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    General Interest

    FOURTH-QUARTER 2014 FIRST-QUARTER 2015: Oil price collapse will slow midstream's growth

    June 1, 2015
    In the second article of this new series on midstream industry trends and developments, discussion shifted from a 10-year review to an analysis of quarterly trends in US gas plant...
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    General Interest

    Ohio weighs post-production costs, royalty calculations

    June 1, 2015
    Post-production cost deductions are a common source of royalty litigation. Local lease-interpretation rules determine whether particular deductions are proper and defensible in...
    General Interest

    North American fractionating, splitting projects advance

    June 1, 2015
    Recent clarifications by the US Bureau of Industry regarding the export of condensate amid growing supplies of domestic oil and gas shale production have sustained expansions ...
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    Iran faces hurdles hiking oil production when sanctions lifted

    June 1, 2015
    For an oil market destabilized by geopolitical turbulence and oversupply, an important question is when Iranian production, now limited by international sanctions, might recover...

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    Companies

    Mexican opportunities include corruption as well as business

    June 1, 2015
    The Mexican constitutional reforms and related privatization of portions of the oil and gas industry are historic. The end of state-owned monopoly control will create great opportunitie...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Bill is wrong way to speed gas pipeline approvals, House panel told

    June 1, 2015
    A bill that would give the US Department of the Interior authority to approve natural gas pipelines crossing National Parks Service land is unnecessary and unwanted, a US Bureau...
    Government

    FWS, NMFS propose changes for seeking endangered species listings

    June 1, 2015
    Petitions to federally list species as endangered will need to show that state wildlife agencies have been contacted beforehand and include relevant information about what those...
    General Interest

    La Jolla Conference: Industry panel bullish on oil prices, but sees more suffering to come

    June 1, 2015
    Crude oil prices are still about half their value compared with a year ago, but the now prolonged slump is unfolding such that another rise could be on the horizon, a panel of...
    General Interest

    La Jolla Conference: Mexican energy reform a 'telenovela,' panelist says

    June 1, 2015
    Energy reform in Mexico is a telenovela wherein stories of intrigue and suspense will arise, but in the end, everything will turn out okay, opined Duncan Wood, director of the...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    EIA: US natural gas net imports lowest since 1987

    June 1, 2015
    US net imports of natural gas totaled 1,171 bcf in 2014, down 9% from the level in 2013 and continuing an 8-year decline, according to the US Energy Information Administration...
    Government

    FWS mulling steps to curb migratory bird deaths at oil and gas sites

    June 1, 2015
    The US Fish & Wildlife Service intends to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement to evaluate possible steps for reducing accidental migratory bird deaths from oil...
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    New Plants

    OGJ Newsletter

    June 1, 2015
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    General Interest

    La Jolla Conference: Regulations still constraining unconventional energy development

    June 1, 2015
    While unconventional oil and gas production in the US remains mostly resilient amid the industry downturn, energy policy under the Obama administration hasn't made things easier...
    Refining & Processing

    Once more into the breach...

    June 1, 2015
    Oil & Gas Journal's 2015 Worldwide Gas Processing Report, which starts on p. 58, is my 31st effort to update OGJ readers. It's also my last.
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    Drilling Operations

    Study links iron sulfide to MEG column burping

    June 1, 2015
    Iron sulfide (FeS) particles entrained in formation water are small (< 1 μm) with a very large surface area. When freshly produced FeS contacts hydrocarbon condensates they create...
    New Plants

    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    June 1, 2015
    GE Oil & GasGE Oil & Gas and Enpro Subsea announced an agreement to jointly market and provide fluid intervention services that offer oil and gas operators a cost-effective way...
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    General Interest

    Turkish Stream offers Russia increased export control

    June 1, 2015
    Estimates have the European Union importing 49% more gas in 2035 than in 2012.1 Russia would like to secure as much of this market as possible.
    Government

    Condensate considerations

    June 1, 2015
    Bills to expand federal offshore oil and gas leasing and revenue sharing with coastal states may have generated more questions.
    New Plants

    Coast Guard cadets summoned to battle climatological foe

    June 1, 2015
    Confusion evident in President Barack Obama's commencement address at the Coast Guard Academy raises a question bearing on American foreign policy: Is it possible the administration...
    Government

    Principles of energy

    June 1, 2015
    Listen hard if you want to know what politicians who want to establish residency in the White House in 2017 think about energy. You won't hear much. Energy, so far, is no headline...
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    General Interest

    US unconventional oil responds to low-price environment

    June 1, 2015
    Deferred and cancelled investments in US shale oil fields could in 2-3 years begin creating an environment in which new supplies are less plentiful, causing baseline oil prices...
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    Despite downturn, US, Canada shales drive gas production, processing growth

    May 29, 2015
    Warren R. True Chief Technology Editor-MidstreamShale-related development in the US and Canada pushed up natural gas processing in those countries in 2014 as Oil & Gas Journal...
    General Interest

    Ethane availability spurs US infrastructure build

    May 29, 2015
    Strong natural gas production and ethane extraction in US shale plays have created an oversupply of NGLs, but plunging crude prices at the same time have reduced their global ...
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    HSE

    Study finds Marcellus NORM exposure risks low

    May 29, 2015
    While some produced waters from the Marcellus shale contain elevated radium, a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) study showed that the risk of exposure...