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    Watching Government: Five years after Macondo

    April 20, 2015
    It would be an understatement to declare offshore oil and gas has changed since the deepwater Macondo well blowout and crude oil spill 5 years ago. An obvious follow-up question...
    Pipelines

    House Transportation panel lambastes administration for safety delays

    April 20, 2015
    Members of a US House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee from both parties sternly criticized the Obama administration for delays in implementing pipeline and rail...
    General Interest

    More witnesses urge Congress to repeal US crude oil export ban

    April 20, 2015
    The US crude oil export ban is a 1970s anachronism that could hobble US production growth and restrict economic improvement if it is not repealed, three witnesses told a House...
    General Interest

    OPEC in June

    April 20, 2015
    For the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the oil market, a fateful month looms.
    Home

    US climate spurt must be serious; it has toolkits

    April 20, 2015
    Programs stuffed with sweeping actions imply the existence of sweeping problems-sometimes falsely.

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    Refining

    The contexts of content

    April 20, 2015
    At its core, the job of any OGJ technology editor involves one guiding principle identifiable across each of the disciplines we cover.
    General Interest

    IHS: Eagle Ford completions pending

    April 20, 2015
    US oil producers operating in the Eagle Ford shale in South Texas built an inventory of nearly 1,400 drilled but uncompleted (DUC) wells, said an analysis from IHS, which noted...
    Production Operations

    IEA forecasts higher 2015 global oil demand

    April 20, 2015
    In its April Oil Market Report, the International Energy Agency raised its forecast of 2015 global oil demand by 90,000 b/d to 93.6 million b/d, a gain of 1.1 million b/d on the...
    Drilling & Production

    BHI: US rig count falls under 1,000 for first time since 2009

    April 20, 2015
    After noticeably slowed declines over the previous 2 weeks, the US drilling rig count fell 40 units to 988 rigs working during the week ended Apr. 10, settling under 1,000 for...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    April 20, 2015
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    General Interest

    DOI proposes new offshore BOP, well-control regulations

    April 20, 2015
    The US Department of the Interior proposed offshore oil and gas well-control regulations with more stringent design requirements and operational procedures for blowout preventers...
    General Interest

    Report highlights UKCS profitability slide

    April 20, 2015
    The slumping profitability of oil and gas work offshore the UK is evident in a new government report.
    General Interest

    AEO2015: US on track to eliminate net energy imports by 2030

    April 17, 2015
    Continued growth in oil and natural gas production, growth in the use of renewables, and the application of demand-side efficiencies show the potential to eliminate net US energy...