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  • Volume 101, Issue 44

    • Volume 101, Issue 44

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    Companies

    Deepwater drilling remains steady worldwide

    Nov. 17, 2003
    According to the international offshore rig counts provided by Baker Hughes Inc. for September 2003, offshore rig activity was up 13 rigs internationally since August and was ...
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    Drilling & Production

    New tools, services expand deepwater well testing options

    Nov. 17, 2003
    New tools and services allow companies to shorten the time required to sample and evaluate reservoir fluids encountered in deepwater exploration and appraisal wells.
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    Companies

    Hubs, new technologies provide access to more deepwater reserves

    Nov. 17, 2003
    Hubs, new technologies provide access to more deepwater reserves Hub installations along with advancements in well completions, pipelines, flowlines, and producing facilities ...
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    Companies

    Kremlin moves to curb fallout from Yukos debacle, but questions linger

    Nov. 17, 2003
    As controversy continues to swirl around the OAO Yukos scandal, experts see the Kremlin looking to limit the potential damage on foreign energy investment in Russia.
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    General Interest

    Canadian gas plant uses new turbine cooling technique

    Nov. 17, 2003
    Operations at a Canadian gas plant found fogging units added to turbines effective in cold climates as well as hot.

    More content from Volume 101, Issue 44

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    Reserves

    Meta-modeling system applied to gulf's Na Kika fields group

    Nov. 17, 2003
    The development scenario for Na Kika is based on an estimated gross ultimate recovery of 300 million boe.
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    Advertising Index

    Nov. 17, 2003
    Baker Petrolite
    Economics & Markets

    US refining margin strength to persist into 2004

    Nov. 17, 2003
    US refiners are enjoying a bull run right now, and the outlook for 2004 is for more of the same.
    Field Start Ups

    A looming fuel-price leap

    Nov. 17, 2003
    A looming fuel-price leap The oil and gas industry should brace for public outrage likely to erupt next April or May, if not earlier, on the US East Coast.
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Nov. 17, 2003
    The energy ministry, looking toward a 2004 bidding round in the Northland offshore basin, laid plans to produce a substantial data package on the basin.
    Government

    Bush should cut his losses and revoke steel tariffs

    Nov. 17, 2003
    US President George W. Bush has one way to escape a political mess he created in March 2002 by imposing tariffs as high as 30% on imported steel.
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    Drilling Operations

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Nov. 17, 2003
    Turbo Suite, an integrated suite of monitoring, optimization, and decision-support software for turbomachinery, helps maximize availability and performance of turbomachinery assets...
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    General Interest

    Simulation reveals conditions for onshore arctic gas-condensate pipeline

    Nov. 17, 2003
    Simulation of a long distance, large-diameter multiphase pipeline through onshore arctic conditions evaluated the effects of steady-state and transient conditions.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Letters

    Nov. 17, 2003
    Recent press coverage on the intermittent progress of the energy bill elicits a review of the Alaska Gas Pipeline.
    Exploration & Development

    Saving the whales

    Nov. 17, 2003
    The US Minerals Management Service recently announced success in tagging, gathering DNA samples, and photographing for identification "an exceptional number" of sperm whales in...
    HSE

    France releases white paper on future energy development

    Nov. 17, 2003
    Following a year's "national debate on energies" carried out throughout France to determine the energy mix over the next 30 years, Delegate Industry Minister Nicole Fontaine presented...
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    Companies

    Gas summit stresses safe gas supply in new EU market

    Nov. 17, 2003
    The "real" opening of the European Union's gas market will occur when the second gas directive comes into force July 1, 2004, targeting 530,000 industrial users.
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    Companies

    Rio state studying $5 billion LNG, petrochemical complex

    Nov. 17, 2003
    The state of Rio de Janeiro is studying proposals that could lead to development of a $5 billion LNG and petrochemical complex at a key port area.
    Pipelines

    IFC approves loans for Caspian export projects

    Nov. 17, 2003
    International Finance Corp., the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, has approved modest but influential loans for two multibillion-dollar projects expected to boost the...
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    Companies

    Plains unit breaks impasse on new development drilling off California

    Nov. 17, 2003
    Plains unit breaks impasse on new development drilling off California A Texas independent has won the right to undertake the first new oil field development project off California...
    Companies

    Oriente limbo

    Nov. 17, 2003
    Ecuadorian officials warn that a high-profile case against US major ChevronTexaco Corp. may further delay their plans to be a leading Latin American oil exporter this decade.
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    Companies

    OG Newsletter

    Nov. 17, 2003
    Colder weather that increased energy demand in the northeastern US and terrorist attacks that threatened oil supplies from the Middle East combined to push up prices for crude...
    Reserves

    Gas prices, tax woes stall Argentine upstream outlays

    Nov. 17, 2003
    Oil and gas industry executives in Argentina have warned of a shortfall in the country's natural gas supply-demand balance if wellhead prices don't recover soon.
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    Companies

    LNG proposals off California face fierce opposition

    Nov. 17, 2003
    A second proposal to develop an LNG import terminal in the Santa Barbara Channel off Ventura County, Calif., has emerged, and both projects face an uphill battle against fierce...