OGJ - Current Issue

Analysis yields turnaround benchmarks for allowance, contingency

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Turnarounds—also known as planned outages or shutdowns—are major events for refineries and other petrochemical facilities.

2012 worldwide EOR survey

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Global biofuels will struggle to match ambitious objectives

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

When the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) published the September 2011 edition of its Petroleum Supply Monthly, it marked the sixth month out of the previous 9 in which the US was a net exporter of refined products.

Watching Government: Still seeking a quick fix

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The Silly Season has arrived earlier than usual in Washington—undoubtedly because gasoline prices have soared, and many members of Congress feel their constituents' pain more than usual because it's an election year.

Survey: Miscible CO₂ now eclipses steam in US EOR production

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Miscible CO₂ now accounts for more oil production in the US than any other enhanced oil recovery method, eclipsing steam injection in Oil & Gas Journal's 2012 EOR/Heavy Oil Survey.

CEA-backed study contests impact of regional low-carbon fuel standard

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Establishing a regional low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) for 11 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic US states would not establish its proponent's goals and would significantly increase gasoline prices and cause economic hardship, a study commissioned by the Consumer Energy Alliance concluded.

Deepwater, land discoveries high-grade East African margin

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

World-class deepwater natural gas discoveries offshore in the Indian Ocean have turned the East African margin into one of the planet's hottest exploration theaters.

SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Can't outsmart world markets

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Some 30 years after Edwin Drake drilled the first oil well in 1859, an official in the US Geological Service declared that all the available crude in the world had been found.

FOCUS: UNCONVENTIONAL OIL & GAS—Unconventional resource estimates subject to uncertainty, future costs

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Unconventional resource estimates, especially US natural gas resource estimates, have escalated in recent years. Simultaneously, debate about the accuracy of particular shale play resource assessments also has escalated because these assessments have varied greatly among assessors.

AOPL cites need for more pipelines as Obama visits Cushing

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

More pipeline capacity will be needed to handle changing US crude oil and refining markets, the Association of Oil Pipe Lines said as US President Barack Obama prepared to visit a major pipeline project at Cushing, Okla.

Research seeks new chemical methods to improve CO₂ floods

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Research sponsored by the US government seeks development of new chemical methods for improving mobility and conformance of carbon dioxide floods in enhanced oil recovery.

Nelson-farrar cost indexes

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Energy independence better as sales slogan than as policy target

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

In service to the quality of discourse, the oil and gas industry should fall silent on energy independence and hope that others who converse about energy recognize the consequent boost to public enlightenment and do likewise.

LNG UPDATE: Shale, East Africa plays could boost global LNG supplies

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

If global LNG players looked to 2011 for clarity about and even solutions to some of their most vexing problems—a global imbalance in supply and demand chief among them—the year must have disappointed.

Corruption and information

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The recent article "Focusing on corruption" argues that the fight against corruption "is too important to be allowed to serve as cover for other political agendas..

The broader tax threat

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

In its fight against prejudicial tax increases, the US oil and gas industry receives welcome support from business in general.

API launches campaign as Senate considers oil tax legislation

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The American Petroleum Institute launched a new campaign to educate consumers in seven states about the consequences of increasing oil and gas production costs as the US Senate headed toward a vote on legislation that would repeal federal tax provisions for the industry.

LNG's role in post-Fukushima Japanese energy policy

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

As a result of the disruption in nuclear power operations since Mar. 11, 2011, Japan's demand for LNG as well as low-sulfur fuel oil and crude oil for power generation increased significantly.

OGJ Newsletter

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

International news for oil and gas professional

Regulatory complexity increasing for companies handling chemicals

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

New federal safety rules on offshore oil and gas activities are among several developments making it very important for operators to have up-to-date information on chemicals at use at their locations.

