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  • Volume 113, Issue 5

    • Volume 113, Issue 5

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    Production Operations

    GUIDE TO WORLD CRUDES: BG Group assays Brazilian Iracema crude

    May 4, 2015
    BG Group published a crude oil assay in February for its jointly owned Iracema discovery, which began producing third-quarter 2014 on Block BM-S-11 in the Santos basin off Brazil...
    General Interest

    CERAWeek: Company, industry have transformed since Macondo, BP CEO says

    May 4, 2015
    Apr. 20 marked the 5-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico that took 11 lives and resulted in the costliest oil spill in US history...
    HSE

    Kerry lists Artic challenges

    May 4, 2015
    US Sec. of State John F. Kerry tried to emphasize cooperation as he assumed the Arctic Council's chairmanship for the next 2 years on the United States' behalf. He also did not...
    General Interest

    Hair-trigger supply a new challenge of managing oil assets

    May 4, 2015
    Reluctance by Saudi Arabia to cut production in defense of the crude price reflects important new realities of the oil market.
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    Production Operations

    FE analysis controls subsea pipeline buckling

    May 4, 2015
    Finite-element (FE) analysis, as presented in the recently completed Safebuck joint industry project's (JIP) design guideline, can help control buckling of subsea pipelines.

    More content from Volume 113, Issue 5

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    Companies

    Weld toughness study advances reeled clad pipes' deepwater potential

    May 4, 2015
    Sensitivity studies suggest toughness is often more critical than strength in subsea pipeline welds, especially narrow-bevel mechanized welds.
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    General Interest

    Subsea gas compression increases chance of deepwater development

    May 4, 2015
    Gioia Falcone Clausthal University of Technology, Clausthal-Zellerfield, GermanyBob Harrison Soluzioni Idrocarburi SRL, RomeMuch of future offshore oil and gas production will...
    Home

    PGC report: US gas resource base reaches a record 2,515 tcf

    May 4, 2015
    Unconventional natural gas production is proving to be more durable than many people expected, officials said as the Potential Gas Committee released its 2014 yearend report indicating...
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    Exploration & Development

    Deepwater prospects gain momentum off Morocco

    May 4, 2015
    Morocco's long-awaited offshore oil and gas development may soon be under way.
    Exploration & Development

    Oil Search decides on complete exit from Yemen

    May 4, 2015
    Sydney and Port Moresby-based Oil Search Ltd. has decided on a complete exit from its acreage in Yemen.
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    Petrochemicals

    Optimizing refrigeration process increases LPGs, reduces costs

    May 4, 2015
    Using ethylene glycol (EG) for hydrate inhibition in a natural gas refrigeration plant to recover LPGs is common. It's important, however, that the EG regeneration loop be properly...
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    Drilling & Production

    GOM REVENUE SHARING-3 Forecast sheds light on GOMESA Phase II expected revenues

    May 4, 2015
    The second phase of Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (GOMESA) revenue sharing will begin in 2017 and specifies that 37.5% of qualified revenues from Outer Continental...
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    General Interest

    WoodMac: Industry cash flow breakevens down by $20/bbl with rapid strategic response

    May 4, 2015
    Rapid and aggressive strategic response by oil and gas companies to low oil prices has driven industry cash flow breakevens down $20/bbl to $72/bbl, according to a recent analysis...
    HSE

    Upper East Coast US Senate, House members oppose Atlantic leasing

    May 4, 2015
    Observing both Earth Day and the fifth anniversary of the Macondo deepwater well accident and crude oil spill, US Senate and House members-largely Democrats from Northeastern ...
    General Interest

    More rig day rate, fleet use declines seen

    May 4, 2015
    Drilling contractors, onshore and offshore, face further declines in day rates and fleet utilization this year as operators slash activity in response to a crude-price slump that...
    HSE

    Diligence essential to avoid future offshore mistakes, panel told

    May 4, 2015
    The offshore oil and gas industry-as well as the federal agencies that regulate it-must remain diligent to avoid the mistakes that led up to the Macondo deepwater well blowout...
    Exploration & Development

    USGS report aims to improve quake prediction from induced seismicity

    May 4, 2015
    The US Geological Survey issued a report with preliminary outlines of models to predict severity of ground tremors in areas where sharp seismicity increases have been reported...
    General Interest

    CERAWeek: Evolutions of Pemex, YPF running parallel

    May 4, 2015
    Chief executives of Mexico's Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and Argentina's YPF SA are both seeing energy reforms within their respective countries, and both emphasize the need for...
    Government

    CSIS forum: More cooperation needed to address Arctic challenges

    May 4, 2015
    More cooperation not just between government and the oil and gas industry, but with a broad range of residents and businesses inside and outside Alaska, is essential to address...
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    New Plants

    OGJ Newsletter

    May 4, 2015
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Companies

    New energy-rich African nations want to avoid mistakes, forum told

    May 4, 2015
    Lower crude oil prices may give African nations more time to develop new supplies, speakers said at a Center for Strategic and International Studies forum. The primary question...
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    Leaning toward the future

    May 4, 2015
    Oil & Gas Journal institutionally leans toward the future without disengaging from a rich past and does so again in this issue.
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    General Interest

    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    May 4, 2015
    VallourecCraig Sullivan joined Vallourec in March 2015 as the Global Marketing & Communications Manager for the Drilling Products Division. Craig manages and oversees market watch...
    HSE

    Safety 5 years on

    May 4, 2015
    Performance alone will determine the adequacy of US responses to tragedy 5 years ago in the Gulf of Mexico.
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    East Mediterranean Development-2 Narrowing opportunities require cooperation

    May 4, 2015
    Neighboring East Mediterranean states hold a mutual interest in economic developments resulting from new hydrocarbon resources. These interests should be harnessed to enhance ...
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    General Interest

    Survey shows increase in petrochemical construction

    May 1, 2015
    Oil and Gas Journal's semiannual Worldwide Construction Update shows an increase in petrochemical construction activity compared with the previous edition of the update (OGJ, ...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    DNV, others researching concrete-coating improvements for subsea pipelines

    April 6, 2015
    With submarine pipelines increasing in diameter and extending into deeper waters and more difficult environments, design requirements for concrete weight coating often don't meet...
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    General Interest

    Texas pipelines to have $374-billion economic impact through 2024

    April 6, 2015
    Between the current year and 2024 the Texas pipeline industry will generate cumulative economic impacts (in today's dollars) of around $374 billion in economic output, $212 billion...