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  • Volume 113, Issue 9

    • Volume 113, Issue 9

    General Interest

    A North Dakota update

    Sept. 7, 2015
    When it comes to reporting what's going on in US oil and gas producing states, even the dimmest Washington, DC, reporter periodically remembers to start by speaking with people...
    Government

    Obama touts green energy as the UK slashes subsidies

    Sept. 7, 2015
    US President Barack Obama received more news coverage in the US for his speech promoting renewable fuels than the UK government did for a new step away from green-energy ambition...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Oil pipelines lead way in strong 2014

    Sept. 7, 2015
    US oil pipeline operators' net incomes increased more than 37% in 2014, reaching a new record of more than $9.5 billion on revenues of roughly $19.3 billion. Investment in oil...
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    Refining

    Nontraditional approach to refinery revamp cuts time, adds flexibility

    Sept. 7, 2015
    Delek Refining Inc., a subsidiary of Delek US Holdings Inc., Brentwood, Tenn., used a nontraditional project development and execution approach to expand crude oil processing ...
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    General Interest

    Infrastructure issues slow first-half 2015 ethylene production

    Sept. 7, 2015
    In this era of tumult and constant change in the US petroleum sector, the mundane matters of infrastructure served as a reminder that a focus on gritty day-to-day details remains...

    More content from Volume 113, Issue 9

    Exploration & Development

    Gas discovery offshore Egypt rivals Mediterranean giants

    Sept. 7, 2015
    Eni SPA expects accelerated development of what it describes as a "supergiant gas discovery" at its deepwater Zohr prospect offshore Egypt. The company will immediately appraise...
    Exploration & Development

    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    Sept. 7, 2015
    FUGROFugro has extended its integrated survey services to help improve efficiency in coastal management and enable more informed decision-making. A new agreement with global specialist...
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    General Interest

    Lower oil prices slam OGJ100 2014 earnings

    Sept. 7, 2015
    Oil & Gas Journal's latest look at the top 100 oil and gas producing companies based outside the US shows that profits were down worldwide last year, weighted by the sharp decline...
    Production Operations

    Unconventional production raises unexpected tax questions, forum told

    Sept. 7, 2015
    Unconventional oil and gas resource development has raised unexpected taxation questions that potentially could strain federal, state, and local government relationships, a public...
    Companies

    Court approves ExxonMobil's environmental settlement with New Jersey

    Sept. 7, 2015
    A New Jersey Superior Court judge approved a $225-million environmental settlement between the state and ExxonMobil Corp. to resolve environmental damages over several decades...
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    Refining

    AFPM Q&A-2 Discussion expands to include hydroprocessing

    Sept. 7, 2015
    This second of three articles presenting selections from the 2014 American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers Q&A and Technology Forum continues a discussion of safety and also...
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    Refining

    Kuwait lets contracts for grassroots refinery

    Sept. 7, 2015
    Kuwait National Petroleum Co. (KNPC) has let a series of contracts to groups of oil and gas service providers to build the planned 615,000-b/d Al-Zour refinery complex in southern...
    General Interest

    OGJ150 scores higher production, lower earnings

    Sept. 7, 2015
    Net income for the OGJ150 group plummeted 17.48% in 2014 to $73.98 billion. This was the worst performance in dollar terms for annual profits for the OGJ group since 2010.
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    Drilling & Production

    UBD creates wellbore instability in horizontal wells

    Sept. 7, 2015
    Combining circumferential stresses with additional stresses produced by fluid seepage creates a new model which can be combined with the conventional model to fully describe in...
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    Exploration & Development

    Study updates uplift-erosion correlation, Davie fracture zone

    Sept. 7, 2015
    The basins along the eastern African margin and Madagascar contain proven petroleum systems where hydrocarbon discoveries are classified either as stratigraphic traps or as having...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Egyptian treasure

