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    Because federal antitrust agencies have intensified their oversight of the oil and gas industry recently, US operators and service providers must be more wary than ever of the...
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    In the ASTM D86 distillation test, pentanes minimize hydrocarbon loss by "holding back," or suppressing the volatility of, butanes.
    April 1, 2013
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    Kuwait's Clean Fuels Project (CFP) will reconfigure the country's three refineries and, in conjunction with grassroots construction planned at Al Zour, nearly double total refining...
    April 1, 2013
    Indexes For Selected 01
    Costs for six selected equipment items used in refining construction operations have been surveyed for 3 years, 2010-12. The accompanying table shows Nelson-Farrar equipment indexes...
    April 1, 2013
    US Interior Sec. Ken Salazar issued a record of decision that finalizes a development process for oil shale and tar sands resources in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.
    April 1, 2013
    Heating demand in major LNG importing regions fell in February. In addition, cargo availability tightened after a few unplanned shutdowns, leading to a 4% decline in Drewry Maritime...
    April 1, 2013
    Industry Bids T1
    A total high bonus of $1.2 billion at Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 227 masked the fact that oil and gas companies made only 407 bids on 320 of the 7,299 blocks offered.
    April 1, 2013
    Changing global gas markets may compel Russia's state-run Gazprom to dramatically change, two Washington observers suggested, but the changes won't be easy, and will take time...
    April 1, 2013
    These guidelines can help oil and gas operators manage the antitrust risks of collaborations with competitors:
    April 1, 2013
    Global LNG imports net of reloads last year reached 236.3 million tonnes, a 1.9% decrease vs. 2011 trade movements, according to a report from Paris-based Groupe International...
    April 1, 2013
    The UK government continues working toward offering tax breaks to encourage shale gas exploration and production, and the proposed measures could make onshore shale exploration...
    April 1, 2013
    Another energy bonanza, another international crossfire with hydrocarbons in the middle.
    April 1, 2013
    The oil and gas industry continues working to develop unconventional plays in British Columbia and Alberta, particularly oil and liquids with an emphasis toward the Duvernay and...
    April 1, 2013
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    ShawCor Ltd.,Toronto, won an Offshore Technology Conference 2013 Spotlight on New Technology Award for Bredero Shaw's mobile robotic cutback system, which the company said is ...
    April 1, 2013
    Efforts to boost the use of natural gas in the US should begin with the industry producing the fuel, according an executive of a large independent gas producer.
    April 1, 2013
    Many people in the oil and gas industry have been thinking hard about future workforce needs.
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    International news for oil and gas professionals
    April 1, 2013
    To promote economic growth, the US needs to look no further than its closest neighbors, Canada and Mexico.
    April 1, 2013
    Global luke-warmingBlizzard Nemo follows Hurricane Sandy, and drought spreads from the plains to the American Southwest. The year 2012 was the warmest US year on record. The media...
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    Use of hydraulic fracturing to produce natural gas and oil from shale and other tight formations has transformed US energy markets. Vast new oil and gas reserves are now commercially...
    April 1, 2013
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    Global LNG faced a number of problems as 2013 began. All reflect industry's growing pains; none responds to easy solution.
    April 1, 2013
    Last summer, US prices for ethanol and corn reached such an imbalance that production costs exceeded revenue at relatively simple ethanol plants, the US Energy Information Administratio...
    April 1, 2013
    An economy teetering despite interest rates barely above zero soon will have a new load to bear. The White House will blame Congress, especially the Republican-controlled House...
    April 1, 2013