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    The collective third-quarter earnings for a sample of US-based oil and gas producers and refiners declined from earnings a year earlier, softened by lower production volumes and...
    Dec. 17, 2007
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    The frontier of coiled tubing-related technology in the well intervention business is shown being tested in the Last Frontier state as Western Well Tool loads its drilling tractor...
    Dec. 17, 2007
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    As part of the Upgrading Expansion Stage 1 (UE-1) project completed in 2006, Syncrude Canada Ltd. revamped all existing five hydrotreaters and installed an additional diluent ...
    Dec. 17, 2007
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    A long-term conventional and unconventional natural gas production model has been developed for the world.
    Dec. 17, 2007
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    Only 10 years ago, unconventional gas was an emerging resource; now it’s a core business of many large independent producers and a growing number of major operating companies....
    Dec. 17, 2007
    The Chinese government has called for the safety of its oil workers in two African countries, citing the dangers to operations posed by antigovernment rebels in Sudan and Ethiopia...
    Dec. 17, 2007
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    General Interest - Quick TakesIraq refinery attacked by rocketIraq’s Doura refinery burst into flames Dec. 10 after being hit by a rocket, according to an Oil Ministry official...
    Dec. 17, 2007
    US Congressional Democrats passed a reworked energy bill in the House by 235 to 181 votes on Dec. 6, only to see the measure stall in the Senate the following day.
    Dec. 17, 2007
    Concerns about global oil peaking due to declining reserves at Saudi Aramco’s Ghawar oil field may be overstated, according to Bernstein Research commenting on the results of ...
    Dec. 17, 2007
    Oil and gas companies and other energy producers are being looked to for assistance in finding a solution to the climate change problem, an energy expert said at the United Nations...
    Dec. 17, 2007
    Marc W. Smith arrived in Washington, DC, from Denver for his latest visit on Dec. 3 as the US House leadership announced its latest energy legislation.
    Dec. 17, 2007
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    Sluggish European LNG demand helped relax supply tensions in the first half of 2007, despite numerous liquefaction plants producing below nameplate capacity.
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    One US major and two Canadian exploration and production companies have recently reported their preliminary capital spending plans for 2008.
    Dec. 17, 2007
    Global capital expenditures for exploration and production companies are expected to increase 11% to $332 billion in 2008, according to the latest spending survey released Dec...
    Dec. 17, 2007
    Longer horizontal laterals in Devonian Woodford shale appear to be improving estimated ultimate recoveries in the Arkoma basin in southeastern Oklahoma, said Newfield Exploration...
    Dec. 17, 2007
    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recently stopped in Portugal and offered to become a main supplier of oil and gas to the small Iberian Peninsula nation.
    Dec. 17, 2007
    Coalbed methane (CBM) production has spread to several countries since its meager beginnings in the US.
    Dec. 17, 2007
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    Mustang Gas Compression Ltd.StoryClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has announced that it has been acquired by Hoak Fund Inc. and a group of investors and industry executives...
    Dec. 17, 2007
    As was generally expected, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed Dec. 5 not to raise crude production since commercial oil inventories remained at comfortable...
    Dec. 17, 2007
    When US lawmakers fret about energy supply from unstable regimes, they should look closely at themselves.
    Dec. 17, 2007
    ArgentinaAn exploration well appears to have established continuity between the north and central lobes of Puesto Morales Norte field in the Nuequen basin, said Petrolifera Petroleum...
    Dec. 17, 2007
    New software for well planning, drillingNewly released Sysdrill Version 3.0 is an evolved product suite of well planning and drilling software solutions that combines new modules...
    Dec. 17, 2007