Table of Contents
Oil & Gas Journal
12/18/2000
Volume 98, Issue 51
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Special Report
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Worldwide refining capacity steady in the past year
After years of steadily increasing, worldwide refining capacity remained essentially flat the past 2 years.
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World crude and natural gas reserves rebound in 2000
Worldwide reserves of crude oil and natural gas expanded in 2000.
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2000 Worldwide refining survey
2000 Worldwide refining survey
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Worldwide production survey
Worldwide production survey
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Worldwide refining capacity steady in the past year
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Exploration & Development
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Exploration starts on large block in Central African Republic south of Chad oil project
A Denver independent will prospect a large area of northern Central African Republic (CAR), just south of where an ExxonMobil Corp. group is moving to tap significant oil finds in southern Chad.
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Cores show promise on new play off W. Australia
A group led by a unit of Apache Corp., Houston, said analysis of core samples from the Tusk 1 oil discovery has validated a new play concept in the offshore Carnarvon basin of western Australia.
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Exploration starts on large block in Central African Republic south of Chad oil project
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Drilling & Production
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Project-management techniques improve dual-activity drillship operations
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc.'s Discoverer Deep Seas will utilize modern project-management techniques to shorten cycle time and improve workflow procedures.
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PRODUCTION LOGGING-Conclusion: Two more options correct fluid-density logs for friction
Two more methods for correcting friction effects on differential-pressure density logs from wells with high flow rates are third-party software and a nonlinear regression method.
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Project-management techniques improve dual-activity drillship operations
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Processing
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New JV markets one-stop GTL package
Sasol Ltd. has joined with Chevron Corp. to position its low-temperature Sasol Slurry Phase Distillate (SPD) process as the technology of choice for monetizing natural gas reserves and satisfying cleaner fuel demands.
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New JV markets one-stop GTL package
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Transportation
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Events drive up oil-tanker rates; LNG tankers move into new role
Events of the past year have surprised oil tanker owners and charterers alike with higher-than-expected rates.
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Events drive up oil-tanker rates; LNG tankers move into new role
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Regular Features
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OGJ Newsletter
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OGJ Newsletter
IEA sees oil market cooling off IEA, in its December Oil Market Report (OMR), suggests that the market is easing after all.
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OGJ Newsletter
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Journally Speaking
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Fill 'er up?
Over the past decade, retail gasoline stations have continued to modernize their facilities in order to give customers what they desire most, convenience, which is the operative word that continues to drive the evolution of service stations and how consumers buy gasoline.
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Fill 'er up?
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Editorial
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US needs energy growth
Over the past decade, retail gasoline stations have continued to modernize their facilities in order to give customers what they desire most, convenience, which is the operative word that continues to drive the evolution of service stations and how consumers buy gasoline.
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US needs energy growth
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Area Drilling
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Area Drilling
Kerr-McGee Benin Consortium SA, a subsidiary of Kerr-McGee Corp., Oklahoma City, acquired 100% working interest in 2.5 million acre Block 4 off the West African country of Benin.
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Area Drilling
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Equip/Software/Lit
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Equipment/Software/Literature
Free catalog features pressure, temperature items Free Product Catalog 500 features a line of pressure and temperature instrumentation.
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Equipment/Software/Literature
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Services/Suppliers
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Suppliers
Cadcentre Group plc Wilmington, Del., has named Randy Williams vice-president of business development.
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Suppliers
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General Interest
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US heating fuel price differential nears trigger level
The US Northeast Heating Oil Reserve is in place, and conditions for oil release from the reserve have been defined in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 2000 (EPCA).
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EIA: US winter heating tab continues to rise
Heating oil prices remain a major concern for the US Northeast.
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Watching Government: 914th and last
This column will be absent from the pages of your Jan. 1 Oil & Gas Journal.
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Watching the World: A marriage of inconvenience
One would have not a little difficulty convincing Aker Maritime AS and Kvaerner AS that the industrial logic of the consolidation has found its niche in the turn-of-the-millennium oil industry.
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High US gas prices expected to persist
US natural gas spot prices, which have recently risen past $9/Mcf on the New York Mercantile Exchange, are unlikely to fall significantly in the short term.
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US heating fuel price differential nears trigger level