EQUIPMENT |SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

COMMENT—EOR can extend the promise of unconventional oil and gas

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

A new chapter is unfolding in the story of the unconventional oil and natural gas development boom that has revolutionized the global energy industry: its embrace of cutting-edge research in technologies designed to enhance oil and gas recovery.

Senate agrees to debate Menendez's latest oil tax bill

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The US Senate voted overwhelmingly to proceed with debate on Sen. Robert Menendez's (D-NJ) bill to increase taxes on the five largest US oil companies by repealing several federal tax deductions they use.

Bakken's maximum potential oil production rate explored

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

North Dakota began producing oil in 1951, and production in the late 1970s reached 100,000 b/d where it remained until the early 2000s.

Lawsuit asks WOGCC to review frac fluid trade secret exemptions

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The Powder River Basin Resource Council (PRBRC) and other groups asked Wyoming's Seventh District Court to require the Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (WOGCC) in Casper to disclose more information about chemicals used during hydraulic fracturing.

Exploration/Development Briefs

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

McMoRan logs new pays at gulf shelf deep program

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Hydraulic perforating equipment malfunctioned during initial attempts to perforate and flow-test the Wilcox F sand at the Davy Jones indicated discovery well on South Marsh Island Block 230 in the Gulf of Mexico, said operator McMoRan Exploration Co., New Orleans.

Reducing environmental risk associated with Marcellus shale gas fracturing

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

This article was written to express a professional opinion regarding the use of available groundwater technology to reduce both real and perceived water quality impacts from shale gas hydraulic fracturing (fracing) operations, particularly in the Marcellus shale.

Walking the talk

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

When it comes to reducing prices and regulating oil supplies, political leaders seem to produce more talk than action.

COMMENT—Beyond transparency: EITI stretches 'civil society' role

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), endorsed by US President Barack Obama and supported by oil companies as an antidote for corruption, is becoming as much a tool of interest-group politics as it is a mechanism of transparency.

Nelson-Farrar Quarterly Costimating: Indexes for selected equipment items continue trend begun in 1983

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Continuing a trend starting in 1983, the Nelson-Farrar refinery construction index rose quickly to 2,378.1 in December 2010 from 2,281.6 in January that year (see table at right). Then it slowed and ended with 2,457.9 in December 2011.

OGJ - Current Issue

Analysis yields turnaround benchmarks for allowance, contingency

2012 worldwide EOR survey

Global biofuels will struggle to match ambitious objectives

Watching Government: Still seeking a quick fix

Survey: Miscible CO2 now eclipses steam in US EOR production

CEA-backed study contests impact of regional low-carbon fuel standard

Deepwater, land discoveries high-grade East African margin

SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

Can't outsmart world markets

FOCUS: UNCONVENTIONAL OIL & GAS—Unconventional resource estimates subject to uncertainty, future costs

AOPL cites need for more pipelines as Obama visits Cushing

Research seeks new chemical methods to improve CO2 floods

Nelson-farrar cost indexes

Energy independence better as sales slogan than as policy target

LNG UPDATE: Shale, East Africa plays could boost global LNG supplies

Corruption and information

The broader tax threat

API launches campaign as Senate considers oil tax legislation

LNG's role in post-Fukushima Japanese energy policy

OGJ Newsletter

Regulatory complexity increasing for companies handling chemicals

EQUIPMENT |SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

COMMENT—EOR can extend the promise of unconventional oil and gas

Senate agrees to debate Menendez's latest oil tax bill

Bakken's maximum potential oil production rate explored

Lawsuit asks WOGCC to review frac fluid trade secret exemptions

Exploration/Development Briefs

McMoRan logs new pays at gulf shelf deep program

Reducing environmental risk associated with Marcellus shale gas fracturing

Walking the talk

COMMENT—Beyond transparency: EITI stretches 'civil society' role

Nelson-Farrar Quarterly Costimating: Indexes for selected equipment items continue trend begun in 1983

Survey: Miscible CO₂ now eclipses steam in US EOR production

Research seeks new chemical methods to improve CO₂ floods