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Drilling & Production
- DRILLING MARKET FOCUS: Albania continues to attract international operators
- DMR technique improves tight gas porosity estimate
  An empirical method, designated as DMR (density-magnetic resonance) porosity, combines density and nuclear magnetic resonance porosities to improve the estimate of tight gas sand porosity.
Exploration & Development
- Canadian outfit reworks giant Albania heavy oil field
  A unit of Bankers Petroleum Ltd., Calgary, is redeveloping giant Patos-Marinza heavy oil field in central Albania under an existing license between state Albpetrol ShA and the National Petroleum Agency of Albania.
- Point of View: Tag’s Cadenhead praises New Zealand’s potential
  New Zealand is an underexplored place where a small company can make a large discovery, opines Drew Cadenhead, president of Tag Oil Ltd.
General Interest
- Editorial: Discussing Kyoto
  Both sides of the question about responses to global warming have reason to cheer an agreement reached Dec.
- CERA: Crude oil production capacity to grow 25% in 10 years
  Not only is the world not running out of oil soon, but widespread development of unconventional resources will boost global crude production capacity by 25% in the next 10 years, a representative of Cambridge Energy Research Associates told a US House of Representatives subcommittee hearing.
- Company News: ConocoPhillips to buy Burlington Resources
  ConocoPhillips plans to acquire Burlington Resources Inc. for $35.
- IEA: Hydrogen fuel, fuel cells for transport face costly hurdles
  Hydrogen fuel and fuel cell technologies remain costly ways to mitigate emissions of carbon dioxide and bolster energy security, according to a new report the International Energy Agency.
- Industry, government address MODU reliability issues
  Offshore oil and gas producers and drilling contractors are advancing their work with the federal government to address mooring reliability issues raised by recent Gulf of Mexico hurricanes.
- Lawmakers: US should prepare for global oil flow peak
  While there is disagreement about when world crude oil production will hit its peak, the US should begin preparing for it now, two US House members told an Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Dec.
- Oil reconstruction in Iraq: progress and challenges
  The Iraqi oil industry, with the world’s second largest conventional crude oil reserves, is the most critical link to reestablishing the country as a major economy in the Persian Gulf.
- PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: Gulfport Energy appoints new chief executive
  Gulfport Energy Corp. has hired James D.
- Watching Government: AGA pushing for gas supply
  Natural gas utilities haven’t always agreed with producers on energy priorities.
- Watching the World: Irish gas line fight roars on
  Back in Ireland, they’re still battling over a proposed pipeline from Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s Corrib offshore gas fields.
Regular Features
- Editor's Perspective
  - Energy politics won’t resolve peak-oil issue
    When science converges with politics, anything can happen. For that reason, congressional hearings on the peak-oil question are cause for worry.
- Equip/Software/Lit
  - Equipment/Software/Literature
    This software, data, and enterprise services provider has begun delivering directional digital survey data to licensed clients in the exploration and production sector.
- Journally Speaking
  - Is SPR worth the money?
    Does the US need the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)? An analysis by the Cato Institute concludes that it does not.
- Market Journal
  - Gas futures prices hit record highs
    Natural gas futures prices hit record highs Dec. 8 in the New York market as a storm that dumped as much as 10 in.
- OGJ Newsletter
  - OGJ Newsletter
    Worldwide exploration and production expenditures are likely to rise “materially” in 2006, Lehman Bros. said in its annual E&P Spending Survey.
- Services/Suppliers
  - Services/Suppliers
    Jeannette, Pa., has announced the appointment of Tony Casillo as CEO and president, upon the retirement of Donal P.
Special Report
- Refiners add 2.7 million b/d of crude refining capacity in 2005
  The worldwide refining industry added crude processing capacity in 2005, despite a decrease in the total number of operating refineries.
- Global reserves, oil production show small increases for 2005
  Estimated worldwide oil and gas reserves increased slightly from a year ago, according to Oil & Gas Journal’s annual survey.
- Worldwide Look at Reserves and Production
  Reserves and Production Table
Transportation
- INDIA GAS-1: Domestic projects pursued; import prospects limited
  Development of India’s gas sector will depend on a number of key issues, including development of its pipeline infrastructure and domestic gas fields, potential piped gas imports, the establishment of LNG terminals, and gas pricing.