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  • Volume 100, Issue 11

    • Volume 100, Issue 11

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    Low capital revamp increases vacuum gas oil yield

    March 18, 2002
    In 2000, Repsol YPF's Lujan de Cuyo, Argentina, refinery completed a vacuum unit revamp that increased total gas oil yield by 6% on whole crude while maintaining heavy vacuum ...
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    Girassol, first Angola Block 17 deepwater field to produce

    March 18, 2002
    Girassol field, discovered in 1996, came on stream on Dec. 4, 2001; TotalFinaElf SA says production in February 2002 reached 200,000 bo/d from eight wells.
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    Future operations planning will measure plan achievability

    March 18, 2002
    Refinery operations planning will undergo major changes as increased computing power, and new risk analysis techniques and software reach the planner's desk.
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    Downhole catalyst upgrades heavy oil

    March 18, 2002
    Experiments in the Liaohe oil fields, in northeastern China, indicate that placement of a catalyst downhole can improve cyclic steam, heavy-oil recovery.
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    New method prevents desalter upsets from blending incompatible crudes

    March 18, 2002
    Combining a proprietary asphaltene stability index (ASI) and a laboratory simulation of the desalting process can predict desalter problems in a refinery when incompatible crude...

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    European refiners to face environmental challenge

    March 18, 2002
    The European Commission has recently revised its Directive 88/609/EEC regarding the release of pollutants from large combustion plants.
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    Conoco, Tesco commercialize casing-drilling technology

    March 18, 2002
    Conoco Inc., Houston and Tesco Corp., Calgary, commercialized the Casing-Drilling process by signing a multiyear, multiwell contract, which they say is their first for Casing-...
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    US warns Iran about meddling with its Caspian interests

    March 18, 2002
    Iran should stop trying to pressure its oil-rich Caspian neighbors to follow an agenda not supported by US political or commercial interests, a top US official told government...
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    AAPG delegates told keys to maximizing oil, gas value

    March 18, 2002
    Higher levels of cooperation, trust, and flexibility will be needed if host countries and international operators are to wrest the most value from oil and gas opportunities, said...
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    Senate energy debate moves to CAFE, RFG; ANWR looms

    March 18, 2002
    The US Senate Mar. 11 resumed work on a sweeping energy bill with votes expected on tighter motor vehicle fuel efficiency standards and tougher government oversight of energy ...
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    New Horizon Exploration relies on focus, persistence to succeed in innovative Trinidad project

    March 18, 2002
    New Horizon Exploration Inc. has completed the first year's obligation of its work commitment to the Trinidad and Tobago state oil company.
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    Watching Government: Alert relief

    March 18, 2002
    US Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge announced a revamped national alert system Mar. 12 that the oil industry finds to be a welcome improvement from how the federal government...
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    Gas processors' outlook seen bright amid old, new issues

    March 18, 2002
    The future for natural gas is bright, from both demand and supply standpoints. And the natural gas processing industry can benefit from that prospect so long as it accepts certain...
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    Company News: MidAmerican to buy Kern River system from Williams

    March 18, 2002
    Analysts see benefits for both firms in an agreement between Berkshire Hathaway Inc. unit MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., Des Moines, Iowa, and Tulsa-based Williams Cos. Inc....
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    Salaries in UK upstream oil and gas industry continue to rise

    March 18, 2002
    Salaries in the UK upstream oil and gas industry are on the rise, according to the latest salary survey released by SMCL, a specialty consulting firm based in the UK. Upstream...
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    OGJ Editorial: A risky move with steel

    March 18, 2002
    The oil and gas industry, especially in the US, faced two large economic questions when 2002 began. One was timing of the start of recovery. The other was whether recovery would...
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    Personnel Moves and Promotions

    March 18, 2002
    Robert G. Slaughter has been elected president of the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association. Currently, Slaughter serves as NPRA's general counsel and director of public...
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    OGJ Newsletter

    March 18, 2002
    The US experienced its fourth consecutive week of colder-than-normal conditions, prompting a rise in heat load demand. The American Gas Association reported a 140 bcf withdrawal...
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    Oil, gas markets deemed poised for rebound in 2003

    March 18, 2002
    Increased demand for oil and natural gas should push up commodity prices in 2003 or maybe even sooner, said a panel of five industry executives at a semiannual oil field service...
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    Letters

    March 18, 2002
    I went to an "International House of Pancakes" last week for my "on the road" cup of coffee and suffered a devastating blow-one cup of coffee = $1.85.
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    100 years and counting

    March 18, 2002
    By now, OGJ readers have probably noticed the "A Century of Industry Leadership" emblem on the cover of recent Oil & Gas Journals. As OGJ celebrates its 100th anniversary, another...
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    March 18, 2002
    The new Hydrobloc HB Series heatless desiccant compressed air dryer features maintenance-free shuttle valves, high efficiency coalescing prefilter, and particulate removal afterfilter...
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    Advertisers Index

    March 18, 2002
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    Area Drilling

    March 18, 2002
    Talisman Energy Inc., Calgary, said gross production from its fields in southern Sudan averaged 221,300 b/d in fourth quarter 2001 and 213,028 b/d for the full year, a 16% increase...
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    Land access issues simmer in California, Utah, New Mexico

    March 18, 2002
    The oil and gas industry was pressing its quest to gain access to land for exploration, drilling, and possibly production on several fronts in recent weeks.
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    Subsea-to-subsea gulf pipelay further signals movement into deep water

    March 18, 2002
    A "subsea-to-subsea" installation was completed in late 2001 on Shell Exploration & Production Co.'s Einstat project by Stolt Offshore Inc., Houston. Such installations are rare...
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    Pioneer working to develop oil, gas businesses in South Africa

    March 18, 2002
    Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Dallas, will be the first outside company to produce oil off South Africa with the anticipated startup of Sable field expected in the first quarter...