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  • Volume 100, Issue 50

    • Volume 100, Issue 50

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    Special Report: Leak-detection system designed to catch slow leaks in offshore Alaska line

    Dec. 9, 2002
    Installation of the LEOS leak-detection system on the Northstar crude oil pipeline project in Alaska's Beaufort Sea was in response to a US Army Corp. of Engineers' requirement...
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    Study benchmarks 2001 drilling, completion costs for 400 South Texas gas wells

    Dec. 9, 2002
    A group of operating companies with gas well completions in South Texas participated in a 400-well drilling costs and practices benchmarking study. The 12 companies, of all sizes...
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    Horizontal drilling proves zone-specific application in Iranian carbonate reservoirs

    Dec. 9, 2002
    The National Iranian South Oil Co. (NISOC), Ahwaz, Iran, has applied horizontal drilling technology to the country's carbonate and sandstone reservoirs to increase recoverable...
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    New equation of state is accurate for VLE, PVT calculations of oil mixtures

    Dec. 9, 2002
    A new cubic molecular-based equation of state (MMM) accurately calculates pressure, volume, temperature (PVT) and vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) data for pure and mixed fluids...
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    Hydraulic refracturing improves productivity in Chinese oil field

    Dec. 9, 2002
    Alternative-orientation hydraulic refracturing successfully stimulated low-permeability reservoirs in the Maling oil field, China.

    More content from Volume 100, Issue 50

    Companies

    ConocoPhillips looks to develop Corocoro field off eastern Venezuela

    Dec. 9, 2002
    ConocoPhillips said it expects government approval in 2003 of its planned development of giant Corocoro field in the southwestern Gulf of Paria.
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    Saudis remain best bet for oil price stability

    Dec. 9, 2002
    There once was a time when Saudi Arabia labored mightily to avoid the role of swing supplier for the world oil market.
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    Area Drilling

    Dec. 9, 2002
    Devlan Exploration Inc., Calgary, and Vintage Petroleum (Canada) Inc. are preparing to resume exploration in the Grandview Hills region on the Peel plateau northwest of Fort Good...
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    OGJ Editorial: The UK royalty promise

    Dec. 9, 2002
    British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has kept a promise to abolish royalty on the UK North Sea's 30 oldest oil and gas fields.
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    Lusitanian basin highlights important potential in Portugal

    Dec. 9, 2002
    Exploration activity the past 5 years has done much to heighten the petroleum potential of Portugal's Lusitanian basin. A new, subsalt petroleum system involving Triassic synrift...
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    The Prestige spill raises questions of accountability

    Dec. 9, 2002
    Much can be said about the sinking on Nov. 19 of the Prestige tanker and consequent spill of fuel oil off northwestern Spain.
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Dec. 9, 2002
    New FCX Series electronic transmitters feature compact size, premium performance, intrinsic safety, and explosionproof design.
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    Services/Suppliers

    Dec. 9, 2002
    Houston, has acquired UK-based CleanCut Technologies and its patented offshore waste collection and transportation system. Formerly a division of Clyde Blowers Ltd. of Scotland...
    Companies

    We get e-mail

    Dec. 9, 2002
    The coupling of the internet and instantaneous interpersonal communication was originally touted as a universal blessing.
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    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: Dynegy names new executive vice-president, chief financial officer

    Dec. 9, 2002
    Houston-based Dynegy Inc. announced that Nick J. Caruso has been named executive vice-president and chief financial officer. In his new position, Caruso will be responsible for...
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    Industry, lawmakers praise passage of pipeline safety bill

    Dec. 9, 2002
    Industry reemphasized its support for pipeline safety reauthorization legislation that passed Congress last month by unanimous consent.
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    API: Omnibus energy reform still a top priority in 2003

    Dec. 9, 2002
    US congressional lawmakers still want to pass a sweeping energy reform bill that streamlines federal clean fuel rules and imposes a fuel ethanol mandate, according to oil and ...
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    Energy forum: Energy poverty remains a worldwide challenge

    Dec. 9, 2002
    Energy poverty, although concentrated in developing countries, challenges governments around the world, says an official of the International Energy Agency.
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Dec. 9, 2002
    The outlook for the 2003 North American natural gas market hinges on storage because flat-to-declining supply coupled with power generation demand should tighten the gas market...
    Companies

    COMPANY NEWS: Premcor to buy Williams's Memphis refinery

    Dec. 9, 2002
    Williams Cos. Inc. reported late last month signing a definitive agreement to sell its Memphis refinery and other related operations to Old Greenwich, Conn.-based independent ...
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    IEA chief: Worldwide energy security favors nonconventional oil

    Dec. 9, 2002
    Because of oil price fluctuations and terrorist threats, the issue of energy security is back on the public agenda with renewed focus on nonconventional sources, says Robert Priddle...
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    Watching Government: Changing climates

    Dec. 9, 2002
    The White House wants industry's help reshaping climate change policy.
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    Special Report: Independents now dominating E&D action in Alaska's Cook Inlet

    Dec. 9, 2002
    A wave of independent oil and gas companies has swept into Alaska's Cook Inlet region in recent years.
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    Special Report: POINT OF VIEW: Forest Oil's Alaska unit poised for an active 2003

    Dec. 9, 2002
    Next year will be an active one for Forest Oil Corp.'s Alaska business unit, as roughly 20-25% of the Denver-based independent's exploration and production budget for 2003 is ...
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    Technology advances brighten heavy-oil potential

    Dec. 9, 2002
    Horizontal wells, multilateral wells, solvents, steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD), on site upgrading, in situ upgrading, and alternative fuels are some existing and emerging...