Table of ContentsRegular FeaturesJournally Speaking: The human face of oil and gasIn early June, the American Petroleum Institute flew 30 working women from the industry to Washington, DC, to tell senators, representatives, and senior staff members what's good about oil and natural gas.
General InterestEditorial: Beyond fundamentalsMore remarkable than hints of oil market recovery this month is growing acceptance that supply and demand don't always paint the whole picture.
Central Asian, Caucasus energy rivalries intensifyAmong China, Europe, and Russia, the competition over oil and gas from Central Asia and the Caucasus is intense and growing.
Exporter updates: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and TurkmenistanThe Central Asia-Caucasus region is one of the oldest hydrocarbon producing areas in the world. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 the region has attracted special attention from oil and gas consuming nations and international companies.
IHS CERA tracks downturn in upstream, downstream costsA long surge in the costs of building and operating oil and gas production facilities has reversed course, according to two proprietary indexes.
ERCB lowers Alberta's oil sands production forecastIn its June report on Alberta's 2008 reserves and supply-demand outlook for 2009-18, Alberta's Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) lowered its forecast of bitumen production to 2.7 million b/d in 2018.
Groningen field to produce gas for another 50 yearsSupergiant Groningen natural gas field in the northern reaches of the Netherlands will continue to produce gas for at least another 50 years, according to Roelf Venhuizen, managing director of Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij BV (NAM).
Watching The World: Belize's energy independenceOne of the more remarkable things about the oil and gas industry is its ability to penetrate every nook and cranny of the known world. Even the tiniest of countries count. Consider Belize.
Brazil considering changes to country's oil lawBrazil's government is considering changes to the country's oil law, despite repeated statements by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and other officials that the new legislation will be finished soon.
Associations urge Congress to renew chemical facility security lawThirty-four trade associations, including the American Petroleum Institute and six others from the oil and gas industry, asked Congress on June 11 to reauthorize the chemical facility security law without significant changes.
Watching Government: Gasoline price unrestUS retail gasoline prices reached an average $2.67/gal on June 15, nearly 60¢ above their average on May 4, the US Energy Information Administration reported.
API, labor unions join to lobby for better oil, gas jobsThe American Petroleum Institute and 15 labor unions have formed a committee that will lobby for better, higher-paying jobs in the oil and gas industry, the groups announced on June 17.
TransCanada, ExxonMobil join forces on Alaska natural gas pipelineTransCanada Corp. and ExxonMobil Corp. reached agreement June 11 to work together on TransCanada's Alaska Pipeline Project natural gas pipeline.
AAPG: Unconventional thinking led to great findsUnconventional geologic thinking and risk-taking led to many of the world's recent major oil and gas discoveries, speakers from the companies that made them told a closing session at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists annual convention in Denver.
Aussie energy minister proposes retention lease system reformsAustralian Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson released a discussion paper on his proposals to reform the country's retention lease system.
Exploration & DevelopmentKansas CBM well flow rates correlate to coal gas contentFrom 2001 to 2005, Quest Resource Corp. developed a set of procedures to collect, desorb, and calculate the gas contents for coal and carbonaceous shales using air rotary drill cuttings in eastern Kansas.
Drilling & ProductionLife-cycle energy efficiency model influences upstream project designThrough analysis of life-cycle costs, upstream facilities engineers can evaluate design alternatives such as turbine vs. motor driver selection and establish best practices for various types of facilities.
ProcessingSpecial Report: Global processing capacity trails advances in productionGlobal gas processing activity in 2008 remained flat, despite gains in global natural gas production.
Special Report: Global turmoil reaches international LPG marketsLess than a year ago global LPG prices approached all-time highs. Since then, the global economy has moved into a recession, the world's largest LPG producer (the US) has undergone a major change in political leadership, and crude oil prices have collapsed.
TransportationSubsea pipeline developments advance operations, integrityThe proliferation of offshore pipelines has increased the premium on being able to effectively monitor their operations and intervene when necessary.
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