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  • Volume 122, Issue 3

    • Volume 122, Issue 3

    APR/MAY 2024 | Saipem SPA’s Castoro 10 performs an above water tie-in of two 48-in. OD pipeline sections of Gascade’s Ostsee Anbindungsleitung (OAL) subsea pipeline about 4 km offshore Mukran, Germany. The pipeline connects the planned LNG terminal in Mukran with the German pipeline network in Lubmin and will also be used to feed green hydrogen into the German grid. Photo from ABL Group ASA.
    General Interest

    Journally Speaking: About energy transition

    April 9, 2024
    The CERAWeek conference by S&P Global convened in Houston in March with a central focus on the energy transition. Discussions among oil industry leaders highlighted their apprehensions...
    General Interest

    Editorial: Sometimes a pause is a pause

    April 9, 2024
    The Biden administration announced a temporary pause on pending decisions regarding LNG exports to countries with which the US doesn’t have free trade agreements. The pause’s ...
    General Interest

    Electric vehicle sales set to rise under new EPA tailpipe pollution rule

    April 9, 2024
    Electric vehicle (EV) sales are set to rise in the 2030s under a far-reaching climate regulation issued by the Biden administration on Mar. 20.
    General Interest

    Chevron to shutter two US biodiesel plants

    April 9, 2024
    Chevron Renewable Energy Group Inc. is shuttering two of its US biodiesel production plants amid market challenges stemming from the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Renewable...
    General Interest

    TotalEnergies restarts Tyra gas hub

    April 9, 2024
    TotalEnergies restarted production from the Tyra offshore gas installation hub (Tyra II) in the Danish North Sea, 225 km west of the coast of Esbjerg, after completion of a major...

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    General Interest

    Crude oil processing in China hit all-time high in 2023

    April 9, 2024
    China set an all-time high in crude oil processing with an average of 14.8 million b/d in 2023. This surge was propelled by the nation’s expanding economy and refinery capacity...
    General Interest

    Biden administration strengthens limits on soot pollution despite industry objection

    April 9, 2024
    The Biden administration on Feb. 7 lowered the national annual ambient air quality standards for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) to 9 micrograms/cu m from the current 12 micrograms...
    General Interest

    EIA: US currently produces more crude oil than any country in history

    April 9, 2024
    According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA)’s International Energy Statistics, the US has produced more crude oil than any country at any time for the past 6 consecutive...
    General Interest

    EQT, Equitrans look to create vertically integrated natural gas business with merger

    April 9, 2024
    EQT Corp., Pittsburgh, the largest natural gas producer in the US, has agreed to acquire Equitrans Midstream Corp., its former midstream unit and one of Appalachia’s largest natural...
    General Interest

    Sonangol lets contract for Lobito refinery project

    April 9, 2024
    Angola’s state-owned Sonangol EP has let a contract to KBR Inc. to provide project management services for the design and construction of the operator’s long-planned proposal ...
    General Interest

    EIA raises Brent price forecast on extended OPEC+ production cuts

    April 9, 2024
    In its March issue Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said it expects the Brent crude oil spot price will average $88/bbl in second...
    General Interest

    Neuquén basin operators plan collective spend of $9 billion in 2024

    April 9, 2024
    Companies operating in the Vaca Muerta shale formation in the province Neuquén, Argentina, expect to invest US$9.05 billion for operations in the area this year, according to ...
    Capital expenditure by groups.
    Economics & Markets

    US E&P companies’ capital spending to decrease in 2024

    April 9, 2024
    A consortium comprising 25 US-listed exploration and production companies intends to allocate $61.7-65.4 billion for total capital expenditure in 2024, a decrease from the $66...
    Louisiana State University configured its Well 2 to perform gas-in riser tests (Fig. 1). Source: SPE-217444
    Exploration & Development

    Fixed-choke circulation vents riser gas

    April 9, 2024
    Venting riser gas during a gas influx event relieves riser pressure and enables pit monitoring, but it can lead to uncontrollable discharge. A novel fixed-choke, constant-outflow...
    Friction-pressure estimates (Fig. 1).
    Drilling & Production

    Polyacrylamides replace Guar for offshore completions

    April 9, 2024
    Deep offshore fractured wells require high surface-treating pressure to achieve required bottomhole pressures for treatment. These pressures can reach frac-boat limits and need...
    GAO.
    Gathering line decommissioning.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Federal agencies need plan to decommission gathering lines

    April 9, 2024
    A recent report by the US Government Accountability Office advised that directors of the Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service, and the...