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    The United States has 2,247 tcf of natural gas reserves, enough to last 118 years at 2007 demand levels, a new study has said.
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    Industrial energy costs have increased recently relative to industrial construction costs in a shift that will affect energy investment, production, and use.
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    Indonesia, in a bid to exercise greater control over contract holders, will allow upstream oil and gas regulator BPMigas to assign officials to work as vice-president within internation...
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    Expectations that supplies will continue to dwindle while demand keeps growing have pushed crude oil prices dramatically higher since the beginning of 2008, two leading energy...
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    General Interest — Quick TakesDutch fund charged with US futures controlThe US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on July 24 charged a global proprietary trading fund...
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    The US Bureau of Land Management issued a record of decision that sets the stage for a major lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska’s northeast portion.
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    Several members of Congress may try to minimize it. But experts say that a basic force behind dramatically higher oil and gas prices is more expensive exploration and production...
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    The US and Mexico are reported to have begun talks on how to conduct oil exploration operations in the Gulf of Mexico beginning in 2011 when a 10-year moratorium expires.
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    Indonesia’s state-owned PT Pertamina will raise its fuel imports by 60% for about a month to compensate for a drop in production at its Cilacap refinery in Central Java.
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    Chakib Khelil, president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, while acknowledging that Indonesia has played an important role since joining the organization in...
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    US oil demand dropped 3% in 2008’s first 6 months as gasoline deliveries fell 1.7% in their first significant 6-month decrease since 1991, the American Petroleum Institute reported...
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    Offshore exploration and appraisal drilling in UK waters in the first 6 months of 2008 kept pace with 2007’s level, said the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory...
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    Most of the Arctic, especially offshore, is essentially unexplored with respect to petroleum.
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    The International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC),RichardsClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has elected Steven Richards of Key Energy Services Inc. to the chairmanship...
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    The biggest ever work-week fall of crude prices dropped a total $16.20 July 14-18 to $128.88/bbl, “below key price points that bulls may have needed to hold onto to continue their...
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    Despite the growth of other regions, Europe remains one of the world’s largest offshore producing theaters.
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    A new case study written by Julian Williamson and Christine Daniels and published by the UK’s Health and Safety Executive details issues contributing to a third-party pipeline...
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    Most Americans base their distaste for foreign oil on presumed instability in the Middle East.
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    Field data capture system offers updated versionField data capture system eVIN has released its latest version—eVIN 2008.The company says its mobile application for oil fields...
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    After years of neglect, US energy politics at last considers supply. The attention is skewed by the politics of a grueling election year.
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