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    Production Operations

    Speaker suggests how Russian regime change might occur

    March 9, 2015
    They follow a warning reported here 2 weeks ago from Alexander J. Motyl, professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark, that military and domestic expenses, cheap...
    General Interest

    Pennsylvania governor proposes natural gas severance tax

    March 9, 2015
    Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf proposed a $29.9-billion budget on Mar. 3 that includes $2.5 billion of net tax increases for fiscal 2016, including a 5% severance tax on natural gas...
    General Interest

    SIBUR advances grassroots petrochemicals complex

    March 9, 2015
    ZapSibNeftekhim LLC, a subsidiary of Russian petrochemical manufacturer OAO SIBUR Holding, Moscow, has started construction on its long-planned integrated ethylene, polyethylene...
    General Interest

    Low crude prices pressure Latin American producers, CSIS forum told

    March 9, 2015
    Depressed crude oil prices are putting new pressure on Latin American producing countries to improve terms if they expect to attract outside investment for developing resources...
    Government

    Watching Government: Why call-ups are continuing

    March 9, 2015
    Western Energy Alliance members were fully aware that more significant federal onshore oil and gas policies are being developed in the nation's capital now than in the Rocky Mountains...

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    Refining

    Shell moves to business-as-usual plan for strike-impacted refineries

    March 9, 2015
    As the United Steelworkers union (USW) strike enters its fifth week, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, which serves as lead company for National Oil Bargaining (NOB) negotiations, is implementing...
    General Interest

    CSIS report outlines main US oil infrastructure challenges

    March 9, 2015
    The US crude oil renaissance has created strong demand for expanded US transportation systems, resulting in five primarily challenges, a recent Center for Strategic and International...
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    New Plants

    OGJ Newsletter

    March 9, 2015
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    General Interest

    Report notes strong Saudi fiscal 'buffers'

    March 9, 2015
    Saudi Arabia has fiscal buffers enabling it to cover projected deficits while oil prices are low for at least 4 years and perhaps more than 8 years, according to an analyst at...
    General Interest

    More pragmatism urged for developing Eastern Mediterranean gas

    March 9, 2015
    Eastern Mediterranean nations should abandon inflated expectations and adopt more realistic approaches to developing their natural gas resources, speakers recommended at a Feb...
    General Interest

    UDW drilling in deep water?

    March 9, 2015
    A March report from the US Energy Information Administration forecasts increased production from the Gulf of Mexico over the next 2 years (OGJ Online, Mar. 3, 2015).
    HSE

    Stigmatizing dissent

    March 9, 2015
    Engineers and scientists who work at the core of the oil and gas industry should regret a new attempt to stigmatize Wei-Hock "Willie" Soon.
    General Interest

    Encana trims additional $700 million from 2015 capital budget

    March 6, 2015
    Encana Corp. is reducing its previously reported capital investment for 2015 by $700 million to $2-2.2 billion "to maintain a solid balance sheet and help strengthen liquidity...