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  • Volume 112, Issue 4

    • Volume 112, Issue 4

    Worldwide Eor Survey T1
    IOR/EOR

    2014 worldwide EOR survey

    April 7, 2014
    Errors in Table C were corrected in the May 5, 2014, edition of OGJ. The corrected table appears here
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    EPA leads inquiry into crude discharge at BP's Whiting refinery

    April 7, 2014
    The US Environmental Protection Agency took formal charge of investigation and cleanup efforts after an undetermined amount of crude oil spilled into Lake Michigan from BP PLC...
    LPG Markets

    AFPM: Shale boom sparks need for petchem workers

    April 7, 2014
    The current boom in shale resource development has sparked an urgent need in the petrochemical industry for technically skilled workers to build, operate, and maintain about $...
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    WoodMac: Bakken capex to top $15 billion in 2014

    April 7, 2014
    Oil and gas industry analyst Wood Mackenzie Ltd. forecasts that operators in the Bakken shale will invest more than $15 billion on drilling and completions in 2014, second only...
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    Moody's: Marcellus shale gas producers to benefit most in US

    April 7, 2014
    Natural gas producers in the Marcellus shale will benefit more than producers elsewhere in the US because of many favorable circumstances, even if prices were to decline to 2012...

    More content from Volume 112, Issue 4

    Companies

    OIES: US shale gas, tight-oil plays face financial woes

    April 7, 2014
    Financial problems of operators in US shale gas and tight oil plays might hold production growth below current expectations, according to the author of a March comment published...
    Government

    White House eyes steps to curb methane emissions from oil, gas operations

    April 7, 2014
    The White House announced additional steps to reduce methane emissions from oil and natural gas operations as part of a broader strategy.
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    Exploration & Development

    E. Mediterranean gas work faces geopolitical hurdles

    April 7, 2014
    Full development of giant natural gas discoveries in the eastern Mediterranean Sea depends on solutions to tough geopolitical problems.
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    Production Operations

    Oil-price patterns—1: Oil prices reflect uneven growth rates of global demand and supply

    April 7, 2014
    The price of oil rose from below $30/bbl to more than $145/bbl (all in money of the day) between 2004 and 2008. This was unprecedented.
    HSE

    Balancing climate change

    April 7, 2014
    Instructive timing is at work in the publication this month and last of two major reports in the Fifth Assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
    Drilling & Production

    The dark side of the boom

    April 7, 2014
    Much has been made in the general media about how unconventional oil and gas development has damaged or threatens to damage flora, fauna, and air in areas of the US where drilling...
    Government

    The EPA assault

    April 7, 2014
    Thank you for your editorial apprising your readers of the Environmental Protection Agency's continued assault on America.
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    OGJ Newsletter

    April 7, 2014
    International news for oil and gas professionals
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    Exploration & Development

    Dominican Republic seeks domestic gas resource

    April 7, 2014
    Rigorous development activities point to a large accumulation of gas reserves in the Dominican Republic's Enriquillo basin on the island of Hispaniola.
    Miscible Co2 T1
    IOR/EOR

    Survey: Miscible CO2 continues to eclipse steam in US EOR production

    April 7, 2014
    Miscible CO2 continues to eclipse steam injection in Oil & Gas Journal's 2014 EOR/Heavy Oil Survey.
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    Report offers lens for viewing IPCC's new climate reports

    April 7, 2014
    When a top official of the US government disparages opponents in an aggressive talk about an important subject, he ought to have his facts straight. In a Feb. 16 diatribe on climate...
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    IOR/EOR

    CO2-EOR set for growth as new CO2 supplies emerge

    April 7, 2014
    Vello Kuuskraa Matt Wallace Advanced Resources International Arlington, Va.Development of large natural sources of CO2 in Colorado (McElmo Dome/Doe Canyon) and New Mexico (Bravo...
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    Remembering James Schlesinger

    April 7, 2014
    James R. Schlesinger probably had seen nearly every kind of US energy policy tried by the time he died of complications from pneumonia on Mar. 27. He was 85.
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    Companies

    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    April 7, 2014
    Wood Group MustangGriffinWood Group Mustang promotes Tim Griffin to vice president, industrial operations leading the company's North American industrial division based in Greenville...
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    LNG

    LNG UPDATE Global LNG supply, demand remain tight

    April 7, 2014
    As 2014 began, global LNG supply and demand remained largely in balance. Only two liquefaction plants came on stream last year, while several new or expanded terminals, especially...
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    Nelson Farrar Quarterly T1
    New Plants

    Nelson-Farrar Quarterly Costimating: Indexes for selected equipment items

    April 7, 2014
    Continuing a trend starting in 1983, the Nelson-Farrar refinery construction index rose quickly to 2,475.6 in December 2012 from 2,467.4 in January of the same year. Then it slowed...
    Deepwater Gulf T1
    Production Operations

    DEEPWATER GULF DECOMMISSIONING–3: Lease, revenue status determine short-term decommissioning activity

    April 7, 2014
    Opportunities abound in the prolific deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM), but several production structures have reached a stage in their lifecycles at which decommissioning is the...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    New Russian export regime will spur ULSD exports

    April 7, 2014
    Russia is introducing a new regime of oil export duties that is changing the type of products refiners produce and export to global markets.