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  • Volume 100, Issue 40

    • Volume 100, Issue 40

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    SPECIAL REPORT: CO2 overcomes sandstone acidizing problems

    Sept. 30, 2002
    Carbon dioxide (CO2) pumped ahead of an acid treatment preconditions the formation and overcomes sandstone acidizing problems that may occur with conventional treatments.
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    SPECIAL REPORT: Surveys track US, Canada well service rigs

    Sept. 30, 2002
    Organizations having surveys that track US and Canada well service rigs activity include Weatherford Artificial Lift Systems Inc., Houston, in conjunction with the Association...
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    Deep, hot wildcat drills fast and problem-free with conventional oil-base fluid

    Sept. 30, 2002
    Without hole problems and at high rates of penetration (ROP), ChevronTexaco Corp. successfully drilled a deep, hot South Texas well, named Endeavour No. 2, under high temperature...
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    New method estimates sulfuric acid emissions from fired heaters

    Sept. 30, 2002
    When a sulfur-bearing fuel is burned, essentially all the sulfur is initially converted to SO2, the primary form of sulfur emissions from combustion equipment. A small portion...
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    SPECIAL REPORT: Level 6 multilateral numbers increase

    Sept. 30, 2002
    Level 6 multilateral-junction well completions have started gaining acceptance in the petroleum industry. These completions offer reduced installation risk, faster installation...

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    Advertising Sales / Advertisers Index

    Sept. 30, 2002
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    OPEC shrugs at status quo amid uncertainty

    Sept. 30, 2002
    Even with the threat of war looming between the US and Iraq, rising oil demand, and dwindling crude inventories, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries pretty much ...
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    Area Drilling

    Sept. 30, 2002
    Tipperary Corp., Denver, said extensive development drilling could occur for gas in the Cretaceous Almond formation in Moffat County.
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    BURGOS TARGETS—2: Frio-Vicksburg exploration focus areas identified in Mexico's Burgos basin

    Sept. 30, 2002
    In an effort to identify future exploration focus areas, Pemex conducted a detailed analysis of the Burgos basin's dominant Frio-Vicksburg play.
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    OGJ Editorial: The Greens in Germany

    Sept. 30, 2002
    For the oil and gas business, the significance of this month's voting in Germany is not the rift that developed between that country and the US, which has drawn the most attention...
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Sept. 30, 2002
    Here's the new 1,500 kw, 2,500 kva Model 6P6.6-3400 drilling rig generator, smaller and less costly than the company's current 2,500 kva design.
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    Senate bill study for API touts wrong set of savings

    Sept. 30, 2002
    Casual reading of a study commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute on proposed fuels legislation makes costs of an ethanol mandate in gasoline look acceptable.
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    DRA increases Indonesia pipeline capacity to allow accelerated field production

    Sept. 30, 2002
    Use of a drag-reducing agent (DRA) allowed an Indonesian pipeline system to overcome capacity constraints quickly, bring on stream additional crude production, and shut down some...
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    Services/Suppliers

    Sept. 30, 2002
    Houston, has named Dennis K. Nelsen vice-president of sales and marketing, and Mike Millard manager of sales and marketing.
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    Letter: Fight against corruption

    Sept. 30, 2002
    It is with great amazement that I read your article (OGJ, Aug. 26, 2002, p. 20) on corruption. Although many western nations try to effect how other countries deal with this issue...
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    A TLP's tale

    Sept. 30, 2002
    The Hutton tension leg platform was in the news again early this month, following its sale by Kerr-McGee North Sea (UK) Ltd., a unit of Kerr-McGee Corp., Oklahoma City, to Monitor...
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    Watching Government: Timely dialogues

    Sept. 30, 2002
    Policy-makers from nearly 70 countries attended the 8th International Energy Forum in Osaka Sept. 21-23. Organizers planned the meeting 2 years ago, but the timing of the discussions...
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    FERC judge says El Paso unit withheld gas from California amid crisis

    Sept. 30, 2002
    In a modified reiteration of a decision issued late last year, a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission judge found that El Paso Corp. illegally exercised market power by withholding...
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    Canada's Kyoto debate to hit full throttle this year

    Sept. 30, 2002
    A national debate on whether Canada should ratify the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change will likely reach a clutch point later this year.
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Sept. 30, 2002
    Risks to world oil markets from another war involving Iraq aren't likely to emerge until next year, but the extent of risk hinges largely on whether Saudi Arabia is willing and...
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    National security cited as US energy bill debate heats up

    Sept. 30, 2002
    A key US congressional lawmaker pledged to industry leaders Sept. 24 that Congress would pass "a good bill, perhaps even a great bill" this year emphasizing national security ...
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    TIPRO, TRC at odds over independents' bond requirements

    Sept. 30, 2002
    The Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) is pushing the Texas Railroad Commission to allow independent exploration and production companies the 3-year...
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    COMPANY NEWS: Premcor cuts staff, takes restructuring charge

    Sept. 30, 2002
    Independent refiner Premcor Inc. said it will cut its nonunion staff by about 20% and will record a $10 million restructuring charge in the third quarter related to the reduction...
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    Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago to unitize joint gas fields

    Sept. 30, 2002
    The governments of Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago have agreed to work aggressively towards the unitization of certain natural gas fields that straddle both countries' borders...
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    US oil industry seen playing key role in greenhouse gas emissions cuts

    Sept. 30, 2002
    US producers may be able to help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and boost domestic oil production by expanding enhanced recovery methods, policymakers said in a recent ...
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    Point of View: EIA's Caruso: DOE's information unit to bolster data quality, international scope

    Sept. 30, 2002
    Created in the wake of the oil price spikes of the 1970s, the US Energy Information Administration continues to strive to be relevant to industry, investors, and the general public...
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    PIRINC: Iraqi oil production drop crucial to crude oil price spike

    Sept. 30, 2002
    The falloff of Iraqi oil production probably has contributed more to recent price increases than any so-called "war premium" risk factor of pending US military action against ...
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    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: Ashland elects O'Brien to CEO spot

    Sept. 30, 2002
    James J. O'Brien, currently serving as president and chief operating officer of Ashland Inc., has been elected to serve as CEO of the Covington, Ky.-based firm effective Oct. ...