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    Drilling wells through the ultrathick, salt-gypsum beds in the pre-Caspian basin requires an optimized drilling fluid.
    Feb. 1, 2010
    The Nord Stream AG consortium said it will commission Sumitomo Group, Europipe GMBH, and United Metallurgical Co. (OMK) to supply 1 million tons of steel pipe for construction...
    Feb. 1, 2010
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    Barring any substantial drops in crude prices, corporate credit profiles should remain in line with 2009 levels across the oil and gas industry this year, except for the refining...
    Feb. 1, 2010
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    General Interest — Quick TakesPartners block part of Maersk's acquisitionMaersk Oil said its agreement to buy Devon Energy Production Co. LP's interests in the Gulf of Mexico ...
    Feb. 1, 2010
    A single mistake shouldn't sink a boatload of science. Bias, however, will corrode any hull.
    Feb. 1, 2010
    As US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and the Bureau of Land Management drew fire for proposed changes in onshore oil and gas rules for public lands BLM administers, another Interior...
    Feb. 1, 2010
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    The Norwegian government has offered 38 offshore production licenses in its "awards in predefined areas" (APA 2009) round.
    Feb. 1, 2010
    As OGJ went to press last week, the oil and gas industry was hoping US President Barack Obama's Jan. 27 State of the Union address would begin a shift of administration-industry...
    Feb. 1, 2010
    The US Environmental Protection Agency announced a new national air quality standard for short-term exposures to nitrogen dioxide.
    Feb. 1, 2010
    Benjamin Franklin was the first scientist to study and map the Gulf Stream, measuring wind speeds and current depths, speeds, and temperatures during four crossings of the Atlantic...
    Feb. 1, 2010
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    Even though more than 1,000 rigs are inactive in the US, drilling contractors are building new land rigs to satisfy operator demand for improved technology.
    Feb. 1, 2010
    The International Energy Agency in Paris estimated in December the sustainable production capacity for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries at 35.4 million b/d, with...
    Feb. 1, 2010
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    New field-attachable packer systemThis new field-attachable packer feed-through system promises a faster method of passing power cables through packers.The system uses a field...
    Feb. 1, 2010
    CITI Technologies Group,Rueil Malmaison, France, has acquired Paris-based Litwin SA. Terms aren't disclosed. CITI was created in October 2009 and is fully owned by its founders...
    Feb. 1, 2010
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    Water solubility and Henry's law constant in cycloalkanes found in crude oil have been calculated and set in an easy-to-use table.
    Feb. 1, 2010
    Live by the subsidy, die by the subsidy. Because a generous tax credit for biodiesel expired at the end of 2009, makers of the fuel fear commercial demise is near.
    Feb. 1, 2010
    ANH..... www.anh.gov.coBaker Hughes Incorporated..... www.bakerhughes.comBNP Paribas..... www.cib.bnpparibas.comBupa International..... www.bupa-intl.comCameron..... www.c-a-m...
    Feb. 1, 2010
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    Two recent subsea pipeline isolations illustrate the advances made in isolation technology and methods.
    Feb. 1, 2010