Oil & Gas Journal Articles, Nov 2003

Regular Features
- Letters
  - Letters
    Hubbert's model Michael Lynch's article (OGJ, July 14, 2003, p. 38) is a peevish exercise in intellectual dishonesty.
- OGJ Newsletter
  - OGJ Newsletter
    US officials' recent optimistic estimate that Iraq could increase its oil production to 6 million b/d in 3 years, from less than 2 million b/d currently, is "physically impossible," said Paul Horsnell, head of energy research at Barclays Capital Research, a division of Barclays Bank PLC, London (see related article, p. 20).
- Journally Speaking
  - It's really rocket science
    It's really rocket science Sea Launch Co. LLC, based in Long Beach, Calif., has produced perhaps the most creative reuse of a semisubmersible drilling platform.
- Editorial
  - Elephantine energy illusion
    When elephants wrestle, mice get trampled. Independent producers in the US must know how the mice feel.
- Equip/Software/Lit
  - Pipeline data management tool helps view, analyze, edit, develop reports
    A newly released Pipeline Data Management Extension (PDME) for Redlands, Calif.-based ESRI's ArcGIS is available to the industry. ArcGIS is a scalable system of software for geographic data.
- Services/Suppliers
  - Services/Suppliers
    Mission Woods, Kan., has announced that its Energy Services & Production Div. has acquired substantially all of the assets of Mohajir Engineering Inc., an oil and gas engineering and geological consulting firm with offices in Houston and Kansas City.
- Editor's Perspective
  - Senate flubs chance to give legal system needed repair
    Senate flubs chance to give legal system needed repair The US Senate has passed up a chance to remove a heavy and growing burden from the economy.
- Market Hotline
  - US gas supply, demand numbers in flux
    With the onset of the winter heating season, there is flux in the numbers for US natural gas supply and demand.
General Interest
- Oil production capacity rebuilding experience has implications for Iraq
  Experience with countries disrupted by wars and severe social change in the Middle East and Eastern Europe shows a pattern of about 3 years to regain stability in the oil industry.
- OSI: US accountability of Iraq petrodollars falls short
  Days before an international donors' conference for Iraq was to be held in Madrid, a prominent human rights group said the US needs to do a better job informing the public about how oil revenue money is being spent.
- Iran promises to aid Syria against possible US sanctions
  Iran will assist Syria against the impact of any proposed US sanctions, particularly any that hit the country's oil industry, according to a senior Iranian official.
- House Republican leader seeks to tighten Iran-Libya sanctions
  A House Republican leader Oct. 21 introduced a bill that would limit exemptions and waivers to a US law designed to punish foreign oil companies that invest in either Libya or Iran's petroleum sector.
- White House playing more active role in energy bill talks
  The White House is playing a more active role in US energy bill discussions due to deep disagreements between US House and Senate tax writers over energy incentives for ethanol, congressional sources said.
- NOIA: House Republican state drilling draft faces uphill battle
  A US House Republican plan giving states more authority over some offshore oil and natural gas drilling while lifting existing federal moratoriums faces an uphill political battle, an industry group said last month.
- States, cities sue over NSR clean-air rule exemptions
  Thirteen states, mainly in the US Northeast, and several cities Oct. 27 fulfilled their promise to sue the US Environmental Protection Agency over its latest efforts to streamline clean air rules governing refineries and power plants.
- ChevronTexaco fined on refinery clean-air compliance
  The US Department of Justice, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the US Attorney in San Francisco reported last month a clean air settlement with ChevronTexaco Corp.'s refining unit Chevron USA Inc.
- RMI forum sees good oil, gas profits for short term
  RMI forum sees good oil, gas profits for short term Current high oil and gas prices are sustainable, at least for the next few years, which will be very good for the energy industry, according to panelists at the RMI Oilfield Breakfast Forum held last month in Houston.
- Watching Government - Law of the Sea
  US offshore drilling contractors want the US Senate to ratify the 21-year-old Law of the Sea Convention sooner rather than later.
- Khodorkovsky arrest clouds Russia investment outlook
  Russian financial markets appeared to be stabilizing after the initial shock over the arrest at gunpoint of OAO Yukos chairman and CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky by Russian police Oct. 25.
- Company News - Indian refiner Hindustan Petroleum foraying into E&P
  Indian state-owned refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL) has set aside 5 billion rupees ($109 million) for oil exploration and production, which marks the latest Indian state oil and gas company saying that it wants to diversify.
- Personnel Moves & Promotions: Fu Chengyu becomes CNOOC Ltd. chairman, CEO
  Fu Chengyu becomes CNOOC Ltd. chairman, CEO CNOOC Ltd., Hong Kong, has appointed Fu Chengyu as chairman and CEO, succeeding Wei Liucheng, who resigned to accept a position with the Hainan provincial government in southern China.
- Small refiners to upgrade under US clean-air settlements
  The US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency last month announced clean-air settlements with four small refiners.
Exploration & Development
- Canada's Mackenzie Delta: Fresh look at an emerging basin
  The Beaufort Mackenzie basin (BMB) is emerging as a major source for the future supply of North American energy demands.
Drilling & Production
- ReedHycalog: US rig fleet utilization drops 15% since 2001
  According to the recently released ReedHycalog 2003 Rig Census, US fleet utilization has dropped to 78% from 93% in 2001.
- Positional inaccuracies lead to poor drilling decisions
  Rotary drilling with positive-displacement motors can introduce positional inaccuracies that remain undetected with stationary surveys and lead to potentially mistaken drilling decisions.
Processing
- Petroleum coke production from US refineries will increase
  The production of petroleum coke by US refineries will increase due to a greater demand for transportation fuels and the deteriorating quality of crude oils processed.
- Nelson-farrar cost indexes
  Nelson-farrar cost indexes
Special Report
- Performance tracking system provides operators with valuable data
  The industry-wide Pipeline Performance Tracking System (PPTS) has been in place for 4 years (OGJ, Nov. 11, 2002, p. 68).
- Composite-reinforced line pipe passes Canadian field tests
  Field tests in the last 2 years by TransCanada PipeLines Inc., Calgary, have shown the practicality of installing composite-reinforced line pipe (CRLP) as an alternative to newly developed but more expensive high-strength line pipe.
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