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  • Volume 100, Issue 39

    • Volume 100, Issue 39

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    SPECIAL REPORT: US drilling business poised for strong 2003 recovery

    Sept. 23, 2002
    Within the next 2 years, drilling activity should reach the limit of existing rig capacity, prompting drilling-rig new builds as the US oil and gas industry struggles to restore...
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    Multiple fiber-optic sensors run in North Sea well

    Sept. 23, 2002
    Norsk Hydro ASA installed downhole for the first time in the world, multiple fibre-optic sensors combined with surface controlled, flow-control components, according to Weatherford...
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    SPECIAL REPORT: Drillers weather downturn but maintain, grow rig fleet

    Sept. 23, 2002
    This article, last year, celebrated the drilling industry's achievements in finding crews and mobilizing an aging rig fleet to exceed not only the 1997 drilling activity peak ...
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    Control strategies improve Louisiana NGL plant operations

    Sept. 23, 2002
    A comprehensive package of advanced regulatory control and optimization strategies has been commissioned at Enterprise Products Co.'s Baton Rouge Fractionator in Port Allen, La...
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    Fourth monocolumn TLP planned for deepwater US gulf

    Sept. 23, 2002
    The Matterhorn deepwater development project will be the fourth in the Gulf of Mexico to include a monocolumn tension-leg platform (TLP), often referred to as a mini-TLP (Fig....

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    Advertising Sales / Advertisers Index

    Sept. 23, 2002
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    BURGOS TARGETS—1: Burgos basin play analysis reveals Frio-Vicksburg exploration focus areas

    Sept. 23, 2002
    A recent Pemex study of the Burgos basin indicated considerable exploration potential and reserves growth opportunities from field rehabilitation in Mexico.
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    New signs abound of future gas market tightness

    Sept. 23, 2002
    New signs of future market tightness in North America's natural gas sector continue to be manifested.
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    OGJ Editorial: Off-road air pollution

    Sept. 23, 2002
    By extending air-quality regulation to off-road vehicles and engines, the US Environmental Protection Agency has properly adjusted its aim in the fight against pollution.
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Sept. 23, 2002
    Here's a solar powered injection system for remote inland oil and gas wells that require corrosion inhibitors.
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    Bush's Iraq speech stirs questions about UN's authority

    Sept. 23, 2002
    The Sept. 12 speech by US President George W. Bush to the United Nations left the futures of two regimes in doubt.
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    Services/Suppliers

    Sept. 23, 2002
    Stratford, Conn., has appointed Charles S. Wolley as president. Wolley previously held executive positions with Leslie Controls, Dresser Valve & Controls, Van Leeuwen Pipe & Tube...
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    Research aims at lowering costs to make new discoveries economic

    Sept. 23, 2002
    Major gas producing companies are investing heavily in technological developments to reduce the cost of energy delivery. These competing technologies include:
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    Letter: Growing gasoline consumption

    Sept. 23, 2002
    "Au Contraire" regarding your editorial "No more CAFÉ futility" (OGJ, Aug. 19, p. 19). The mandated CAFÉ 27.5 mpg was the smartest thing Congress did in years. The automobiles...
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    Iraqi war seen as lesser threat to E&P stocks this time

    Sept. 23, 2002
    If the US takes military action against Iraq, oil prices probably will quickly tumble as other members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries increase production...
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    Well-construction paradigm

    Sept. 23, 2002
    Drilling industry activity has been a rollercoaster ride in recent years, with drilling contractors scrambling during the activity peak in the winter of 2000-01 to mobilize rigs...
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    COMPANY NEWSDrop in Pemex's revised oil reserves figure 'significant'

    Sept. 23, 2002
    Petroleos Mexicanos earlier this month revised downward the estimate of its 2000 proved crude oil and natural gas reserve base to comply with US Securities and Exchange Commission...
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    Watching Government: Lower expectations

    Sept. 23, 2002
    It's not the best or worst of times for industry as far as clean diesel regulations goes.
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    SPECIAL REPORT: POINT OF VIEW—Global staffing to reshape petroleum industry as current workforce ages

    Sept. 23, 2002
    The petroleum industry's workforce is multinational and global, but the face of the industry will continue to change as today's workers age and approach retirement.
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Sept. 23, 2002
    Amid sluggish product demand growth, poor refining margins, decreased compliance with output quotas by members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, and the risk...
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    Environmentalists slam bill's clean fuel liability plan

    Sept. 23, 2002
    As the US Congress resumed energy bill negotiations last week, environmental and public interest groups called on lawmakers to reject a pending Senate provision designed to exempt...
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    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONSPDVSA partially reorganizes top management

    Sept. 23, 2002
    Venezuela's state oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela SA announced a partial reorganization of some of its top managers.
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    EPA security plan for refining, chemical plants blasted

    Sept. 23, 2002
    More than a dozen industry groups have urged the US Senate to reject pending legislation to give the US Environmental Protection Agency broad new authority over security at chemical...
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    Conferees approve pipeline safety, Alaska gas line

    Sept. 23, 2002
    US lawmakers resolved disagreements over updated pipeline safety laws and a new Alaskan gas export pipeline to the Lower 48 during a House-Senate conference committee Sept. 12...
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    New North Sea pipelines provide gas for EOR

    Sept. 23, 2002
    The miscible-gas enhanced oil recovery project for the North Sea Magnus field included the construction of the first permanent pipeline system in the West of Shetlands area of...