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    General Interest

    Tight oil price test

    Feb. 2, 2015
    The basic job for Oil & Gas Journal writers is to pick the right words and put them in the right order, which is often harder to do than it might sound.
    Government

    So much for cooperation

    Feb. 2, 2015
    Congressional majority leaders and the Obama administration came into 2015 pledging to at least try to be less combative and more cooperative in running the federal government...
    Unconventional Resources

    Data refute Lew's claims about taxes paid by producers

    Feb. 2, 2015
    On the subject of taxation, administration officials count on the public to believe anything.
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    General Interest

    Near-term pipeline plans shrink, longer-term growth returns

    Feb. 2, 2015
    Planned pipeline construction to be completed in 2015 slipped 30% from forecasts for 2014, with expected products, crude, and natural gas project completions all softer even as...
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    General Interest

    Novel upgrading technology cuts diluent use, capital costs

    Feb. 2, 2015
    A novel bitumen upgrading process that decreases the amount of diluent required for pipeline transportation and reduces overall operating costs has been proven in a 100-b/d demonstratio...

    More content from Volume 113, Issue 2

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    General Interest

    Modeling determines solvent applicability in SAGD

    Feb. 2, 2015
    Solvents are used to increase production and reduce steam-to-oil ratio in steam-assisted gravity drainage
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    Exploration & Development

    Fluid typing extends production in Chinese gas reservoir

    Feb. 2, 2015
    Comprehensive evaluation and classified recognition (CECR) of fluid typing and zonation (FTZ) is a prerequisite for developing multilayer sandstone gas reservoirs (MLSGR).
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    Drilling Operations

    Mud volcanoes show gas hydrates potential in India's Andaman Islands

    Feb. 2, 2015
    Minutes after the M9.0 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake in 2004, mud volcanoes erupted on Diglipur Island in North Andaman. The eruptions resulted in an accumulation of debris that ...
    General Interest

    E&Y: Oil-price collapse to boost global M&A activity in 2015

    Feb. 2, 2015
    The oil-price collapse will facilitate increased global transaction activity in 2015 as companies revise and implement new strategies, according to a quarterly report on the industry...
    Blackwell
    General Interest

    SERVICE | SUPPLIERS

    Feb. 2, 2015
    Knight Oil ToolsKnight Oil Tools, a Lafayette, Louisiana based provider of oilfield services, announced that Earl J. Blackwell has been named President and Chief Executive Officer...
    Government

    The ANWR blitz

    Feb. 2, 2015
    Deception begins with a 58-sec video on the White House web site in which President Barack Obama says he'll ask Congress to make the whole Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska...
    General Interest

    US oil, gas industry eager to build on past successes

    Feb. 2, 2015
    The US oil and gas industry entered 2015 optimistically as a dramatically improved US supply outlook's economic and security benefits became increasingly apparent.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Russia, Iran outlined joint Caspian position in 2001

    Feb. 2, 2015
    Following are the delineated points of a March 12, 2001, agreement between leaders of Russia and Iran at a meeting on Caspian Sea issues in Moscow
    General Interest

    EIA: Stable oil outlook seen despite near-term rig-count reduction

    Feb. 2, 2015
    According to data from Baker Hughes Inc., between the weeks ended Oct. 31, 2014, and Jan. 23, 2015, the number of active onshore drilling rigs in the Lower 48 dropped 16%, reflecting...
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    General Interest

    OGJ Newsletter

    Feb. 2, 2015
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Iran yields to Russia in talks over Caspian resources

    Feb. 2, 2015
    Iranian acquiescence to Russia, to which the Islamic Repubic increasingly turns in response to pressure from the West, has become a standard feature of long-unresolved deliberations...