    Sept. 7, 2015
    Disclosure of what might be a supergiant gas field off Egypt further complicates the geopolitical tangle confronting development of an expanding hydrocarbon treasure in the eastern...
    HSE

    When life gives you lemons

    Sept. 7, 2015
    This year marks separate anniversaries of two catastrophic environmental events for the US Gulf Coast in general, and Louisiana in particular.
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    General Interest

    OGJ Newsletter

    Sept. 7, 2015
    International news for oil and gas professionals
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    Production Operations

    Biocides in fracing fluid mitigate formation damage

    Sept. 7, 2015
    Fresh water used in hydraulic fracturing contains microbes that can proliferate in storage tanks under the right conditions. These microbes degrade guar-based fracing fluids, ...
    Production Operations

    EIA lowers US oil output estimates amid prolonged oil-price slump

    Sept. 7, 2015
    US crude oil production in June totaled 9.3 million b/d, a decline of 100,000 b/d from the revised May figure, according to the US Energy Information Administration's Petroleum...
    Companies

    MarkWest, EMG to develop 2-bcfd Utica dry gas gathering system

    Sept. 7, 2015
    MarkWest Energy Partners LP and The Energy & Minerals Group (EMG) are developing a new 2-bcfd dry gas gathering system in the Utica shale.
    General Interest

    EIA: Benefits of lifting US crude export ban most evident if output rises

    Sept. 7, 2015
    A study released Sept. 1 by the US Energy Information Administration was apparent cause for celebration for several oil and gas industry groups, which took its findings as confirmation...
    Government

    WOTUS rule implementation uncertain after conflicting court decisions

    Sept. 7, 2015
    The US Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers began to implement their controversial Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule in all but 13 states on Aug....
    Companies

    White House keeps oil, gas in Alaska picture amid climate emphasis

    Sept. 7, 2015
    The White House quietly refused to rule out oil and gas development in Alaska as US President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John F. Kerry, and other top officials prepared ...
    Home

    Egypt advances refinery modernization projects

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Egypt has finalized a series of joint agreements with a subsidiary of Technip SA, Paris, to provide work on projects designed to upgrade and modernize operations at two of the...
    Government

    Starting with what's possible

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Before anyone snickers too loudly that the "comprehensive" energy bill the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee planned to mark up on July 28 contained no significant...
    Government

    EPA initiatives give new meaning to political gridlock

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Bad energy policy has one positive attribute: a strong tendency for mistakes to devour themselves.
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Financial sanctions impact Russian oil, equipment export ban's effects limited

    Aug. 3, 2015
    In reaction to Russia's involvement in the conflict in Ukraine, the European Union and the US have launched two-pronged sanctions against the Russian oil sector.
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    LNG

    Delays, supply overhang menace North American LNG exports

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Permitting problems and delays affecting North American LNG export projects could combine with an overhang of LNG supply to make it difficult for North American LNG projects that...
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    Refining

    US refiners continue consolidation, restructuring efforts

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Our previous installment on US refining industry concentration examined how frenzied mergers, acquisitions, other partnerships, and shutdowns that occurred from 1995 to 2005 consolidate...
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    Refining

    AFPM Q&A-1: Safety, gasoline processing questions addressed at annual conference

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Gasoline processing operations, with a focus on safety, blending, and reforming issues, garnered considerable attention during the 2014 American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers...
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    Companies

    Performance-based contracting improves project execution

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Greater information-sharing and a new operational framework will help the oil industry mitigate project delays and overall risk. This article looks at how such a framework has...
    Home

    Targeting subsidies

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush has plunged boldly-or accidentally-into the treacherous mists of energy taxation in a manner potentially useful to the oil and gas industry.
    Home

    Separate Murkowski bill addresses crude exports, OCS revenue sharing

    Aug. 3, 2015
    US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Lisa Murkowski (R-Alas.) introduced legislation that would end the ban on US crude oil exports, and establish federal Outer...