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• 12/31/1999 -- Outlook for global LNG trade growth dims just when it needs to
  The outlook for global gas trade has dimmed of late, largely because the Asian economic downturn caused expectations for LNG demand in that region to lose their luster. But that may not be such a bad thing after all, given the growing likelihood of a big surplus in LNG capacity emerging in the coming decade.
• 12/17/1999 -- Crude prices
  Energy Sec. Bill Richardson has come under fire for saying the Clinton administration would take ?whatever steps are necessary? to thwart rising oil prices.
• 12/10/1999 -- THE PERILS OF RADICAL WHAT-IFISM
  Radical what-ifism strikes again.
• 12/03/1999 -- Royalty regulation
  Once again, the US Minerals Management Service is rewriting its controversial rule for valuing oil produced from federal leases.
• 12/03/1999 -- Mackay predicts sharp drop in North Sea activity and gradual decline
  Analyst sees steep drop in North Sea E&D activity followed by gradual decline, plus refiners slate upgrade to meet 2005 EU fuel specifications.
• 11/19/1999 -- LONG-TERM PIPELINE, SHORT-TERM FOREIGN POLICY
  Pipelines last a long time. Geopolitical relationships come and go.
• 11/19/1999 -- Royalty rule moratorium
  White House and congressional negotiators have agreed to changes in the Interior Department Appropriations bill that would allow the Minerals Management Service to issue its controversial royalty reform rule Mar. 15.
• 11/19/1999 -- Repsol-YPF secures Libyan onshore exploration license
  Repsol-YPF awarded exploration and production license in western Libya, plus Shell prepares to start work on $800 million oil fields redevelopment in Iran.
• 11/15/1999 -- OPEC DISCIPLINE AND MEMORIES OF 1998
  The year 1999 will prove to have been a good one for members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries-but not that good.
• 10/29/1999 -- Shell slates $1 billion oil and gas field development in Niger Delta
  Shell lines up $1 billion shallow water field development offshore Nigeria, plus DOT conference hears of a spar platform design intended to reduce the time from development drilling to production.
• 10/22/1999 -- BP Amoco and SINOPEC plan world-scale petrochemicals complex
  BP Amoco and SINOPEC agree to pursue joint venture on Shanghai ethylene and derivatives complex, plus Germany completes two new gas trunklines.
• 10/08/1999 -- Aussie independent to lead Omani exploration push
  Novus Australia Energy Co. Pty. Ltd., Sydney, and partners were awarded an exploration license for Block 17 in Oman, which covers 3,200 sq km of onshore and offshore territory.