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    Royal Dutch/Shell Group has published its new internal policy on booking oil and gas reserves, adopted after a series of reserves writedowns.
    June 20, 2005
    Iraq plans to triple its oil production to 6 million b/d by 2015, and officials there say they hope for divine help in attracting the $20 billion in foreign investment they need...
    June 20, 2005
    Oil companies find aspects of US Securities and Exchange Commission reserves reporting regulations troublesome and have difficulty persuading SEC engineers to fully embrace technology...
    June 20, 2005
    Natural gas pipeline developers need to take a bigger role in permitting and regulatory reviews if they are to build the systems needed to meet growing US demand, a report commissioned...
    June 20, 2005
    Energy will be the main focus of the new European Commission, according to a recent memo from Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs.
    June 20, 2005
    Perenco, a private Paris-based independent, acquired exploration and development projects in Turkey and Egypt and sold its interests in the US.
    June 20, 2005
    Citizens of six coastal states would support prudent energy development off their shorelines, according to surveys commissioned by the American Gas Association.
    June 20, 2005
    The controversial Kipper field in the Bass Strait-the largest undeveloped gas field in southeastern Australia-has finally been moved onto a development path with first production...
    June 20, 2005
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    Willie Chiang, currently president, strategy, integration and specialty businesses, refining, marketing, supply, and transportation, was named president, Americas supply and trading...
    June 20, 2005
    North West Shelf LNG Venture participants approved a $1.58 billion expansion that will add a fifth liquefaction train and associated infrastructure to the LNG complex at Karratha...
    June 20, 2005
    Demand grew for all forms of energy in 2004, outpacing the 10-year trend in every region of the world, according to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005.
    June 20, 2005
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    General Interest - Quick TakesUS SPR fill to be complete by AugustUS Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman reported June 10 that the planned fill of the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve...
    June 20, 2005
    The US government issued four separate reports mentioning high crude oil prices in the week ended June 10.
    June 20, 2005
    As a precaution against further political unrest in Bolivia, where Congress on June 9 named Supreme Court President Eduardo Rodriguez to succeed Carlos Menas as president, Brazil...
    June 20, 2005
    A fleet of CNG ships could act as both transportation and storage facilities and could discharge directly into a land-based grid without expensive liquefaction or regasification...
    June 20, 2005
    Slowly but surely, methods of publicly disclosing oil and gas reserves are improving.
    June 20, 2005
    Toreador Resources Corp., Dallas, agreed to buy Pogo Hungary Ltd. for $9 million in a transaction that will mark Toreador’s entry into Hungary. Pogo Hungary is a subsidiary of...
    June 20, 2005
    A Newfield Exploration Co. subsidiary has signed a production-sharing contract (PSC) with Petronas Carigali Sdn. Bhd. of Malaysia for the PM 323 area off Malaysia.
    June 20, 2005
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    In spite of being a small player on the world petroleum stage, Michigan has attracted considerable attention over the years and continues to be a haven for companies searching...
    June 20, 2005
    The US is a litigious society. People, it seems, will sue at the drop of a hat.
    June 20, 2005
    First, there were no weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq and now if Colin Campbell is correct, not as much oil in the Middle East as many us at first thought.
    June 20, 2005
    Current crude production in Mexico, the largest source of foreign oil for the US market, appears “at the very least” stagnant and may be close to peaking, analysts in the Houston...
    June 20, 2005
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    Air Liquide Large Industries US LPHansen and ClarkClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has announced the appointment of Thomas Hansen as senior vice-president of global chemical...
    June 20, 2005
    Energy legislation in the US hinges again on gasoline oxygenates.
    June 20, 2005
    AAriel Corporationwww.arielcorp.comBBaker Atlaswww.bakeratlas.comBDS International, LLCBerwangerwww.berwanger.comDDevore Law Firmwww.devorelawfirm.comEErnst & Youngwww.ey.com/...
    June 20, 2005
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    Pressure transmitter OK to use in hazardous locationsClick here to enlarge imageThis new PT-L1 dynamically compensated pressure transmitter is now cCSAus approved for use in hazardous...
    June 20, 2005
    Compressed natural gas (CNG), transported at ambient temperatures, is being looked at as a viable alternative for offshore stranded and associated gas.
    June 20, 2005