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Oil & Gas Journal

12/20/2004
Volume 102, Issue 47
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  • Regular Features

    • Letters

      • The real oil problem
        With oil prices at record levels, the perennial related problems of "running out of oil" and the reality of the "oil weapon" are in the news again.

    • OGJ Newsletter

      • OGJ Newsletter
        The first cold weather of the US winter blew into the Midwest and Northeast on Dec. 13-14, pushing up prices for heating oil in the world's biggest market for that commodity and pulling up other energy prices with it.

    • Journally Speaking

      • Oil companies' toy trucks
        Various oil company promotions have been used to secure loyalty at the retail level, and toy trucks have been especially popular.

    • Equip/Software/Lit

      • Equipment/Software/Literature
        The Bubbler Gauge system is inherently accurate with a single transducer that is self-calibrated and is temperature compensated automatically.

    • Services/Suppliers

      • Services/Suppliers
        Aberdeen, has announced the appointment of Glynn Williams as chief executive, Nigel Leggett as vice-president of business development, and Robert Preston as vice-president of marketing.

    • Editor's Perspective

      • Reason for Annan to quit should be UN, not US
        Reason for Annan to quit should be UN, not US The administration of US President George W. Bush was right to declare on Dec. 9 that it's not pushing for the resignation of United Nations Sec. Gen. Kofi Annan.

    • Market Timeline

      • Market Timeline
        After plummeting more than $7/bbl the previous week, crude futures prices bumped up Dec. 6 amid indications by several members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries that they might take action at their Dec. 10 meeting in Cairo to curb the fall.

    • Area Drilling

      • Area Drilling
        Williams Cos., Tulsa, said its net production in Argentina averages 6,000 b/d of oil and 16 MMcfd of gas based on its 69% ownership in APCO Argentina Inc., Tulsa.

  • General Interest

    • Editorial - Organizational paradox
      In his nomination of Samuel Welch Bodman as secretary of energy, US President George W. Bush is flirting with taboo.
    • NPC report outlines US refining, import challenges
      Recommendations in the National Petroleum Council's report on refining issues aim at avoiding hindrance to capacity expansion, encouraging investment, and allowing the supply system to operate efficiently.
    • Russian oil giant Yukos files for bankruptcy in US court
      OAO Yukos has fulfilled its warning that the Russian government's plan to auction a seized oil producing subsidiary would force it into bankruptcy.
    • Lehman Bros. survey sees E&P outlays up 5.7% in 2005
      Oil and gas companies in a Lehman Bros. survey plan to increase worldwide exploration and production spending next year by 5.7% after raising outlays in those areas this year by an estimated 12.4%.
    • Storage seen as key to managing US gas supply, demand
      As US imports of LNG grow, storage will prove crucial to managing daily variability between supply and demand.
    • Major US supply role seen for unconventional gas
      Over the last 20 years, unconventional natural gas in the US has grown from "just modest expectations back in the early 1980s" to become one of the dominant forces of gas supply, said Scott R. Reeves, executive vice-president of Advanced Resources International Inc., Houston, at a 2-day conference in Denver.
    • Watching Government - Abraham's last words
      Since he said he will not be around for a second term, it's no surprise that outgoing US Department of Energy Sec. Spencer Abraham used his appearance at the National Petroleum Council's Dec. 1 meeting in Washington, DC, to summarize his tenure as energy secretary and to thank a group with whom he worked.

  • Special Report

  • Exploration & Development

  • Drilling & Production

    • World drilling market absorbing new jack ups
      Demand for jack up drilling rigs has pushed up day rates, with 17 newbuilds delivered in 2000-04 and 12 more under construction. Several new designs lead the way, including the Rowan/LeTourneau Tarzan class, Keppel FELS Super B Class, Friede & Goldman's JU-2000, and the Baker Pacific Marine 375. These designs enable deep drilling to 35,000 and perhaps 40,000 ft, in water as deep as 500 ft.
    • Study shows downhole water separation languishes
      The industry still has installed only a few downhole oil-water and gas-water separators, and the technology has languished compared with activity and expectations made during the late 1990s, according to a recent study from Argonne National Laboratory.

  • Transportation

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