
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    Saddlehorn, Grand Mesa combine DJ-basin crude pipelines

    Dec. 7, 2015
    Saddlehorn Pipeline Co. LLC is combining projects with Grand Mesa Pipeline LLC for construction of a 20-in. OD undivided joint interest pipeline beginning about 20 miles north...
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    General Interest

    Reserves grow modestly as crude oil production climbs

    Dec. 7, 2015
    The world's crude oil and condensate reserves total 1.656 trillion bbl at yearend 2015 compared with 1.654 trillion a year earlier, according to Oil & Gas Journal's annual assessment...
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    General Interest

    Global refiners move to maximize efficiency, capacities of existing operations

    Dec. 7, 2015
    A continued lower crude oil price environment offered most global refiners a competitive advantage during 2015, but heightened environmental regulatory regimes alongside a downturn...
    General Interest

    Moody's downgrades Pemex as company tries to assert independence

    Dec. 7, 2015
    Petroleos Mexicanos' (Pemex) global foreign currency and local currency ratings have been downgraded by Moody's Investors Service to Baa1 from A3, two rungs above the minimum....
    General Interest

    Firm given permission to build NEGI gas pipeline in Australia

    Dec. 7, 2015
    Energy utility company Jemena, jointly owned by State Grid Corp. of China and Singapore Power, has been granted preferred proponent status to build a proposed $800-million (Aus...
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    General Interest

    OGJ Newsletter

    Dec. 7, 2015
    International news for oil and gas professionals
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    Rockhopper, FOGL to merge in £57.1-million deal

    Dec. 7, 2015
    The boards of Rockhopper Exploration PLC a Falkland Oil & Gas Ltd. (FOGL) reported reaching an agreement to merge in an all-share deal valued at £57.1 million. Once combined, ...
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    Cuba seeks more tests of deepwater potential

    Dec. 7, 2015
    Despite early exploratory disappointment and a longstanding trade embargo by the US, the Cuban government seeks more foreign help in the assessment of its deepwater oil and gas...
    Companies

    US, Alaska close judicial actions against ExxonMobil from 1989 spill

    Dec. 7, 2015
    Wildlife recovery in Prince William Sound has been extensive enough to warrant closing federal and state legal actions against ExxonMobil Corp. from the March 1989 grounding of...
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    Eni: US entered top 10 in world oil reserves in 2014

    Dec. 7, 2015
    World oil and gas reserves in 2014 showed slight growth, highlighted by reserves additions in the US in the form of tight oil, according to Eni SPA's 14th edition of its World...
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    Administration should rethink Alaska oil policies, API official says

    Dec. 7, 2015
    The Obama administration could squander major domestic crude oil resource opportunities in Alaska if it persists in imposing overly stringent leasing restrictions and operating...
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    HSE

    Prospects of COP21

    Dec. 4, 2015
    That high-level, high-anxiety talks under way in Paris won't produce a binding international agreement on mitigation of climate changes offers the oil and gas industry some comfort...
    General Interest

    Continued malaise

    Dec. 4, 2015
    Drillers, support services, and other suppliers feel the pinch as oil and gas companies curtail capital expenditures and seek operating efficiencies in response to lower commodity...
    General Interest

    Russia's economy and energy

    Nov. 2, 2015
    Plunging crude-oil prices did not cause Russia's economic problems, speakers said at an Oct. 26 Center for Strategic and International Studies forum.
    HSE

    Conference in Cuba addresses questions on offshore safety

    Nov. 2, 2015
    Notwithstanding improvements made after the Macondo tragedy of 2010, questions remain about the safety of offshore drilling and production, said speakers at a conference this ...
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    New Plants

    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    Nov. 2, 2015
    Wood GroupMatt Kirk has joined Wood Group Kenny as vice president of operations, bolstering the regional leadership team in the Americas.With 17 years' experience in the oil and...