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  • Volume 113, Issue 9a

    HSE

    Report highlights the difficulty of regulating climate

    Sept. 14, 2015
    Another reminder has emerged about the difficulty of regulating climate.
    Refining

    ORPIC completes installation of Oman's first hydrocracker

    Sept. 14, 2015
    Oman Oil Refineries & Petroleum Industries Co. (ORPIC) has completed installation of a hydrocracker as part of the company's long-planned Sohar Refinery Improvement Project (SRIP...
    Petrochemicals

    Unipetrol declares force majeure at Czech ethylene plant

    Sept. 14, 2015
    Unipetrol AS has shuttered production at its Chempark Zaluzi petrochemical complex in Litvinov, Czech Republic, following an explosion and ensuing fire at the site's 544,000-tonne...
    Gas Processing

    Gazprom lets contract for Russian gas processing plant

    Sept. 14, 2015
    OOO Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk (GPB), a subsidiary of PJSC Gazprom, has partnered with NIPIgazpererabotka (Nipigaz), Moscow, on design and construction of a grassroots...
    Drilling & Production

    BHI: Down 13 units, US oil rig count falls for first time in 7 weeks

    Sept. 14, 2015
    The overall US drilling rig count's 13-unit drop during the week ended Sept. 4 entirely consisted of oil-directed, land-based units, according to data from Baker Hughes Inc.

    More content from Volume 113, Issue 9a

    General Interest

    TAEP: Texas Petro Index continued decline in July as oil output rose

    Sept. 14, 2015
    Texas crude oil production in July remained resilient against low wellhead prices, jumping 15% year-over-year to remain on track to break the state's annual production record ...
    Exploration & Development

    Appeals court rules for environmental groups in Montana lawsuit

    Sept. 14, 2015
    A federal appeals court ruled that three environmental groups may have standing in a lawsuit to block oil and gas leasing on federal land in Montana.
    General Interest

    Watching Government: Gas grows in IFC's portfolio

    Sept. 14, 2015
    Sustainable energy may have a growing percentage of International Finance Corp.'s portfolio, but that doesn't mean the World Bank affiliate has written off oil and gas.
    LNG

    WoodMac: LNG projects move ahead amid deferrals upstream

    Sept. 14, 2015
    LNG projects worldwide continue to move toward final investment decisions (FID) in 2015 and 2016 in contrast to 45 upstream oil and gas projects that have been deferred already...
    Government

    BLM brings Master Leasing Plan concept to Utah

    Sept. 14, 2015
    The US Bureau of Land Management's Moab, Utah, field office began a 90-day comment period on Aug. 21 for a draft proposed Master Leasing Plan (MLP) for 946,469 acres of public...
    Reserves

    Two revolutions

    Sept. 14, 2015
    Muted as the subject has been early in a presidential political cycle, energy offers savvy candidates the raw material for attention-grabbing drama. The US approaches a politically...
    General Interest

    Labor Day gasoline prices

    Sept. 14, 2015
    As the summer driving season comes to an end, gasoline prices for the week before Labor Day reached the lowest in 11 years.
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    General Interest

    OGJ Newsletter

    Sept. 14, 2015
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Reserves

    Clinton's energy goals point toward economic hazard

    Aug. 10, 2015
    If Hillary Clinton becomes president of the United States and implements the energy policy she's now describing, she won't win a second term.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    API: Oil, gas boost 2015 US trade balance

    Aug. 10, 2015
    The oil and gas industry continues to drive US economic gains in 2015, a trend that could accelerate under free trade policies, noted American Petroleum Institute Chief Economist...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Momentum to repeal crude export ban continues to build, Gerard says

    Aug. 10, 2015
    The drive to remove the 40-year-old ban on exporting US-produced crude oil is gaining momentum as more members of Congress recognize the action's obvious energy, economic, and...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Nelson vows to block Murkowski's stand-alone crude oil bill

    Aug. 10, 2015
    The US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved Chair Lisa Murkowski's (R-Alas.) bill to end the ban on exporting US-produced oil. But Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) ...
    General Interest

    Watching Government: Gas and the Clean Power Plan

    Aug. 10, 2015
    The Obama administration may hope that the final rule for coal-fired power plants that it announced Aug. 3 will lead to more renewable and alternative technologies being deployed...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Energy panel votes to send broad policy bill to Senate floor

    Aug. 10, 2015
    The US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee sent the broad energy policy bill developed by Chair Lisa Murkowski (R-Alas.) and Ranking Minority Member Maria E. Cantwell...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Murkowski, Warner want US ready to use energy abundance strategically

    Aug. 10, 2015
    The US should better prepare itself to use its new energy abundance as a geopolitical tool by jettisoning obsolete policies and broadening access for potential overseas customers...
    HSE

    Clean Power Plan ignores gas's potential role, industry groups say

    Aug. 10, 2015
    The Obama administration's final rule to curb US power plants' greenhouse gas emissions did not acknowledge natural gas's potential contributions, officials from two national ...
    Companies

    BSEE grants Shell limited drilling rights for Chukchi project

    Aug. 10, 2015
    The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has granted conditional approval to Royal Dutch Shell PLC of two applications for permits to drill (APD) to conduct...
    Drilling & Production

    Latest Texas Petro Index shows 'economic disconnect'

    Aug. 10, 2015
    The Texas Petro Index (TPI) for June indicates that crude oil and natural gas production and jobs estimates in the Lone Star State increased from May despite the unfavorable economic...
    Companies

    Industry 2Q earnings, jobs dissolve amid continued oil-price slump

    Aug. 10, 2015
    A difficult year thus far for the integrated, multinational oil and gas firms caused by low oil prices has been somewhat eased by improved production and better refining margins...
    Government

    Gas targeted, too

    Aug. 10, 2015
    The US Environmental Protection Agency confirmed two related and already well-founded suspicions when it published its final rule on emissions of carbon dioxide from power plants...
    Pipelines

    Narrowing the gap

    Aug. 10, 2015
    The US Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) last year proposed updating its rules to require mapping interstate natural gas pipelines to within 5 ft of...