Volume 117, Issue 6

US House panel studies E&P impacts on water supplies

June 6, 2019

Members split along party lines on May 16 as a US House Natural Resources Committee subcommittee considered whether US above-ground and underwater supplies are protected adequately...

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Officials outline trials, prospects at USEA meeting

June 6, 2019

The US will need to equally address global climate change and other substantive trials if it expects to benefit from promising energy opportunities worldwide, speakers at the ...

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IHS Markit: Crude oil-to-chemicals process seen doubling profits

June 6, 2019

Crude oil-to-chemicals (COTC), a new chemical process technology, could more than double the profitability derived from a barrel of crude oil, according to IHS Markit.

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Midstream operators focus on infrastructure expansions

June 3, 2019

Pipeline-system capacity constraints in the Permian basin limited crude oil, natural gas, and NGL production in 2018, and fractionation capacity in Mont Belvieu, Tex., also constrained...

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Fixing global relations

June 3, 2019

For the oil and gas industry, foreign policy is supremely important. Companies working internationally have clear interests in effective relations between countries where they...

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The Permian’s demographics

June 3, 2019

Oil and gas activities drive economic growth in the Texas portion of the Permian basin, but so do some other industries, according to a recent report on regional demographics ...

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Cairn implements chemical EOR in Rajasthan oil fields

June 3, 2019

Cairn Oil & Gas, a unit of Vedanta Ltd., accelerated enhanced oil recovery (EOR) pilots in Mangala, Bhagyam, and Aishwariya fields (MBA), where it plans to implement field-scale...

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ExxonMobil planning to explore offshore Namibia

June 3, 2019

ExxonMobil Corp. plans to explore the frontier Namibe basin offshore Namibia through an agreement with the government of Namibia and the National Petroleum Corp. (NAMCOR). ExxonMobil...

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NIS Gazprom Neft increases exploration in Romania

June 3, 2019

NIS Gazprom Neft is planning 2019 onshore exploration in Romania on deep sections of conventional oil and gas reservoirs in metamorphous rocks and unconventional shales in Pannonian...

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Howard, WPX Energy complete Delaware basin expansion projects

June 3, 2019

Howard Energy Partners (HEP), San Antonio, and WPX Energy Inc., Tulsa, have completed construction on the majority of the 50-50 joint venture’s previously announced crude oil ...

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Association heads laud EPA’s cost-benefit analysis memo

June 3, 2019

Oil and gas associations responded favorably to US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler’s May 13 memorandum stating that the agency should ensure its...

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Liquids yield driving Montney production growth forecast

June 3, 2019

Total production in Canada’s Montney play will likely reach 10 bcfd of natural gas equivalent this year, an increase of 16% from 2018, and is forecasted to reach 20 bcfed by 2030...

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Consortium launches industrial-scale CCS project

June 3, 2019

A consortium of 11 European stakeholders including ArcelorMittal, Axens, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN), and Total SA, has launched a project to demonstrate an innovative process...

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Collaboration needed to meet Mexico’s hydrocarbon ambitions

June 3, 2019

While there hasn’t been a dramatic change for the energy industry in Mexico since President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office in 2018, progressive collaboration between ...

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‘Enhanced front-end loading’ aims for assurance in project planning

June 3, 2019

For several decades, the oil and gas industry has considered front-end loading (FEL) an essential best practice for assuring owners, when making the final investment decision ...

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OGJ Newsletter

June 3, 2019

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