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  • Volume 101, Issue 16

    • Volume 101, Issue 16

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    Automated testing reduces costs, improves quality

    April 21, 2003
    One of the most significant advanced process control (APC) technology advances in recent years is automated process testing.
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    Floater drills with casing off Indonesia

    April 21, 2003
    Santos Madura Offshore Pty. Ltd. completed the industry's first well drilled with casing from a floating rig, according to Weatherford International Ltd.
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    Refining

    The future of advanced process control promises more benefits and sustained value

    April 21, 2003
    Advanced process control (APC) has incorporated and will continue to incorporate new technologies and methodologies that allow refiners and petrochemical plant operators to achieve...
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    Intelligent completions vital for three-field deepwater project

    April 21, 2003
    Intelligent well completions are an essential part in the subsea gas development of the Aconcagua, Camden Hills, and King's Peak deepwater fields in the Gulf of Mexico.
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    Refining

    Real-time optimization for refining

    April 21, 2003
    While the number of APC applications has increased continually towards a mature application period (with 5,000 worldwide applications), real-time optimization (RTO) applications...

    More content from Volume 101, Issue 16

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    Advertisers Index

    April 21, 2003
    Baker Hughes INTEQwww.bakerhughes.com/inteq/fluids
    Economics & Markets

    Delaying cuts may work in OPEC's favor

    April 21, 2003
    Has the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries done its job too well?
    LPG Markets

    API, NPRA, and ethanol

    April 21, 2003
    The chemistry of vehicle fuel is complex, the politics contentious. Few subjects are more important to US consumers, more challenging for government decision-makers, or generally...
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    April 21, 2003
    Bois d'Arc Offshore Ltd., Houston, will evaluate the size of an apparent significant discovery on the northwestern part of South Pelto Block 22 on the federal gulf shelf.
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    Production Operations

    Geologic assessment and production forecasts for the ANWR 1002 Area

    April 21, 2003
    By all accounts, petroleum comprises a crucial resource associated with the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). But if so, how much oil is estimated to exist...
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    Sober message underlies Iraqi official's comic obstinacy

    April 21, 2003
    Ridiculously persistent bluster by Iraq's now deposed information minister provoked laughter in the US.
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    Production Operations

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    April 21, 2003
    The newly introduced CHEMJEX system injects a variety of process chemicals.
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    Government

    Services/Suppliers

    April 21, 2003
    Atlantia Offshore Ltd. Houston, has announced the addition of Don Selle to its staff as director of sales and marketing.
    Refining & Processing

    Awash in a sea of sulfur

    April 21, 2003
    Although it has been a financial burden on the refining industry, everyone agrees that lower sulfur in refined products has environmental benefits.
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    Companies

    US midstream standing at yet another critical juncture

    April 21, 2003
    At any time, the effectiveness of the US midstream sector to deal with challenges has depended on how well its companies accept certain realities and deal with issues they face...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    April 21, 2003
    Despite oil supply disruptions in some key countries, other oil exporters have increased output to assure consumers will be adequately supplied.
    Companies

    Canadian frontier gas supplies a decade away, experts say

    April 21, 2003
    It will be nearing the end of this decade before North America can expect any significant new gas supplies from Canada's frontier regions, industry panelists told a Canadian Energy...
    Companies

    Jordan receives first oil shipments from Saudi Arabia amid Iraq war

    April 21, 2003
    Jordan has acknowledged receiving its first shipment of crude oil from Saudi Arabia to replace supplies from Iraq but has staunchly denied that it is negotiating with Israel to...
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    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS

    April 21, 2003
    Institut Francais du Pétrole names Olivier Appert as its chair, CEO
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    Companies

    Rebuilding Iraqi oil sector must navigate feuds old and new

    April 21, 2003
    The US-led coalition that toppled the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has focused on quickly restarting the country's oil sector as its top priority.
    Government

    EPA proposes new offroad diesel fuel rule

    April 21, 2003
    The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed industry-supported nonroad, low-sulfur diesel regulations.
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    New Plants

    Point of View:EnCana's Morgan: Focus, speed key to merger succes

    April 21, 2003
    Gwyn Morgan's stock-in-trade includes a time-tested formula for increasing assets and a deft management touch that has pulled off the biggest merger in the Canadian oil industry...
    Companies

    Company News:Williams to sell Texas Gas Transmission to Loews Corp.

    April 21, 2003
    Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, signed a definitive agreement to sell its 5,800 mile Texas Gas Transmission Corp. (TGT) natural gas system to Loews Pipeline Holding Corp., a unit of...
    Companies

    Watching Government: Boom and bust

    April 21, 2003
    "Expect the unexpected" was the recurring theme of a recent Washington, DC, conference sponsored by the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners
    Refining

    US House passes sweeping energy package

    April 21, 2003
    The US House of Representatives Apr. 11 approved on a 247-175 vote a comprehensive energy bill largely similar to a proposal it passed in August 2001 that mainly follows the White...
    New Plants

    CERI: Canadian executives voice gas market, oil sands concerns

    April 21, 2003
    Market forces are working for the North American natural gas industry, but major changes are needed to reduce price spikes and ensure year-round supply, says a senior industry...