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Shell confirms Australian floating LNG plans

Royal Dutch Shell PLC confirmed that its Australian arm will develop Prelude and Concerto gas fields in the Browse basin off Western Australia using floating LNG (FLNG) technology. Artist concept sketch from Shell.

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Suncor plans turnaround work for Alberta oil sands plant

Suncor Energy Inc., Calgary, let a contract to KBR Canada to carry out turnaround services next year for its oil sands plant in Fort McMurray, Alta. Photo from Suncor.

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Yuri Korchagin offshore installations completed

Lukoil is closer to bringing its Yuri Korchagin oil field on stream in the Caspian Sea this December following installation of offshore facilities. Photo from J. Ray McDermott SA.

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General Interest

Former Bank of Montreal gas trader settles CFTC charges (Nov 6, 2009)
MARKET WATCH: Crude slips below $80/bbl (Nov 6, 2009)
EPA directs Texaco to resume California Superfund site cleanup (Nov 6, 2009)
IPAA advocates fact-based hydraulic fracturing study (Nov 6, 2009)
GOP House members urge Salazar to not abandon categorical exclusions (Nov 6, 2009)
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Exploration & Development

Gabon to launch 40-block licensing round (Nov 6, 2009)
EOG sees reserve hike in Barnett Combo play (Nov 6, 2009)
Louisiana (Nov 6, 2009)
Argentina (Nov 6, 2009)
Utah (Nov 6, 2009)
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Drilling & Production

Investigation into Montara platform incident intensifies (Nov 6, 2009)
US rig count continues to climb (Nov 6, 2009)
PSAC sees low 2010 Canadian drilling activity (Nov 6, 2009)
Rio Napo JV starts operations at Sacha field in Ecuador (Nov 5, 2009)
BLM to collect higher drilling permit application fee (Nov 5, 2009)
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Processing

CSB to investigate second 2009 Utah refinery incident (Nov 5, 2009)
PDVSA closes purchase of Dominican Republic refiner stake (Nov 3, 2009)
Venezuela, Brazil sign accord on Abreu e Lima refinery (Nov 3, 2009)
Slower desulfurization growth seen in US, Canada (Nov 3, 2009)
Construction on Aramco's Karan gas project well under way (Nov 2, 2009)
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Transportation

Papua New Guinea LNG signs Chinese customer (Nov 5, 2009)
First phase finished for Papua New Guinea LNG project (Nov 5, 2009)
CNPC starts construction of controversial Myanmar oil line (Nov 4, 2009)
BP, Eni need more gas for second Egyptian LNG train (Nov 4, 2009)
Hess LNG affiliate takes over Crown Landing from BP (Nov 3, 2009)
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Aramco switches from WTI benchmark (Nov 2, 2009)

Starting with its January sales program, Saudi Aramco, national oil company of Saudi Arabia, will switch from West Texas Intermediate to an index of Gulf Coast sour crudes as the benchmark for pricing its oil for sale in the US market.
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Editor's Perspective

Shrinking to grow: Is Conoco plan a model for industry? (Nov 6, 2009)

Although one company doesn’t represent a whole industry, a shrink-to-grow strategy adopted by ConocoPhillips illustrates pressures on the biggest operators in a world of shrinking opportunity.
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Will IOC's suffer from problems between Kurds and the Iraqi government?

Iraqi Kurdistan’s reappointed Oil Minister Ashti Hawrami renewed his insistence that Kurdish authorities be involved in any deals Iraq signs with foreign oil majors over the Kirkuk oilfields, Reuters reports.It said a new government took office in the...

Should we believe in an 'oil curse'?

Fred Nkayi Mbagadhi, a member of Uganda's parliament has recently written an opinion piece, arguing that his country is not going to fall prey to what has come to be called the ‘oil curse.’“The recent announcements by Tullow Oil that it made a potential...

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London bird sanctuary installs wind turbine

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) supports wind power development in correctly sited locations. To demonstrate that, RSPB installed a small-scale wind turbine at one of its own nature preserves, Rainham Marshes east of London, known...

Battery advancements look promising

Better batteries could change the energy mix for consumers. Auto manufacturers are looking at lithium-ion batteries for plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles. These batteries have a high energy-to-weight ratio.The Chevy Volt, a new plug-in hybrid,...

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MacDonnell’s election may influence 2011 OCS lease sale

Virginia voters probably had other reasons when they elected Republican Robert F. MacDonnell as their state’s 71st governor on Nov. 3. But their choice could influence whether the US Minerals Management Service holds a scheduled federal offshore oil and...

BLM moves to block bogus bids

Nearly 10 months after Tim DeChristopher’s moment of fame, the US Bureau of Land Management has quietly taken short-term steps to make sure that it doesn’t happen again.The 27-year-old University of Utah economics student and environmental activist...

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