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    Companies

    API relaunches 'Vote4Energy' program leading up to 2016 elections

    June 29, 2015
    The American Petroleum Institute wants US voters to elect candidates in the 2016 elections who support broader development of the nation's abundant energy resources to further...
    Government

    Watching Government: Arguing for biofuel quotas

    June 29, 2015
    With Republicans holding majorities in both the US Senate and House, US Environmental Protection Agency officials may be growing used to congressional committee members saying...
    Refining

    Gazprom Neft lets contract for Moscow refinery

    June 29, 2015
    Russia's JSC Gazprom Neft has let a contract to Tecnimont SPA, a subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont SPA, Milan, for engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) services...
    Government

    Fossil fuel protestors try to disrupt Natural Gas Roundtable event

    June 29, 2015
    Fossil fuel protestors tried to disrupt a June 18 Natural Gas Roundtable (NGR) luncheon on Capitol Hill where four US House members were describing efforts to develop energy legislation...
    General Interest

    Mubadala starts production at Nong Yao in Gulf of Thailand

    June 29, 2015
    Mubadala Petroleum, Abu Dhabi, started production on June 17 from its Nong Yao oil field in the G11/48 concession of the southern Gulf of Thailand.

    More content from Volume 113, Issue 6d

    Refining

    Marathon commissions unit at Kentucky refinery

    June 29, 2015
    Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) has commissioned a 35,000-b/d condensate splitting unit at its 242,000-b/d Catlettsburg, Ky., refinery to boost the site's capacity to process production...
    Companies

    Shell gets state's okay for US Appalachian ethylene plant plan

    June 29, 2015
    Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has approved a permit allowing Royal Dutch Shell PLC subsidiary Shell Chemical LP to proceed with its plan to build...
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    Refining

    OGJ Newsletter

    June 29, 2015
    GENERAL INTEREST — Quick TakesW. Canadian liquids production on upward trajectoryWood Mackenzie Ltd. believes the economics of core areas within shale plays in western Canada ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    BP: US surpassing Saudis in oil output among world's 'tectonic' energy shifts in 2014

    June 29, 2015
    An eventful 2014 in the world oil and gas markets was headlined by the US overtaking Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest oil producer and surpassing Russia as the world's largest...
    Government

    API, other groups urge EPA to reconsider biofuel quotas

    June 29, 2015
    The US Environmental Protection Agency should reconsider its recently issued biofuel quotas because they serve the fuel ethanol lobby's interests instead of consumers, officials...
    Exploration & Development

    Security through change

    June 29, 2015
    At the start of this month the US Army published its "Energy Security & Sustainability (ES2) Strategy" report.
    General Interest

    New king reshaping Saudi oil industry; extent still unclear

    June 29, 2015
    A new ruler is making important changes in the state-run petroleum industry of the world's most influential oil-producing nation.
    Government

    Senate panel divided on bills to modify EPA's proposed ozone rules

    June 26, 2015
    US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee members divided along party lines over the US Environmental Protection Agency's proposed National Ambient Air Quality Standards...
    Government

    A strategy shift-2

    June 26, 2015
    Notwithstanding occasional laments to the contrary, the US has had a consistent energy strategy since at least World War II.