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May 18, 2012

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Shell And Chevron Win Ukraine Public Bid For Shale Gas

Two of the world's largest oil companies, Royal Dutch Shell plc and Chevron Corp, obtained the right to develop Ukrainian shale gas fields Yuzivske and Oleske, respectively, informed Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov in his interview with Euronews. The fields are expected to provide Ukraine with up to ten percent of domestically consumed natural gas by 2020.

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Halliburton, Gazprom International to Collaborate on Technical Exchange And Technology Deployment

Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) has signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Gazprom International for the development and implementation of new oil and gas technologies in global exploration and production projects.

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Canadian Companies Ready to Work in Tyumen Oil Sector

Red Mountain Energy Opens Branch in Kazakhstan

Shell Focusing On Oil Recovery Techniques

Shale Gas Will Create “New Epoch” For Polish Energy, Says PM

SOCAR Proposes Libyan Refinery

Tethys Petroleum Announces Kazakhstan Oil Resource Upgrade

Venezuela Lawmakers Consider Setting Minimum Level For China Crude Payments

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Tech Trends

Baker Hughes Introduces Rigless Intervention System

Baker Hughes Launches New Electronically Actuated Casing Packer, Wireless Top Drive Cement Head

EarthStudy 360 in the Paradigm 2011 Release – A New World of Information for Geoscientists

Hughes Pumps Delivers Unique High Pressure Twin Pump Solution

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Gazprom Group’s PeterGaz Takes the Mystery Out of Joint Venturing in Russian Waters

In terms of its scale and complexity, development of oil and gas deposits on the Arctic Shelf can be compared to space exploration. The implementation of offshore hydrocarbon production programs requires investments that exceed many times those necessary to implement projects onshore, with payback delayed as long as 12-16 years.

Iraq, Caspian Investments to Fuel LUKOIL's Profits & Dividend Payouts

In March, LUKOIL presented its new development strategy covering the period through the year 2021. Its biggest news is that the dividends are set to grow by 300 percent over the next 10-year period. At the same time, the company has plans to make significant investments in various projects, primarily, in those outside Russia.

Itera Aims to Get Back Its Own New Rosneft-Itera JV to Challenge NOVATEK for Top Spot on the Independent Gas Producers Market

Itera has set in motion the process of consolidating its assets with those of the state-owned corporation Rosneft. If the two companies succeed in implementing their current plans, their newly formed joint venture could well challenge NOVATEK for the top position on the independent gas producers market in Russia.

PumpCalcs.com Guru Ponders the Ins and Outs of Centrifugal Pumps

He has more than 30 years of rotating equipment experience in the petrochemical industry and has numerous machinery reliability articles to his credit. Robert Perez holds a BSME degree from Texas A&M University at College Station, a MSME degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Texas PE license.

The Legendary RIDGID® Wrench A Lifetime Partner – Designed for Heavy-Duty Work in Oil and Gas Fields

It is commonly known that the oil and gas sector is strategically important for Russia. It is the core of the economy, which handles a big share of export and federal budget income. The resource extraction is an extremely laborious process: frost, snow, mud, sand, those are the usual working conditions for drillers, oilfield workers and gas industry workers.

Weatherford Successfully Completed a Pilot Project of Casing Running with Rotation

Weatherford jointly with the Drilling Operations Department of Verkhnechonskneftegaz, OJSC, has successfully completed a pilot project of casing running with rotation in the Verkhnechonskoye oil and gas-condensate field.

Wotasoft™ Technology from Zirax as Best Method to Retain Reservoir Properties

At present, the petroleum science is facing an important task of the most efficient and complete extraction of hydrocarbons from the oil and gas fields in operation. One way to meet this challenge is to introduce some novel technologies aimed at preservation of reservoir properties within the cored interval, and especially the bottomhole formation zone (BFZ).

Opinion & Analysis

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Jackson-Vanik and the Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe
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Christmas is for Children and the Russian Orphan Opportunity Fund (ROOF) Needs You!
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Industry Wires

Oil drilling: ExxonMobil's big discovery in Gulf
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Refurbished Washington bust back at Huntington
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TransAtlantic Petroleum Completes Acquisition of Thrace Basin Natural Gas
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Energy Stocks: Exxon Mobil, $100-a-barrel oil lift energy stocks
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Federal court won't dismiss lawsuit against Exxon
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