Industry a target as inversions revive talk of tax reform
August 29th, 2014New talk in the US about tax reform should make oil and gas companies nervous.
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Rosneft advances hydrotreating complex at Syzran refinery
August 29th, 2014OAO Rosneft has received a reactor and cold high-pressure separator to be used in the construction of a planned diesel hydrotreating complex at its 8.5 million tonne/year Syzran refinery in Russia’s Samara region.
Shell submits revisions to its 2015 Chukchi Sea exploration plan
August 29th, 2014Shell Offshore Inc. submitted revisions to its previously approved Chukchi Sea exploration plan on Aug. 28, a spokesman for the company confirmed. The step was necessary to preserve the option to drill its Chukchi Sea leases in 2015, but should not be seen as a final decision to drill next summer, he told OGJ in an Aug. 29 e-mail.
Rapid Fluorescent Detection of (Anti)androgens with spiggin-gfp Medaka
August 29th, 2014
Environmental Science & Technology
DOI: 10.1021/es5030977
Pioneer strategy for creating new materials
August 29th, 2014
Making something new is never easy. Scientists constantly theorize about new materials, but when the material is manufactured it doesn't always work as expected. To create a new strategy for designing materials, scientists combined two different approaches at two different facilities to synthesize new materials. This new strategy gives faster feedback on what growth schemes are best, thus shortening the timeframe to manufacture a new, stable material for energy transport and conversion applications.
BLM announces California oil, gas strategy as CCST issues report
August 29th, 2014The US Bureau of Land Management’s California state office announced a comprehensive strategy for its oil and gas program in the state after receiving an independent review of well stimulation technologies it asked the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) to conduct in September 2013.
BHI: US rig count recoups last week’s losses, jumps to 1,914
August 29th, 2014The US drilling rig count jumped 18 units to reach 1,914 rigs working, gaining back the 17 units it lost last week plus one, during the week ended Aug. 29, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.
VAALCO updates operations offshore Gabon
August 29th, 2014VAALCO Energy Inc. provided an update on its operations offshore Gabon.
Lundin lowers resource estimate for Luno II discovery
August 29th, 2014Lundin Norway AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lundin Petroleum AB, has drilled appraisal well 16/4-8 S in the Luno II discovery 15 km south of Edvard Grieg oil field offshore Norway in the North Sea, proving 30 m of gross oil pay and flowing 450 b/d on a drillstem test through a 28/64-in choke.
MARKET WATCH: Crude oil futures end trading session higher in New York
August 29th, 2014Crude oil futures prices trended upwards Aug. 28, ending the day’s trading session higher, while the ICE contract for Brent retreated.
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