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  • Volume 101, Issue 12

    • Volume 101, Issue 12

    Reserves

    Study sees mixed rules for oil in storage worldwide

    March 24, 2003
    A study of strategic oil stocks in some 50 countries shows a variety of arrangements under the general guidelines of the European Union and the Paris-based International Energy...
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    Reserves

    Investment needed to unlock Iraq's oil, gas potential

    March 24, 2003
    Iraq's massive oil and gas reserve potential ultimately could reach 330 billion bbl of oil and 324 tscf of gas, said UK-based investment analysts Bayphase Ltd. in a recent report...
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    Capacities

    Low-capital crude unit revamp increases product yield

    March 24, 2003
    In 2001, Lyondell-Citgo Refining LP improved diesel yield by 4.8% and atmospheric gas oil (AGO) product yield by 0.5% on whole crude by implementing a low-capital cost revamp ...
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    Companies

    Meter designs provide wet-gas measurement alternatives

    March 24, 2003
    New meter designs provide real-time, wet-gas flow rates that are critical in applications such as measuring production from remote and subsea fields where economics demand optimization...
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    Economics & Markets

    Refiners face continued uncertainty in 2003

    March 24, 2003
    During the past few years, refiners throughout the world have been subject to the vagaries of crude and product markets.

    More content from Volume 101, Issue 12

    Companies

    Lloyd Ridge's first test possible in Anadarko's 2003 gulf program

    March 24, 2003
    Anadarko Petroleum Corp. plans a busy year in the Gulf of Mexico, where it is to drill as many as 10 exploration wells including possibly the first well in the Lloyd Ridge area...
    Drilling & Production

    Eastern Papuan basin wildcats starting

    March 24, 2003
    InterOil Corp., a Canadian company with corporate headquarters in The Woodlands, Tex., said that a drilling rig to be used to drill the Moose prospect has arrived in Papua New...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    OPS rules on pipeline integrity management in HCAs

    March 24, 2003
    The US Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), part of the Department of Transportation's Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) is requiring that a hazardous-liquid pipeline...
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    Reserves

    Iraqi oil policy: present and future perspectives

    March 24, 2003
    In any meaningful discussion of the Iraqi oil industry and future policy options, three issues need to be addressed.
    Companies

    Advertising Index

    March 24, 2003
    Alfa Laval Desalt
    Production Operations

    Oil price collapse also a reasonable possibility

    March 24, 2003
    Last week, this column sought to analyze what appears to be a strong case for oil prices remaining above $30/bbl for the rest of the year.
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    Pipelines

    Modeling pipeline spill determines impact on HCAs

    March 24, 2003
    Both small and large US operators are devoting time and resources to validate the integrity of their pipelines and assess any potential impact on US Department of Transportation...
    Reserves

    It's not about oil

    March 24, 2003
    Let's be clear about the answer: no. To repeat: no. One more time: no.
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    Drilling Operations

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    March 24, 2003
    The new Model 5D70 signal conditioner module is a single-input, dual-output, software-programmable conditioner for input of pressure, force, torque, weight, and other variables...
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    IOR/EOR

    Services/Suppliers

    March 24, 2003
    Aberdeen, has appointed David Baillie as chief executive of Wood Group Gas Turbine Services.
    Companies

    Letters

    March 24, 2003
    Maureen Lorenzetti's article (OGJ, Feb. 17, 2003, p. 31) on hydrogen power presented arguments of both sides in a balanced fashion. The two sides do not hold equal credibility...
    Home

    Culture savvy

    March 24, 2003
    While covering the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston a few years ago, I was surprised to encounter one of my neighbors at a press conference.
    Government

    White House reviewing EPA nonroad, low-sulfur diesel plan

    March 24, 2003
    The US Environmental Protection Agency Mar. 11 sent to the White House for its review an industry-supported nonroad low-sulfur diesel plan.
    Government

    Hitting the road

    March 24, 2003
    With the US summer driving season almost here, fuel suppliers are pressing to get their voices heard as policymakers retool clean-air programs that focus on highway construction...
    Companies

    Point of View: Chesapeake's McClendon: Leveraging volatility key to unlocking long-lived reserves value

    March 24, 2003
    The management of Chesapeake Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, has no hesitation playing the contrarian among US natural gas producers, which has resulted in Chesapeake's reputation...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    March 24, 2003
    Traders began stripping the war premium from energy futures prices days before US bombs and missiles slammed a "target of opportunity" of "Iraqi leadership" in the predawn hours...
    Gas Processing

    Stronger oil, gas prices fuel Canadian 4Q earnings

    March 24, 2003
    A sample of oil and gas firms based in Canada shows that strong commodity prices substantially increased fourth quarter 2002 revenues and earnings.
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    Economics & Markets

    IEA: Oil markets heading into period of heightened uncertainty

    March 24, 2003
    The oil market is heading into a period of heightened uncertainty with low stocks and limited spare production capacity, the International Energy Agency warned in its latest Oil...
    Companies

    US oil firms' 4Q earnings rise, 2002 results slip; service companies suffer throughout

    March 24, 2003
    US and Canadian oil and natural gas firms posted strong results for the fourth quarter, while service and supply companies' earnings were mostly lower.
    Economics & Markets

    Lawmakers urged to focus on RFG fixes this spring

    March 24, 2003
    If Congress does not act quickly to reform federal clean fuel programs, uncoordinated state bans on the clean fuel additive methyl tertiary butyl ether may exacerbate gasoline...