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    US Sen. John McCain will probably smile with satisfaction after learning of remarks by members of Saudi Arabia’s legislative body, the Majlis Shura, who feel that the US should...
    June 23, 2008
    Speaking June 17 in Houston—“the oil capital of America”—US Sen. John McCain, the apparent Republican nominee for president, endorsed ending federal embargoes of offshore...
    June 23, 2008
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    Residents of Iran’s north must surely have experienced chagrin at a visceral level in December 2007 when they froze after Turkmenistan halted natural gas exports to the country...
    June 23, 2008
    A rolling strike, which already has halted oil shipping through the Port of Marseille, is set to continue for a further 5 days, according to officials of the state-run port administrati...
    June 23, 2008
    Oil and gas companies in many countries are preparing to follow International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and at least one major accounting firm is urging US public ...
    June 23, 2008
    Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met with top foreign oil and gas company executives in a closed-door meeting also attended by Vice-President Jusuf Kalla, Energy ...
    June 23, 2008
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    General Interest — Quick TakesBush urges Congress to lift bans on OCS leasingUS President George W. Bush urged Congress to lift oil and gas leasing bans on the Outer Continental...
    June 23, 2008
    Saudi Arabia has delayed for the third time a tender for bids for a projected 250,000-400,000 b/d refinery in the southwestern province of Jizan, according to local media.
    June 23, 2008
    In response to environmental organizations’ opposition to oil sands development, Alberta plans to emphasize the strategic and economic benefits of continuing production, said ...
    June 23, 2008
    The US Commodity Futures Trade Commission improved its access to data on US commodities traded on overseas exchanges as it amended terms under which ICE Futures Europe is permitted...
    June 23, 2008
    Baker Hughes IncorporatedBaker Oil Toolswww.welltreatment.comButler Manufacturing CompanyCameronwww.c-a-m.com/distributedvalvesCareerBuilder.comwww.careerbuilder.comCCI Thermal...
    June 23, 2008
    Even as Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced a continuation of its force majeure for Nigerian Bonny oil exports, militants in southern Nigeria ambushed a naval vessel guarding an offshore...
    June 23, 2008
    Oil and gas companies often hear that consumers want them to be “energy” companies.
    June 23, 2008
    US Senate rejection of punitive oil taxes and a global climate change bill within days of each other doesn’t mean the ideas are dead; they simply have moved behind the scenes ...
    June 23, 2008
    Diplomatic and government policy responses appear to be coming to a head in a climate of accusations over high energy prices, said industry analysts.
    June 23, 2008
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    This article outlines a volumetric visual method (voxel volumetric method) to visualize and model underground geological structures for optimizing in situ steam assisted gravity...
    June 23, 2008
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    Tanker market earnings for the half-year ended March 2008 firmed by 14.1%, from the previous 6 months.
    June 23, 2008
    The US Constitution gives Congress plenty of work to perform.
    June 23, 2008
    NigeriaNigeria awarded Express Petroleum & Gas Co. Ltd. and Petroleum Prospects International Ltd., both of Nigeria, and Addax Petroleum Corp., Calgary, rights to OPL 227 in the...
    June 23, 2008
    Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who will be the Republican Party’s nominee in this year’s presidential election, traveled to Houston last week to address energy policy.
    June 23, 2008