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    The International Monetary Fund again has lowered its outlook for economic output this year, now seeing 0.5% in economic growth worldwide.
    Feb. 23, 2009
    Global LNG supply by 2013 will jump as nearly 100 million tonnes/year (tpy) of liquefaction projects currently near start-up or under construction come on line.
    Feb. 23, 2009
    OAO Gazprom is prioritizing gas projects, determining which projects it will proceed with, because of decreasing gas demand and challenging financing issues amid the economic ...
    Feb. 23, 2009
    Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso views the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project as an example of mutually advantageous cooperation, giving Russia new technologies and access to the ...
    Feb. 23, 2009
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    Jose Sergio Gabrielli, chief executive and president of Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), sat in the company’s new offices in the West End of London, which was blanketed...
    Feb. 23, 2009
    Most of Iraq’s 7,000-km domestic oil pipeline network has been wrecked by attacks by terrorists and criminals, according to a senior government official.
    Feb. 23, 2009
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    General Interest — Quick TakesEni sets production growth target of 3.5%/yearEni SPA plans to increase its production by 3.5%/year over the next 3 years despite the uncertainty...
    Feb. 23, 2009
    US Outer Continental Shelf moratoriums that expired last September probably can’t be reimposed, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-W.Va.) said on Feb...
    Feb. 23, 2009
    Partly because California officially lives in the past, Americans elsewhere must help the state deal with financial desperation.
    Feb. 23, 2009
    ExxonMobil Corp., dismissing the latest statements by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, said it is not concerned about remarks threatening to nationalize the Arab country’s oil industry...
    Feb. 23, 2009
    If anyone wonders whether the general economic recession will affect the oil and gas industry, they need look at Pennsylvania where Gov. Edward G. Rendell proposed a natural gas...
    Feb. 23, 2009
    GeoMet Inc., Houston, booked proved reserves at the end of 2008 in remote gas plays in Alabama and British Columbia, the company reported.
    Feb. 23, 2009
    In a response to Duncan Macleod’s article “Oil industry ramps up for hydrogen vehicles,” Thomas Wyman argues that hydrogen will never be more than a “boutique fuel” (OGJ, Dec....
    Feb. 23, 2009
    Front-month oil prices fell in mid-February to the lowest closing since late December on the New York Mercantile Exchange but at the same time increased on IntercontinentalExchange...
    Feb. 23, 2009
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    Redmond, Wash., has announced relocation of the headquarters for its global oil and gas industry business to Dubai.
    Feb. 23, 2009
    Growth in production of light hydrocarbons combines with shifting patterns of oil consumption and new transportation options to reshape the refining industry’s future.
    Feb. 23, 2009
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    Recent offshore natural gas opportunities in US waters often share the same obstacle: a lack of pipeline infrastructure to support offshore drilling and transport the gas to shore...
    Feb. 23, 2009
    Petrobras gives torpedo pile rights to Louisiana firmPetroleo Brasileiro SA, Rio de Janeiro, has granted torpedo pile technology rights to InterMoor Inc., Amelia, La., which becomes...
    Feb. 23, 2009
    ABB, Inc. ……… [email protected] Hughes Incorporated. ……… www.bakerhughes.comEmirates Airline ……… www.emirates.com/usaExtreme Engineering - A Schlumberger Company...
    Feb. 23, 2009
    Total SA will convert its petroleum agreements with Libya’s National Oil Corp.
    Feb. 23, 2009
    OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA, Brazil’s largest independent company in terms of offshore exploration acreage, plans to drill or participate in 51 wells the next 4 years ...
    Feb. 23, 2009
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    Field reports indicate that Shell Western Exploration & Production LP, Houston, has been spearheading a play for gas in northeastern New Mexico’s nonproducing Tucumcari basin....
    Feb. 23, 2009