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    Oil and gas companies are updating their tools for reporting environmental, health, and safety (EHS), and social issues.
    Oct. 1, 2007
    Conflicting diplomatic schedules have caused Japan and China to postpone their next round of talks aimed at resolving a dispute over gas exploration rights in the East China Sea...
    Oct. 1, 2007
    At a time when energy issues supposedly had moved into the background in Washington, DC, the US Commodity Trading Futures Commission quietly held a timely-some might say overdue...
    Oct. 1, 2007
    The Canadian oil and gas producing industry is responding cautiously to recommendations for large royalty increases in Alberta.
    Oct. 1, 2007
    Geophysical methods will have important applications in commercializing unconventional oil and gas resources, a panel of geoscientists told the opening session of the Society ...
    Oct. 1, 2007
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    Oil and gas companies in growing numbers are issuing sustainability reports in response to demand for information on corporate governance and risk-mitigation.
    Oct. 1, 2007
    The US Government Accountability Office has agreed to examine relationships between refining capacity and gasoline prices and demand in response to requests from Connecticut’s...
    Oct. 1, 2007
    State governments are the logical entities to implement and administer regulations for carbon dioxide storage, the Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission Task Force on Carbon...
    Oct. 1, 2007
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    General Interest - Quick TakesSenate committee begins energy bill discussionsAfter weeks of silence regarding a possible conference to reconcile differences between comprehensive...
    Oct. 1, 2007
    US state and federal air quality and environmental agencies are contemplating how to better estimate and measure the level of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions coming...
    Oct. 1, 2007
    A few weeks ago, we wondered if oil diplomacy was driving Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez over the edge.
    Oct. 1, 2007
    With its third legislative package on energy revealed Sept. 19, the European Commission is tackling head-on the nine countries opposed to ownership unbundling-the crux of its ...
    Oct. 1, 2007
    The UK oil and gas industry likely will survive the credit squeeze in the financial markets, a senior banker said in London, adding that the industry is important and cyclical...
    Oct. 1, 2007
    Brigham Exploration Co., Austin, has formed a new Wyoming joint venture and signed a letter of intent for a work program to explore and develop more than 240,000 gross acres of...
    Oct. 1, 2007
    Over the past 12-18 months oil and gas companies have been operating in a suppliers’ market.
    Oct. 1, 2007
    I hope your Aug. 27 editorial, “Restating temperatures,” (p. 19) moderates the global warming zealots, but so far it doesn’t look like it has.
    Oct. 1, 2007
    The front month crude contract hit record highs in either intraday trading or closings-usually both-in eight consecutive trading sessions Sept. 11-20 on the New York Mercantile...
    Oct. 1, 2007
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    Looking closely at prevailing natural gas statistics for production, consumption, net export capability, and proved reserves of each country provides insight into how various ...
    Oct. 1, 2007
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    ModuSpec USALewandClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has appointed Peter F. Lewand as vice-president and general manager. He will be responsible for operations in North America...
    Oct. 1, 2007
    ArmeniaTranseuro Energy Corp., Vancouver, BC, spudded the Karmir-1 exploratory well on a gas prospect in the Armavir region of Block 2 in Armenia.The country’s first exploration...
    Oct. 1, 2007
    New manifold for high-pressure instrumentationThe new Hi-Pro 3/8 in. bore double block and bleed manifold operates at as high as 15,000 psi cold working pressure.The company says...
    Oct. 1, 2007
    Alberta’s government has arrived at a political intersection that’s becoming too familiar.
    Oct. 1, 2007
    The governor of Connecticut has found yet another way for Americans to think self-destructively about energy.
    Oct. 1, 2007
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    Oct. 1, 2007
    Palo Duro Energy Inc., Vancouver, BC, said it is preparing an exploration program for fall in the Palo Duro basin using proprietary electromagnetic technologies.
    Oct. 1, 2007
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    Major questions remain over the enduring legitimacy of production sharing contracts being signed by Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
    Oct. 1, 2007