American Oil and Gas Reporter - February 2017 - 3

Contents
FEBRUARY 2017

Volume 60 No. 2

THE ISSUE
American ingenuity continues to yield new ways
to extract resources from fields long deemed past
Enhanced
their primes. February's Enhanced Oil Recovery
Oil Recovery
reports show how innovative minds are thinking
around corners by taking ethane produced from
cutting-edge unconventional plays and injecting it
into mature conventional oil fields. Meanwhile, the
Gulf of Mexico Update shows how operators of all
sizes continue to make Gulf projects a central part
of their successful strategies, while part two of the
Shale Resource Science reports look at developing
unconventional reservoirs according to insights gained from velocity
modeling as well as multiphase production technology and trends in coiled
tubing services. Association news includes Official Convention Sections for
TIPRO, IOGA, OOGA and LOGA. Cover photo by Jim Blecha. Issue
photography courtesy of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.

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THE FIRST TIME

FEBRUARY
2017
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" B e tte r Business"
B u s i n e s s " Publication
Pu b l i c a t i o n S
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h e Exploration
E x p l o r a t i o n / Drilling
D r i l l i n g / Production Industry

Allen Gilmer
Chairman TIPRO
"I think this is the
year the Railroad
Commission review
finally is approved."
Page 77

Page 62

Bryan Dicus
President IOGA
"The optimistic
feeeling is that maybe,
fo
or once, the industry
y
can go on offense.
That is the key."
Page 82

Jim Aslanides
President OOGA
"Ohio deserves more
capitall because the
potentiall is there and
a lot of infrastructure
has been built."
Page 86

Bryan Hanks
Chairman LOGA
"It is refreshing to
know there arre stattes
where policymakers
understand the vallue
of the oil and gas
industry
y."
Page 93

NEWS

14 | Joyce Cookson Obituary
16 | Endangered Species: Fish & Wildlife Service classifies rusty patched
bumble bee as endangered; BLM unveils 10 million-acre sage grouse
plan; Western state regulators and Kansas landowner arrive at
conservation agreement for lesser prairie chicken
18 | Federal Regulation: DOI blocks mineral development on public lands
in Utah, Nevada and Montana; Consent decree forces EPA to take a fresh
look at RCRA requirements; BOEM extends deadline for offshore
financial assurance requirements
31 | Federal Legislative: House moves to constrain Obama administration
regulations
32 | New Presidential Administration: API urges reasonable regulations,
fair tax laws
97 | BLM Flaring Rule: Judge refuses to enjoin regulation
98 | Offshore Seismic: BOEM denies permits for air gun surveys off Atlantic
Coast
99 | Industry Outreach: COGA Mardi Gras Ball highlights, expands
industry's community support

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OFFICIAL CONVENTION SECTIONS
77
82
86
93

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TIPRO: New year brings hope to Texas industry
IOGA: Illinois Basin ready to respond to oil prices
OOGA: Ohio industry undergoes transition
LOGA: Industry deals with legacy and coastal lawsuits

COLUMNS

27 | Tech Connections

DEPARTMENTS

9 | Calendar
12 | Oil & Gas Counts
16 | Industry Digest

29 | Washington Watch
100 | Industry Focus
105 | Classified Advertising
106 | Advertisers Index

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