Oil & Gas Journal Articles, Apr 2001

Special Report
- Worldwide, US E&P spending will likely be higher than expected in 2001
  Worldwide spending on exploration and production of oil and natural gas will likely increase more than the 20-30% forecasted previously by many analysts.
- Capital Spending Outlook: Strong oil, gas prices continue to fuel capital spending
  The copious pool of funds derived from the past year and a half's strong crude oil and natural gas prices allows for the healthy capital investment of 2000 to continue in 2001.
- Salomon: 2001 E&P spending to sustain near-record growth
  Worldwide exploration and production outlays are expected to sustain near-record growth in 2001, according to Salomon Smith Barney, New York. This increase in E&P spending marks a period of transition for the oil services sector from a state of recovery to one of steady growth, the firm said.
Exploration & Development
- Gulf sale draws fervent interest
  Royalty relief incentives to drill for deep gas in shallow waters, along with the continuing attraction of deepwater Gulf of Mexico exploration, were the drivers in a strong central gulf lease sale Mar. 28.
- Talisman reports progress in Sudan and Alberta
  Talisman Energy Ltd., Calgary, plans $120 million (Canadian) in capital spending this year attributable to its 25% working interest in exploration and development operations in southern Sudan.
- Sizing up 362 US giant oil fields by basin type
  Have the different types of basins in the US had any influence of the characteristics of the giant oil fields within them?
Drilling & Production
- Batch-inhibitor treatment size, shut-in time determined
  Equations and graphs have been developed for determining how long wells should be shut in after a batch inhibitor treatment and how much inhibitor is required to coat the tubing in a well.
- Numerical approximation improves well survey calculation
  It is now possible to improve the precision of well survey calculations by order of magnitude with numerical approximation.
Processing
- GUIDE TO WORLD CRUDES: Enterprise assays fields in Norway, the UK, and Italy
  Enterprise Oil PLC, London, has updated assays of new or test productions of three of its fields.
Transportation
- Study says floating liquefaction plants are viable
  Higher natural gas prices and improving technology have combined to move the use of a floating LNG plant closer to reality.
- Effects of Hutchinson, Kan., gas leak can be worldwide
  A January uncontrolled escape of natural gas and brine from an underground salt storage cavern is having worldwide consequences for underground hydrocarbon storage operations, OGJ Online reported last month.
- Clarkson: Tanker business upturn to continue its run during 2001
  Oil tankers are experiencing a record year, reports Clarkson Research Studies, London, in its most recent semiannual review of the world's tanker industries.
- New pipelay vessel nearing completion
  A new, ultra-deepwater pipelay and subsea construction vessel, the CSO Deep Blue (shown here at dock), is nearing The Netherlands enroute from Hyundai Mipo dockyards after successful sea trials.
Regular Features
- OGJ Newsletter
  - OGJ Newsletter
    Another hefty oil price spike is headed this way, judging from an emerging consensus among analysts.
- Journally Speaking
  - OGJ's energy data warehouse
    "Data available in Oil & Gas Journal Energy Database."
- Editorial
  - Indignation over Kyoto
    Global warming looks more and more like an excuse for the world's politicians, led by official Europe, to bellow self-righteously at American expense.
- Area Drilling
  - Area Drilling
    A group led by Anadarko Petroleum Corp. will resume exploration in east-central Algeria under an amended production sharing agreement with state-owned Sonatrach.
- Equip/Software/Lit
  - Equipment/Software/Literature
    Durable packaging for harsh industrial use characterizes the Series 650 capacitive accelerometers.
- Services/Suppliers
  - Services/Suppliers
    Aurora, Colo., is a new company formed by a joint venture of Bateman Engineering Inc. and Merrick & Co. BMG is the combined Denver-based oil and gas operation of both companies placed under a single management team to better serve the infrastructure needs of the hydrocarbon processing and renewable energy industries.
General Interest
- Watching Government: From ANWR to Baghdad
  With leasing prospects dimming for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain, most US companies are hoping White House energy policymakers turn their attention outside US borders.
- Survey: Access, drilling top hurdles for North American gas gains
  The two biggest challenges to increasing North American natural gas production are access to prospective land and availability of adequate drilling services, according to a survey by Ziff Energy Group, Calgary.
- FERC executive points to 'gray market' in gas price surge
  A top official with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has conceded the so-called "gray market" helped drive natural gas prices sky high in southern California late last year.
- API: FTC gasoline price inquiry exonerates industry
  A US Federal Trade Commission report "exonerates" the oil industry of allegations that it sought to drive up Midwest gasoline prices last summer, the American Petroleum Institute contends.
- GEI Index: OECD improving, emerging economies static
  The average energy performance indicators for 20 countries that are monitored in the Global Energy Investment (GEI) Index remained relatively constant in third quarter 2000.
- Watching the World: Mediterraean market malaise
  There seemed to be a genuine unease at the stands of many Italian oil industry service and supply companies at last month's Offshore Mediterranean Conference in Ravenna.
- Company News: M&A activity strengthens amon US, Canadian firms
  Merger and acquisition activity among US and Canadian oil and gas companies has once again gained momentum.
- Pakistan moving forward with PSO privatization
  Pakistan's privatization ministry has retained financial adviser JP Morgan Chase & Co. to help it sell part of Pakistan State Oil (PSO), the country's largest oil marketing company.
- PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: Two Canadian pipeline companies appoint new top executives
  Two Calgary-based pipeline companies-TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. and Alliance Pipeline Ltd.-have recently named new executives.

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