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    General Interest - Quick TakesDemocrats propose bill to boost nonoil energyForty-three US Senate Democrats proposed energy legislation May 17 that would accelerate development...
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    Predicting oil and gas supply and demand is always a dicey matter.
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    A recent global benchmarking study on petroleum supply-chain efficiency reveals that refiners have not kept pace with other industries in this area.
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    Field results and laboratory tests show that including surfactant treatments can lengthen the polymer injection effectiveness to 30 months from the 3 months previously experienced...
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    On Jan. 1 of this year, Mexico initiated a new fiscal regime for its oil and gas industry, primarily to ensure the financial stability of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the national...
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    Market principles and the rule of law are under assault. From Russia to Latin America to the US, high oil prices have touched off a round of government activism.
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    The US Federal Trade Commission found no instances of illegal market manipulation to increase gasoline prices in the weeks following Hurricane Katrina late last summer, the federal...
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    US Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) has called for creation of a strategic energy fund, bankrolled by additional taxes on major oil company profits, to stimulate research and investment...
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    ExxonMobil Corp has instructed managers of its worldwide facilities to stand up for human rights in communities where the company operates.
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    Baker Atlas Back Cover www.bakeratlas.comErnst & Young ey.com/us/energycenterGE Inspection Technology geinspectiontechnologies.comHalliburton Drilling and Formation EvaluationIndustrial...
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    The House passed another bill authorizing oil and gas leasing of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain May 26 as opponents protested that supporters had choked off...
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    US oil and gas producers, pipelines, and refiners are working closely with federal, state, and local governments to prepare for the 2006 hurricane season, industry and government...
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    The beginning of the 2006 hurricane season in the US finds operators girding for another onslaught of severe storms.
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    With the administration of President George W. Bush apparently trying to get as far away from oil and gas as possible while it promotes alternative energy sources, the 109th Congress...
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    Integration of conventional seismic data with nonlinear seismic data can provide the industry with new opportunities to better map in situ reservoir properties.
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    Crude prices shot past $71/bbl May 23 with predictions of another strong hurricane season, then fell below $70/bbl in the next session because of a bigger-than-expected build ...
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    While buyers in Japan have been willing to make long-term purchase commitments in early 2006, Korea Gas Corp. (Kogas) and other private importers in Korea were still sitting on...
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    Burning food for fuel creates interesting possibilities. In a recent issue of its Amber Waves periodical, the US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (USDA-ERS)...
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