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    General Interest - Quick TakesMMS proposes OCS royalty relief amendmentsThe US Minerals Management Service proposed changes to its Outer Continental Shelf deepwater royalty relief...
    Jan. 7, 2008
    What should make 2008 an interesting year for writing about the oil and gas industry is the developing news about “energy security” in the US and its relationship to the presidential...
    Jan. 7, 2008
    This year the oil market will see a few surprises. Commodity price volatility will continue, but it will moderate, and prices will move lower.
    Jan. 7, 2008
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    Each recent year has brought global LNG capacities to levels only dreamed of 10 years ago.
    Jan. 7, 2008
    US oil and gas producing states will lose nearly $43 million of their shares of revenues from federal oil and gas production within their borders under a provision of the Department...
    Jan. 7, 2008
    California has filed a lawsuit against the US Environmental Protection Agency. The anticipated action comes after the EPA last month denied California a waiver that the state ...
    Jan. 7, 2008
    Worldwide exploration and development, stimulated by high prices of oil and natural gas, should have a positive but challenging year in 2008.
    Jan. 7, 2008
    The US Department of the Interior and Colorado state officials have begun discussing the Roan Plateau’s future and will continue talks over coming weeks, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter...
    Jan. 7, 2008
    Chakib Khelil, Algeria’s energy minister and the current president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, spoke to OGJ about his plans to position Sonatrach as ...
    Jan. 7, 2008
    Ethanol will fail this year to fulfill promises made on its behalf about lowering US dependence on imported oil.
    Jan. 7, 2008
    This year promises to be an exciting and challenging year in Washington, DC, for the oil and gas business.
    Jan. 7, 2008
    Ecuador has reached an agreement with human rights organizations and regional leaders and has lifted the state of emergency it decreed on Nov. 29 in the province of Orellana.
    Jan. 7, 2008
    DNV released a new revision of Submarine Pipeline Standard—DNV OS F101, effective Nov. 13, 2007, harmonizing the existing standard with ISO, increasing its focus on integrity...
    Jan. 7, 2008
    The US Bureau of Land Management published a draft programmatic environmental impact statement on Dec. 21 to guide future management of 1.9 million acres in Utah, Colorado, and...
    Jan. 7, 2008
    Educators have been taking “giant strides” off the M/V Fling to investigate marine communities at two High Island platforms, just within the boundaries of the Flower Garden Banks...
    Jan. 7, 2008
    Whatever the new year may hold for most of us in the oil and gas industry, it will likely resemble nothing close to what’s in store for jailed Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky...
    Jan. 7, 2008
    An independent panel completed its review of the US Department of Interior’s mineral royalty collection program on Dec. 18 and forwarded its findings and recommendations to the...
    Jan. 7, 2008
    Knowing the plants of Saudi Aramco well and being in charge of product management of CECA SILIPORITE molecular sieves, I would like to comment on the article by Ahmed Ghazal (...
    Jan. 7, 2008
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    The Lowermost Cretaceous Fahliyan formation is an important carbonate reservoir in the Persian Gulf and the onshore oil fields of Southwest Iran.
    Jan. 7, 2008
    With many observers convinced they had seen the last major run up in oil prices for 2007, the market mounted another run at $100/bbl crude in late December.
    Jan. 7, 2008
    The global-warming discussion long ago fell victim to a style of politics in which one side turns the opposition into a self-debunking caricature.
    Jan. 7, 2008
    In an intensely political year, the US oil and gas industry should seek opportunities to reconcile energy politics with consumer interests.
    Jan. 7, 2008
    LouisianaNeumin Production Co., Point Comfort, Tex., has completed a gas-condensate discovery in St. Mary Parish, La.The Shadyside-1 stabilized at 3 MMcfd and 200 b/d on a 7⁄64...
    Jan. 7, 2008
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    Jan. 7, 2008