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  • Volume 113, Issue 1b

    • Volume 113, Issue 1b

    Government

    Nebraska Supreme Court vacates lower court's Keystone XL ruling

    Jan. 19, 2015
    Nebraska's Supreme Court vacated a lower court's decision that legislation transferring authority to determine the proposed Keystone XL crude oil pipeline's route across the state...
    Refining

    Kazakhstan advances refinery modernization program

    Jan. 19, 2015
    Kazakhstan's state-owned KazMunaiGas (KMG) has secured financing from the Development Bank of Kazakhstan JSC (DBK) for the continuing modernization of its 6-million tonne/year...
    General Interest

    EPA approves Magellan's Corpus Christi splitter project

    Jan. 19, 2015
    The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final greenhouse gas prevention of significant deterioration construction permit to Magellan Processing LP, a wholly owned ...
    General Interest

    Watching Government: Addressing the oil export ban

    Jan. 19, 2015
    The 114th Congress's first energy policy priority-after approving the proposed Keystone XL crude oil pipeline-should be repealing the ban on US crude oil exports, the American...
    General Interest

    Study probes link between US dollar's value and oil price

    Jan. 19, 2015
    While the US dollar's value against other currencies influences the price of oil, the relationship is complicated.

    More content from Volume 113, Issue 1b

    HSE

    BOEM raises offshore oil spill liability limit to $134 million

    Jan. 19, 2015
    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management increased the liability limit for oil-spill related damages from offshore operations to $134 million from $75 million. The change will...
    General Interest

    EIA: Continued global oil stock build to keep pressure on oil prices

    Jan. 19, 2015
    In its most recent monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), the US Energy Information Administration reported it expects global oil inventories to continue to build in 2015, ...
    Government

    BPC report examines possible options to reform RFS

    Jan. 19, 2015
    The Bipartisan Policy Center issued a report outlining 40 possible options for reforming the federal Renewable Fuels Standard in an effort to move discussion of the controversial...
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    General Interest

    OGJ Newsletter

    Jan. 19, 2015
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    General Interest

    Barclays sees likely downside to North American E&P budgets

    Jan. 19, 2015
    Global exploration and production spending is expected to decline at least 8.8% in 2015 vs. 2014, according to 225 companies surveyed in the Barclays E&P Spending Outlook.
    General Interest

    Moniz: Low crude prices unlikely to change US energy policies

    Jan. 19, 2015
    Crude oil prices below $50/bbl could force some producers to reduce capital expenditures if they go on for long, but are not likely to change US energy policies, according to ...
    General Interest

    Sharp drop expected in global E&P spending in 2015, study says

    Jan. 19, 2015
    Global capital expenditures for oil and gas exploration and production projects are expected to drop 17% to $571 billion in 2015, according to Cowen and Co.'s annual study of ...
    Refining

    Gazprom Neft reviews progress on refinery modernization efforts

    Jan. 19, 2015
    The second phase of JSC Gazprom Neft's program to modernize and upgrade its Russian refineries to improve processing capacities, oil conversion rates, energy efficiency, production...
    General Interest

    Loopy over gasoline

    Jan. 16, 2015
    Americans turn loopy over gasoline. They throw tantrums when gasoline prices climb enough to hurt. If federal mandates accurately express their thinking about the fuel, they'd...
    General Interest

    Mexico's evolving fiscal terms

    Jan. 16, 2015
    Mexico's energy reform has launched an ambitious process to end the long-standing state oil monopoly, holding the promise to increase oil production and bolster the overall economy...