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OIL & GAS REVIEW
VOLUME 7 ISSUE 1
Editorial
Dear readers
Editorial Director
Jonathan McKenna
This issue of Exploration and Production – Oil and Gas Review could not arrive at a more critical time.
Editor The final quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009 have seen a fall in oil prices that, along with
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tightening credit, is threatening exploration projects with high operating costs (see ‘In Brief’ section).
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For example, Canada’s oilsands are falling silent as several oil companies freeze investment. New US
Sub-editorial Manager President Barack Obama has meanwhile pledged a 40% reduction in US oil consumption by 2025,
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launching a major energy stimulus package to expedite a new energy mix. Finally, environmental
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challenges are mounting as the industry seeks to explore new terrain from Ghana to the Arctic while
Head of Design meeting expectations to manage produced water, gas flaring and social disruption. As we approach
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the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen later this year, the oil and gas industry
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is seeking to advocate its role as a medium-term energy player. Environmental management is central
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to achieving this.
Head of Circulation & Production
Miriam Oppenheim
In the following pages you will find a host of articles tackling these issues and others, with an editorial
Production Co-ordinator
Louise Monrose agenda spanning energy policy, regional analysis, engineering and construction, natural gas, subsea
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and pipeline technology, IT, transportation and safety. Our authors hail from across industry and
academia. Industry contributors include Ibrahim Al-Arnaout and co-authors at Saudi Aramco, Karthik
Associate Director
Yunus Bhatti
Krishnan and co-authors at Halliburton and Ray Johnston and co-authors at ConocoPhillips. Academic
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contributors include Jean-Philippe Nicot at the University of Texas, Austin, Petter Osmundsen at the
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University of Stavanger, TorOve Leiknes at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and
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Idemudia Uwafiokun at the University of York, Canada.
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We hope you will enjoy this issue, and look forward to seeing you at OTC.
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