Table of ContentsRegular FeaturesLetterFocus on jobsOne of the unfortunate characteristics of the oil and gas industry is its unwillingness to estimate the impact of government actions in terms that the public can relate to.
Journally SpeakingSpending clunkers cashThe US government's $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, designed to put more fuel-efficient vehicles on the road, mainly involved deals that swapped used, full-size pickups for new, full-size pickups with barely better gasoline mileage, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal data.
The Editor's PerspectiveShrinking to grow: Is Conoco plan a model for industry?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.
Market JournalDB: Markets are between recessionsThe recession appears to have ended in June, "although not officially declared yet," said analysts with Deutsche Bank AG, London.
General InterestEditorial: The reckless IST mandateThe 111th Congress has shown yet again a dangerous urge to govern before thinking.
Special Report: Construction survey shows delay in completion datesOil & Gas Journal's semiannual Worldwide Construction Update shows a decline in construction activity compared with the previous edition of the update (OGJ, Apr. 6, 2009, p. 22).
House passes chemical security bill; provision intactThe US House approved a chemical and water security bill with a provision requiring inherently safer technology (IST) by a vote of 230 to 193 on Nov. 6, despite objections from the petroleum and other industries.
Senate panel considers climate change bill's impactsDays after one US Senate committee approved a climate change bill with a carbon cap-and-trade program, the chairman of another convened a hearing to examine the possible economic consequences.
Watching Government: EIA forecast mentions reboundEconomists are generally hesitant about using "r" words. Many waited a year ago before admitting that the world had entered a recession. They're equally cautious now about any possible rebound.
IEA: Recession lowers global energy outlook to 2030In its 2009 World Energy Outlook (WEO), the International Energy Agency projects in its reference scenario that global energy demand will climb 40% between 2007 and 2030, and the agency says that the world's energy resources are adequate to meet this projected demand increase through 2030 and well beyond.
IPAA advocates fact-based hydraulic fracturing studyThe Independent Petroleum Association of America will work to ensure that an upcoming study on hydraulic fracturing is scientific, based on facts, and includes input from the oil and gas industry as well as state regulators.
Study: Cooperation key to growth in oil sands supplyAlthough the oil sands industry will continue to develop in Alberta despite the jolt it received when oil prices plunged last year, total Canadian oil exports to the US face constraints, according to a study by the Center for Global Energy Studies, London, and Geopolitics Central, Calgary.
FACTS: Abu Dhabi needs gas for domestic marketAbu Dhabi currently imports 740 MMscfd of natural gas from Qatar via the Dolphin Pipeline and likely would buy more if the Qatari gas moratorium were lifted, according to FACTS Global Energy (FGE).
Gabon to launch 40-block licensing roundGabon will launch an oil licensing round for more than 40 blocks from two of its deepwater basins in May 2010, according to an official at CGGVeritas.
Watching The World: Setback in IrelandIreland's planning authority, An Bord Pleanala, has told Royal Dutch Shell PLC it is dissatisfied about the level of risk posed by the planned Corrib gas pipeline.
Exploration & DevelopmentWILLISTON WAULSORTIAN MOUNDS—2: Geochemical innovations point to vast Lodgepole oil expanseNew technologies reveal that Lodgepole reef oil discoveries near Dickinson, ND, may be part of a supergiant oil field that covers a much larger area of the Williston basin.
Drilling & ProductionCO2 INJECTION—1: Restaged CO2 compressors, new pumps remove bottleneck at WeyburnThe restaging of CO2 compressors and installation of injection pumps removed the bottleneck caused by the lack of reinjection compression capacity for the produced recycled gas at EnCana Corp.'s Weyburn Saskatchewan oil battery.
ProcessingFinal institute report refines, forecasts cyber-security issuesThis article follows a 2006 article that introduced the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P) and presented initial research findings and industry perspectives on cyber-security risks facing critical control systems in energy infrastructures.
TransportationOffshore pipelay vessels grow in strength, numberThe need to continue developing offshore oil and gas resources has kept strength in demand for offshore pipelay and construction vessels.
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