Table of Contents
Oil & Gas Journal
06/05/2000
Volume 98, Issue 23
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Special Report
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China's natural gas sector generating great expectations
After 2 decades of disappointing developments in China's onshore and offshore oil sectors, a good deal of the international energy community's attention has shifted to the prospects for developing China's natural gas industry.
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China launches massive gas pipeline campaign
China now sees natural gas as a major industry and has decided to capitalize on its gas resources in order to ease pollution and provide stimulus for economic growth for the next 10 years.
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China's coalbed methane industry development can benefit from US example
Perforation operations (above) are shown under way by a unit of Texaco Inc. on its joint-venture coalbed methane exploration project in China's Huaibei area. Photo by Jack Derickson, courtesy of Texaco.
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China's natural gas sector generating great expectations
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General Interest
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China's oil products demand: despite constraints, bullish for global crude
During the last 10 years, there has been a great deal of excitement over the potential of China's growing energy demand to push regional and global oil markets to ever-new heights.
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Natural gas price outlook robust through 2000
The outlook for North American natural gas prices remains bullish for this summer and likely to the end of the year, after gas futures prices topped $4/MMbtu last week.
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Industry skeptical about high oil prices persisting
Despite higher revenues generated by higher oil prices, 1998's low-price environment and the severe impact of the East Asian economic crisis have left many oil industry players leery of launching new upstream projects, said delegates at the Asian Oil & Gas Conference in Kuala Lumpur last week.
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Devon-Santa Fe Snyder deal tops M&A action
The consolidation of the top US independents into a handful of superindependents continues.
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Top slots at two Canadian firms taken by new men 'Video production'
Brian MacNeill, CEO of Enbridge Inc., has been named chairman of Petro-Canada.
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Watching Government: Finger pointing
Just in case higher gasoline prices become an election issue this year, politicians are positioning themselves to blame the other party.
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China's oil products demand: despite constraints, bullish for global crude
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Drilling & Production
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Economics show CO2 EOR potential in central Kansas
Carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (EOR) may be the key to recovering hundreds of millions of bbl of trapped oil from the mature fields in central Kansas.
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Seismic surveys provide baseline for CO2 flood
In December 1999, PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd., Calgary, obtained baseline seismic measurements for a planned time-lapse (4D) seismic monitoring program of its operated large-scale Weyburn CO2-flood in Saskatchewan.
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Unusual methods treat Russian drilling mud losses
In the oil fields of the Volga-Urals and Near-Caspian basin regions, Russian drillers use determinative methods and plug-back systems to treat lost-circulation zones.
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New catalyst-based technology removes contaminants from produced fluids
A new catalytic oxidation technology developed by the Saltanat Scientific Research Center removes sulfur compounds from oil and gas better than existing technologies in Kazakhstan.
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Economics show CO2 EOR potential in central Kansas
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Processing
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Fast-tracked FCC revamp meets project goals
Williams Refining LLC, a division of Williams Energy Services, successfully implemented a major revamp to increase the capacity and yield of its fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) in Memphis, Tenn.
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Nelson-farrar cost indexes
Nelson-farrar cost indexes
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Fast-tracked FCC revamp meets project goals
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Transportation
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DRA for gas pipelining successful in Gulf of Mexico trial
A field trial conducted on a gas pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico on the use of a corrosion inhibitor as natural gas drag reducing agent (DRA) has resulted in peak gas-production rate increases by 10-15% and peak pressure drop decreases of up to 20%.
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Work continues for Malampaya natural gas project off Philippines
Royal Dutch/Shell unit Shell Philippines Exploration BV and Texaco Inc. have awarded a pipeline protection contract to Tideway BV, The Netherlands, for their Malampaya natural gas project off the Philippines.
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DRA for gas pipelining successful in Gulf of Mexico trial
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Regular Features
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OGJ Newsletter
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OGJ Newsletter
Sustaining $30/bbl possible? Is it possible for oil prices to be sustained above $30/bbl for much of this year?
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OGJ Newsletter
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Journally Speaking
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'Video production'
For readers who want a good introduction to gas injection processes for extracting more oil from reservoirs, two videotapes might fill the bill.
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'Video production'
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Editorial
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Why lease ANWR?
If oil companies never produce oil from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain in Alaska, US consumers will still, volumetrically speaking, have the oil.
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Why lease ANWR?
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Letters
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Playing by old rules
Thank you for the Oil & Gas Journal's courageous and insightful editorial of May 22, 2000, "A statement of value."
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Playing by old rules
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Area Drilling
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Area Drilling
The government ended force majeure on two of three blocks operated by Occidental International Exploration & Production Co., said Lundin Oil AB, Stockholm. Block A remains under force majeure, lifted on Blocks 2 and 3.
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Area Drilling
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Equip/Software/Lit
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Equipment/Software/Literature
3D3 Planner is a new, advanced directional borehole/well planning and survey management software program mainly used for designing 3D trajectories for oil, gas, and geothermal wells.
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Equipment/Software/Literature
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Services/Suppliers
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Services/Suppliers
Tulsa, Okla., has named John Gass vice president of corporate business development.
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Services/Suppliers
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Exploration & Development
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Peru's Camisea project faces new possibilities, significant questions
The long, checkered past of Peru's Camisea natural gas exploration and development project-regarded to be of critical importance to that country's economic future-may be entering into a "new era of possibility," ...
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Colombia oil field developments make progress
Houston operators reported progress at oil field developments in three areas of Colombia.
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Peru's Camisea project faces new possibilities, significant questions
