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  • Volume 113, Issue 9b

    • Volume 113, Issue 9b

    Government

    Study finds EISA 2007 law's renewable fuel mandates won't work in 2015

    Sept. 21, 2015
    It will not be feasible for the US to reach renewable fuel volumes that the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007) mandates in 2015 and beyond, a study commissioned...
    General Interest

    Environmentalists urge Obama to end federal leasing, draw criticism

    Sept. 21, 2015
    A coalition of more than 400 environmental organizations and individuals planned to formally ask the Obama administration to stop new federal fossil fuel leasing on public lands...
    Drilling Operations

    Watching Government: Improving offshore safety

    Sept. 21, 2015
    Making offshore oil and gas operations safer is never far from some people's minds. Recent reports and ongoing activities remind the rest of us that it still matters.
    HSE

    Oil, gas divestment would cost colleges more than money

    Sept. 21, 2015
    Money is the second-best reason for colleges and universities not to shed oil and gas investments.
    General Interest

    Capital spending, revisited

    Sept. 21, 2015
    A double-dip in oil prices over the past few months has dashed hopes raised in May that prices would hold steady at $60/bbl.

    More content from Volume 113, Issue 9b

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    Petrochemicals

    OGJ Newsletter

    Sept. 21, 2015
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Government

    Forgotten principles

    Sept. 21, 2015
    Energy policy helps explain why real estate mogul Donald Trump dominates competition to become the Republican Party's candidate in the 2016 presidential election.
    Companies

    Williams, Chesapeake expand gas gathering in Utica, change Haynesville contracts

    Sept. 20, 2015
    Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, reported an expansion of gas-gathering services in growing dry gas production areas of the Utica shale in eastern Ohio.
    Companies

    Oil Search rejects Woodside's takeover bid

    Sept. 20, 2015
    The board of Oil Search Ltd. has unanimously rejected Woodside Petroleum Ltd.'s takeover bid for the company, calling Woodside's move highly opportunistic and one that grossly...
    General Interest

    STEO: Global oil consumption revised down on weak China economic data

    Sept. 20, 2015
    In its most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook, the US Energy Information Administration reported it expects global oil consumption to increase 1.2 million b/d in 2015 and 1.3 million...
    Production Operations

    EIA: US shale oil output to drop 80,000 b/d in October

    Sept. 20, 2015
    Crude oil production in October from seven major US shale plays is expected to drop 80,000 b/d to 5.21 million b/d, according to the US Energy Information Administration's latest...
    General Interest

    IEA: Most recent OMR shows oil markets tightening

    Sept. 20, 2015
    Oil markets are tightening, as stockpiling gradually slows and inventories start to draw in the second half of 2016, the International Energy Agency forecast in its most recent...
    General Interest

    'Glass half full' for gulf deepwater, UDW operations, SPE Gulf Coast chair says

    Sept. 20, 2015
    In the opening session of the Ultradeepwater (UDW) Technology Conference in Houston, jointly hosted by the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA) and the Society...
    General Interest

    Offshore drilling woes to last through 2017, Moody's says

    Sept. 20, 2015
    The offshore drilling industry will remain under severe distress through 2017, predicts Moody's Investors Service.Most troubling for the industry is overcapacity, as the number...
    General Interest

    US House poised to approve crude export ban repeal, bill's sponsors say

    Sept. 20, 2015
    The US House is likely to move quickly and approve legislation repealing a 40-year-old ban on exports of domestically produced crude oil, Reps. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) and Henry Cuellar...
    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.
    Production Operations

    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.
    LNG

    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...
    Refining

    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.