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    Stress variations and drilling directions affect fracture geometry in open-hole multistage fracturing (MSF). Determining whether to drill toward the minimum horizontal stress ...
    Dec. 7, 2015
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    Older strata may yield direct hydrocarbon indicators (DHIs) in environments typically thought unlikely to contain them. DHIs are features in seismic reflection data attributed...
    Dec. 7, 2015
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    Year-on-year stability in remaining proved-developed reserves (1P) is the most positive impact of applying a consistent type-well approach to 1P estimates. Operators can then ...
    Dec. 7, 2015
    Saddlehorn Pipeline Co. LLC is combining projects with Grand Mesa Pipeline LLC for construction of a 20-in. OD undivided joint interest pipeline beginning about 20 miles north...
    Dec. 7, 2015
    Petroleos Mexicanos' (Pemex) global foreign currency and local currency ratings have been downgraded by Moody's Investors Service to Baa1 from A3, two rungs above the minimum....
    Dec. 7, 2015
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    The world's crude oil and condensate reserves total 1.656 trillion bbl at yearend 2015 compared with 1.654 trillion a year earlier, according to Oil & Gas Journal's annual assessment...
    Dec. 7, 2015
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    A continued lower crude oil price environment offered most global refiners a competitive advantage during 2015, but heightened environmental regulatory regimes alongside a downturn...
    Dec. 7, 2015
    Energy utility company Jemena, jointly owned by State Grid Corp. of China and Singapore Power, has been granted preferred proponent status to build a proposed $800-million (Aus...
    Dec. 7, 2015
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    International news for oil and gas professionals
    Dec. 7, 2015
    The boards of Rockhopper Exploration PLC a Falkland Oil & Gas Ltd. (FOGL) reported reaching an agreement to merge in an all-share deal valued at £57.1 million. Once combined, ...
    Dec. 7, 2015
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    Despite early exploratory disappointment and a longstanding trade embargo by the US, the Cuban government seeks more foreign help in the assessment of its deepwater oil and gas...
    Dec. 7, 2015
    Wildlife recovery in Prince William Sound has been extensive enough to warrant closing federal and state legal actions against ExxonMobil Corp. from the March 1989 grounding of...
    Dec. 7, 2015
    World oil and gas reserves in 2014 showed slight growth, highlighted by reserves additions in the US in the form of tight oil, according to Eni SPA's 14th edition of its World...
    Dec. 7, 2015
    The Obama administration could squander major domestic crude oil resource opportunities in Alaska if it persists in imposing overly stringent leasing restrictions and operating...
    Dec. 7, 2015
    That high-level, high-anxiety talks under way in Paris won't produce a binding international agreement on mitigation of climate changes offers the oil and gas industry some comfort...
    Dec. 4, 2015
    Drillers, support services, and other suppliers feel the pinch as oil and gas companies curtail capital expenditures and seek operating efficiencies in response to lower commodity...
    Dec. 4, 2015
    Plunging crude-oil prices did not cause Russia's economic problems, speakers said at an Oct. 26 Center for Strategic and International Studies forum.
    Nov. 2, 2015
    Notwithstanding improvements made after the Macondo tragedy of 2010, questions remain about the safety of offshore drilling and production, said speakers at a conference this ...
    Nov. 2, 2015
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    Wood GroupMatt Kirk has joined Wood Group Kenny as vice president of operations, bolstering the regional leadership team in the Americas.With 17 years' experience in the oil and...
    Nov. 2, 2015