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  • Volume 113, Issue 7

    • Volume 113, Issue 7

    Petrochemicals

    International survey of ethylene from steam crackers - 2015

    July 7, 2015
    Click here to download the PDF of the "International survey of ethylene from steam crackers - 2015
    Government

    Court to EPA: Costs matter

    July 6, 2015
    Oil and gas groups did not respond immediately when the US Supreme Court ruled on June 29 that the US Environmental Protection Agency acted unreasonably when it said costs were...
    Reserves

    Emerging producers offered guidelines for governance

    July 6, 2015
    Like most worthy endeavors, governing oil and gas activity at the national level is easier said than done-especially where oil and gas never before have been produced.

    More content from Volume 113, Issue 7

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    Refining

    Nelson-Farrar Quarterly Costimating Indexes for selected equipment items

    July 6, 2015
    The Nelson-Farrar refinery construction index rose to 2,475.6 by December 2012 from 2,467.4 in January of the same year. The index continued to rise over the next 2 years to reach...
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    General Interest

    The price of oil and OPEC-history repeating?

    July 6, 2015
    The world oil market today is characterized by a standoff between the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC producers amid excess supply.
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    Production Operations

    Innovation addresses US environmental regulations; more needed

    July 6, 2015
    Technology spawned the recent boom in US oil and gas production which in turn led to new regulations that keep the environment and people safe.
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    Exploration & Development

    Earth model assists Permian asset valuation

    July 6, 2015
    Laredo Petroleum Inc.'s Permian-Garden City asset is an unconventional resource play with more than four potential stacked zones covering a 1,700 square-mile fairway in five counties...
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    Discoveries

    China's Yanchi area, western Ordos basin derived from mixed source

    July 6, 2015
    The Yanchi area lies in the west of China's Ordos basin and to the west of the giant Sulige gas field, site of recent breakthroughs in Lower Permian exploration.
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    General Interest

    Newfoundland, Labrador prepare for deepwater exploration

    July 6, 2015
    Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board's (C-NLOPB) most recent call for bids for the Eastern Newfoundland Region is coming to a close Nov. 12, 2015.
    Petrochemicals

    Precommissioning tests ongoing at Braskem's Mexican petchem project

    July 6, 2015
    Braskem Idesa SAPI, a 75-25 joint venture of Braskem SA, Sao Paulo, and Groupo Idesa SA de CV, Mexico City, through a contractor, has let a contract to Atlas Copco Rental LLC,...
    Refining

    Oman lets contract for Sohar refinery unit revamp

    July 6, 2015
    Oman Oil Refineries & Petroleum Industries Co., has let a contract to MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, Augsburg, Germany, for work related to the overhaul and revamp of the residue fluidized...
    Government

    Poor BIA management has hindered tribal energy development, GAO says

    July 6, 2015
    The US Bureau of Indian Affairs does not have data it needs to verify ownership of some Indian oil and gas resources, easily identify resources available for lease, or identify...
    General Interest

    Group suggests principles for Alberta royalty review

    July 6, 2015
    The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) has suggested that four principles guide Alberta in an oil and gas royalty review planned by a new center-left government...
    Government

    US House committee leaders send letters to Plains, PHMSA about leak

    July 6, 2015
    US House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders from both parties asked Plains Pipeline LP and the US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration for more information...
    Government

    Senate Democrats outline broad energy goals to nation's governors

    July 6, 2015
    Forty-five US Senate Democrats outlined broad energy policy goals including more clean energy technology investments, infrastructure improvement, and carbon pollution reduction...
    General Interest

    Gas faces more competition from coal, renewables, IEA official says

    July 6, 2015
    Natural gas faces growing competition from coal and renewable energy sources at a time when its potential demand growth is slowing down, an International Energy Agency official...
    Exploration & Development

    EIA: Argentina, China lead shale development outside North America

    July 6, 2015
    Argentina and China have respectively drilled more than 275 and 200 wells targeting shale plays over the past 2 years, providing each country with the potential to significantly...
    Government

    Judge's order delays BLM's implementation of fracing regs

    July 6, 2015
    A federal district judge in Wyoming temporarily delayed the US Bureau of Land Management's implementation of its recently issued hydraulic fracturing regulations.
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    General Interest

    Global oil glut continues despite increasing demand

    July 6, 2015
    A year since crude prices plunged, oversupply lingers, evident in a record-setting stock build, as production by members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries remains...
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    Discoveries

    Case for Keystone XL has grown stronger, TransCanada tells Kerry

    July 6, 2015
    Canada is taking strong steps toward combating climate change, and the proposed Keystone XL pipeline crude oil pipeline remains in the US national interest, TransCanada Corp. ...
    General Interest

    Natural gas opposition has shifted to transportation, speakers say

    July 6, 2015
    Opposition to natural gas projects has moved from exploration and production to transportation, speakers said during a discussion on Capitol Hill of US gas infrastructure needs...
    General Interest

    Big data, more oil

    July 6, 2015
    Development of unconventional resources soon will enter a phase promising to lower the cost of producing oil from shale toward levels normally associated with Saudi Arabia.
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    New Plants

    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    July 6, 2015
    Zion Oil & GasCarrilloZion Oil & Gas, Inc. announced that the Board of Directors appointed Victor G. Carrillo as the Company's new Chief Executive Officer and also appointed Glen...
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    General Interest

    OGJ Newsletter

    July 6, 2015
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Government

    Considering cost

    July 6, 2015
    Consideration of cost in regulatory decision-making should be a simple matter of common sense. At this moment in history, though, bureaucratic attention to economic consequence...