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Industry lobby group sees declining government revenue in UK tax hike

Aug 1, 2011 The UK oil and gas industry supports hundreds of thousands of jobs across the UK, invests more than any other sector of British industry, and supplies the majority of the nation's energy needs.

Hydraulic fracturing: protecting against legal and regulatory risk

Aug 1, 2011 Newspaper articles and television reports make hydraulic fracturing appear to be a new technology that pollutes drinking water, causes flames to leap from kitchen faucets, and constitutes the next ...

Total starts second Ofon development phase

Feb 7, 2012

A unit of Total SA is installing four platforms on Ofon oil field offshore Nigeria in a second phase of development that will triple production to 90,000 boe/d (OGJ Online, July 24, 2007).

Canada, Alberta commit to 'improve' environmental monitoring of oil sands

Feb 6, 2012 The governments of Canada and Alberta, stung by the recent US decision to postpone development of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline project, have agreed to step up their monitoring of the environm...

PetroChina to buy 20% of Shell's Canadian shale gas assets

Feb 6, 2012

PetroChina, a unit of China National Petroleum Corp., has signed a binding agreement to purchase a 20% stake in Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s Groundbirch assets in northeastern British Columbia.

Richardson proposes West Bison Basin waterflood

Feb 6, 2012 The US Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a proposed waterflood program in the Jurassic Nugget formation and new oil and gas wells on public land in Fremont County, Wyo., 20 mi...

Saudi well study derives optimal gas well configuration parameters

Feb 6, 2012

A study of Saudi gas wells led to quick and simple analytical solutions for determining well geometries that improve productivity.

US on brink of strong oil, gas growth, Senate panel told

Feb 6, 2012 Higher crude oil prices, breakthroughs in technology, and more access to prospective acreage are creating a US oil production revival that is a major break from nearly 40 years of declining product...

Watching the World: Crisis looms in South Sudan

Feb 6, 2012

Oil diplomacy is making very little headway in resolving issues between Sudan and the recently independent South Sudan, with both sides gearing more toward another war than to peace.

Buru aims to capitalize on Canning basin successes

Feb 6, 2012 Buru Energy Ltd., Perth, is gearing up to capitalize on what it describes as a significant series of exploration successes in the onshore Canning basin of northwest Western Australia during 2011.

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