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  • Volume 113, Issue 6b

    • Volume 113, Issue 6b

    Economics & Markets

    Political, technical problems seen for energy-subsidy reform

    June 15, 2015
    Fossil-energy subsidies receive more talk than action, too much of it politically opportunistic.
    General Interest

    Watching Government: Change in Saudi Arabia?

    June 15, 2015
    International observers are still considering the extent, if any, of changes since Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud became Saudi Arabia's king in January. Most aren't ready to issue...
    Production Operations

    ANGA says industry using latest technology to protect water

    June 15, 2015
    Industry is committed to making continuous improvements and using the latest technology to recycle water and use nonpotable water, Marty Durbin, president and chief executive ...
    General Interest

    NGSA: Downward pressure expected on gas prices this summer

    June 15, 2015
    Despite expectations for record-setting summer demand, pressure on this summer's natural gas prices is likely to be downward compared with summer 2014, the Natural Gas Supply ...
    General Interest

    EIA: Continuing but lower global oil inventory builds expected in second half

    June 15, 2015
    Global petroleum liquids production continues to exceed consumption, resulting in inventory builds, the US Energy Information Administration said in its most recent Short-Term...

    More content from Volume 113, Issue 6b

    IOR/EOR

    Saskatchewan economic minister sees opportunities despite price environment

    June 15, 2015
    At an energy leaders breakfast during the Global Petroleum Show (GPS) in Calgary June 10, Bill Boyd, minister of the economy for Saskatchewan, spoke about the opportunities for...
    Production Operations

    EPA draft assessment finds no widespread harm to drinking water from fracturing

    June 15, 2015
    The US Environmental Protection Agency released a draft assessment June 4 of a study in which it concluded hydraulic fracturing activities have not led to widespread, systemic...
    Pipelines

    PHMSA finds 82% WT loss at Santa Barbara rupture site

    June 15, 2015
    Plains All American Pipeline LP's (PAA) 24-in. OD Coastal Line 901 crude pipeline had suffered 82% WT loss at the site of the May 19 rupture in Santa Barbara, Calif., according...
    General Interest

    E&Y: US firms' capex, revenues, reserves up again in 2014, but cuts loom

    June 15, 2015
    US oil and gas companies reported increases across the board in capital expenditures, revenues, and reserves in 2014 as oil prices nearly halved during the second half, according...
    Unconventional Resources

    SPE Conference: Heavy oil development requires long-term view, incoming president says

    June 15, 2015
    Speaking to a half-empty auditorium that reflected the tough economic environment of the North American onshore market, Janeen Judah, incoming president of the Society of Petroleum...
    Pipelines

    One incident too many

    June 15, 2015
    Something about the safety of oil pipelines is wrong. When a pipeline leaks crude oil into California's Santa Barbara Channel, of all places, something is very wrong.
    Companies

    A hundred-year Hail Mary?

    June 15, 2015
    Comparing it to a can't-look-away train wreck, Reuter's financial columnist James Saft, in a June 2 article, viewed the recent issue of 100-year bonds by Petroleo Brasiliero SA...
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    General Interest

    OGJ Newsletter

    June 15, 2015
    GENERAL INTEREST — Quick TakesEnbridge to remediate leak's environmental damagesSeveral Enbridge Inc. affiliates agreed to complete natural resource restoration projects along...