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    Discoveries

    Like Keystone XL, Energy East caught in a chokehold

    Aug. 24, 2015
    Another important pipeline finds itself in a chokehold.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    US reportedly will begin limited crude oil swaps with Mexico

    Aug. 24, 2015
    The Obama administration will begin to allow limited US crude oil swaps with Mexico, multiple news organizations reported. The US Department of Commerce is "acting favorably on...
    General Interest

    CERI: Lower demand, prices may trim near-term oil sands spending

    Aug. 24, 2015
    Lower crude oil prices and reduced demand resulting from a global economic downturn could reduce Canadian oil sands capital expenditures through 2017, the Canadian Energy Research...
    General Interest

    US House leaders press BP for answers on Whiting refinery outage

    Aug. 24, 2015
    Leaders in the US House of Representatives are demanding answers from BP PLC regarding the early August unplanned and still ongoing shutdown of a major processing unit at its ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Pennsylvania's governor issues crude-by-rail study he commissioned

    Aug. 24, 2015
    Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) issued a study he commissioned in late April of issues stemming from the growing number of crude oil shipments by rail across the state.

    More content from Volume 113, Issue 8c

    Government

    New ozone limits unnecessary, 370 state business groups declare

    Aug. 24, 2015
    The US Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to reduce ozone limits is both costly and unnecessary, 370 state business groups from across the country-including petroleum ...
    Government

    Watching Government: Preparing for an avalanche

    Aug. 24, 2015
    Late summer may not seem like an appropriate time to prepare for avalanches in Washington at first. The nation's capital feels deserted as Congress takes its August recess, and...
    Government

    EPA proposes methane emissions requirements for oil, gas industry

    Aug. 24, 2015
    The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed requirements aimed at reducing emissions of methane and volatile organic compounds (VOC) from all US oil and gas industry segments...
    General Interest

    Low oil prices slam second-quarter earnings

    Aug. 24, 2015
    The long decline in crude oil prices continued to slam North American oil companies' second-quarter upstream earnings, which were partly offset by higher oil volumes and lower...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Politics of abundance

    Aug. 24, 2015
    Attention returns to the antique US ban on exports of crude oil with reports that limited shipments to Mexico have been approved. The oil and gas industry should use the moment...
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    Refining

    OGJ Newsletter

    Aug. 24, 2015
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Exploration & Development

    The Internet of Things

    Aug. 21, 2015
    With the current low oil-price environment fast becoming the oil and gas industry's "new reality," even the most efficient of companies will have to do more than just make financial...
    Companies

    Unspoken risks link Iranian nuke deal, Clean Power Plan

    Aug. 17, 2015
    Political gyrations over financial and energy reform camouflage a wicked hypocrisy.
    LNG

    DOE allows LNG exports in containers from Florida to non-FTA nations

    Aug. 17, 2015
    The US Department of Energy ruled that American LNG Marketing LLC's proposal to export LNG in International Standards Organization certified containers from South Florida to countries...
    Exploration & Development

    Study estimates impacts if Delaware River basin fracing bans were lifted

    Aug. 17, 2015
    Up to 4,000 more natural gas wells on 500-1,000 well pads within the Delaware River basin could be drilled if hydraulic fracturing moratoriums there and in New York state were...
    Government

    Senate panel probes 'sue-and-settle' tactics' impacts on policymaking

    Aug. 17, 2015
    Environmental litigation settlements, which proponents say help the public make certain federal agencies are diligently implementing congressionally mandated regulations, actually...
    Unconventional Resources

    Watching Government: Utah copes with low oil price

    Aug. 17, 2015
    Utah's oil and gas activity, while not as large as some states, has taken similar hits since crude prices plunged from $100/bbl in mid-2014 to about $45/bbl in early August.
    Home

    PwC: Midstream boosts 2Q M&A activity in oil, gas industry

    Aug. 17, 2015
    The US oil and gas industry experienced an uptick in second-quarter mergers and acquisitions compared with the first quarter, facilitated by heightened interest in midstream deals...
    Refining

    EIA: US refinery inputs hit record high

    Aug. 17, 2015
    Gross inputs to US refineries exceeded 17 million b/d in each of the 4 weeks preceding the week ended Aug. 7, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration. ...
    Discoveries

    EIA: US crude output declines to continue through mid-2016

    Aug. 17, 2015
    Total US crude oil production declined 100,000 b/d in July compared with June, and is expected to continue decreasing through mid-2016 before growth resumes late in 2016, according...
    Exploration & Development

    Addressing shale risks

    Aug. 17, 2015
    Risks associated with shale development and production garner much negative publicity, and industry response has been uneven depending upon operator size, although continuous ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Israel's gas squabble

    Aug. 17, 2015
    Watching a country squabble its endowment of hydrocarbons into developmental stalemate warms few hearts in the international oil and gas industry.