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  • Volume 101, Issue 17

    • Volume 101, Issue 17

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    General Interest

    At TEPPCO, process drives HSE compliance

    April 28, 2003
    Compliance with US health, safety, and environmental regulations by petroleum liquids pipelines can be complicated, according to Barbara A. Carroll, TEPPCO vice-president for ...
    Companies

    FTC: Unocal duped California regulators over RFG patent

    April 28, 2003
    The Federal Trade Commission approved the filing of an administrative complaint against Unocal Corp. for allegedly committing fraud concerning the California Air Resources Board...
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    HSE

    Higher natural gas prices will decrease profitability of US petchem industry

    April 28, 2003
    Higher normal natural gas prices in 2004-06 could lower the peak cyclical profits of US chemical producers of methanol, ammonia, ethylene and its derivatives.
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    IOR/EOR

    Steam flooding intensifies subsidence at Wilmington field

    April 28, 2003
    Water-injection pressure maintenance may slow and ultimately arrest land subsidence in the Wilmington field in California by reducing the potential gradient that drives fluid ...
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    HSE

    CONCAWE: Vapor-emissions controls for marine gasoline loading too costly

    April 28, 2003
    A study of emission controls for non-methane volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at European marine gasoline-loading terminals shows that such controls would not be cost-effective...

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    Companies

    Advertising Index

    April 28, 2003
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    LNG

    US LNG a viable bridge to arctic supplies?

    April 28, 2003
    Much of the buzz about the future of the North American natural gas market centers on how much of a role LNG will play as a supply "bridge" to the arctic gas pipelines envisioned...
    Government

    A welcome court decision

    April 28, 2003
    While politicians from the legislative and executive branches of the US government jousted over war costs and tax cuts this month, the judicial branch made what should come to...
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    Drilling & Production

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    April 28, 2003
    The new ERDesigner well construction guidance system provides procedures and tools needed to implement extended reach well designs.
    Home

    Celebrity protestors of war in Iraq lose credibility

    April 28, 2003
    A welcome casualty of the war in Iraq is credibility of the celebrity activist.
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    Reserves

    Wildlife resources and vulnerabilities summarized for 1002 Area of ANWR

    April 28, 2003
    If petroleum represents one resource abundant in the 1002 Area of ANWR, wildlife certainly comprises another.
    Production Operations

    Letters

    April 28, 2003
    Issam al-Chalabi's article (OGJ. Mar. 24. 2003, p. 42) regarding the Iraqi oil policy: present and future perspectives provided us with an excellent historical background of the...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Spam, spam, spam

    April 28, 2003
    Many office workers today find the internet an indispensable tool.
    Refining & Processing

    MMS considers changes to natural gas royalty rule

    April 28, 2003
    The Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service may change its natural gas royalty rule but first wants to hold four public workshops this spring.
    General Interest

    Role of oil revenue for reconstruction remains unresolved

    April 28, 2003
    The United Nations and the US are expected to continue negotiating over the next few weeks possible updates to the UN's Iraq oil-for-aid humanitarian program, industry and diplomatic...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    April 28, 2003
    Prior to the Apr. 24 meeting of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in Vienna, analysts predicted OPEC ministers would agree to cut overproduction by at least 1.5 million...
    Refining

    US gasoline price relief to be 'limited' this summer, EIA says

    April 28, 2003
    US retail gasoline prices are expected to average $1.56/gal during April-September, according to the latest short-term energy outlook released earlier this month by the Energy...
    Exploration & Development

    NRC report finds pros, cons to Alaska oil development

    April 28, 2003
    Industry has made enormous technical improvements to reduce the environmental impact of oil exploration in Alaska's North Slope, the National Academies' National Research Council...
    Companies

    Company News: Russia's Yukos and Sibneft agree to merge

    April 28, 2003
    Two major transactions are furtherchanging the landscape of the Russian oil and natural gas sector.
    Government

    Land access

    April 28, 2003
    Producers may face less bureaucratic hurdles under a new US Bureau of Land Management program that government officials say will speed up the oil and gas permit approval process...
    Production Operations

    Polish firms eyeing favored role in rebuilding Iraqi oil sector

    April 28, 2003
    Poland, a staunch supporter of the US-led war in Iraq, anticipates that US businesses will give its firms preferential treatment in picking partners to help rebuild the Middle...
    Companies

    California asks DOI to end royalty cuts for stripper, heavy oil wells

    April 28, 2003
    A top California state official last week called on the Department of the Interior to terminate its royalty rate-reduction program for stripper and heavy oil properties.
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    Companies

    Point of View: Alaska freshman senator champion of oil, gas work

    April 28, 2003
    Alaska's new freshman US senator, Republican Lisa Murkowski, has a familiar face and name within the oil and gas community; she was a leader in the state's House of Representatives...