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  • Volume 117, Issue 9c

    Sept. 23, 2019 | Adu Dhabi National Oil Co.’s (ADNOC) 8-bcfd Habshan-Bab gas processing plant produces 10,500 tonnes/day of ethane, 4.3 bcfd of sales gas, 217,000 b/d of condensate, and 33,900 tonnes/day of propane, butane, and naphtha. ADNOC Gas Processing manages a 3,000-km pipeline network, 26 processing trains, and an NGL distillation complex at Ruwais. Photo from ADNOC.
    General Interest

    Rystad: US shale production to reach 14.5 million b/d by 2030

    Sept. 26, 2019
    US shale production will peak at 14.5 million b/d around 2030, Rystad Energy forecast, saying US light, tight oil (LTO) represented less than 1% of world oil supply 9 years ago...
    General Interest

    OGJ Newsletter

    Sept. 23, 2019
    GENERAL INTEREST Quick Takes Energy Transfer to acquire SemGroup in $5-billion deal Energy Transfer LP will acquire SemGroup Corp. in a deal valued at $5 billion, the acquiring...
    General Interest

    Journally Speaking: Robotics testing

    Sept. 23, 2019
    Oil and gas companies are testing robotics solutions on some of the industry’s more complex challenges to drive productivity and efficiency as well as mitigate risk.
    General Interest

    Editorial: Saudi Arabia’s friends

    Sept. 23, 2019
    Disruption to the oil market is not the only jarring consequence of Sept. 14 aerial attacks on production facilities in Saudi Arabia. Hazy alliances now squirm into focus.
    General Interest

    Watching Government: Trying to stop coastal leasing

    Sept. 23, 2019
    The US House of Representatives adopted three bills on Sept. 11 that would block federal oil and gas leasing off the east and west coasts, in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and on...

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    General Interest

    Saudi officials see early supply recovery

    Sept. 23, 2019
    Saudi Arabia’s oil production will recover faster than initially feared from damage inflicted by unmanned aircraft Sept. 14 to the Abqaiq crude oil processing complex and Khurais...
    General Interest

    PGC: US gas resource base broke records by yearend 2018

    Sept. 23, 2019
    The estimated US gas resource base increased to 3,374 tcf at the end of 2018, representing the largest 2-year increase in the assessment’s 54-year history, the PGC at the Colorado...
    Government

    Interior releases final EIS for ANWR coastal plain leasing program

    Sept. 23, 2019
    The US Department of the Interior released a final environmental impact statement on Sept. 12 for oil and gas lease sales on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain...
    Government

    IEA: US should address gas pipeline decision-making delays

    Sept. 23, 2019
    The US should evaluate the allocation of decision-making authority for the permitting and siting of natural gas pipelines to find possible ways to shorten lead times and reduce...
    Government

    US House bill introduced to raise federal onshore leasing bonds

    Sept. 23, 2019
    US Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) introduced a bill that would increase bonds that oil and gas developers must post before being allowed to drill on federal onshore public lands...
    General Interest

    IHS: US gas prices to fall below $2/MMbtu in 2020

    Sept. 23, 2019
    The oversupply of US natural gas—now being reinforced by a surge in associated gas production from the Permian basin—will push the average price at Henry Hub down below $2/MMbtu...
    General Interest

    Murkowski calls for DOE to monitor IMO 2020 implementation impacts

    Sept. 23, 2019
    US Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alas.), chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has recommended that the Department of Energy monitor impacts as the country implements...
    23 Sep Equinor Ma Tordis Vigdis
    General Interest

    Tordis, Vigdis facilities to operate 34 years beyond previous consents

    Sept. 23, 2019
    Equinor has been granted consent by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to use the facilities on Tordis and Vigdis fields in the North Sea beyond their respective December 2019...
    General Interest

    Western Gas aiming for 2024 for start of Equus gas production

    Sept. 23, 2019
    Western Gas Corp. Pty. Ltd. (WGC), Perth, reported that its Equus gas project offshore Western Australia is on track for coming on stream in 2024.
    Editor's Perspective

    Editor's Perspective: Energy and climate claim little of third Democratic debate

    Sept. 23, 2019
    Energy and the climate received fleeting attention at the third debate among aspirants for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.