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    Global oil consumption will increase by just 0.6%, representing a decline of 1.3% in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries and an increase of 2.3% in...
    Jan. 12, 2009
    Th Italian Refiner 01
    As part of a large operational improvement program for its refining and marketing division, Eni SPA, with the support of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), developed a new strategy...
    Jan. 12, 2009
    Th Canadian Companies 01
    The high season for Canadian drilling should begin now, but many Canadian operators plan to scale back operations.
    Jan. 12, 2009
    Th Woodford Well 01
    Modules placed in the production casing string eliminated the need for wellbore intervention for completing a Woodford shale horizontal well.
    Jan. 12, 2009
    All Russian gas supplies through Ukraine were shut down early Jan. 7 in a further escalation of the OAO Gazprom-Naftogaz pricing dispute, leaving some European Union and Balkan...
    Jan. 12, 2009
    Th Change 01
    Barack H. Obama ran for US president on a platform that emphasized change.
    Jan. 12, 2009
    ExxonMobil Corp. expects global energy demand to increase by an average 1.2%/year during 2005-30, even assuming major energy efficiency gains.
    Jan. 12, 2009
    Europe has stopped receiving gas supplies from Russia via Ukraine amid the bitter dispute that Russia’s OAO Gazprom is embroiled with Ukraine over unpaid bills and prices for ...
    Jan. 12, 2009
    Moody’s Investors Service has changed its outlook of the independent exploration and production industry to negative, citing the “precipitous decline” in oil and natural gas prices...
    Jan. 12, 2009
    ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. agreed to pay more than $6 million in fines for a 2006 oil products spill near its Everett, Mass., terminal, the US Department of Justice said on Dec. ...
    Jan. 12, 2009
    Gas companies are uncertain whether to make LNG investments as gas demand falls due to high prices and the economic downturn, speakers said at the CWC LNG summit in Barcelona....
    Jan. 12, 2009
    The Gas Exporters Countries Forum (GECF), a group of the world’s largest natural gas suppliers, has established a charter and chosen Doha as the home for its permanent secretariat...
    Jan. 12, 2009
    Crude oil futures prices started off 2009 with positive movement on New York and London markets amid rising geopolitical tensions.
    Jan. 12, 2009
    The Japanese are floating ideas that may create waves in the oil and gas industry.
    Jan. 12, 2009
    In a move with dire implications for exploration and production on federal land, the US Senate returned to business as usual as the 111th Congress began work.
    Jan. 12, 2009
    Th Indonesia 01
    Indonesia’s LNG production is projected to decrease by more than 2% in 2009, largely due to a decline in the supply of natural gas to the country’s Bontang LNG facility.
    Jan. 12, 2009
    Th Ogj Newsletter 01
    General Interest — Quick TakesSEC approves reserves reporting requirementsThe US Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously approved changes to its reporting requirements ...
    Jan. 12, 2009
    Indonesia’s state-owned PT Pertamina may delay its decision to seek partners for developing the Natuna D-Alpha gas block in the Riau Islands.
    Jan. 12, 2009
    Publicly traded producers were elated when the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new oil and gas reserves disclosure regulations Dec. 29, 2008.
    Jan. 12, 2009
    Demand patterns for global LPG trade will change in the near term, according to New York-based Poten & Partners, a global broker and commercial advisor for energy and ocean transportati...
    Jan. 12, 2009
    Mexico’s Petroleos Mexicanos has awarded four contracts worth a total $154 million for the construction of 344 drilling pads and access roads in the Chicontepec region.
    Jan. 12, 2009
    It’s sad that the oil industry is still approaching the new government with a focus on producing more barrels per day.
    Jan. 12, 2009
    US President-elect Barrack Obama picked several environmentalists and climate-change advocates to form his administration, and that has prompted some heated comments, both pro...
    Jan. 12, 2009
    Th Algorithm Helps 01
    The design of a 3D seismic survey depends on a number of field parameters that control the patch geometry and layout of source and receiver lines.
    Jan. 12, 2009