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    Dolphin gas megaproject logs further progress

    July 15, 2002
    One of the Middle East oil and gas industry's most ambitious undertakings, the Dolphin natural gas project, continues to mark progress.
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    Canadian independents' F&D costs, reserve additions up

    July 15, 2002
    The aggregate, fully loaded finding and development costs among the five largest independent Canadian exploration and production companies jumped by 35% to $10.68/boe (Can.) last...
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    Conoco successfully uses team approach for FCC revamp

    July 15, 2002
    Conoco Inc. successfully implemented a major, innovative project to address catalyst circulation and improve yields from an FCC unit at its Lake Charles, La., refinery. A key ...
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    COMPANY NEWS: Dynegy gains full ownership of former Enron pipeline

    July 15, 2002
    Houston-based Dynegy Inc. exercised its rights to acquire the common equity of Northern Natural Gas Co. (NNG), a natural gas pipeline formerly owned by Enron Corp., also of Houston...
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    Ex-presidential aide seeks clean fuels policy reform

    July 15, 2002
    A prominent Republican lawyer with ties to the family of President George W. Bush and once a top aide to former President George H.W. Bush has called on policy-makers to put stricter...

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    Watching Government: Going steady

    July 15, 2002
    Negotiations between the Saudi government and multinational companies over a natural gas development plan worth over $25 billion are taking a more serious turn this summer.
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    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: Parallel Petroleum adds new staff

    July 15, 2002
    Midland, Tex.-based Parallel Petroleum Corp. has added six new employees to its operational and engineering divisions.
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    Method corrects API bottomhole circulating-temperature correlations

    July 15, 2002
    Critical for properly designing cement slurries, drilling engineers must accurately predict bottomhole circulating temperatures (BHCT) during drilling and completion of oil and...
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    New option lets operators eliminate facility disposal liability

    July 15, 2002
    Some Gulf of Mexico operators have eliminated their well abandonment, facility-decommissioning liabilities by selling properties close to the end of their producing life to a ...
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    North Sea giant gas field approaches final months

    July 15, 2002
    The end is fast approaching for Frigg, a giant natural gas field with associated condensate that straddles the median line between the Norwegian and UK sectors of the North Sea...
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    Devon pressing Barnett shale exploitation, expanding search

    July 15, 2002
    A large US independent is exploiting a substantial gas resource in the Mississippian Barnett shale in the Fort Worth basin.
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    New pipeline capacity eyed for rising Canadian oil sands output

    July 15, 2002
    Enbridge Inc., Calgary, has begun a long-range study to identify markets and pipeline needs for Alberta's rapidly expanding oil sands production.
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    OGJ Newsletter

    July 15, 2002
    Mild weather and high storage volumes pushed down US natural gas futures prices to levels not seen since March on the New York Mercantile Exchange early last week.
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    Interagency group floats greenhouse gas emission plan

    July 15, 2002
    An interagency group has given the White House a new greenhouse gas emissions plan that calls on regulators to encourage a standardized way for industry to voluntarily reduce ...
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    Abandonment concerns

    July 15, 2002
    In the past, abandoning fields on land was relatively easy, with the major consideration being to seal wells to prevent contaminating freshwater aquifers.
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    Services/Suppliers

    July 15, 2002
    Carlyss, La., has appointed Craig Milburn as operations manager for Global Divers, based in New Iberia, La.; Bill Alexander as business development manager-North America, based...
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    Elastic nonlinearity measurements help map permeability, pore fluids

    July 15, 2002
    In an earlier article, we addressed the issue, "How we can map the natural open fractures and the porosity zones by using elastic nonlinear measurements of the reservoir rocks...
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    Method to determine ILI intervals proven on Italian system

    July 15, 2002
    A method to determine safe and cost-effective intervals for conducting future intelligent pig inspections has been developed and validated with pipeline details and inspection...
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    July 15, 2002
    Version v2.50 is the latest release of this firm's Cube Manager proprietary seismic processing system.
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    Bush team resists two of three big energy mistakes

    July 15, 2002
    The administration of US President George W. Bush has objected to two of the three most obnoxious provisions of energy legislation under consideration by a House-Senate conference...
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    Area Drilling

    July 15, 2002
    TotalFinaElf SA obtained an exploration permit on Blocks 325a-329 in the Timimoun basin of central Algeria. The permit covers 13,250 sq km.
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    Lack of volatility today belies oil price hike later

    July 15, 2002
    The oil price graph curve seems to be flatlining these days. That's not necessarily a bad thing. Oil prices scarcely budged in the first week of July-albeit at a robust level ...
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    OGJ Editorial: Arab world at crossroads

    July 15, 2002
    A new United Nations Development Program (UNDP) report deals sternly with Arab nations about important issues many of them would rather ignore. No less vital are messages it bears...