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  • Volume 108, Issue 24

    • Volume 108, Issue 24

    Government

    Watching Government: An independent's points

    July 5, 2010
    The US Senate Energy and Environment Committee's June 24 hearing attracted a crowd to hear senators discuss four bills responding to the Gulf of Mexico deepwater well blowout....
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    Exploration & Development

    Apache sees ample prospects in Egypt Western Desert basins

    July 5, 2010
    Apache Corp., whose Egyptian subsidiary has doubled its Egypt Western Desert output since 2005, sees much more potential in the area.
    Reserves

    Reliance enters Eagle Ford venture with Pioneer, Newpek

    July 5, 2010
    A subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), Mumbai, has entered a joint venture with Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Dallas, and a partner in a $1.35 billion deal that will...
    Gas Processing

    Karsto's upgrade

    July 5, 2010
    The Karsto gas processing plant near Haugesund on Norway's west coast is currently undergoing a major upgrade.
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    Exploration & Development

    OGJ Newsletter

    July 5, 2010
    General Interest — Quick TakesSenate panel votes to remove spill liability capThe US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed Sen. Robert Menendez's (D-NJ) bill to...

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    HSE

    Editorial: Politics and the MMS

    July 5, 2010
    What now for what used to be the US Minerals Management Service? Even before the Macondo blowout put its credibility in question, the agency was under siege.
    Government

    TransCanada cites benefits of proposed Keystone oil line

    July 5, 2010
    The sponsor of the proposed Keystone crude oil pipeline from Canada emphasized its safety and reliability prior to the US Department of State's public hearing before the comment...
    HSE

    BP spill: First relief well detects runaway Macondo well

    July 5, 2010
    The first of two relief wells was within 16 ft horizontally of the runaway deepwater Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana on June 30, and drilling continued while ...
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    Drilling & Production

    Special Report: Midyear Forecast: US, Canada drilling rekindled as gulf faces uncertainty

    July 5, 2010
    Drilling onshore in the US and in western Canada is enjoying a brisk uptick from 2009 as US Gulf of Mexico activity succumbs to federal regulatory uncertainty.
    Production Operations

    Study: Gas to play major GHG reduction role in near term

    July 5, 2010
    While tight carbon constraints could lead to less natural gas being used to generate power in the long run, gas will play a substantial part in the coming decades in enabling ...
    Government

    Salazar, Bromwich pledge real, but careful, changes at BOE

    July 5, 2010
    Changes at what used to be the US Minerals Management Service will be more than cosmetic, the agency's new director and Interior Sec. Ken Salazar told the Senate Energy and Natural...
    Tankers

    Planners see 5 days to evacuate spill-response vessels

    July 5, 2010
    Spill-response officials estimate they need 120 hr to move vessels and rigs away from the runaway Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico before the anticipated arrival of any gale...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Iraq woos companies to invest in refineries

    July 5, 2010
    Iraq, seeking to double its domestic refining capacity and reduce expensive imports, has offered discounted oil and acreage to companies willing to invest $20 billion on four ...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Special Report: Midyear Forecast: US energy demand gears up for expansion

    July 5, 2010
    Demand for oil and gas in the US will climb this year, boosted by tepid economic growth.
    Home

    Watching The World: Wiesel supports Khodorkovsky

    July 5, 2010
    The oil and gas industry should be pleased to hear that Nobel Peace laureate Elie Wiesel has launched a global campaign to free imprisoned Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky...
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    Home

    Nelson-Farrar Quarterly Costimating: Indexes for finished steels register sizable shifts during 2006-09

    July 5, 2010
    Nelson-Farrar indexes for finished steels changed drastically during 2006-09. Generally speaking, the alloy steels changed less than carbon steel products.
    Reserves

    Encana, CNPC to speed BC gas developments

    July 5, 2010
    Encana Corp. and China National Petroleum Corp. signed a heads of agreement under which they would negotiate a joint venture to develop Encana's Northeast British Columbia gas...
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    Home

    Nelson-Farrar Cost Indexes

    July 5, 2010
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    Exploration & Development

    Risk-based pipeline routing improves success probability

    July 5, 2010
    A project performing pipeline-risk mapping of the Persian Gulf region using a geographic information system has validated an early emphasis on risk management in making pipeline...
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    Advertisers Index

    July 5, 2010
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    Reserves

    Cash flow analysis assesses China's CBM resource viability

    July 5, 2010
    A cash flow analysis determined that the coalbed methane resources in 42 major basins in China were 36% economic, 14% marginally economic, and 50% uneconomic to develop.
    HSE

    Offshore spill not a reason to oppose an onshore pipeline

    July 5, 2010
    Follow the logic: A blowout in deep water causes a massive oil spill that soils beaches, disables wildlife, and disrupts fishing and tourism; therefore, a pipeline that would ...
    Tankers

    Services/Suppliers

    July 5, 2010
    Bourbon,Paris, has announced a $2 billion program of newbuilds through 2015, expanding its offshore oil and gas services/supply fleet to 600 in the next 5 years. The additions...
    HSE

    Global oil demand to outgrow decline

    July 5, 2010
    Global oil demand will grow more this year than it declined in 2009 and will surpass the 2007 record high "at least 2 years earlier than consensus projections" a year ago, said...
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    July 5, 2010
    New plunger helps increase well productionThis new liquid aeration plunger is capable of aerating and lightening the liquid load above it as it rises.The plunger is suited for...
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    LNG

    NLNG maximizes LNG production in supply constraint

    July 5, 2010
    Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas achieves a wide variety of operating modes, depending on the degree gas supply is constrained, with NLNG's 3 water-cooled liquefaction trains, 3 ...
    Exploration & Development

    Beach Energy signs PSA for Tanzanian block

    July 5, 2010
    Beach Energy Ltd., Adelaide, has signed a production-sharing agreement with the Tanzanian government for a 100% interest in the Lake Tanganyika South concession in the western...