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Oil services executive forecasts fast exploration growth

Oct 7, 2008 Exploration services are likely to grow much faster than the overall oil field services market worldwide for years, Schlumberger Chairman and CEO Andrew Gould said.

OGJ Newsletter

Oct 6, 2008

Operators increase stakes in Marcellus

Oct 6, 2008 Operators have rushed to add acreage, expand leaseholds, and submit applications to drill the Marcellus shale.

SWP advances CO2 sequestration, ECBM, EOR demos

Oct 6, 2008 Southwest Regional Partnership (SWP) of the US Department of Energy (DOE) continues its Phase 2 and 3 carbon dioxide projects for validating the feasibility of sequestering CO2 in saline aquifers, coalbeds, and oil fields.

SPE: Industry cites unconventional resources potential

Oct 6, 2008 The estimated vast unconventional resources hold much promise for substantially adding to the world’s energy needs, but developing these resources entails overcoming many restraints, attendees were told Sept. 22 during the opening session of the Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Conference & Exhibition in Denver.

Equipment/Software/Literature

Oct 6, 2008

Special Report: Saudi Aramco outlines FCC catalyst evaluation method

Oct 6, 2008 This article presents how Saudi Aramco evaluates the performance of selected fluid catalytic cracking catalysts and compares this performance with vendor projections in terms of gasoline yield, research octane number, and gasoline sulfur content.

ExxonMobil expands capacity at Singapore facility

Oct 2, 2008 ExxonMobil Chemical has completed a 130,000 tonne/year (tpy) capacity expansion at its Exxsol hydrocarbon fluids plant in Jurong Island, Singapore, increasing capacity at the site to more than 500,000 tpy.

EnCana selects name for integrated oil spinoff

Sep 30, 2008 EnCana Corp. selected Cenovus Energy Inc. as the name for the new, integrated oil company it is creating as part of its split into two independent energy companies —an integrated oil company and a pure-play natural gas company. The companies will focus on unconventional resources.

Statoil teams with universities in heavy oil research

Sep 28, 2008 StatoilHydro has partnered with universities in Canada and Norway to examine ways to improve recovery of heavy oil and oil sands in an environmentally friendly way.

SPE: Industry continues tapping unconventional resource potential

Sep 23, 2008 The estimated vast unconventional resources hold much promise for substantially adding to the world's energy needs, but developing these resources entails overcoming many restraints, SPE members were told.

Keyera Facilities makes management changes

Sep 22, 2008 Keyera Facilities Income Fund has made some senior management changes.

OGJ Newsletter

Sep 22, 2008

Services/Suppliers

Sep 22, 2008

Emulsion fuel options still viable for heavy oil

Sep 22, 2008 Venezuela was until recently the only source of a unique fuel option that bypassed the traditional yet capital intensive two-step conversion of bitumen-extra heavy crudes(B-EHC) to synthetic crude oil (syncrude) and then to refinery products.
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