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Oil & Gas Journal

11/15/2004
Volume 102, Issue 43
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  • Regular Features

    • OGJ Newsletter

      • OGJ Newsletter
        The US Energy Information Administration recently reported "a 'true' physical injection" of 41 bcf of natural gas into underground storage in the week ended Nov. 5, raising US storage to a record 3.3 tcf.

    • Journally Speaking

      • Ocean observatories
        Ocean observatories Before Hurricane Ivan wreaked havoc on Gulf of Mexico oil and gas pipelines and platforms, Louisiana State University's Coastal Studies Institute forecast the storm surge scenarios via its ocean-monitoring system.

    • Equip/Software/Lit

      • Equipment/Software/Literature
        Here's the PathMAKER formation mill, a new window mill designed to mill a full gauge window and extended rathole, even in hard and abrasive formations.

    • Editor's Perspective

    • Market Timeline

      • Market Timeline
        Energy prices fell Monday as speculators pulled out of the futures market, apparently sensing no further upside potential without a major change in market fundamentals.

    • Services/Suppliers

      • Services/Suppliers
        Paris, the oil & gas industry French Suppliers Council, has elected Dominique Michel as chairman. Michel, president of Doris Engineering, is well known for his expertise in offshore engineering, and his contributions to technological breakthroughs in the field.

  • General Interest

    • Editorial - A win for tort reform
      A win for tort reform For supporters of US legal reform, which should include the oil and gas industry, the general elections of Nov. 2 provided welcome news.
    • Russia to reach historic moment as energy superpower
      Russia is approaching an historic moment of opportunity as a world energy superpower, according to speakers at a day-long workshop Oct. 25 at Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.
    • Implementing ERM requires integrated approach
      Many oil and gas companies are revising their risk management procedures to establish company-wide approaches, termed enterprise risk management (ERM).
    • PetroIndex: WTI posted price likely to remain high
      The posted price for West Texas Intermediate crude averaged $42.38/bbl in September, marking the second consecutive month above $40/bbl, said Karr Ingham, president of Economic Reporting, Amarillo, Tex., in a late-October report on third-quarter operations for the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.
    • Majors in study replaced 134% of production in 1999-2003
      Eight major oil and gas companies in a comparative analysis by Prudential Equity Group LLC together replaced 134% of their production during 1999-2003 at an average cost of $5.18/boe.
    • Ziff: Alaskan gas crucial to N. American gas supply
      Senior pipeline executives agree that Alaskan gas will play a key role in solving a growing natural gas supply crunch in North America.
    • Ziff: North American gas business at turning point
      With North America at a turning point in energy, the US, Canada, and Mexico should work together towards a mutual and secure energy future, says the recently elected chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission (TRC).
    • Gas market still recouping production loss from Ivan
      The US natural gas market is still recovering from Gulf of Mexico production losses caused by Hurricane Ivan in September, but above-normal temperatures in September and October and inventories at a 13-year peak are offsetting the effect, government and private forecasters say.
    • Enterprise, partners to build GOM deepwater hub
      Enterprise, partners to build GOM deepwater hub Independence Hub LLC, an affiliate of Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPP) and the five-member Atwater Valley Producers Group, is planning a $665 million platform hub and pipeline system to facilitate development of six ultradeepwater natural gas discoveries in the Atwater Valley, DeSoto Canyon, and Lloyd Ridge areas of the previously untapped eastern Gulf of Mexico.
    • Company News - Nexen to acquire EnCana UK unit, North Sea assets
      Nexen Inc., Calgary, agreed to acquire EnCana Corp.'s UK subsidiary, EnCana (UK) Ltd., for $2.1 billion, effective retroactively to Sept. 30.

  • Special Report

  • Exploration & Development

  • Drilling & Production

    • Rig rates, drilling activity, spending increasing worldwide
      Third-quarter results show a strong drilling market in the US and abroad, as rollover day rates increase and capital budgets are padded.
    • Model estimates explosive costs
      An analysis of Gulf of Mexico decommissioning operations showed that severing platforms with explosives is a time-invariant and structure-dependent operation that provides contractors the advantage of essentially knowing costs prior to executing the job.

  • Processing

  • Transportation

    • Two coating systems pass tests for arctic use
      Two coating systems pass tests for arctic use Two girth-weld coating systems have been tested successfully by TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. for use in arctic construction and operating conditions.

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