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    This article concludes a two-part series that presents experience in 2008 with various marketed process simulators modeling Suncor’s 85-MMscfd Simonette sour-gas plant in northwestern...
    July 20, 2009
    Refining margins in the US are likely to shrink in coming years because stricter fuel economy standards and rising mandates for blending ethanol and other biofuels will reduce...
    July 20, 2009
    US House and Senate committees have each approved amendments to Section 526 of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act. But the devil, once again, is in the details.
    July 20, 2009
    The al-Qaeda terrorist organization has vowed to avenge the deaths of Muslims in the Chinese province of Xinjiang by targeting Beijing’s extensive workforce and projects around...
    July 20, 2009
    Drilling in the US and Canada could recover modestly in the last 6 months of 2009 if oil and gas prices stabilize or improve.
    July 20, 2009
    The oil market has lost 300,000 b/d of supply in 2 months from a single exporter, and the price of crude is falling.
    July 20, 2009
    Valero Energy Corp. is getting into renewables, having bought several ethanol plants earlier this year and having built a wind farm in northwest Texas near its McKee refinery....
    July 20, 2009
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    Two more land-based LNG regasification terminals received first cargoes recently.
    July 20, 2009
    Over-the-counter derivative regulatory reforms should not jeopardize businesses’ efforts to manage financial risk, US Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said on July 10.
    July 20, 2009
    The Canadian oil and gas industry has been hit by a rash of terrorist attacks in recent years, and the outlook is for much of the same, at least according to a recent risk report...
    July 20, 2009
    It was more than a resurgence of economic pessimism that slashed the August contract for benchmark US light, sweet crudes by $11.60/bbl through seven of eight trading sessions...
    July 20, 2009
    Natural gas liquids and condensate projects slated for start-up 2009-10 in some countries of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will add 2 million b/d to capacity...
    July 20, 2009
    Uruguay’s Ancap has 180 days to review bids made for two offshore blocks in the country’s first licensing round.
    July 20, 2009
    US Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) joined Sens. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) and Robert B. Menendez (D-NJ) in introducing legislation on July 8 to increase use of natural...
    July 20, 2009
    Exports of anhydrous ethanol from Brazil to the US dropped to only 22.3 million l. in the 3 months through June, compared with 376.2 million l. shipped to the US in the same period...
    July 20, 2009
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    General Interest— Quick TakesOil sands investment to recover by yearendThe expected economic recovery in developing the oil sands in Alberta may start in late 2009 or early 2010...
    July 20, 2009
    Two transmitters added to wireless familyTwo discrete-input transmitters have been added to the family of XYR wireless devices: The STXW 500 and the STTW 401 transmitters can ...
    July 20, 2009
    Global economic recovery has to start sometime. Now seems like as good a time as any.
    July 20, 2009
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    Noble Denton,BonnonLondon, has appointed Ian Bonnon group managing director, renewables. He will develop the renewables business globally, and the new position reflects Noble ...
    July 20, 2009
    Ariel Corporation..... www.arielcorp.comBaker Hughes Incorporated...... www.bakerhughes.comBNP Paribas...... www.cib.bnpparibas.comChevron.... www.chevron.com/careersDobrowski...
    July 20, 2009