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  • Volume 100, Issue 17

    • Volume 100, Issue 17

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    Best-practice in plant maintenance, shutdown requires long-term alliance between operator, contractor

    April 29, 2002
    Strategies and practices to achieve planned major maintenance and inspection shutdowns vary considerably throughout the oil and gas industry. This is interesting because all operators...
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    Expectations of sustained Russian oil production boom justified

    April 29, 2002
    In the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, oil production–the great majority of which was Russia’s–nosedived, triggering the former Soviet Union’s "lost...
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    Complete planning for maintenance turnarounds will ensure success

    April 29, 2002
    Plant turnaround is no longer a single occurrence that is the responsibility of the maintenance department. Organizations readily accept the need for multifunctional teams responsible...
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    New model estimates water content in saturated natural gas

    April 29, 2002
    A new mathematical model estimates the water content in saturated natural gas, both sweet and sour, up to 10,000 psia and 460° F.
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    Raster log technology revolutionizes geologist's workflow

    April 29, 2002
    Raster well-log technology, based on bitmap log images with applied depth calibration, is revolutionizing how geologists work at Apache Corp.?s Midcontinent division in Tulsa....

    More content from Volume 100, Issue 17

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    International oil companies’ role large in Bangladesh exploration history

    April 29, 2002
    International oil companies (IOCs) have played a significant role in Bangladesh’s exploration history, which began nearly 100 years ago.
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    Advertising Sales/Advertisers Index

    April 29, 2002
    A2D Technologieswww.a2d.com
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    The Editor's Perspective: Gasoline subsidy: Venezuela’s overlooked economic problem

    April 29, 2002
    Analysis of this month’s failed rebellion in Venezuela should include an important piece of information that too frequently is overlooked.
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    OGJ Editorial: This is energy policy?

    April 29, 2002
    It’s still possible to say that the US Congress would do more good by enacting energy legislation in its present shape than by not passing anything. The potential benefit, however...
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    Salt deposits in Arizona promise gas-storage opportunities

    April 29, 2002
    Massive salt formations and their proximity to pipeline systems and power plants make Arizona attractive for natural gas storage.
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    Area Drilling

    April 29, 2002
    Sooner International Petroleum Co., Oklahoma City, pulled out of the sluggish Southwest Gobustan oil and gas venture, blaming financial woes, Interfax reported.
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    April 29, 2002
    An optional fugitive emissions module is available for Tufline ball valves.
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    Market Hotline: OPEC production restraint now looming as market threat

    April 29, 2002
    Rebounding oil prices in the wake of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s stunning return to power after an abortive 48-hr coup may be a harbinger of things to come this year.
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    Bangladesh gas reserve, resource potential may be underestimated

    April 29, 2002
    Bangladesh’s resource base can be divided into three main categories. The first article covered existing fields and discoveries and field growth (OGJ, Apr. 22, 2002, p. 48). The...
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    Free market best for steel

    April 29, 2002
    I am writing in regards to the recent antidumping action taken by the administration on steel imports and the several editorials in OGJ on this subject (Mar. 18, 2002, p. 21, ...
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    Maintenance trends

    April 29, 2002
    Maintenance activity, especially related to turnarounds, is on the rise in 2002 as downstream plant operators take advantage of weak market conditions to perform shutdowns.
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    New York judge rules Enron-Dynegy lawsuit to be moved to Houston

    April 29, 2002
    Judge Arthur Gonzalez of the US Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York has ruled that Enron Corp.’s $10 billion lawsuit against Dynegy Inc. will be moved to a Houston...
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    Personnel Moves and Promotions: ConocoPhillips names additional members to senior management team

    April 29, 2002
    Conoco Inc. and Phillips Petroleum Co. have named additional members to the new ConocoPhillips senior management team formed earlier this year (OGJ, Mar. 4, 2002, p. 34).
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    Watching Government: Chad’s promise

    April 29, 2002
    The Chad-Cameroon pipeline project won’t end the corruptive nature oil can have on a developing nation. But policy-makers from the world’s most developed nations are betting it...
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    OGJ Newsletter

    April 29, 2002
    Events in Iraq and Venezuela during early April spotlighted the difficulties faced by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in its attempts to manage oil prices over...
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    Saudi, US officials affirm ties amid political tensions

    April 29, 2002
    Industry is hopeful a meeting between Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah and President George W. Bush-at presstime still scheduled last week at the president’s ranch in Crawford, Tex...
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    Senate energy bill, sans ANWR, seen likely to pass

    April 29, 2002
    A key Senate Republican predicted Congress can work out its differences on pending comprehensive energy legislation and send a proposal to the White House this year.
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    Company News: Chinese, FSU firms in thick of acquisition deals

    April 29, 2002
    Acquisitions involving companies in communist or formerly communist countries dominate this week’s company news.
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    UK hits offshore producers with supplemental tax

    April 29, 2002
    In a surprise move, UK tax officials applied the "stick" to offshore producers with an immediate new 10% supplemental tax on North Sea oil and gas profits, while hinting at a ...