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    Ethylene Production T1
    US ethylene producers in both first and second quarters 2013 improved on the results of second-half 2012 and maintained output above the historic mid-range of 145 million lb/day...
    Sept. 2, 2013
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    The main objective of this study was to develop a strategy that maximizes use of CO2 emissions from the Egyptian Western Desert.
    Sept. 2, 2013
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    A comprehensive, integrated study of the reserve and production potential of the Barnett shale integrates engineering, geology, and economics into a numerical model that allows...
    Sept. 2, 2013
    Spalding
    The UK government has demonstrated its commitment to the establishment of a shale gas industry by announcing details of proposed tax incentives to be offered to project developers...
    Sept. 2, 2013
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    Exploration for deep oil and gas accumulations, which refers to those at burial depths of no less than 15,000 ft (about 4,572 m), deserves more specialized attention.
    Sept. 2, 2013
    A well drilled by Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. PJSC’s TAQA Atrush BV subsidiary has extended the Atrush field area 6.5 km to the east on the Atrush block in the Kurdistan Region...
    Sept. 2, 2013
    Dana Gas, Sharjah, said its core operations in Egypt’s Nile Delta and its Egyptian Bahrain Gas Derivatives Co. gas processing plant in Ras Shukheir have remained stable during...
    Sept. 2, 2013
    Total US petroleum deliveries, as a measure of demand, averaged 18.9 million b/d last month, up 1.7% from year-ago levels and hitting a 3-year high, according to the American ...
    Sept. 2, 2013
    Us Senators T1
    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 233 offshore Texas netted $102,351,712 in apparent high bids—less than the first two sales in the ...
    Sept. 2, 2013
    US Sens. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said oil companies may be using anticompetitive practices to block access to renewable fuels, and asked for a...
    Sept. 2, 2013
    US independent oil and gas producers identified three main problems as two of their trade associations submitted comments on the US Bureau of Land Management’s proposed revised...
    Sept. 2, 2013
    Two more business associations joined US independent oil and gas producers in telling the US Bureau of Land Management that proposed hydraulic fracturing regulations would needlessly...
    Sept. 2, 2013
    Water resources are an important factor in unconventional oil and gas development. At both ends of the barrel, water is a necessary component of developing gas and oil and, once...
    Sept. 2, 2013
    The future price of natural gas in the US depends greatly on development of LNG exports, the outlook for which remains unclear, says Facts Global Energy (FGE).
    Sept. 2, 2013
    Master limited partnerships (MLPs) are among a new set of players likely to invest in emerging US LNG export projects, Fitch Ratings said in recent report.
    Sept. 2, 2013
    Global LNG markets move so quickly that government policies worldwide won't likely keep up with them, experts agreed.
    Sept. 2, 2013
    Ogj100 Production
    The latest compilation of the top 100 oil and gas producers outside the US reported much weaker financial results for 2012, as a result of a weak economy, higher costs, and sluggish...
    Sept. 2, 2013
    Ogj150 Earnings T1
    The dramatic slide of US natural gas and natural gas liquids prices, large differential between West Texas Intermediate and Brent prices, weak energy demand growth, and increased...
    Sept. 2, 2013
    Escalating tension over war-torn Syria rattled oil markets for good reason last week but had longer-term ramifications even more important.
    Sept. 2, 2013
    The costs and benefits of building one or another hydrocarbon pipeline, or deciding instead to use rail or another mode of transportation, are as close to the popular consciousness...
    Sept. 2, 2013
    Modern cars control engine knock by cylinder-fuel injection and by computers to retard the spark. This is a mechanical solution.
    Sept. 2, 2013
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    GENERAL INTEREST — Quick TakesAnadarko sells stake in offshore Mozambique Area 1Anadarko Petroleum Corp. agreed to sell a 10% stake in its offshore Mozambique Area 1 to ONGC Videsh...
    Sept. 2, 2013