http://www.oil-gas-journal.com RSS Articles en-us Copyright 2009, PennWell Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:55:10 GMT Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:25:02 GMT Pennwell www.pennwell.com http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Regular_Features.OGJ_Newsletter.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Regular_Features.OGJ_Newsletter.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Regular_Features.Letters.Four__T_s__of_subsidies.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> --Your editorial &quot;Confusion over subsidies&quot; begs for a more complete discussion or definition of what subsidies are and why they exist (OGJ, Oct. 5, 2009, p. 24)..... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT John Tobin /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Regular_Features.Letters.Four__T_s__of_subsidies.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Regular_Features.Journally_Speaking.Oil-gas_price_disconnect.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> --Inventories of crude oil and products have been plentiful for the past year, but price volatility has not reflected the more-than-comfortable stock levels..... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Laura Bell /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Regular_Features.Journally_Speaking.Oil-gas_price_disconnect.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Regular_Features.Equipment_Software_Literature.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Regular_Features.Equipment_Software_Literature.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Regular_Features.Services_Suppliers.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Regular_Features.Services_Suppliers.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Regular_Features.Advertisers_Index.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Regular_Features.Advertisers_Index.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Regular_Features.The_Editor_s_Perspective.Climate_change_poses_new_threat__a_litigation_spree.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> --Common sense on climate change is pinned down by crossfire among the three branches of US government. .... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Bob Tippee /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Regular_Features.The_Editor_s_Perspective.Climate_change_poses_new_threat__a_litigation_spree.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Regular_Features.Market_Journal.US_mileage_and_oil-price_patterns.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> --The Department of Transportation said total miles driven in the US during August were up 0.7% from the same period in 2008, following a 2.3% gain in July..... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Sam Fletcher /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Regular_Features.Market_Journal.US_mileage_and_oil-price_patterns.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.General_Interest.Editorial__Climate_change_twists.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> --Twisted legal argument has pushed the US to the verge of a potentially costly litigation spree over climate change. And twisted legal argument might be the only way out of the mess..... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.General_Interest.Editorial__Climate_change_twists.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.General_Interest.Special_Report__Federal__state_tax_prospects_cloud_independents__outlook.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> --US House members launched their newly formed natural gas caucus on Oct. 21 with a hearing designed to rally support for a domestic fuel they believe could play an increasingly significant role..... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Nick Snow /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.General_Interest.Special_Report__Federal__state_tax_prospects_cloud_independents__outlook.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.General_Interest.Incoming_Chevron_CEO_touts__lead_by_example__message.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> --The US should make more of its resources accessible if it expects other countries to do the same for major US oil companies and independent producers, Chevron Corp.'s incoming chief executive suggested on Oct. 27..... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Nick Snow /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.General_Interest.Incoming_Chevron_CEO_touts__lead_by_example__message.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.General_Interest.Tax_policy_leaders_urged_to_back_high-paying_energy_jobs.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> --A coalition of 15 labor unions and the American Petroleum Institute urged congressional tax policy leaders to support proposals that would protect and encourage the development of high-quality US energy jobs while fortifying national energy and ec....... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Nick Snow /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.General_Interest.Tax_policy_leaders_urged_to_back_high-paying_energy_jobs.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.General_Interest.Cap-and-trade_preferable_to_EPA_regulation__experts_say.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> --Congress should continue to make a carbon cap-and-trade system its top global climate-change legislative priority because it would be the most efficient and economically attractive approach, three experts agreed on Oct. 20..... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Nick Snow /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.General_Interest.Cap-and-trade_preferable_to_EPA_regulation__experts_say.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.General_Interest.Watching_Government__Congress_forms_gas_caucuses.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> --Suddenly, members of Congress are talking about natural gas. It was one thing when US Reps. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) and Dan Boren (D-Okla.) formed a gas caucus on Oct. 1. .... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Nick Snow /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.General_Interest.Watching_Government__Congress_forms_gas_caucuses.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.General_Interest.WoodMac__Carbon_bill_could_be_costly_to_US_refiners.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> --Proposed legislation on carbon capture and sequestration potentially could cost US refiners $100 billion/year, threatening the sustainability of the domestic refining industry and giving undue favor to non-US refiners, said analysts at Wood Macken....... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.General_Interest.WoodMac__Carbon_bill_could_be_costly_to_US_refiners.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.General_Interest.Lawsuits_point_to_climate_change_litigation_threat.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> --A climate change litigation threat appears to be looming for the oil and gas industry in the wake of a US Supreme Court decision allowing the regulation of greenhouse gases as air pollutants..... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Paula Dittrick /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.General_Interest.Lawsuits_point_to_climate_change_litigation_threat.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.General_Interest.Watching_The_World__Hunt_Oil_s_Peru_problems.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> --Environmental concerns are growing around the world, putting increased pressure on the oil and gas industry. Consider Hunt Oil's problems in Peru..... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Eric Watkins /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.General_Interest.Watching_The_World__Hunt_Oil_s_Peru_problems.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Exploration___Development.Satellite_data_can_cost_effectively_show_oil_field_thermal_anomalies.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> --Exploration field geoscientists have reported the existence of negative thermal anomalies over oil fields and have suggested that thermal profiling can be a useful, cost-effective tool for oil exploration..... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Ravi P. Gupta, Rupam Chakraborty, and Arun K. Awasthi /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Exploration___Development.Satellite_data_can_cost_effectively_show_oil_field_thermal_anomalies.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Drilling___Production.Depressant_replaces_mechanical_method_for_removing_blockage.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> --A viscosity depressant proved effective for replacing the time-consuming mechanical methods for removing heavy oil blockages during the drilling of wells in the Tarim basin of China..... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Y. Jin, M. Chen, K. P. Chen, and Y. W. Li /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Drilling___Production.Depressant_replaces_mechanical_method_for_removing_blockage.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Processing.US_Propane_mdash_MIDYEAR_2009__Global_recession__OPEC_discipline_combine_to_boost_propane_prices.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> --Two factors mainly influenced propane markets and pricing during second and third quarters 2009..... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Dan Lippe /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Processing.US_Propane_mdash_MIDYEAR_2009__Global_recession__OPEC_discipline_combine_to_boost_propane_prices.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Processing.Nelson-Farrar_Cost_Indexes.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Processing.Nelson-Farrar_Cost_Indexes.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html http://www.ogj.com/ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Transportation.Pressure_isolation_facilitates_onshore__offshore_maintenance.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html <strong>November 2,2009</strong> --Pressure isolation and hot tapping, traditionally used for repair, play an increasingly important role in the maintenance and expansion of both offshore and onshore natural gas pipeline systems..... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Christopher E. Smith /ogj/en-us/index/article-display.articles.oil-gas-journal.volume-107.Issue_41.Transportation.Pressure_isolation_facilitates_onshore__offshore_maintenance.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html