Table of ContentsRegular FeaturesOGJ NewsletterInternational News for oil and gas professionals
Journally SpeakingThe powers that beSeattle geologist and writer Scott L. Montgomery has authored a book under the above title from which many on the planet could learn a lot about energy.
EditorialThe mosque and oilThe oil and gas industry has strong interests in the ugly controversy over plans to build a Muslim activities center two blocks from Ground Zero?the New York site of terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
The Editor's PerspectiveWhy scorn report about shrinking mess in the gulf?The Apr. 20 blowout of the Macondo wildcat off Louisiana, with its 11 deaths and consequent oiling of the Gulf of Mexico, wasn't bad enough to suit some people.
Market JournalPolicy changes pending for ethanolThe ethanol industry this fall will face important policy challenges for which it may not be fully prepared, including expiration of supportive tax credits and tariffs and a government decision whether to expand the amount of biofuel allowed in gasoline, said analysts at FBR Capital Markets & Co., Arlington, Va.
General InterestHydrates slow removal of pipe from Macondo wellBP PLC flushed hydrates from inside Transocean Ltd.'s Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible blowout preventer and a capping stack on the blown-out Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico.
Transocean outlines indemnity language in Deepwater Horizon contractTransocean Ltd., owner of the Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible drilling rig, filed a quarterly report with the US Securities and Exchange Commission outlining 206 claims filed against it as of June 30 in various state and federal courts concerning the Apr. 20 rig explosion.
Enbridge announces Bakken crude pipeline system expansionEnbridge Inc. affiliates Enbridge Energy Partners LP (EEP) and Enbridge Income Fund (EIF) announced Aug. 24 a joint project to further expand crude oil pipeline capacity for growing production in the Bakken and Three Forks formations in Montana, North Dakota, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.
Piceance basin oil-shale study finds 1.5 trillion bbl in placeAn estimated 1.5 trillion bbl of oil in place lies in Western Colorado's Piceance basin oil shale, the US Geological Survey said in the first comprehensive assessment published since 1989.
Study: Cutting IDC, Sect. 199 breaks hurts gas more than oilEliminating federal tax deductions for intangible drilling costs and for US oil and gas production expenses would hurt oil production growth and devastate future US natural gas development, a Wood Mackenzie study commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute concluded.
Watcing Government: No place to hang outOil and gas production safety has been a major issue since 11 workers died when the semisubmersible rig drilling BP PLC's Macondo deepwater well exploded on Apr. 20.
Venezuela's oil exports down 16% in 2QVenezuela's oil exports dropped 16% in this year's second quarter, largely due to increased use of domestic fuels for electric power, according to a quarterly report by the central bank.
Uganda's president wants final approval of all oil, gas dealsUganda's President Yoweri Museveni, apparently spurred by recent difficulties between his government and Heritage Oil PLC over taxes, said no future oil or gas agreements are to be agreed upon without his approval.
Watching The World: Yamani foresees OPEC's demiseRemember Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani? The man who is famous for that saying about the Stone Age? You know: the Stone Age did not end because people ran out of stones?
First deepwater oil found off East AfricaAn exploratory well off Mozambique has penetrated 38 m of net oil and gas saturated sands in the upper of two Cretaceous fan lobes, signaling the first documented occurrence of liquids hydrocarbons in deep water off East Africa.
Mitsubishi, PWE to form Canadian shale gas joint venturePenn West Energy Trust (PWE) agreed to form a 50-50 joint venture with Mitsubishi Corp. to develop PWE's shale gas assets in the Cordova Embayment area and some of its conventional gas assets in the Wildboy area of northeastern British Columbia.
Trinidad and Tobago reports changes to PSCsTrinidad and Tobago announced changes to its production-sharing contracts, reverting to one similar to its 1995 model.
Afghanistan claims 1.8 billion bbl oil field findAfghanistan's ministry of mining announced the discovery of an oil deposit in the northern region of the country, estimating reserves of 1.8 billion bbl.
Long-term natural gas focus seen to persistDespite the near-stampede to oilier unconventional plays, the US upstream sector remains a highly natural gas-focused industry that is navigating a "messy period" that may not end gracefully.
Marathon, Dominion settle royalty claimsTwo more producers agreed to make payments to settle federal charges that they knowingly underpaid natural gas royalties in an ongoing investigation originating with a whistle-blower's lawsuit, reported the US Justice Department and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement.
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