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    Refining & Processing

    Gas processing margins are in structural decline

    Sept. 15, 2003
    Historical oil and gas pricing data show that gas processing margins are in a long-term decline, a phenomenon not welcomed by processors.
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    Drilling & Production

    A simple, practical approach provides a technique for calibrating tortuosity factors.

    Sept. 15, 2003
    The methodology uses actual survey data and known surface hook loads for different operating conditions, such as tripping in, tripping out, and rotating off bottom, to arrive ...
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    Discoveries

    Stimulation tube restores production in Gulf of Mexico gas well

    Sept. 15, 2003
    An oxidizer-based tool successfully restored gas production from a Unocal Corp. well in Gulf of Mexico Brazos Block A105, according to the service provider Expro International...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Weather complicates Na Kika installation

    Sept. 15, 2003
    Weather complicates Na Kika installation Hurricane Claudette and strong loop currents affected installation of the Na Kika semisubmersible production unit in the Gulf of Mexico...
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    Companies

    OGJ200 list shrinks following more consolidation

    Sept. 15, 2003
    The OGJ200 list of publicly traded US oil and gas producers has shrunk to 154.

    More content from Volume 101, Issue 35

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    Reserves

    OGJ100 earnings, production slide as reserves grow

    Sept. 15, 2003
    Oil & Gas Journal's look at the top 100 oil and gas producing companies based outside the US reveals that production, revenues, and earnings generally were on the decline last...
    Production Operations

    MEPG: Iraq logs progress restoring oil output, exports

    Sept. 15, 2003
    MEPG: Iraq logs progress restoring oil output, exports While security remains a serious challenge, Iraq is making progress in restoring production and export of crude oil and ...
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    Exploration & Development

    SEPAC's Wolf: Start-ups freshen Canadian oil sector

    Sept. 15, 2003
    A new crop of start-up companies is bringing fresh ideas to the Canadian oil and gas sector, says the chairman of the Small Explorers & Producers Association of Canada (SEPAC)...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Brazilian gas demand in 2007 to be less than forecast

    Sept. 15, 2003
    Brazilian gas demand in 2007 to be less than forecast Brazilian state-owned oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has forecast that Brazil's demand for natural gas will...
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    Companies

    DOE to investigate last month's gasoline price spike

    Sept. 15, 2003
    US Department of Energy Sec. Spencer Abraham Sept. 3 told the House Energy and Commerce Committee his department is investigating last month's gasoline price spike.
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    Skills shortages forecast for UK upstream

    Sept. 15, 2003
    A rosy future is predicted for UK exploration and production professionals, but challenges lie ahead for employers when skills shortages emerge, said SMCL, a UK-based specialty...
    Reserves

    IMF: Nigeria should share oil profits with its citizens

    Sept. 15, 2003
    Nigeria could benefit from directly distributing its oil revenues to its citizens, which should have a right to an equal share of oil proceeds, according to a working paper prepared...
    LNG

    Watching Government - Gas spotlight

    Sept. 15, 2003
    US government and private energy forecasts predict residential natural gas customers will pay more to heat their homes this winter.
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    Companies

    Personnel Moves & Promotions: Citgo executive and two PDVSA directors joining Citgo board

    Sept. 15, 2003
    Citgo Petroleum Corp., Tulsa, has elected Citgo Executive Vice-Pres. Antonio Rivero to the board along with Nelson Martínez and Dester Rodríguez, both on the Petróleos de Venezuela...
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    Companies

    How to create the next-generation national oil company

    Sept. 15, 2003
    National oil companies (NOCs) worldwide are grappling with the forces of inevitable change.
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    Companies

    Antitrust strategies enhance merger approval likelihood

    Sept. 15, 2003
    Companies contemplating a merger or acquisition are not alone as the oil and natural gas and oil field service industries continue to consolidate.
    Gas Processing

    Camisea IDB loan approved; Ex-Im denies other loan

    Sept. 15, 2003
    After delaying a decision three times, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved $135 million in financing for the completion of the pipeline portion of the $1.6 ...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Sept. 15, 2003
    The International Energy Agency in Paris warned in a Sept. 10 report that industry oil inventories among members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, ...
    Companies

    Company News - Sonatrach buys Pluspetrol's share in Camisea project

    Sept. 15, 2003
    Peru has authorized Algerian state oil firm Sonatrach to operate in Peru, following its projected purchase of an additional 20% share in the Camisea natural gas and condensate...
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    Discoveries

    MEPG: Changing relationships, oversupply rock oil market

    Sept. 15, 2003
    Changing relationships and the threat of oversupply are rocking the oil market's foundations.
    Pipelines

    Petrobras estimates hike in natural gas reserves

    Sept. 15, 2003
    Executives of Brazil's state-owned oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) reported at a recent press conference that the estimated reserves of 70 billion cu m of nonassociated...
    Production Operations

    Letters

    Sept. 15, 2003
    Bob Williams' excellent overview "Refiners' future survival hinges on adapting to changing feedstocks, product specs" (OGJ, Aug. 11, 2003, p. 20) touched on several challenges...
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    Home

    Keeping the lights on

    Sept. 15, 2003
    Keeping the lights on Many Americans never contemplated their dependence upon electricity until the lights went out during the blackout that blanketed the US Northeast and Upper...
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    Drilling & Production

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Sept. 15, 2003
    Here's the PX3400 Series pressure transducer, an instrument the company says is particularly useful in deep-well tools.
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    Exploration & Development

    Seven fundamental issues frame JDA negotiations

    Sept. 15, 2003
    At least five and as many as seven fundamentals should be in the forefront when negotiating an initial joint development agreement.
    HSE

    Uproar over NSR clarification looks like opportunism

    Sept. 15, 2003
    To hear environmentalists and their friends in Congress tell it, clarification by the Environmental Protection Agency of confusing emission regulations will devastate US air quality...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Method calculates SIF for branch piping connections

    Sept. 15, 2003
    bA method has been developed for calculating the nominal wall thickness of matching pipe for certain sizes of branch connections and stress intensification factor (SIF) and for...
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    A force for Saudi reform

    Sept. 15, 2003
    A force for Saudi reform The aftermath of terrorist attacks in the US on Sept. 11, 2001, has shined harsh light on a longstanding alliance of the world's biggest consumer of oil...
    Reserves

    Russia, quota issues undercurrents at OPEC meeting

    Sept. 15, 2003
    The last meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries proved a predictable, humdrum affair.