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    House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-Tex.) questioned BP PLC’s commitment to safety, reliability, and responsible stewardship of US energy resources on Aug...
    Aug. 21, 2006
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    The ConocoPhillips refinery in Ponca City, Okla., recently completed a project to increase refinery profitability through increased flexibility of its No. 1 crude and vacuum unit...
    Aug. 21, 2006
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    The world’s first smart, wireless, multiwell, plunger controller with the capability of allocating natural gas and oil volumes while providing real-time well tests provided a ...
    Aug. 21, 2006
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    Several North Sea examples illustrate the advantages of installing high-integrity pressure protection systems (HIPPS) on subsea wells.
    Aug. 21, 2006
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    An initiative that aims to advance automation in certain types of oil and gas fields is Statoil AS’s subsea increased oil recovery (SIOR) program.
    Aug. 21, 2006
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    Stealth Ventures Ltd. is pursuing coalbed methane plays in the Cumberland and Stellarton coal seams of Nova Scotia.
    Aug. 21, 2006
    It quickly grew obvious that US regulators would expand their crude oil pipeline oversight after BP PLC announced 2 weeks ago that it had to shut down part of its Alaska North...
    Aug. 21, 2006
    Energy leaders on both sides of the US Capitol demanded more information on Aug. 10 as BP PLC moved ahead with plans to shut down much of its crude oil pipeline system on Alaska...
    Aug. 21, 2006
    Exxel Energy Corp., Houston, has appointed Clifford V. Adams as the company's president and chief executive.
    Aug. 21, 2006
    Occidental Petroleum Corp. has agreed to buy oil and gas properties, mainly in California and Texas, from Plains Exploration & Production Co., Houston, and certain subsidiaries...
    Aug. 21, 2006
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    General Interest - Quick TakesCitgo indicted for environmental violationsA federal grand jury in Corpus Christi, Tex., returned a 10-count criminal indictment on Aug. 9 against...
    Aug. 21, 2006
    War in Lebanon and plans to blow airplanes out of the sky raise a simple but difficult question: Why?
    Aug. 21, 2006
    BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. decided it could safety continue production from the Prudhoe Bay Western Operating Area (WOA), following review of WOA pipeline inspection data and...
    Aug. 21, 2006
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    In the face of looming oil production shortfalls, all individuals as well as nations as a whole will have to use less oil.
    Aug. 21, 2006
    Oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former head of Russia’s OAO Yukos, has lost his bid to change the location of his confinement.
    Aug. 21, 2006
    The US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued new orders to BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. on Aug. 10, requiring additional rigorous inspections of...
    Aug. 21, 2006
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    World oil and NGL production capacity could increase by as much as 25% by 2015, with NGLs and extra-heavy oils accounting for much of the capacity growth, said Cambridge Energy...
    Aug. 21, 2006
    Our world has become an extremely violent and volatile one-but nevertheless one in which we all must live and work.
    Aug. 21, 2006
    Traders were watching the Israeli-Lebanese war, supply disruptions in Iraq and Nigeria, and international wrangling over Iran’s nuclear ambitions when the next major energy crisis...
    Aug. 21, 2006
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    Washington Group International Inc.CarterClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has announced several appointments in its Oil, Gas & Chemicals Group. W.L. Tex Carter has joined the...
    Aug. 21, 2006
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    The planned implementation of the Medgaz Integrity Management System (MIMS) is expected to offer savings of 10-20% on pipeline maintenance through guaranteed up-time and risk ...
    Aug. 21, 2006