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    The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission closed the so-called “Enron Loophole” on Mar. 23 as it approved final rules and amendments increasing its oversight of exempt commercial...
    April 6, 2009
    Th Hydraulic Fractuing 01
    Four keys provide a way for understanding, modeling, and predicting shear stimulation and its benefits in naturally fractured reservoirs.
    April 6, 2009
    Th Indexes For Selected 01
    Costs for six selected equipment items used in refining construction operations have been surveyed for the 3 years 2006-08.
    April 6, 2009
    Th Statoilhydro Publishes 01
    StatoilHydro has published a crude oil assay for its Gimboa field, which began producing first-quarter 2009 from Block 4/05 about 3 miles off Angola (Fig. 1) in 2,300 ft of water...
    April 6, 2009
    Click here to download a .pdf of the Nelson-Farrar monthly cost indexes
    April 6, 2009
    Saudi Aramco, in line with newly announced government policies, will continue to invest in new oil, gas, and petrochemical projects, despite the current global economic downturn...
    April 6, 2009
    Meeting specifications for renewable fuels in the US requires rapid growth in the use of 85-15 ethanol-gasoline blends (E85) and, if the ethanol industry has its way, relaxation...
    April 6, 2009
    Economic pain will shape how the US addresses climate change—if not the question whether it responds at all.
    April 6, 2009
    Th Iraqi Oil Minister 01
    Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain Al-Shahristani, in a wide-ranging interview with Arab media in Paris, said his country’s oil industry needs $50 billion in investment over the next ...
    April 6, 2009
    US House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman released a draft of clean energy legislation on Mar. 30.
    April 6, 2009
    Calling it an “extraordinary piece of legislation,” US President Barack H. Obama signed a far-reaching public lands bill into law on Mar. 30.
    April 6, 2009
    USRep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) was ready to give Ken Salazar the benefit of the doubt.
    April 6, 2009
    More shipments of LNG will come to the US this year, whether the market needs them or not.
    April 6, 2009
    Th Services Suppliers 01
    Key Energy Services Inc.,HutchinsonClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has appointed Blake Hutchinson vice-president, corporate development. He will lead efforts to identify and...
    April 6, 2009
    Iraq is considering offering exploration blocks under production-sharing agreements (PSA) this year for its second licensing round, according to Oil Minister Hussain Al-Shahristani...
    April 6, 2009
    Th Survey Notes 01
    Oil & Gas Journal’s semiannual Worldwide Construction Update shows a decline in construction activity compared with the previous edition of the report (OGJ, Nov. 17, 2008, p. ...
    April 6, 2009
    Suncor Energy Inc. and Petro-Canada, both of Calgary, have agreed to merge the two companies in a $19.3 billion (Can.) transaction. The resulting company, Suncor, will have 7....
    April 6, 2009
    For anyone in the oil and gas industry, the spectacle of an American president sacking the head of General Motors should be chilling.
    April 6, 2009
    Brazil’s President Luiz Lula da Silva, apparently reversing earlier decisions, said his government is again considering an invitation to join the Organization of Petroleum Exporting...
    April 6, 2009
    A recent survey has found that while oil and gas industry professionals may view certain social media tools—such as networking web sites, instant messaging, text messaging, wikis...
    April 6, 2009
    Chevron Corp. has promoted John S. Watson to vice-chairman. Currently serving as executive vice-president, strategy and development, Watson succeeds Peter J. Robertson, who is...
    April 6, 2009
    Th Ogj Newsletter 01
    General Interest — Quick TakesSEC files charges in oil investment schemeThe US Securities and Exchange Commission charged a Los Angeles man and two of his companies with securities...
    April 6, 2009
    The international oil and gas industry—as well as Russia’s—is watching with incredulity as prosecutors bring a new case against former OAO Yukos Chief Executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky...
    April 6, 2009
    As an oil executive and an American, I also find the course being pursued in Washington, DC, to be energy suicide (OGJ, Mar. 9, 2009, p. 68). I think it’s time for Atlas to shrug...
    April 6, 2009
    Th Study Investigates 01
    New analysis shows pipelines using shorted casings are more susceptible to corrosion than pipelines using nonshorted casings.
    April 6, 2009