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10/03/2002 -- SPE: Technology transfer, workforce globalization seen meeting looming staff shortfalls
From retirements and attrition, the petroleum industry will loose 50% of the petroleum engineers in today's workforce during the remainder of the decade.
10/03/2002 -- IPC: WEC foresees problematic near-term future for oil, natural gas
The impressive gains of natural gas in the world's energy supply will falter as the century moves toward 2050, according to Gerald Doucet, secretary general of the World Energy Council.
10/03/2002 -- Twelve Minnesota ethanol companies agree to US air pollution deal
The Department of Justice, the US Environmental Protection Agency and the state of Minnesota announced civil settlements with 12 ethanol plants in Minnesota for alleged Clean Air Act violations.
10/03/2002 -- Market watch: Oil prices sink as gas prices rise ahead of Hurricane Lili
Oil futures prices sank, but natural gas futures prices buoyed up on NYMEX as Hurricane Lili cut through the primary offshore production area in the Central Gulf of Mexico, headed for Louisiana.
10/02/2002 -- Summit emphasizes Russian, US common interests
The common interests of Russia and the US in developing and sustaining energy security outweigh any differences over Iraq or other issues, said Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research.
10/02/2002 -- Daugherty Resources hires new chief financial officer
Michael P. Windisch has been appointed chief financial officer of Lexington, Ky.-based Daugherty Resources Inc.
10/02/2002 -- Williams to sell Alliance pipeline to Enbridge
Williams Cos. Inc. has reached an agreement to sell its ownership interest in the Canadian and US segments of Alliance Pipeline to Enbridge Inc. of Calgary for approximately $173 million cash.
10/02/2002 -- Beta Oil & Gas appoints new president and CEO
Beta Oil & Gas Inc., a Tulsa-based independent oil and gas exploration and production company, has appointed David A. Wilkins as its president and CEO.
10/02/2002 -- El Paso Corp. shifts executive team
El Paso Corp. revealed Monday that it would be shifting certain key members of its executive management team.
10/02/2002 -- Clean fuel specifications part of shifting political landscape
Clean fuel specifications remain a moving target for US refiners and fuel suppliers, thanks to a shifting political landscape.
10/02/2002 -- Thailand awards 7 blocks after long delay
After more than 2 years' delay, Thailand's Ministry of Industry has finally agreed to award 7 exploration blocks to six firms including ChevronTexaco Corp. and Royal Dutch/Shell Group.
10/02/2002 -- IPC: Petrobras president charts near-term future for country's pipelines
Petroleo Brasileiro SA expects to invest more than $2.5 billion by 2005 in new pipelines, said Francisco Gros, Petrobras president and chief executive officer.
10/01/2002 -- Westport Resources closes on acquisition of southeast Texas properties
Westport Resources Corp. of Denver said it has closed the $120 million acquisition of southeast Texas oil and gas properties from Smith Production Inc., Houston.
10/01/2002 -- US-Russian energy summit spotlights need for favorable Russian oil legislation
Government and industry officials from the US and Russia called for production-sharing agreements (PSAs), a transparent and fair tax regime, and definitive minerals rights laws in Russia during the opening sessions Tuesday of a 2-day US-Russia energy summit in Houston.
10/01/2002 -- Saudis give western consortiums Nov. 1 response deadline
Saudi Arabia has given international oil companies vying to develop natural gas fields in the kingdom until Nov.1 to respond to the Saudi's final offers on its proposed $25 billion projects.
10/01/2002 -- CNOOC buying stake in Indonesia Tangguh LNG project
CNOOC Ltd. agreed to buy a 12.5% stake in the reserves and upstream production of the Tangguh joint LNG project in Indonesia from BP PLC.
10/01/2002 -- Unocal unit buys shares in Amoco Thailand Petroleum
Unocal Thailand Ltd., a unit of Unocal Corp., said it will purchase all of the shares of Amoco Thailand Petroleum LLC, the Thai unit of BP America Production Co.
10/01/2002 -- Market watch: NYMEX gas price stays above $4/Mcf
Natural gas futures prices continued their climb above the $4/Mcf mark on the New York Mercantile Exchange Monday on concerns about Hurricane Lili.
10/01/2002 -- Canadian M&A deals now based on two different pricing markets
Canadian oil and gas merger and acquisition prices are not moving in step with current spot prices, a recent study conducted by Sayer Securities Ltd. found.
09/27/2002 -- ONGC's Raha: ONGC will go it alone in deepwater exploration program
India's Oil & Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) has decided to go it alone in its deepwater exploration program, based on the lack of responses received in its most recent tender offer.

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