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  • Volume 101, Issue 32

    • Volume 101, Issue 32

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    Drilling & Production

    New technique combats lost circulation

    Aug. 18, 2003
    Matador Operating Corp. combated lost-circulation problems in Monument field, Hobbs, NM, by combining tubing release procedures with a specialized cement-plug setting technique...
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    Companies

    Analysts see Angola poised to ramp up oil production

    Aug. 18, 2003
    As a result of recent discoveries in its deep and ultradeep waters, Angola is poised to jump its oil production to 2 million b/d by 2007, said analysts at Merrill Lynch & Co. ...
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    Companies

    Peak-oil, global warming concerns opening new window of opportunity for alternative energy sources

    Aug. 18, 2003
    A new window of opportunity is opening for alternative energy sources.
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    Companies

    Study evaluates design considerations of larger, more efficient liquefaction plants

    Aug. 18, 2003
    Recent trends in the design of LNG production facilities focus on train sizes of 3-8 million tonnes/year (tpy).
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    Economics & Markets

    US jack up market benefits from rig reductions

    Aug. 18, 2003
    Utilization rates among mobile offshore rigs in the Gulf of Mexico and worldwide got a boost with Houston-based Transocean Inc.'s mid-July announcement that it was removing five...

    More content from Volume 101, Issue 32

    Exploration & Development

    Alberta, industry work to minimize seismic footprint in protected areas

    Aug. 18, 2003
    Industry and government banded together in Alberta to improve seismic imaging and reduce overall oil and gas project costs in areas adjacent to protected places.
    Exploration & Development

    Deeper oil zones targeted in Casamance Dome Flore area

    Aug. 18, 2003
    Early processing results are encouraging from a 380 sq km 3D seismic survey acquired earlier this year over the Dome Flore and Dome Gea salt dome heavy oil accumulations in the...
    Reserves

    Quest inks Kentucky coalbed methane lease from Alcoa

    Aug. 18, 2003
    Quest Resource Corp, Oklahoma City, inked an agreement with Alcoa Inc. subsidiary Alcoa Fuels Inc. for a 1-year coalbed methane lease on more than 63,000 acres in Union, Crittendon...
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    Companies

    Finds boost ExxonMobil resource above 10.5 billion boe off Angola

    Aug. 18, 2003
    ExxonMobil Corp., reporting its 14th deepwater oil discovery on Block 15 off Angola, said the company's resource base in Angola is now estimated to be more than 10.5 billion boe...
    Production Operations

    Brazilian independent finds light oil in Reconcavo onshore

    Aug. 18, 2003
    Independent Brazilian oil company Marítima Petróleo e Engenharia Ltda., a unit of Brazilian firm Synergy Group Corp. (formerly Rainier Engineering Ltd.), reported making a light...
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    Exploration & Development

    Brazil interested in exploring deepwater GOM off Cuba

    Aug. 18, 2003
    During a recent visit to Brazil, Cuba's Vice-President Carlos Lage said that Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed strong interest in accepting the Cuban government...
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    Economics & Markets

    US gas market a two-headed llama?

    Aug. 18, 2003
    US gas market a two-headed llama? Well, so much for the idea of a $5/Mcf price floor for natural gas this year.
    Production Operations

    Future energy supply

    Aug. 18, 2003
    Oil is a finite resource. Around this fact of nature pivots a debate as important as it is fascinating. It's important because it concerns future availability of the cheap energy...
    Companies

    Australia

    Aug. 18, 2003
    An Apache Corp. group is evaluating an apparent gas discovery on Harriet Joint Venture acreage 8 km east of Varanus Island off Western Australia.
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    Refining & Processing

    Point of View - Colonial's Lemmon: Pipelines' commitment to safety, integrity long-standing, permanent

    Aug. 18, 2003
    US petroleum liquids pipelines committed to greater safety and system integrity as long ago as 1998, according to David L. Lemmon, president and CEO of Colonial Pipeline Co., ...
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    Production Operations

    New meter for produced water and crude oil in water

    Aug. 18, 2003
    New meter for produced water and crude oil in water Here's the TD-500 hand held, bench top oil in water meter for crude oil.
    Exploration & Development

    BLM takes step to improve access to federal land

    Aug. 18, 2003
    BLM takes step to improve access to federal land The Bureau of Land Management has taken an important step toward debottlenecking US energy supply.
    Tankers

    Perception is everything

    Aug. 18, 2003
    Perception is everything I think I first heard about "The Carburetor" in the 1960s.
    Companies

    Petrobras to invest $5.1 billion outside Brazil by 2007

    Aug. 18, 2003
    Brazil's state-owned Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) plans to increase and diversify investments outside of Brazil, investing $800 million this year and $5.1 billion by 2007...
    Companies

    Watching Government - Updating sanctions

    Aug. 18, 2003
    Updating sanctions An economic sanctions policy bill may reappear on the US congressional agenda this fall, with competing voices jockeying for the White House's attention.
    Companies

    Venezuela to send gas to Trinidad, agrees to MOU talks

    Aug. 18, 2003
    For the first time, Venezuela has agreed to allow some of its natural gas to be processed in Trinidad and Tobago as both countries jointly move to develop their cross-border reserves...
    Government

    IDB loan decision delayed on Camisea pipeline project

    Aug. 18, 2003
    Late last month the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) postponed a decision to provide a $75 million loan for the pipeline portion of the Camisea natural gas megaproject in...
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    LNG

    Take-or-pay gas supplies may swamp Turkey's demand

    Aug. 18, 2003
    While it may have alleviated its oversupply problems for 2003, Turkey's take-or-pay contracts for natural gas are likely to outstrip its projected demand by 20% in 2006, said ...
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    Companies

    IEA projects more oil demand growth

    Aug. 18, 2003
    The International Energy Agency's latest Oil Market Report includes an upward revision to some historical demand figures and a corresponding increase in the call on crude from...
    Companies

    Company News: Williams sells more than $100 million in assets

    Aug. 18, 2003
    Major US energy companies and majors continue selling off assets to improve their balance sheets and their property portfolios.