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  • Volume 113, Issue 8

    • Volume 113, Issue 8

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    Egypt advances refinery modernization projects

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Egypt has finalized a series of joint agreements with a subsidiary of Technip SA, Paris, to provide work on projects designed to upgrade and modernize operations at two of the...
    Government

    Starting with what's possible

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Before anyone snickers too loudly that the "comprehensive" energy bill the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee planned to mark up on July 28 contained no significant...
    Government

    EPA initiatives give new meaning to political gridlock

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Bad energy policy has one positive attribute: a strong tendency for mistakes to devour themselves.
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    General Interest

    Financial sanctions impact Russian oil, equipment export ban's effects limited

    Aug. 3, 2015
    In reaction to Russia's involvement in the conflict in Ukraine, the European Union and the US have launched two-pronged sanctions against the Russian oil sector.
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    General Interest

    Delays, supply overhang menace North American LNG exports

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Permitting problems and delays affecting North American LNG export projects could combine with an overhang of LNG supply to make it difficult for North American LNG projects that...

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    General Interest

    US refiners continue consolidation, restructuring efforts

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Our previous installment on US refining industry concentration examined how frenzied mergers, acquisitions, other partnerships, and shutdowns that occurred from 1995 to 2005 consolidate...
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    Refining

    AFPM Q&A-1: Safety, gasoline processing questions addressed at annual conference

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Gasoline processing operations, with a focus on safety, blending, and reforming issues, garnered considerable attention during the 2014 American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers...
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    Companies

    Performance-based contracting improves project execution

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Greater information-sharing and a new operational framework will help the oil industry mitigate project delays and overall risk. This article looks at how such a framework has...
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    Single-well design benefits low-permeability reservoirs

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Low and ultra-low permeability sandstones account for much of the increase in gas reserves in China. Effectively developing these reservoirs has been a research focus in the region...
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    Targeting subsidies

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush has plunged boldly-or accidentally-into the treacherous mists of energy taxation in a manner potentially useful to the oil and gas industry.
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    Letters

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Let's stay homeAs President Obama readies a new surge in Iraq, we can sense the eerie similarity with Vietnam. In each case we intruded on a civil war; Iraq has two or three. ...
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    A better definition

    Aug. 3, 2015
    The growth of unconventional resources in the last 20 years is largely attributed to advanced tools and drilling techniques.
    New Plants

    SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

    Aug. 3, 2015
    IMCABruno Faure, Group Senior Vice President Subsea Projects and Operations at Technip, a world leader in project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry...
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    Separate Murkowski bill addresses crude exports, OCS revenue sharing

    Aug. 3, 2015
    US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Lisa Murkowski (R-Alas.) introduced legislation that would end the ban on US crude oil exports, and establish federal Outer...
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    Gazprom Neft advances Moscow refinery revamp

    Aug. 3, 2015
    JSC Gazprom Neft has gained final approval from Russian government regulators to begin construction on its long-planned combined oil refinery unit (CORU) upgrade and modernization...
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    EPA proposes voluntary methane reduction program for gas industry

    Aug. 3, 2015
    The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed a voluntary methane reduction program for the natural gas industry that would allow companies to make commitments and track their...
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    Cornyn calls for more US energy exports in wake of Iran deal

    Aug. 3, 2015
    US Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Tex.) said it would be geopolitically, economically, and strategically absurd for the US to maintain outmoded oil and gas export restrictions...
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    General Interest

    OGJ Newsletter

    Aug. 3, 2015
    International news for oil and gas professionals
    General Interest

    Post-sanctions Iran initially won't shake markets up, executive says

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Iran's resumption of oil and gas exports, once sanctions are lifted under the recently negotiated nuclear limits agreement, probably won't flood global markets initially, the ...
    General Interest

    Senate Banking Committee's crude oil export debate breaks along party lines

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Congressional committee debate over the 40-year ban on exporting US-produced crude oil continued to break largely along party lines as the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing...
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    API: US petroleum demand rose in June, second quarter

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Total US petroleum deliveries, a measure of demand, increased 4.2% from June 2014 to average 19.6 million b/d last month. In the second quarter, demand gained 3.7% compared with...
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    General Interest

    US LTO market responds to global price decline

    Aug. 3, 2015
    The steep decline in oil prices has led to deep capital spending cuts in the oil and gas industry. Integrated oil companies and the larger independents have announced cuts of ...
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    Joint venture plans grassroots refinery for North Dakota

    July 31, 2015
    Quantum Energy Inc., Tempe, Ariz., said it will form a joint venture with Native Son Holdings LLC (NSH), The Woodlands, Tex., to build North Dakota's third refinery.
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    General Interest

    Drilling activity declines slightly in Northwest Europe for 2015

    July 31, 2015
    Annual drilling campaigns are usually well under way by midyear and can suggest what to expect for the remainder of the year.