Editor's Comment
- Increased emphasis on risk mitigation needed in offshore oil and gas industry
  While not admitting to a weak safety culture, BP's Robert Dudley recently told the Houston Chronicle that his organization is committed to strengthening the safety culture and "giving it a seat higher up in the company."
Capital Perspective
- Unexpected killers of your international energy deal
  An unexpected crisis can kill an international energy project. Some crises are predictable, such as a breach of contract by a critical vendor.
Another Perspective
- It's not 'conservative' to be against solar
  Conservatives, take a breath. Let's talk about energy. And why so many conservatives are so wrong – so liberal, even – on wind and solar energy.
Upstream News
- Gastar Exploration enters $70M Marcellus JV with Atinum
  Gastar Exploration Ltd. has entered into a $70 million Marcellus shale joint venture agreement with an affiliate of Seoul, South Korea-based investment firm Atinum Partners Co. Ltd. as part of the growing trend of international player involvement in unconventional resources in North America.
Cover Story
- Low-risk, high-return development wells help fund Energy XXI's ultra-deep prospects
  AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN D. SCHILLER JR., CHAIRMAN AND CEO, ENERGY XXI
Features
- New partnership rules shake up shale deals
  Price volatility fosters changing business models for gas players
- Eagle Ford Shale is tops in NGLs, but production may outpace demand
  Of the 22 main shale plays in the United States, the one with the apparent greatest concentration of gas condensates and most liquids-rich production is the Eagle Ford Shale play in South Texas.
- Ethane disposition poses a risk for Marcellus Shale production
  Producers in the Marcellus shale may be forced to curtail natural gas production unless they can come up with a viable way to dispose of ethane, an associated gas, according to a new study from BENTEK Energy.
- Congress considering sweeping measures in aftermath of Deepwater Horizon incident
  In the wake of the world's largest accidental oil spill, politicians and environmental groups have been clamoring to capture the public's outrage and funnel it into sweeping legislation that would overhaul the oil and gas industry.
- New world of disclosure for energy companies?
  In many ways, the first half of 2010 has been a perfect storm for companies in the business of exploring for and producing hydrocarbons.
- OGFJ100P company update
  Independent research firm IHS Herold Inc. has provided OGFJ with updated production data for our periodic ranking of US-based private E&P companies.
Eagle Ford Midstream News
- Koch Pipeline, Arrowhead Pipeline add to South Texas crude capacity
  Koch Pipeline Company LP and Arrowhead Pipeline LP will move more Eagle Ford crude via the Arrowhead pipeline to Corpus Christi following a recent agreement and joint tariff.
Deal Monitor
- LINN Energy's Permian Basin deal is month's largest
  For the first time in months, the largest US oil and gas transaction for the past 30 days was not in an unconventional resource play.
Industry Briefs
- PXP to sell shallow water GoM assets to McMoRan for $818M
  Plains Exploration & Production Co. has agreed to sell certain of its shallow Gulf of Mexico properties to McMoRan Exploration Co. for a combination of cash and stock totaling $818 million.
Energy Players
- Walter Reinhold, longtime leader of National Oilwell Varco, passes away
  Walter Benjamin Reinhold, 85, passed away August 2, 2010. Beni, as he was known by his many friends around the world, was born of Swiss and German immigrants on December 29, 1924 in Los Angeles.
Special Report:
- Ghana
  The discovery of Jubilee off the coast of Ghana is a business opportunity with a cascade effect on the rest of the economy.
Beyond The Well
- Nabors' Isenberg builds on charitable efforts with scholarship
  Houston-based Nabors Industries, one of the largest contract drilling firms in the US, has seen tremendous growth and success over the years.

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