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  • Volume 100, Issue 7

    • Volume 100, Issue 7

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    California refiner identifies crude tower instability using root cause analysis

    Feb. 18, 2002
    An atmospheric crude tower at Atlantic Richfield Co.'s Carson, Calif., refinery experienced a severe operating instability shortly after being revamped. During the revamp, high...
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    Adjustable-gauge stabilizer in motor provides greater inclination control

    Feb. 18, 2002
    Placement of an adjustable-gauge stabilizer within the bearing housing of a steerable motor avoids problems encountered by stabilizers located above or below the motor.
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    Middle East crude oil trade: future directions and implications for formula pricing

    Feb. 18, 2002
    Currently, the total production of crude oil from the Middle East stands at 21.7 million b/d; this is projected to grow to 25.5 million b/d by 2005.
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    Search for gas in Triassic reefs progresses in northern Israel

    Feb. 18, 2002
    A private independent is exploring what it calls a significant Triassic reef trend in northern Israel.
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    Saudi Aramco optimizes acid fracturing in the Khuff carbonate reservoirs

    Feb. 18, 2002
    Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) has initiated a gas development program that requires acid fracturing wells in the Khuff carbonate reservoir of South Ghawar to deliver 1....

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    Congress, White House eye energy market oversight in Enron aftermath

    Feb. 18, 2002
    A legislative battle is shaping in the US Congress over whether more regulatory oversight of energy markets is needed in the wake of the Enron Corp. financial debacle, according...
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    Editorial: A dangerous compromise

    Feb. 18, 2002
    Rumors circulated last week that oil industry representatives are ready to compromise with ethanol interests over additives for reformulated gasoline. Here's hoping they're not...
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Feb. 18, 2002
    IEA's initial estimates of worldwide oil production since output reduction pledges went into effect Jan. 1 show that it dropped 510,000 b/d last month from an average of 76.8 ...
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    Industry groups ask for updated offshore drilling rules

    Feb. 18, 2002
    A coalition of US industry trade groups representing both major and independent oil and gas companies is unhappy with pending legislation designed to update federal coastal zoning...
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    Watching the World: Every little bit helps

    Feb. 18, 2002
    Having spent some time recently listening to the directors of the major oil companies reveal their annual profits and aspirations for the coming year, one could be forgiven for...
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    CERA: Executives assess energy industry risks

    Feb. 18, 2002
    In the shadow of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, DC, "our greatest new risk could be failing to take the old risks essential to earning the rewards...
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    FERC official proposes interagency energy market task force

    Feb. 18, 2002
    Government agencies that oversee various aspects of US energy markets should consider forming an interagency task force to monitor new business trends in the oil, gas, and electric...
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    Watching Government: Stalled crisis

    Feb. 18, 2002
    Unless the White House decides to bomb Iraq in the near future, it's likely the energy price "crisis" is temporarily over for American consumers.
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    Centralized control improves operating efficiency

    Feb. 18, 2002
    Enbridge Pipelines Inc., subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., Calgary, at yearend 2001 had completed consolidation of its 16 control centers in North America into a single centralized...
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    Hydrocarbons and democracy

    Feb. 18, 2002
    The democracy that we love today may be traced back to a crazed woman stuffed in a cave and zonked on hydrocarbon gases.
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    Services/Suppliers

    Feb. 18, 2002
    Westport, Conn., has announced the appointment of Thomas R. Bates Jr. as a managing director. Bates, with more than 25 years of energy industry experience, will lead Lime Rock...
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Feb. 18, 2002
    This new MRO Super Kit Plus contains a variety of dielectric safety tools that are commonly used by personnel working in an energized circuit environment.
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    Area Drilling

    Feb. 18, 2002
    First Calgary Petroleums Ltd. let a contract to Entreprise Nationale de Geophysique to acquire 230 sq km of 3D seismic data on the 1,091 sq km Block 406a (Rhourde Yacoub) in the...
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    Advertising Sales / Advertisers Index

    Feb. 18, 2002
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    Planning for success: profit vs. reserves

    Feb. 18, 2002
    Nearly 20 years ago in a very entrepreneurial division of a major oil and gas company, a vice president defined the author's mission as being "to increase rate and maintain or...