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Drilling & production - 06 October 2011

Keystone XL, Pipeline Safety, and the Reality of Oil Dominance

The BP Deepwater Horizon spill, pipeline leaks, population growth, urbanization, increasing demand, and opposition to the siting of new pipelines have combined to focus greater attention on pipeline safety. However, America is still heavily reliant on oil and there needs to be a compromise between pipeline security and the security of supply. By: Jude Clemente, JTC Energy Research Associates.

 

CBM could become Asia and Australia’s shale gas

Coalbed methane (CBM) may become as important for Asia and Australia as shale gas has become for North America, but this will require the CBM industry to overcome critical commercial, technical and regulatory challenges.