Ten guidelines for managing the risks of collaborationThese guidelines can help oil and gas operators manage the antitrust risks of collaborations with competitors: |
FOCUS: UNCONVENTIONAL OIL & GAS — Montney, Duvernay will be key to Canada shale oil, gas growthThe 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 Montney in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB). |
Automation maximizes performance for shale wellsAlthough automation technology has been used for many years to improve well performance in oil and gas production, the technology continues to evolve, benefitting both operations and production. |
OGJ NewsletterInternational news for oil and gas professionals |
Chesapeake Energy establishes office of chairmanThe board of Chesapeake Energy Corp. has established a three-member office of the chairman while continuing its previously announced chief executive officer search process. |
Eni, Enel plan work on electric mobilityEni SPA and Enel, Italy’s largest electric power company, have signed a letter of intent covering cooperation on electric mobility. |
Gazprom faces growing pressure to change, experts say in reportChanging global natural gas markets may compel Russia’s state gas company Gazprom to dramatically change, two Washington observers suggested, but the changes won’t be easy, and will take time, they said during a seminar at the Atlantic Council. |
Sinopec Corp., parent form $3 billion joint ventureChina Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec Corp.) agreed to form a joint venture with parent company China Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec Group) to be called Sinopec International Petroleum E&P Hongkong Overseas Ltd. |
OGJ NewsletterInternational news for oil and gas professionals |
Rosneft closes TNK-BP transaction with BP, AAROAO Rosneft has closed a number of transactions to take over TNK-BP, and the closing was announced as BP PLC Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley and Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin met with Russian President Vladimir Putin near Moscow. |
BLM seeks comments on EOG's proposed Natural Buttes liquids systemThe US Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on an environmental assessment of EOG Resources Inc.’s proposed liquids gathering system at the independent producer’s Natural Buttes natural gas leases in eastern Utah. |
Sanchez Energy to buy Hess Corp. Eagle Ford shale assetsSanchez Energy Corp., Houston, will buy South Texas Eagle Ford shale properties and acreage from Hess Corp. for $265 million cash. |
Mitsui to buy quarter stake in Italy's Tempa Rossa fieldMitsui & Co. Ltd., Tokyo, will acquire Total SA’s Italian subsidiary that holds a 25% participating interest in supergiant Tempa Rossa oil field in southern Italy, the largest proved undeveloped onshore oil field in Western Europe, from which production is projected to start in 2016. |
Industry's fiscal impactIn a recent study, the oil and natural gas industry was measured to see what type of influence it had on the impact of the US economy in 2011 regarding employment, labor income, and value added. |
XTO to buy BNK's Oklahoma Woodford shale gas assetsExxonMobil Corp.’s XTO Energy Inc. subsidiary will buy Woodford shale gas assets in Tishomingo field in south-central Oklahoma from BNK Petroleum Inc., Camarillo, Calif., for $147.5 million. |
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Oil Sands and Heavy Oil Technologies |
July 23, 2013 | |
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October 21, 2013 | |
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October 22, 2013 | |
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October 24, 2013 | |
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