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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009

Focus on jobs

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --One 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.....

Spending clunkers cash

Sam Fletcher — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --The 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, accordin.......

Equipment/Software/Literature

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009

Services/Suppliers

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009

Advertisers Index

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009

Shrinking to grow: Is Conoco plan a model for industry?

Bob Tippee — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --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.....

DB: Markets are between recessions

Sam Fletcher — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --The recession appears to have ended in June, "although not officially declared yet," said analysts with Deutsche Bank AG, London. ....

Editorial: The reckless IST mandate

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --The 111th Congress has shown yet again a dangerous urge to govern before thinking. ....

Special Report: Construction survey shows delay in completion dates

Leena Koottungal — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --Oil & 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 intact

Nick Snow — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --The 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 impacts

Nick Snow — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --Days 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 rebound

Nick Snow — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --Economists 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 2030

Marilyn Radler — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --In 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 t.......

IPAA advocates fact-based hydraulic fracturing study

Paula Dittrick — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --The 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 supply

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --Although 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.......

FACTS: Abu Dhabi needs gas for domestic market

Sam Fletcher — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --Abu 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 round

Eric Watkins — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --Gabon 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 Ireland

Eric Watkins — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --Ireland'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.....

WILLISTON WAULSORTIAN MOUNDS—2: Geochemical innovations point to vast Lodgepole oil expanse

Jamil Azad — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --New 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.....

CO₂ INJECTION—1: Restaged CO₂ compressors, new pumps remove bottleneck at Weyburn

Kenneth J. Vargas — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --The 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. ....

Final institute report refines, forecasts cyber-security issues

Annie McIntyre — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --This 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 i.......

Offshore pipelay vessels grow in strength, number

Christopher E. Smith — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

November 16,2009 --The need to continue developing offshore oil and gas resources has kept strength in demand for offshore pipelay and construction vessels.....

RSS Oil & Gas Journal News

OGJ Newsletter

Focus on jobs

Spending clunkers cash

Equipment/Software/Literature

Services/Suppliers

Advertisers Index

Shrinking to grow: Is Conoco plan a model for industry?

DB: Markets are between recessions

Editorial: The reckless IST mandate

Special Report: Construction survey shows delay in completion dates

House passes chemical security bill; provision intact

Senate panel considers climate change bill's impacts

Watching Government: EIA forecast mentions rebound

IEA: Recession lowers global energy outlook to 2030

IPAA advocates fact-based hydraulic fracturing study

Study: Cooperation key to growth in oil sands supply

FACTS: Abu Dhabi needs gas for domestic market

Gabon to launch 40-block licensing round

Watching The World: Setback in Ireland

WILLISTON WAULSORTIAN MOUNDS—2: Geochemical innovations point to vast Lodgepole oil expanse

CO2 INJECTION—1: Restaged CO2 compressors, new pumps remove bottleneck at Weyburn

Final institute report refines, forecasts cyber-security issues

Offshore pipelay vessels grow in strength, number

CO₂ INJECTION—1: Restaged CO₂ compressors, new pumps remove bottleneck at Weyburn