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Drilling Production 2000 P

  • 10/05/2000 -- Eleven companies to draw crude from SPR
    The US Department of Energy Wednesday accepted bids from 11 companies seeking 30 million bbl of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. DOE has estimated that releasing 30 million bbl of crude this fall could result in production of 3-5 million bbl of additional heating oil.
  • 10/05/2000 -- Research uses mud pulses for pore pressure prediction
    Engineers at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory are studying the use of hydraulic power pulses through a drilling rig's mud circulating system to provide an enhanced 'look' ahead of the bit in seismic-while-drilling operations.
  • 10/04/2000 -- Drilling/Production news briefs, Oct. 4
    Statoil � Fortum � Chiles Offshore � AMFELS � Badr Petroleum � Smedvig
  • 10/04/2000 -- Exploration/Development news briefs, Oct. 4
    Triton Energy � Devon Energy � Gemini Energy � Anschutz Exploration � Ultra Petroleum � Lance Oil & Gas � Ness Energy International � Israel Oil � Lapidoth Israel Oil Prospectors � Westfort Energy � Patterson Drilling
  • 10/04/2000 -- Landmark Graphics launches five projects
    Landmark Graphics Corp. officials Tuesday announced five deals and a new generation of software infrastructure at the annual meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers in Dallas.
  • 10/03/2000 -- Halliburton plans two new cementing unit designs
    Two new Halliburton Co. onshore cementing pumping unit designs will feature updated technology and safety features. The company told the Society of Petroleum Engineers annual meeting on Monday that more than 60 of the new units will be manufactured and deployed throughout North American markets over the next year.
  • 09/29/2000 -- Petro-Canada begins work on oilsands plant
    Petro-Canada, Calgary, has begun construction of its $290 million (Can.) McKay River oil sands plant, 36 miles northwest of Fort McMurray, Alta. The company has also applied for a production increase to 30,000 b/d from an already approved 22,000 b/d. The plant is scheduled to go on stream in 2002.
  • 09/29/2000 -- Drilling/Production news briefs, Sept. 29
    Norsk Hydro � Smedvig � Pride International � Transocean Sedco Forex � Oil & Natural Gas Corp. � Schlumberger Oilfield Services � BP � Amerada Hess � Enterprise Oil � TotalFinaElf � Hyundai Heavy Industries � Procon Engineering � Statoil UK
  • 09/29/2000 -- Exploration/Development news briefs, Sept. 29
    Shell Brasil � Petrobras � Esso Brasileira de Petr�leo � Mobil Explora� e Desenvolvimento � Remington Oil & Gas � Magnum Hunter Resources � Miller Petroleum � Tengasco � W&T Offshore � Magnum Hunter Resources � Bison Resources �
  • 09/29/2000 -- Declining US summer production levels keep storage low, gas prices high
    US natural gas production is now rising, but declining levels of production throughout the past summer have driven down the pace of gas storage injections. In a report released Wednesday, New York-based investment firm Salomon Smith Barney said lower levels of storage injections will keep gas prices high as the US enters the last 6 weeks of this year's storage injection season.
  • 09/29/2000 -- COMPETING OIL-VALUE CLAIMS ON FULL DISPLAY
    This year's price lurch has added stress to competing claims by governments on petroleum values.
  • 09/28/2000 -- Republicans challenge legality of SPR drawdown
    Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.), the US House of Representatives Energy and Power Subcommittee chairman, will ask the Clinton administration to explain its legal authority to sell 30 million bbl of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Meanwhile, Energy Sec. Bill Richardson plans to meet next week with refiners to urge them to delay routine seasonal maintenance.
  • 09/28/2000 -- Murphy opens Medusa design competition
    Murphy Exploration & Production Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Murphy Oil Corp. said Wednesday it had begun a front-end engineering design competition for a spar-type floating production system to be used on its natural gas Medusa project.
  • 09/28/2000 -- Abraxas Petroleum affiliate swaps assets
    Abraxas Petroleum Corp., San Antonio, said Wednesday it's increased its natural gas production and productive acreage in the Sundre, Alta., area through a property swap at its 49%-owned subsidiary, Grey Wolf Exploration Inc.
  • 09/27/2000 -- Pogo Producing focuses on foreign plays
    While it is taking a conservative approach to finding new production, Houston-based Pogo Producing Co. is hunting for elephant-sized reserves in greener, watery 'pastures' overseas, though it intends to retain its holdings in North American plays.
  • 09/27/2000 -- Drilling/Production news briefs, Sept. 27
    ProSafe � Schlumberger Oilfield � Greka Energy � Unocal Thailand � Smedvig Asia
  • 09/27/2000 -- Exploration/Development news briefs, Sept. 27
    BP � Conoco � PetroVietnam � Korean National Oil Co. � SK � Geopetrol � First International Oil � Zhaikmunai � Sonatrach � International Petroleum Libya � Canadian Imperial Venture � ATCO Frontec Offshore � Devon Energy � Amerada Hess Indonesia-Jabung � Kerr-McGee Sumatra � Pertamina EP � CIECO Salawati � MOECO Salawati � COPAREX Indonesia � American Energy Ops � Reilly Interests � Centurion Energy International
  • 09/27/2000 -- Transportation news briefs, Sept. 27
    Pembina Pipeline � Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America � Nicor � Horizon Pipeline � Global Industries Offshore � Unocal � BP � National Steel & Shipbuilding
  • 09/26/2000 -- Petro-Canada predicts Terra Nova cost overruns, delays
    Petro-Canada, Calgary, reports development of the Terra Nova oil field on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland will have cost overruns, with production start-up delayed until mid-2001.
  • 09/25/2000 -- PROJECT REPORTS: ExxonMobil finds multiple uses for versatile emulsion treatment technology
    Former OGJ Online Managing Editor Anne Rhodes interviewed officials of Imperial Petroleum Recovery Corp., including Pres. Brent Kartchner, in late August to discuss IPRC's microwave-based emulsion-breaking technology. The technology has helped ExxonMobil Corp. achieved increased crude throughput at its Torrance, Calif., refinery.
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