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    The Indonesian government, in an effort to boost liquidity and shore up the falling rupiah, will order oil and gas companies to keep funds for energy projects in domestic banks...
    Dec. 1, 2008
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    Special Report: Safety improvements aimed at better protecting both the environment and employees were key topics for major oil companies that issued 2007 sustainability reports...
    Dec. 1, 2008
    The interlude between presidencies, twilight of the 110th Congress, is the time to practice diplomacy, the time to praise cooperation, the time to voice hope for bipartisan policy...
    Dec. 1, 2008
    The Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission is closely monitoring carbon capture and storage (CCS) initiatives by governments, research institutions, and the oil and gas industry...
    Dec. 1, 2008
    In an exclusive interview with the London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, a negotiator for the pirates holding the Saudi supertanker Sirius Star off the Somali coast disclosed...
    Dec. 1, 2008
    What safety lessons has the UK North Sea oil industry learned as it reflects on the 20th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster?
    Dec. 1, 2008
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    General Interest — Quick TakesHydraulic fracturing foe gains clout in HouseThe powerful US House Committee on Energy and Commerce has a new leader who has consistently opposed...
    Dec. 1, 2008
    US Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairman Thomas Harkin (D-Iowa) introduced legislation on Nov. 20 to reform the trading of swaps and other over-the-counter...
    Dec. 1, 2008
    Oil shipments along the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline are set to resume later this week following a Nov. 21 bomb attack on the line near Midyat in the Mardin province in southeast Turkey...
    Dec. 1, 2008
    Spanish officials are up in arms to defend their nation’s oil and gas industry from an invasion by the Russians.
    Dec. 1, 2008
    The chairmen of two key congressional energy committees are making plans for 2009.
    Dec. 1, 2008
    The US Minerals Management Service disbursed a record $23.4 billion to state, American Indian, and federal accounts from onshore and offshore energy production during fiscal 2008...
    Dec. 1, 2008
    Natural gas production from US shale plays such as the Marcellus shale in New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia could double in the next 10 years and provide 25% of the nation...
    Dec. 1, 2008
    Beach Petroleum NL, Adelaide, has received ministerial approval to acquire from Tri-Ocean Energy a 20% interest in the North Shadwan oil concession in the Gulf of Suez.
    Dec. 1, 2008
    Enhancing diversity of gas supplies is a key challenge for Europe, and the Caspian could become an important source, said an Edison SPA senior official at the European Autumn ...
    Dec. 1, 2008
    Eni Gas & Power SPA Chief Operating Officer Domenico Dispenza warned in a keynote address at the European Autumn Gas Conference (EAGC) at Lake Como, Italy, that the credit crisis...
    Dec. 1, 2008
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    Recycling and ingenuity are not new concepts in the oil and gas industry. A ranch in the Texas Hill Country is known for the unique oil field-pipe construction of buildings from...
    Dec. 1, 2008
    With the loss of public confidence because of the current financial crisis, world demand for energy is still declining even as prices fall.
    Dec. 1, 2008
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    Perth, has added to its Aberdeen staff and moved into new offices as part of its effort to expand into Norway and Africa.
    Dec. 1, 2008
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    Using biomonitors (qualified on-site biologists with construction expertise) can lead to successful negotiation of contentious environmental issues and full compliance with regulatory...
    Dec. 1, 2008
    The problem with conservation as an aim of energy policy is that its strongest advocates wouldn’t know it if it stared them in the face.
    Dec. 1, 2008
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    The newly launched Oryx distributed temperature sensing (DTS) unit is designed for harsh environment wellsite monitoring operations.
    Dec. 1, 2008
    Addax Petroleum -------------- www.addaxpetroleum.comANP - National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels ------------- www.brasil-rounds.gov.brArcadis, Inc. --------...
    Dec. 1, 2008
    Petroproduccion, an affiliate of Petroecuador, has issued a letter of agreement for Scan Geophysical ASA to implement a major 2D seismic program off Ecuador in support of the ...
    Dec. 1, 2008
    Mexico will account for 26.1% of Latin America’s regional oil demand by 2012 while providing 28.34% of supply, according to a recent analyst report.
    Dec. 1, 2008
    The US Minerals Management Service has taken the first step in the multiyear leasing process to hold a sale for acreage off Virginia.
    Dec. 1, 2008