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    Watching Government: Licensing professional engineers

    April 16, 2019
    A US House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee’s Apr. 3 pipeline safety hearing concentrated on conditions creating too much pressure during Columbia Gas of Massachusetts...
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    US offshore safety

    April 16, 2019
    The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and industry are revising the way each does its work in the Gulf of Mexico, BSEE Director Scott Angelle said during a March...
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    Attack of Tripoli escalates civil war in splintered Libya

    April 15, 2019
    Less than 2 weeks before they were to meet under United Nations auspices to discuss peace, militant groups shoved Libya back toward widespread war.
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    Sinochem lets contract for Quanzhou refinery ethylene project

    April 15, 2019
    Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sinochem Group, has let a contract to a China-based joint-venture of John Wood Group PLC to provide engineering...
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    Epsilon field well flows oil off Greece

    April 15, 2019
    Energean Oil & Gas PLC, London, started production at a stabilized, restricted rate of 1,000 b/d of oil from an extended-reach well development well in Epsilon field in the Aegean...

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    PetroRio becomes operator of Frade field offshore Brazil

    April 15, 2019
    PetroRio SA is now operator of Frade field, a heavy oil and gas field in Brazil’s Northern Campos basin, following the close of its acquisition of Chevron Brasil Upstream Frade...
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    Papua New Guinea government, partners sign LNG agreement

    April 15, 2019
    Total SA along with joint venture partners ExxonMobil Corp. and Oil Search Ltd. have signed a gas agreement with the government of Papua New Guinea that defines the fiscal framework...
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    Short-lived oil price rally to wane in 2020, researcher says

    April 15, 2019
    As oil prices approach $70/bbl, Rystad Energy expects that a short-lived price rally through the first half of 2020 will then lose momentum and be replaced by a need for additional...
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    Barclays report points to five signs offshore industry is recovering

    April 15, 2019
    Five signs that the offshore oil and gas industry is recovering are starting to become clearer, with 2019 seen as a transition year and with offshore embarking on a multiyear ...
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    EIA revises up oil price forecasts for 2019

    April 15, 2019
    Due to a slightly tighter global oil market, the US Energy Information Administration, in its latest Short-Term Energy outlook, forecasts Brent spot prices to average $65/bbl ...
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    Colorado Senate sends reworked SB 181 to governor for signature

    April 15, 2019
    Colorado’s Senate sent a reworked SB 181 with House amendments to Gov. Jared Polis (D) for his signature on Apr. 3 by a 19-16 vote. Officials from the Colorado Oil & Gas Association...
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    CRS: Carbon tax could help US meet Paris accord’s GHG goals

    April 15, 2019
    A $25-50/tonne tax or fee on carbon emissions could help the US meet goals outlined in the United Nations’ 2016 Paris climate agreement, Congressional Research Service analysts...
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    US Sen. Alexander proposes ‘New Manhattan Project’ for clean energy

    April 15, 2019
    US Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) proposed what he termed “one Republican’s response to climate change: a New Manhattan Project for Clean Energy.”
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    US House Democrats want pipeline safety mandates implemented sooner

    April 15, 2019
    US House Democrats have called for speedier implementation of mandates in the 2011 and 2016 reauthorizations of the federal oil and gas and hazardous materials pipeline safety...
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    Oil market guesswork

    April 15, 2019
    Serious guessing must start soon in a market sensitive to guesswork. Ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and cooperating nonmembers will meet on June...
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    OGJ Newsletter

    April 15, 2019
    International news for oil and gas professionals