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Shale gas is part of US-China clean energy accord

It may have been toward the bottom of the list. But US President Barack H. Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao did include a shale gas resource initiative in their Nov. 17 announcement of measures to strengthen clean energy cooperation between the two...

Is cap-and-trade compromise inevitable?

Soon after the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed the Kerry-Boxer bill, one of my co-workers asked me by e-mail how the American Petroleum Institute possibly could have reacted as it did. API wasn’t alone, however, in suggesting that the...

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...

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Eric Watkins
OGJ Oil Diplomacy Blog
by Eric Watkins

Is Turkmenistan really a 'global player'?

Turkmenistan "remains as an important player in the global energy market for many years to come," said George A. Krol, US deputy assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs."Turkmenistan, with its geographical location, can play a...

How will Brazil's new royalties law affect production?

A special committee in Brazil's lower house has approved a government plan for distribution of future royalties from the country's offshore subsalt oil reserves among Brazilian states and municipalities, Dow Jones Newswires reports.Under the plan, 15% of...

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...

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Chevron notes cooperation of Australian government

A Chevron Corp. executive vice-president for upstream and gas, told a meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation members that Asian governments need to promote policies to expand and diversity energy resources, especially natural gas.Speaking at the...

Louisiana DNR: Natural gas is key to US energy future

No climate program should impose constraints or disincentives on US natural gas and oil production, said Scott Angelle, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources secretary.Speaking to the Independent Petroleum Association of America’s annual meeting in...

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...

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PM Compliance! Is it effective or not?

PM Compliance tells us if a PM has been completed within some time period however it does not tell us if the PM is effective or now. I live PM Labor Hrs vs EMER Labor hours.What are your...

Planning and Scheduling - How effective is it in your company?

I conducted a survey of over 300 facilities worldwide and found only 2 % were performing to best practices in Maintenance Planning and about the same Scheduling Maintenance. I think it is important to define best practice for planning and make a process...

Do you know your Equipment's Dominant Failure Pattern?

Many organizations today are focusing their resources on the most dominant failure pattern in their operation instead of reacting to problems. Identify the most dominant failure pattern allows a company to focus on the common thread which has the largest...

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