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  • Volume 101, Issue 49

    • Volume 101, Issue 49

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    Production Operations

    Worldwide reserves grow; oil production climbs in 2003

    Dec. 22, 2003
    Oil & Gas Journal's new assessment of worldwide reserves shows an increase over previous estimates, with the bulk of the increase from a single country.
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    Refining & Processing

    PDVSA's credibility push bumps up against lingering concerns over more political unrest

    Dec. 22, 2003
    Petroleos de Venezuela SA, Venezuela's state-run oil company, has embarked on an aggressive campaign to restore its credibility in the eyes of the world.
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    Drilling Operations

    Custom designed bits improve efficiency, lower costs

    Dec. 22, 2003
    Two examples, one in a hard-rock, slimhole horizontal and the other in a North Texas vertical well, show how custom-designed drilling bits can lower costs and improve drilling...
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    Companies

    Refining capacity creeps higher in 2003

    Dec. 22, 2003
    The worldwide refining industry added capacity in 2003, despite a decrease in the total number of refineries. For the second year in a row, worldwide refining capacity set a record...
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    Drilling Operations

    Requirements drive multilateral project planning

    Dec. 22, 2003
    Clarifying objectives and defining requirements for multilateral projects speed the deployment of new technologies.

    More content from Volume 101, Issue 49

    Government

    What to do?

    Dec. 22, 2003
    How can companies minimize the likelihood of being the subject of a criminal prosecution and respond most effectively if an investigation or prosecution appears likely?
    Companies

    Advertising Index

    Dec. 22, 2003
    A American Community School, Englandwww.acs-england.co.uk
    General Interest

    US gas price spike scrutiny unwarranted

    Dec. 22, 2003
    US natural gas prices have arrived: They are now the likely subject of a congressional investigation.
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    HSE

    Criminal negligence: A prosecutor's perspective

    Dec. 22, 2003
    Assistant US Attorney Helen Brunner, one of the prosecutors in the Olympic Pipe Line case and an experienced environmental prosecutor, has commented on some of the pipeline industry...
    Companies

    Turkmenistan

    Dec. 22, 2003
    Burren Energy PLC, London, is acquiring 3D seismic data over the entire 1,047 sq km Nebit Dag production sharing agreement area in western Turkmenistan.
    Production Operations

    Perseverance in Iraq

    Dec. 22, 2003
    When US soldiers extracted former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from his hiding hole outside Tikrit on Dec. 13, they also punctured a political argument that had achieved undeserved...
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    HSE

    US pipelines face increased criminal threat from heightened environmental scrutiny

    Dec. 22, 2003
    The US Department of Justice has made it clear that the pipeline industry is the focus of increased attention from environmental enforcement authorities.
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    LPG Markets

    Dispersing unit for refinery, petchem uses

    Dec. 22, 2003
    Here's the ULTRA TURRAX UTL 2000 single stage dispersing machine that offers the refining and petrochemical segments of the industry a high degree of flexibility and scalability...
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    Defense commitment essential to role in rebuilding Iraq

    Dec. 22, 2003
    The US Department of Defense made the right decision when it excluded from Iraqi reconstruction contracts companies based in countries opposing its operations.
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    Reserves

    Here is shape of restoration, rehabilitation for Iraq oil

    Dec. 22, 2003
    This is the second of two parts on Iraq's exploration and development history and the outlook for restoration of production and rehabilitation of facilities in the post-Saddam...
    Pipelines

    Environmental criticism

    Dec. 22, 2003
    I liked the thoughts in the Journally Speaking "Taking the lead" (OGJ, Dec. 1, 2003, p. 15). However, I would have limited the first paragraph following the sidehead "Turning ...
    Companies

    Gas market globalization

    Dec. 22, 2003
    Earlier this month, I had the opportunity—along with the Houston chapter of the International Association for Energy Economics—to plan a half-day conference that focused on the...
    HSE

    Milan measures

    Dec. 22, 2003
    Three major oil and natural gas organizations announced plans earlier this month to adopt new global guidelines for companies to use in voluntarily estimating and reporting greenhouse...
    Reserves

    IECA: US 'natural gas crisis' began in mid-2000

    Dec. 22, 2003
    Washington, DC-based Industrial Energy Consumers of America (IECA) sent the US Congress a report showing that natural gas prices increased 83% during a 41-month period, costing...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Dec. 22, 2003
    Oil prices unaffected by Saddam's capture Despite earlier predictions to the contrary, the capture of Iraq's ex-President Saddam Hussein had no immediate effect on world oil prices...
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    Companies

    Enterprise, GulfTerra to merge, form new US MLP

    Dec. 22, 2003
    Enterprise, GulfTerra to merge, form new US MLP Enterprise Products Partners LP, GulfTerra Energy Partners LP, and El Paso Corp. agreed to merge Enterprise and GulfTerra to form...
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    Companies

    Personnel Moves & Promotions - ExxonMobil France appoints chair, CEO

    Dec. 22, 2003
    Esso SAF has appointed Dominique Badel chairman and CEO in charge of coordinating all ExxonMobil interests in France.
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    Economics & Markets

    EIA annual outlook sees higher natural gas prices

    Dec. 22, 2003
    The US government's latest long-term energy forecast released Dec. 16 found that over the next 2 decades, US natural gas demand will be lower and prices higher than previously...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    California asks court to reinstate oil valuation lawsuit

    Dec. 22, 2003
    California state officials asked a federal court Dec. 4 to reinstate a case connected with controversial oil valuation rules issued by the Department of the Interior's Minerals...
    LNG

    US trade groups create LNG coalition

    Dec. 22, 2003
    Four Washington, DC-based energy trade groups announced last week the formation of a new coalition that will act as a public LNG information clearinghouse.
    Companies

    IAEE: Natural gas markets facing changing dynamics

    Dec. 22, 2003
    LNG will play an increasingly important role in the evolution toward a global natural gas market, but major decisions and investments will have to be made to meet anticipated ...
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    Worldwide Look at Reserves and Production

    Dec. 22, 2003
    Worldwide Look at Reserves and Production