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    To achieve a good electrical submersible pump run life, one needs first to understand the key factors that affect the system's run life and then effectively manage those factors...
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    With energy and climate legislation unlikely to pass during the 111th Congress, US House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry W. Waxman (D-Calif.) urged the US Chamber...
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    The US natural gas market is in good shape, with production at levels not seen in more than 35 years, moderate prices, and storage about 90% full with about 3 weeks left in the...
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    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE), formerly known as the Minerals Management Service, issued new guidelines and measures in the form...
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    The UK group formed to improve the offshore producing industry's spill prevention and response has selected a concept for a modular well-capping device adapted to harsh weather...
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    BP PLC Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley, in a major speech before the Confederation of British Industry, admitted that the firm's "very existence" had been threatened as a terrible...
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    The US Department of State said it will closely monitor recent energy agreements between Venezuela and Iran to ensure that they do not violate international sanctions.
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    Member countries of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are thriving on oil export revenue but, in many cases, eroding their export capacities by subsidizing domestic...
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    Nick SnowWashington EditorPennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell signed an executive order halting further oil and gas development in state forests on Oct. 26. Rendell said he acted...
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    The US Geological Survey has sharply reduced its estimate of conventional, undiscovered oil in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska on Alaska's Central North Slope since the ...
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    Other US Senate and House campaigns may have received more attention for their energy policy implications. But the contest in Connecticut to replace retiring US Sen. Christopher...
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    Russia's state-owned East Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline received two boosts last week: oil discoveries in Eastern Siberia and a pirate attack on a tanker off Kenya's coast...
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    Coalbed methane production from the Cherokee basin in southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma appears to be dropping from peaks in 2008 in Kansas and 2006 in Oklahoma.
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    Units produce N2 at wellsiteNitro2Go nitrogen generation is available to producers in major US shale plays to help rapidly recover frac fluids, kick off well production, and unload...
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    ChristopHer E. SmithPipeline EditorOn the eve of Election Day 2010 in the US, much work needs to be done on a number of fronts, both regarding the energy industry and other issues...
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    Wison Floating Systems Inc.,BreauxMcCleveyNoyolaHouston, has named its core management group. CEO and Pres. L. Dwayne Breaux has worked on nearly all types of floating facilities...
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    Natural gas pipeline operators in 2009 saw their profits drop to lows not seen since 2006, falling nearly 9% despite the lesser 4.27% drop in revenues.
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    by Sam Fletcher, Senior WriterOctober started with promise as the November crude contract climbed to a near 8-week high of $81.58/bbl Oct. 1 on the New York Mercantile Exchange...
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    Jockeying seems to have resumed in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries over reserves estimates, reviving questions about what these numbers mean—and what they do...
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    Henry Waxman, chairman of the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, yearns for cooperation on energy legislation in the next session of Congress. Sure he does."Wrestling ...
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    As the petroleum industry examines the lessons learned from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, one positive takeaway is the success with which remote sensing technologies were deployed...
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    World offshore crude oil production started in the 1940s and has grown from a modest 1 million b/d in the 1960s to nearly 24 million b/d in 2009, representing one third of present...
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    The US Energy Department has awarded $20 million in grants to research, develop, and demonstrate cutting-edge geothermal technologies.
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    The initial excitement over exploration off the Falkland Islands has cooled considerably following BHP Billiton's recent decision not to enter the second phase of the southern...
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