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    Statfjord Blend 2010 crude is a light, low-sulfur North Sea oil is similar to Brent Blend, according to Statoil's web site, with a slightly lower sulfur content and less atmospheric...
    June 14, 2010
    The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) will inspect offshore drilling rigs with increasing frequency in response to the Apr. 20 blowout of the BP Macondo well and...
    June 14, 2010
    Several members of Louisiana's congressional delegation expressed concern over potential economic impacts of a 6-month deepwater drilling moratorium on the state's economy as ...
    June 14, 2010
    Yet more infrastructure is in the works for shale plays in the eastern US.
    June 14, 2010
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    On June 5, the lower marine riser package (LMRP) containment cap, which was installed by BP PLC on the top of the Deepwater Horizon's damaged riser in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico...
    June 14, 2010
    BP PLC's response to the Gulf of Mexico crude oil spill remains its top priority, but its top executives also are working to rebuild confidence and trust in the multinational ...
    June 14, 2010
    US President Barack Obama signaled again on June 2 that he considers the Gulf of Mexico oil spill a wake-up call for Congress to pass climate-change legislation that will move...
    June 14, 2010
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    General Interest— Quick TakesAnadarko outlines gulf drilling plansAnadarko Petroleum Corp. and other oil companies are evaluating their drilling programs given a 6-month moratorium...
    June 14, 2010
    Production of oil from the US Gulf of Mexico will drop by an average 26,000 b/d during the fourth quarter and roughly 70,000 b/d during 2011 as a result of the Obama administration...
    June 14, 2010
    Prospects for congressional passage of climate change legislation in the wake of BP PLC's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico remain uncertain despite President Barack Obama's call...
    June 14, 2010
    The US Department of the Interior issued a directive to offshore oil and gas lessees and operators implementing seven safety requirements which Interior Sec. Ken Salazar recommended...
    June 14, 2010
    It's probably just as difficult to write in this confined space about the ongoing oil spill in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico as it is not to.
    June 14, 2010
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    As shown with a nodal analysis, the use of wellhead chokes on electrical submersible-pumped wells causes high hydraulic losses across the chokes and wastes considerable energy...
    June 14, 2010
    US President Barack Obama's May 30 ban against drilling in US waters deeper than 500 ft because of the Macondo blowout in the Gulf of Mexico helped drive up natural gas prices...
    June 14, 2010
    New sucker rod circumferential displacement cardsThese new circumferential displacement cards are available for sucker rod makeup.The company says an engineering study was conducted...
    June 14, 2010
    Honeywell International,Morris Township, NJ, has agreed to acquire Matrikon Inc., Edmonton, for about $142 million. In addition, entities related to Matrikon Pres. and CEO Nizar...
    June 14, 2010
    Bupa International ..... www.bupa-intl.comHornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. .......... www.hornbeckoffshore.comIndustrial Rubber, Inc. ..... www.iri-oiltool.comNape Expo LP ......
    June 14, 2010
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    A new method of describing thixotropy in waxy crude oil transported through pipelines is both accurate and more convenient than previous methods.
    June 14, 2010
    The inability to meet impossible standards is not a license for demagoguery.
    June 14, 2010
    The offshore oil and gas industry must look past facile headlines generated by US President Barack Obama's June 8 television interview with MSNBC's Matt Lauer and heed deeper ...
    June 1, 2010