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  • Volume 117, Issue 7

    • Volume 117, Issue 7

    July 1, 2019
    Editor's Perspective

    US-Iranian tension revives worry about Strait of Hormuz

    July 8, 2019
    Saber-rattling between the US and Iran revives an old worry: What happens if the Strait of Hormuz closes?
    General Interest

    A pipeline-safety test

    July 1, 2019
    For more-leftward Democrats in the US House of Representatives, deliberation of pipeline-safety legislation might, over the next few months, cause discomfort. A common-sense proposal...
    General Interest

    Don’t forget to help

    July 1, 2019
    Oilfield Helping Hands (OHH), a nonprofit organization that helps oil field families in financial crisis, in March awarded its first grants from the Permian Basin Chapter to qualified...
    General Interest

    Deregulation for diesel

    July 1, 2019
    Your May 27 editorial about the Environmental Protection Agency’s excessive regulations during the pre-Trump era prompted me to lay out for you this story about EPA’s horrendous...
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    General Interest

    Permian crude producers push gathering capacity, optionality

    July 1, 2019
    Permian basin crude oil producers pushing to expand takeaway capacity as a means of bolstering regional crude prices have found willing partners in midstream operators seeking...

    More content from Volume 117, Issue 7

    General Interest

    Permian basin operators cut drilling time, lower expense

    July 1, 2019
    Permian basin operators are focused on cutting costs while increasing production for 2019 through operational efficiencies, including faster drilling, multiwell pads, longer laterals...
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    General Interest

    Permian operators apply ROZ science to shales

    July 1, 2019
    L. Stephen MelzerMelzer ConsultingMidland, Tex.David B. VanceArcadis US Inc.Midland, Tex.Permian basin operators are combining diagnostic measurements with the science of residual...
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    General Interest

    Permian pipeline projects race to remove export bottlenecks

    July 1, 2019
    Pipeline companies are building nearly 4.6 million b/d of crude capacity out of the Permian basin to the US Gulf Coast scheduled to enter service between end-2019 and first-half...
    General Interest

    Oil market stability reliant on rational policy outcomes

    July 1, 2019
    Major producers’ output cuts supported a 40% rally of crude oil prices in the first 4 months of this year. However, concerns of slowing oil demand growth are becoming salient ...
    Photo from Equinor ASA by Roar Lindefjeld and Bo B. Randulff.
    Located in 1,300 m of water in the Vøring area of the Norwegian Sea, 300 km west of Sandnessjøen, the Aasta Hansteen field (on stream Dec. 16, 2018) and the Snefrid North discovery (start-up by yearend 2019) have combined reserves estimated at 55.6 billion scm of gas and 600,000 scm of condensate (353 MMboe).
    General Interest

    Equinor issues Aasta Hansteen condensate assay

    July 1, 2019
    Based on a sample taken Mar. 17, 2019, Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil ASA) on May 7, 2019, issued a commercial assay of condensate from the deepwater Aasta Hansteen field in the...
    General Interest

    OGJ Newsletter

    July 1, 2019
    GENERAL INTEREST Quick TakesProjects selected for unconventional recovery R&DThe US Department of Energy’s Fossil Energy Office has selected 12 projects to receive $44.5 million...
    General Interest

    Permian basin deal volume down, but not out

    July 1, 2019
    Despite a slowdown in Permian basin-focused merger and acquisition activity, hydrocarbon extraction from the region continues to be the driver of US onshore production. Expect...
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    General Interest

    Permian basin gas operators seek flexible options for processing

    July 1, 2019
    Ben OwensHoneywell UOP LLCDes Plaines, Ill.As the largest and fastest-growing oil production region in the world, the Permian basin is producing sufficient associated gas to shift...