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Texas regulators to review natural gas flaring rules
May 24, 2012
The Texas Railroad Commission and the TRC’s Eagle Ford Task Force plan to study whether existing state regulations on flaring and venting associated with oil and natural gas operations need to be updated, Commissioner David Porter said in a May 23 news release from his Austin office. |
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Michigan pinnacle reef joint venture planned
May 24, 2012
Petrolympic Ltd., Toronto, plans to form a joint venture with Energex Petroleum Inc., Windsor, Ont., to acquire 50% indirect working interest in Energex’s Michigan pinnacle reef properties. Energex is working towards a public listing in Toronto. |
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Gullfaks subsea compression proceeding
May 23, 2012
Statoil and Petoro have agreed to install subsea gas compression to handle production from the Brent reservoir at Gullfaks South oil field in the North Sea offshore Norway (OGJ Online, Apr. 13, 2012). |
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Diamond Offshore orders drillship, sells jack ups
May 21, 2012
Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. ordered a $655 million ultradeepwater drillship from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. with delivery scheduled for fourth-quarter 2014. |
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Cuba drilling continues as US groups press spill response need
May 21, 2012
Repsol SA continues drilling Cuba's first offshore oil well as some US government agencies, oil and gas organizations, and environmental groups press to ease restrictions that would keep US companies from responding if the well blows out and creates a spill, experts at a Center for International Policy seminar said. |
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Outreach to industry isn't election gimmick, White House aide says
May 21, 2012
The Obama administration is reaching out to the oil and gas industry more than it did initially to develop regulations, but it is not an election-year gimmick, a leading White House official said. |
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IPAA: Independent review finds EPA Pavillion report lacks data
May 21, 2012
An independent review of the US Environmental Protection Agency's draft report on water near Pavillion, Wyo., concluded scientific analysis fails to support EPA's suggestion that hydraulic fracturing possibly contributed to water contamination, the Independent Petroleum Association of America reported. |
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CBO study examines policy options to reduce oil price volatility
May 21, 2012
Policies that reduce the US transportation system's heavy reliance on petroleum products would more effectively shield consumers from volatile prices and supply interruptions in the long term than simply increasing US production, a new Congressional Budget Office study concluded. |
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Atchafalaya Bay gas-condensate field due larger pipeline
May 18, 2012
Operations have begun to install a pipeline that will enable a large increase in production from Marathon gas-condensate field in Atchafalaya Bay off Louisiana, said Petsec Energy Ltd., Sydney. |
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LINN Energy joins Anadarko in Salt Creek carbon dioxide flood
May 18, 2012
LINN Energy LLC, Houston, will fund $400 million of Anadarko Petroleum Corp.’s future development costs in giant Salt Creek oil field in Wyoming in exchange for being assigned a 23% interest in the carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery project. |
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Laricina: Carbonate SAGD test 'encouraging'
May 16, 2012
Laricina Energy Ltd., Calgary, reported “encouraging” production test results at its Saleski pilot in the Athabasca region of Alberta, the first steam-assisted gravity drainage project in the Upper Devonian Grosmont carbonate. |
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Total believes kill operation has stopped Elgin gas leak
May 16, 2012
Total UK Ltd. reported a well intervention operation stopped the G4 well natural gas leak on the Elgin complex in the UK North Sea within 12 hr of when workers started pumping heavy mud into the well. |
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Petrobank to boost cold heavy oil output
May 15, 2012
Petrobank Energy & Resources Ltd., Calgary, has adjusted its 2012 development plans for heavy oil projects in Canada toward cold production, in one case to prepare the reservoir for its proprietary toe-to-heal air injection (THAI) process. |
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Total starts well intervention on Elgin gas leak in North Sea
May 15, 2012
Total UK Ltd. said it started the planned well intervention operation to stop the natural gas leak from the G4 well on the Elgin complex in the North Sea on May 15. |
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Watching Government: BLM's proposed fracing rules
May 14, 2012
The US Bureau of Land Management didn't have to wait long for comments about its proposed hydraulic fracturing regulations. |
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