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    Infill program revitalizes Wyoming gas field

    Feb. 11, 2002
    A diverse group with different technical backgrounds and from different organizations successfully solved problems that had plagued past attempts to revitalize sour-gas production...
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    Indian petrochemicals will maintain strong growth through 2010

    Feb. 11, 2002
    The Indian petrochemical industry has grown substantially over the past decade, with annual average consumption growth greater than 15% in many product segments. Market growth...
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    New vessel starts servicing wells in Gulf of Mexico

    Feb. 11, 2002
    The latest addition to the stimulation-vessel fleet working in the Gulf of Mexico, is the BJ Blue Ray, owned by Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc., Mandeville, La., and operated ...
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    Underbalanced drilling driven by success

    Feb. 11, 2002
    Underbalanced drilling (UBD) operations maintain the net pressure exerted by drilling fluids in the annular space between the drillstring and the formation being drilled at values...
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    Gas-demand growth will push expansion in Mexican transmission infrastructure

    Feb. 11, 2002
    Natural gas demand growth in Mexico over the next 10 years is unavoidable and, despite economic uncertainties, will be resilient.

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    Mexican energy sector reforms include foreign operators' participation in E&D

    Feb. 11, 2002
    For the first time in 50 years, the Mexican government is planning to invite oil and gas companies to participate in international tenders for developing Mexico's onshore natural...
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    SCADA focus of Pemex Gas pipeline network upgrade

    Feb. 11, 2002
    Economic projections point toward a gradual recovery of industrial production activity in Mexico in the next few years. A prerequisite for this growth, however, is the timely ...
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    Pemex records more milestones with Cantarell megaproject in 2001

    Feb. 11, 2002
    What has been described as the world's largest oil field development project currently under way marked further progress in 2001.
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    Alaskan Senator wants to mandate 'southern' route for arctic gas line

    Feb. 11, 2002
    Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Alas.) said he wants federal legislation directing Alaskan North Slope producers and pipeline companies to build an arctic gas line that parallels the ...
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    Editorial: The oil market's muddle

    Feb. 11, 2002
    A month in effect, an elaborately coordinated curtailment of oil production remains-what else?-a muddle.
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    New management drivers in Pemex: expanding business relationships

    Feb. 11, 2002
    In Mexico, we are living in times of change, with new demands being voiced by society. At all levels of government in Mexico programs are being developed to respond to this demand...
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    Enron, M&A deals shape yearend 2001 Energy 50 rankings

    Feb. 11, 2002
    The yearend 2001 ranking of the world's 50 largest energy companies was shaped by some significant events:
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    Watching the World: Clutching at straws

    Feb. 11, 2002
    The UK's oil minister is also responsible for other energy sources and is rather proud that he has just inaugurated the world's largest straw-fired power station, a 36 Mw, $100...
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    Alaska lacks funds for gas pipeline, state official says

    Feb. 11, 2002
    Alaska is "resource rich" but too "cash poor" to buy in as part owner of a proposed pipeline to transport North Slope natural gas to the Lower 48, said the head of the state's...
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    Company News: Petro-Canada to buy Veba's international oil, gas assets

    Feb. 11, 2002
    Petro-Canada, Calgary, leads recent upstream acquisition news with its plan to buy the international oil and gas operations of Veba Oil & Gas GMBH for $3.2 billion (Can.) in a...
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    House group backs call for more US production

    Feb. 11, 2002
    Rep. Barbara Cubin (R-Wyo.), chairman of the House Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, last week said her agenda for this year will complement the White House...
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Feb. 11, 2002
    The most recent arctic blast across much of the US and Canada has led many to wonder: could natural gas prices be rescued from their sagging levels during an otherwise forgettable...
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    Personnel Moves and Promotions: Dynegy takes possession of disputed Enron pipeline, names unit's president

    Feb. 11, 2002
    Houston-based energy marketer Dynegy Inc. took temporary possession of Enron Corp.'s Northern Natural Gas (NNG) pipeline Jan. 31 and named Dan Dienstbier as the pipeline's president...
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    White House budget plan would overhaul oil, gas research

    Feb. 11, 2002
    The fiscal 2003 budget proposed by the administration of Presiden George W. Bush would require the Department of Energy to overhaul the way it funds oil and gas research.
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    Watching Government: Forward and back

    Feb. 11, 2002
    President George W. Bush's first State of the Union speech Jan. 29 gave US oil companies the clearest indication yet that the administration is not yet prepared to allow American...
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    PACE, Shell agree on labor pact for refinery workers

    Feb. 11, 2002
    The Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical, and Energy Workers International Union (PACE) has accepted a refinery workers' contract offer from Shell Oil Co. that is expected to set...
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    E: the new 'scarlet letter'

    Feb. 11, 2002
    There's nothing like a juicy scandal to hit some new high notes in the perpetual comic opera that is Washington, DC.
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    Energy-economy link

    Feb. 11, 2002
    Your editorial "The energy-economy link" (OGJ, Dec. 17, 2001, p. 17) has some terminology that is undoubtedly and unnecessarily offensive to many, probably most people. Writing...
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    Services/Suppliers

    Feb. 11, 2002
    Denver, has promoted Edward M. Portaro to vice-president, power; and William E. Ward to vice-president, oil and gas. Both men have been instrumental in the growth of the firm'...
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Feb. 11, 2002
    Here's the SRM6200E, a license-free, wireless Ethernet radio modem, specifically designed to operate in the 902-928 Mhz ISM band.
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    Area Drilling

    Feb. 11, 2002
    Melrose Resources PLC, London, had an indicated discovery at its El Mansoura-3 well in the Nile Delta onshore within 10 km of East Delta field production facilities.
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    Horizontal drilling taps tight gas plays in Permian basin

    Feb. 11, 2002
    Major and independent producers in West Texas are quietly using horizontal drilling technology to tap tight natural gas deposits in the Montoya and Devonian formations in what...
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    Advertising Sales/Advertising Index

    Feb. 11, 2002
    Alberta Energy Companywww.aec.ca
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    Tanker earnings in 2002 unlikely to recover; VLCC players remain static

    Feb. 11, 2002
    World tanker earnings for 2001 were in near free-fall, dropping by more than 70% from January to December. And no end seemed in sight for this the third drop-and by far the steepest...