Table of Contents
Oil & Gas Journal
09/11/2000
Volume 98, Issue 37
-
Special Report
-
Brazil's petroleum prospects bright after successful demonopolization beginning
Five years after the introduction of changes to the Brazilian constitution that led to the opening of the petroleum sector to private investments, the country's energy industry evolution is in full swing: A new regulatory agency has been created, several major and independent oil and gas companies are active in Brazil, and the midstream and downstream sectors are undergoing changes that can be considered a complete restructuring.
-
Development under way following record financing package for Barracuda-Caratinga fields
When Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA completed financing in June for $3.59 billion in international credit for developing oil and gas fields in the Campos basin off Brazil, it was the largest project financing package in the company's 47-year history.
-
Subsea completions key deepwater Brazil development
With subsea completions tied to floating production vessels, Petrobras has successfully developed many large, billion-barrel recoverable, hydrocarbon accumulations found in deep water off Brazil.
-
Brazil's petroleum prospects bright after successful demonopolization beginning
-
Exploration & Development
-
Three exploration methods model gas field in New York
A decade of restructuring has significantly altered the nature of the oil and gas industry and its approach to exploration, particularly in the US.
-
Three exploration methods model gas field in New York
-
Drilling & Production
-
Royalty relief, not industry windfall, benefits US
A decade of restructuring has significantly altered the nature of the oil and gas industry and its approach to exploration, particularly in the US.
-
Dewatering techniques gain foothold in Canada
Canadian operators have successively applied dewatering technologies to meet their environmental and operational needs.
-
Royalty relief, not industry windfall, benefits US
-
Processing
-
Corrosion-mitigation program improves economics for processing naphthenic crudes
Refiners can significantly increase profits by processing discounted high-acid crudes because about 80% of their costs is crude oil.
-
Acetic acid, vinyl acetate consumption on the rise
World consumption of acetic acid will increase 2.9%/year on average between 1999 and 2009.
-
Corrosion-mitigation program improves economics for processing naphthenic crudes
-
Transportation
-
Queensland's new energy policy pushes proposed Papua New Guinea pipeline
In May, the government of Queensland, Australia, issued details of a new energy policy that will have a positive impact on the proposed 1,988-mile, New Guinea-Queensland gas pipeline.
-
Queensland's new energy policy pushes proposed Papua New Guinea pipeline
-
Regular Features
-
Letters
-
Archie's method
The May 1, 2000, issue of Oil & Gas Journal carries a feature that begins on page 45 under the headlines "Petrophysical insights contradict Archie's equation" by Lanny Dunham.
-
Archie's method
-
Journally Speaking
-
Brazil's energy learning curve
Brazil's phases of progress along the energy learning curve have been brief but steep.
-
Brazil's energy learning curve
-
Editorial
-
The $25/bbl legacy
Hey, Mr. President! Yes, you: Bill Clinton. A minute of your time, please.
-
The $25/bbl legacy
-
Area Drilling
-
Area Drilling
Hassi Berkine South field in the Ghadames basin averaged 70,950 bo/d in second quarter 2000, up from 60,300 bo/d in the first quarter, said operator Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Houston.
-
Area Drilling
-
Equip/Software/Lit
-
Equipment/Software/Literature
PetroDesk version 2000.1, an engineering integration mapping software application, is designed to browse, visualize, report, and analyze oil and gas data.
-
Equipment/Software/Literature
-
Services/Suppliers
-
Services/Suppliers
Houston, has named Karl Bartholomew president.
-
Services/Suppliers
-
OGJ Newsletter
-
OGJ Newsletter
$5/Mcf gas looms as US heat wave hampers gas injection
The surge in US cooling load demand as temperatures routinely topped 100° F. across much of the Sun Belt last week has weakened natural gas storage injections at a time when the pace of storage refill needs to remain robust if the Nov. 1 heating season onset target of 3 tcf is to be met.
-
OGJ Newsletter
-
-
General Interest
-
MOL gains strength downstream with Slovnaft consolidation
MOL Rt. and Slovakia's Slovnaft AS are linking up in the first cross-border consolidation of two former East Bloc petroleum firms.
-
MOL, acquisition targets change leadership
MOL Rt.'s board of directors has elected Zwsolt Hernadi as the company's new chairman following the resignation this summer of MOL Chairman Janos Csak.
-
Shell spending hike bolsters UK North Sea outlook
The UK North Sea's slow-rolling recovery from the lowest activity levels in its history was given a further shot in the arm last week by news from Shell Exploration & Production PLC that it plans to inject some $1.2 billion into as many as half a dozen new developments in the province over the coming year.
-
COMPANY NEWS: Integrated company ranking confirms Conoco's E&P revitalization
Houston integrated energy company Conoco Inc. steps into this week's company news limelight by being ranked first in exploration and production results in a comparative-performance analysis of 13 major integrated companies by Prudential Securities Inc. for 1995-99.
-
Watching Government: Rush to regulate
At a time when you'd expect the US Environmental Protection Agency to be winding down some initiatives, it seems to be winding up.
-
PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: Conoco names global e-commerce manager; Benton names new CEO
This week in personnel moves, one firm gains an e-commerce manager, while another gains a chief executive.
-
Watching the World: A fine state of affairs
The fundamental structural change currently being experienced by the oil and gas industry at large is finding a deep resonance in Norway with the hotly debated issue of Statoil's privatization and the future of the state's direct financial interest (SDFI) in the Norwegian Continent Shelf.
-
MOL gains strength downstream with Slovnaft consolidation
