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  • Volume 100, Issue 36

    • Volume 100, Issue 36

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    Electromagnetic MWD telemetry system sets depth record offshore

    Sept. 2, 2002
    Shell UK Exploration & Production, an operating unit of Royal Dutch/Shell Group, used an electromagnetic measurement-while-drilling (EM-MWD) tool to transmit downhole-measured...
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    SPECIAL REPORT: Global refining catalyst industry will achieve strong recovery by 2005

    Sept. 2, 2002
    The world oil refining and catalyst industries from 1997-2001 were analyzed to establish future trends in catalyst spending.
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    Special Report: Dynamic programming determines optimum catalyst life strategy

    Sept. 2, 2002
    A well-established mathematical algorithm known as dynamic programming, combined with advances in personal computing power, now allows straightforward optimization of fixed-bed...
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    Casing-conveyed perforating improves tight gas sand economics

    Sept. 2, 2002
    A casing-conveyed perforating and integral flapper valve system proved effective in developing stacked pay Beluga sands in the Kenai gas field in Alaska's Cook inlet.
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    Nelson-Farrar Cost Indexes

    Sept. 2, 2002
    Cost Indexes

    More content from Volume 100, Issue 36

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    Future gulf supplies: Role of the federal government

    Sept. 2, 2002
    The US Gulf of Mexico (GOM), providing 1.8 million b/d of crude oil/NGLs and 14 bcfd of natural gas, has been a major source of domestic energy supplies. However, considerable...
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    How can forsaken revenue be good for California?

    Sept. 2, 2002
    A state government in a fiscal crisis would never spend money in order to rid itself of a revenue source-would it?
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    Advertising Sales / Advertisers Index

    Sept. 2, 2002
    Advertising Sales / Advertisers Index
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    Development and poverty

    Sept. 2, 2002
    At the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development last week in Johannesburg, South Africa, attention held fast, though not without distraction, to the problem of poverty...
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    Will Saddam's ouster presage low oil prices?

    Sept. 2, 2002
    Crude oil prices are hovering near $30/bbl again. Demand for oil is inching up, a trend surely to continue with seasonal trends in the coming months. Indications are that the ...
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Sept. 2, 2002
    The PROline Promass 80F multivariable meter measures mass, volume, density, and temperature.
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    Catalysts of change

    Sept. 2, 2002
    A number of environmental regulations coming into force in the next few years will compel refiners to rethink their operations and future capital investments.
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    STAR partners save $126 million via gas emissions cuts

    Sept. 2, 2002
    Industry participants in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Natural Gas STAR program reduced methane emissions from equipment leaks and unit operations by 42 bcf in 2001...
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    Greenhouse gas emissions trading future deemed robust

    Sept. 2, 2002
    The emerging greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions market is anticipated to have a robust future, with participants expecting prices to average slightly more than $5/tonne of CO2 equivalent...
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    US company second quarter, first half earnings dwindle

    Sept. 2, 2002
    Lower oil and gas prices coupled with weak refining margins to shrink the earnings of many US oil and gas companies during the second quarter. Oil and gas prices were stronger...
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    Watching Government: Increasing access

    Sept. 2, 2002
    Congress is expected to resume negotiations on a sweeping energy bill this month. On the table are well-publicized items of interest to industry.
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    Direct assessment, data integration important in establishing pipeline integrity

    Sept. 2, 2002
    Direct assessment (DA) can be effectively employed to assess pipeline integrity within the framework of an operator's overall integrity-management program (IMP).
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Sept. 2, 2002
    If the US takes military action against Iraq, oil prices probably will tumble as other members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries again increase production to...
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    Deepwater testing center proposed off French Riviera

    Sept. 2, 2002
    A project to establish a deepwater facilities testing center off Toulon on the French Riviera should be ready for submission to possible financial partners within the next 2 months...
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    Apache, Williams exchange charges in gas gathering dispute

    Sept. 2, 2002
    Apache Corp., Houston, and Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, exchanged swipes concerning a nearly year-old dispute over Williams's attempt to transfer ownership of a gas gathering system...
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    COMPANY NEWS: Pure evaluates Unocal offer to acquire outstanding shares

    Sept. 2, 2002
    Pure Resources Inc. reported late last month it wants a special committee of independent directors to evaluate a stock-swap acquisition offer from Union Oil Co. of California,...
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    Lower oil and gas prices, weak margins trim Canadian firms' earnings

    Sept. 2, 2002
    Reduced oil and gas price realizations affected financial results of oil and gas firms based in Canada, while rising feedstock costs squeezed refining margins.
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    Yergin: US energy security lies in diversified supply

    Sept. 2, 2002
    The US will focus more on Eurasia, West Africa, and Latin America to diversify its oil supply sources and bolster energy security in the face of increasing imports and rising ...
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    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: SPE's gulf coast section elects chairman for 2002-03

    Sept. 2, 2002
    James Pappas has been elected to serve as chairman for the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Gulf Coast Section, for 2002-03.