Petroleum Review - April 2012
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Petroplus – first of many dominoes to fall?
Chris Faulkner, President and CEO, Breitling Oil and Gas
AFRICA – KIDNAP AND RANSOM
Taming the pirates
Armed guards, razor wire, secure citadels and more naval intervention have led to a fall in ships being successfully hijacked by Somali pirates, but ransom dealings are as complex as ever, reports Nigel Bance.
E&P – INDUCED SEISMICITY
Shale gas exploration is just the latest in a long list of energy industries over the past century that has to become accustomed to induced seismicity, writes Maria Kielmas.
GAS – ELECTRICITY
Floating on air
Gas-to-power (GTP) is ascending rapidly – can it hold on to its gains? asks Gordon Cope.
AFRICA – SUDAN
Sudan separation fuels oil strife
In late January 2012, oil production and exports came to a halt in South Sudan over a transit pricing dispute with its former overlord north Sudan. With no compromise in sight, the newly independent African country is mulling other transport options. But even if production were to resume, it will be months – at least – before its oil sector gets back on its feet, write Paul Cochrane in Beirut and Mohammed Yusuf in Nairobi.
AFRICA – CAMEROON
Powering the future
Development of the Kribi gas power project will help meet Cameroon’s growing domestic demand for
electricity and contribute directly to the development of the African country’s electric power infrastructure, writes Gordon Feller.
IP WEEK – ROUND-UP
Petroleum Review rounds up some of the highlights during day two and three of the IP Week 2012 conference programme.
ENERGY INSTITUTE – CAREERS
Salaries, benefits and careers in energy
The Energy Institute (EI) once again teamed up with Hays Energy to question workers in the energy industry about their jobs. A summary of findings from the recent survey is presented here by Sarah Beacock FEI and Catherine Cosgrove FEI from the EI.
LUBRICANTS – OVERVIEW
Responding to global challenges
Selda Gunsel, Vice President of Lubricant Technology at Shell, discusses the forces shaping today’s lubricant market.
FUELS – ADDITIVES
Improving the performance of biodiesel
In Europe and the US a number of field incidents have been reported in which the use of biodiesel fuels has caused adverse impacts on the supply chain and vehicle operability. Fresh from the National Biodiesel Board Conference in Florida, Stephanie Camerlynck, Infineum Fuels Deployment Chemist, explains how diesel fuel additives can be used to improve the filterability of a range of biofuels.
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