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  • Volume 107, Issue 27

    • Volume 107, Issue 27

    Tankers

    Suspected terrorists arrested for plotting attacks in Suez Canal

    July 20, 2009
    Egyptian authorities have announced the arrest of 26 men, most of them engineers and technicians suspected of links with the terrorist al-Qaeda organization, on charges of plotting...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Special Report: Weak energy demand to persist through 2009

    July 20, 2009
    Demand for oil will shrink this year—as will demand for almost all sources of energy in the US—because of economic contraction. Gas, coal, and nuclear energy demand will decline...
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    Companies

    CORROSION—1: Study helps model buried pipeline pitting corrosion

    July 20, 2009
    New deterministic and stochastic models can perdict the evolution of pitting corrosion depth and rate distributions from observed soil properties.
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    Production Operations

    Return of most reserves lost in Gustav, Ike predicted

    July 20, 2009
    From our assessment, the gas structures damaged during Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in the Gulf of Mexico present better economics and redevelopment potential than oil structures...
    Pennwell web 300 208
    Drilling & Production

    DRILLING MARKET FOCUS: Industry reports some price breaks as drilling contracts renegotiated

    July 20, 2009
    Oil and gas executives report they are beginning to see some relief in drilling and completion costs, partially because service companies have become more willing to renegotiate...

    More content from Volume 107, Issue 27

    Economics & Markets

    CFTC undercuts crude prices

    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...
    Home

    Advertisers Index

    July 20, 2009
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    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    July 20, 2009
    Noble Denton,BonnonLondon, has appointed Ian Bonnon group managing director, renewables. He will develop the renewables business globally, and the new position reflects Noble ...
    Companies

    Signs scrambled on the inevitable start of recovery

    July 20, 2009
    Global economic recovery has to start sometime. Now seems like as good a time as any.
    Home

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    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 ...
    Pennwell web 450 1830
    Refining

    OGJ Newsletter

    July 20, 2009
    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...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    The ethanol question

    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...
    Government

    US senators introduce bill to promote NGVs

    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...
    Exploration & Development

    Uruguay to review offers for two blocks

    July 20, 2009
    Uruguay’s Ancap has 180 days to review bids made for two offshore blocks in the country’s first licensing round.
    Gas Processing

    OPEC expected to add 2 million b/d to NGL capacity

    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...
    Production Operations

    LOW CO2 SLIP— Conclusion Low CO2 slip in high-pressure MDEA systems investigated

    July 20, 2009
    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...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Watching The World: Terrorists target Canada

    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...
    Government

    Geithner: New commodities regs should not preclude hedges

    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.
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    LNG

    Two LNG terminals receive commissioning cargoes

    July 20, 2009
    Two more land-based LNG regasification terminals received first cargoes recently.
    Refining

    Valero getting into renewables via wind, ethanol

    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....
    Production Operations

    Editorial: Nigeria and the market

    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.
    Drilling & Production

    Special Report: Modest US, Canada drilling pickup seen in second half

    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.
    Exploration & Development

    Al-Qaeda threatens China’s overseas oil, gas interests

    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...
    Government

    Watching Government: Stalemate likely on Section 526

    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.
    Refining

    Deloitte foresees trouble for US refining industry

    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...