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O acidente do navio petroleiro Exxon Valdez, nos Estados Unidos, completa hoje a maioridade não como um dos maiores vazamentos de petróleo da história, e sim como um dos mais emblemáticos.

No dia 24 de março de 1989 a embarcação naufragou no Estreito de Prince William, e causou um derramamento de 40 milhões de litros de petróleo cru, que se espalhou rapidamente por cerca de 28 mil quilômetros quadrados de oceano e mais de 2000 quilômetros da costa do Alasca, e causou uma verdadeira carnificina na fauna local, com a morte de centenas de milhares de aves marinhas, focas e lontras, entre outros animais. As imagens de animaizinhos e praias cobertos por uma gosma preta invadiram o noticiário e alertaram para os riscos ambientais da exploração de petróleo no Ártico. Os esforços para recolhimento e limpeza do óleo duraram três anos e mobilizaram 11.000 pessoas, mas as conseqüências ambientais e a batalha jurídica duram até hoje. Read more »

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This authoritative coverage focuses on the legal rules that govern the development of privately owned mineral rights, which often also apply to governmentally owned resources. Text covers topics such as the nature, protection, and conveying of oil and gas rights, leasing, and taxation…. More >>

Oil and Gas Law in a Nutshell, 5th Edition

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If you are considering an investment in oil & gas, you need to read this book. Heshelow covers not only the big picture on oil & gas today, but also has compiled important facts any investor – or consumer – needs to know. Heshelow, who invests in these programs herself and assists investors on a daily basis, will lead you from the big picture right down to the basics on investments and energy.She provides the overview and details you absolutely need, and helps expla… More >>

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There is an estimated 90 billion barrels of oil and huge amounts of natural gas in the Arctic Circle. Currently there is no legislative framework to outline which Northern countries have ownership of the resources, and the argument is predicted to be a political priority in the near future, possibly leading to military protection of areas of the Arctic which may be claimed by the few countries near the North Pole.

Susan mcginnis anchors this afternoon’s Clean Skies News Energy Report from Washington, DC. On the program:- Montana oil and gas leases suspended over climate change.- Demand for oil in China and India is growing, but what does that mean for the US? Clean Skies News talks with Elliott Gue of The Energy Letter. Click here for the entire interview.- Virginia Gov. Bob mcdonnell is lobbying for an expansion of the 2.9 million offshore acres the government has designated for possible oil and gas exploration.- A new book out previews the future of cars: free of pollution, crashes, and congestion. Clean Skies News talks with the author of “Reinventing the Automobile”, Christopher Borrini-Bird, director of Advanced Technology Vehicle Concepts at General Motors. Click here for the entire interview. www.cleanskies.com

Petrobras has clarified certain aspects of articles published in the Brazilian press, titled respectively “Pre-salt well does not bear oil” and “Petrobras securities depreciated after news about dry well.”

Block BM-S-22 is located in the Santos Basin and is operated by the Consortium formed by ExxonMobil (40% – operator), Hess Corporation (40%), and Petrobras (20%). Pursuant to clauses set forth by the Consortium’s agreements (such as the Joint Operation Agreements) and a clause in the concession agreement signed by the Consortium with the National Petroleum Association (ANP), only the operator can announce events, such as well drilling results, to the regulator and to the market at large. Read more »

In this 1967 chart, the trade magazine Oil and Gas Journal presents the oil industry’s exaggerated view of the importance of the Middle East to the world.

Here the Middle East is shown with something like 250 billion barrels of crude oil reserves.

Only 23 years beforehand, Middle East reserves were estimated at 16 billion barrels.

By the 1990s the Middle East was over 500 billion. Read more »

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As indústrias brasileiras estão conscientes da necessidade de adotarem práticas de gestão ambiental e pretendem ampliar seus investimentos destinados à proteção do meio ambiente. Não obstante, a grande maioria das empresas vem enfrentando dificuldades na relação com os órgãos ambientais face à necessidade de se cumprir exigências ambientais por vezes inadequadas sob o ponto de vista da aplicabilidade técnica e dos aspectos de sustentabilidade econômica. Read more »

Peak Oil is wrong

Ever since the world’s first commercial oil wells opened in the US and Russia in the 1850s, the question of future oil supply has been controversial.

Here is a more geologically accurate picture of world oil reserves that adds US Geological Survey figures for recoverable and unconventional oil reserves.

Today many people take for granted that oil production has peaked and that no substantial new amounts of oil are even possible to develop. Read more »

The tug of war between the present concession model and production sharing agreements

Peter Howard Wertheim

Rio de Janeiro—Since the discovery of potentially massive oil reserves in the “pre-salt” region off the coast of Brazil, the Brazilian government has been grappling with how to structure and regulate exploration, drilling, and the potential for a large influx of foreign investment. And the Latin colossus is being catapulted into becoming one of the world’s largest exporters of crude.

José Sergio Gabrielli, Petrobras’ president and CEO told us that Petrobras and its foreign partners plan to produce 5.7 million barrels of oil and gas per day by 2020 (more than half the output of Saudi Arabia). Such a feat would make Brazil’s national oil company one of the five largest integrated energy companies in the world. Read more »

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