Table of Contents
Oil & Gas Journal
10/18/2004
Volume 102, Issue 39
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Regular Features
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Letters
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Letters
Your sober and sobering editorial: Serious about depletion (OGJ, Aug. 23, 2004, p. 17), marks a breakthrough in the treatment of this vital topic.
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Letters
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OGJ Newsletter
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OGJ Newsletter
Benchmark US crude futures prices fell Oct. 12 as traders took profits after six consecutive sessions of record highs but bounced back to near-record levels in the next trading session, following an explosion of a Mexican oil pipeline, a fire on a Nigerian pipeline, and prospects of labor problems that could disrupt Nigerian production.
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OGJ Newsletter
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Journally Speaking
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Waves of the future?
On occasion, Oil & Gas Journal editors receive news of alternative fuels, new energy sources, or "breakthrough" technologies.
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Waves of the future?
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Equip/Software/Lit
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Equipment/Software/Literature
A new condensate recirculation process now is available for low-cost hydrate control in natural gas systems with high water production.
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Equipment/Software/Literature
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Market Timeline
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Market timeline
Energy futures prices declined Monday as political tensions eased in Nigeria, but analysts were uncertain if markets might be poised for further retreat or gathering strength for a renewed climb to higher prices.
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Market timeline
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Editor's Perspective
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Critical report might obscure US air-quality gains
A report critical of US Environmental Protection Agency efforts to reduce ground-level ozone pollution can create a faulty impression.
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Critical report might obscure US air-quality gains
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Area Drilling
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Area Drilling
Niko Resources Ltd., Calgary, gauged a stout gas discovery on the Feni Block, where it hopes to start commercial production within days.
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Area Drilling
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General Interest
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Editorial - Combustive hazards
Concern about combustive hazards is slowing the urgently needed expansion of LNG-import capacity in the US.
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Declining deliverability pushes arctic gas development
The push to develop natural gas from the Arctic and other sources is being driven by declining deliverability, despite high levels of drilling activity in western Canada and the US.
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Higher gas prices, improved techniques drive CBM development
Coalbed methane (CBM) is barely on the radar screen in Canada compared with conventional gas.
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ADIPEC: Pipeline, GTL plans make gains in Middle East
ADIPEC: Pipeline, GTL plans make gains in Middle East While LNG dominates shipment of natural gas from producing areas of the Middle East, two other methods of international transportation are gaining momentum.
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Attention rises to natural gas supply questions in US
Attention is rising to questions about supply of natural gas in the US.
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World's transportation fuel supply a growing concern
A dangerous shortfall in the supply of transportation fuels is likely to hit the world soon because demand is rising faster than industry's seeming ability to fill it, several speakers told a globalization forum at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists annual meeting Oct. 11 in Denver.
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Whittier CEO takes balanced view of public ownership
Bryce Rhodes has managed tiny but growing Whittier Energy Corp. through its recent transition to public ownership and remains balanced in his assessment of the change.
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Rodríguez reaffirms PDVSA's energy integration plans
Alí Rodríguez Araque, president and CEO of Venezuela's state-owned oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), reaffirmed the company's commitment to integrate Latin America in terms of energy, with Venezuela as the link for the successful completion of this movement.
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Uncertainty dissipated about Brazil's 7th licensing round
Brazil's Mines and Energy Minister Dilma Rousseff has confirmed that Brazil's seventh oil and gas exploration licensing round would not be canceled. Her comments were made during a press conference earlier this month in Rio de Janeiro at the Rio Oil & Gas Expo 2004.
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Venezuela 'reliable oil supplier,' US Sec. of State says
US Sec. of State Colin Powell said during a visit to Brazil earlier this month "that despite the rhetoric of Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez, Venezuela is a reliable oil supplier and the [US President George W.] Bush administration has not ruled out the possibility of improving bilateral relations."
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Editorial - Combustive hazards
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Drilling & Production
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Deepwater Gunashli plans approved on Caspian PSA anniversary
BP and partners received approval for the final development phase of the Azeri-Chirag-deepwater Gunashli (ACG) project in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea.
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GOM Decommissioning — 3: Model estimates abrasive cutting costs
An empirical relationship can estimate the cost of abrasive water-jet cutting during the decommissioning of Gulf of Mexico platforms.
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Deepwater Gunashli plans approved on Caspian PSA anniversary
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Special Report
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Product sulfur specs will determine future refining configurations
Mandated reductions in refined products' sulfur levels, both gasoline and diesel, are the most significant factors in refiners' spending plans for the next few years.
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Product sulfur specs will determine future refining configurations
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Transportation
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Winter heating demands likely to rekindle tanker rates
An unusual conversion of forces in late summer was likely to extend the cooling of tanker rates, compared with activity typical for this time of the year, according to an analysis by shipping consultant Poten & Partners, New York.
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Consultant: Marine propulsion spending to set new records
Spending on marine propulsion systems by the world's shipbuilding industry will reach $5.3 billion this year and continue to rise, according to a study covering 2004-08 by analysts at Douglas-Westwood, Canterbury, UK. The report, released in August, is based on vessel data from Lloyd's Register—Fairplay.
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Marine pollution-protection system installed on first vessels
Last month saw the christening of the first oil tanker equipped with a preinstalled fast oil-recovery system for use in a shipwreck. The second so-equipped vessel is set for later this month.
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Winter heating demands likely to rekindle tanker rates
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Print Ad Index
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Advertising Index
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Advertising Index
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Exploration & Development
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Independents build gas potential in Canada's Northwest Territories
Independents build gas potential in Canada's Northwest Territories Large gas volumes appear to have been found in the Colville Lake area of the Northwest Territories about 100 miles northeast of Norman Wells.
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Independents build gas potential in Canada's Northwest Territories
