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    Russia has signed several agreements for oil and gas with Serbia, largely aimed at underscoring its political support for the Balkan country.
    March 3, 2008
    Total SA plans a $19 billion capital expenditure for this year, with refining and marketing accounting for $2.5 billion and petrochemicals $1.3 billion.
    March 3, 2008
    Quantity targets to introduce biofuels into the European Union’s energy mix should be scrapped in favor of a low-carbon policy approach, according to a senior environmentalist...
    March 3, 2008
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    Imperial Oil Ltd., Calgary, has named B.H. March, currently president, to succeed current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer T.J. Hearn, who will retire Mar. 31.
    March 3, 2008
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    General Interest - Quick TakesEcuador hails ‘integration’ with VenezuelaEcuadorian President Rafael Correa, while accepting drilling services offered by Venezuela at a discounted...
    March 3, 2008
    The administration of President George W. Bush sends conflicting signals when it wants to expand purchases for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve despite unusually high prices while...
    March 3, 2008
    Falling capital efficiency for operators on the UK continental shelf (UKCS) is threatening the area’s global competitiveness for upstream investment, offshore trade association...
    March 3, 2008
    Oil and gas were pushed to the sidelines during the National Governors Association’s 2008 winter meeting in Washington, DC.
    March 3, 2008
    Is Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez selling off his country’s oil and gas assets to pay off debts? Reports say his government is selling overseas assets owned by Petroleos de...
    March 3, 2008
    Canada’s oil sands projects sometimes are portrayed as looming environmental villains.
    March 3, 2008
    I understand that the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (ASPO) will not always be invited to speak at CERA Week (Cambridge Energy Research Associates annual conference...
    March 3, 2008
    EOG Resources Inc. booked 21 million boe of proved reserves in Parshall field in the North Dakota Bakken shale oil play by yearend 2007 and is still comfortable with its previous...
    March 3, 2008
    For the first time ever, a front-month contract for benchmark US light, sweet crudes closed above $100/bbl Feb. 19—at $100.01/bbl, up $4.51 for the day—after setting...
    March 3, 2008
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    MESA Products Inc.Hall and FourkillerClick here to enlarge imageTulsa, has appointed Charles L. Hall as director, business development. He will be responsible for business development...
    March 3, 2008
    The Congressional Budget Office is right to favor a tax on carbon dioxide over other possible US responses to climate change.
    March 3, 2008
    Thanks to success of the surge dominating news from Iraq, the time approaches to reconsider another surge now largely forgotten.
    March 3, 2008
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    Proper chemicals allow safe and economical cleaning and emptying of a large crude line using compressed air, rendering the line hydrocarbon free with a lower explosion level for...
    March 3, 2008
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    All-metal progressing cavity pump handles hot fluidsHere’s the Vulcain progressing cavity pump, a new product with an all-metal design that is capable of pumping hot (as high ...
    March 3, 2008
    Addax Petroleumwww.addaxpetroleum.comAmbar Lone Starwww.ambarlonestar.comBaker Hughes IncorporatedCentriliftwww.centrilift.comBasic Energy Serviceswww.basicenergyservices.comCareerBuild...
    March 3, 2008
    Philadelphia operator Atlas Energy Resources LLC said it has determined that it could ultimately recover 4 to 6 tcf of natural gas from the Devonian Marcellus shale on its properties...
    March 3, 2008
    Rapid development progress at giant Pinedale and Jonah gas fields in Southwest Wyoming is evident in the year-end financial and operating figures of Ultra Petroleum Corp., Houston...
    March 3, 2008