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  • Volume 101, Issue 5

    • Volume 101, Issue 5

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    Companies

    Construction plans sag in face of stubborn recession, war prospects

    Feb. 3, 2003
    Sobriety, even fear, returned to pipeline operators' outlook for new construction in 2003 and beyond, after optimism a year ago drove plans and proposals unrealistically high....
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    LPG Markets

    Midor grassroots refinery completes final milestone of start-up

    Feb. 3, 2003
    Successful completion of the refinery observation test run (ROTR) at the Middle East Oil Refining Co. (Midor) plant in Alexandria, Egypt, was the final step in the start-up of...
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    Drilling & Production

    New model improves deepwater fracture gradient values off Norway

    Feb. 3, 2003
    A new fracture gradient model correlates well with all deepwater drilling off Norway.
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    Home

    Nelson-Farrar Cost Indexes

    Feb. 3, 2003
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    US operators working under stricter safety rules this year

    Feb. 3, 2003
    US pipeline operators entered 2003 under a new and far stricter safety regime after President George W. Bush signed into law on Dec. 17 the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of ...

    More content from Volume 101, Issue 5

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    Pipelines & Transportation

    TCPL installation proves commercial use of X-100 pipe

    Feb. 3, 2003
    TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., by virtue of a test conducted fourth quarter of last year, has confirmed the constructability of the latest development in higher strength, thinner...
    HSE

    SPR authorization, fossil fuel research in pending measure

    Feb. 3, 2003
    Congress late last month moved closer to completing a long-delayed federal budget for fiscal year 2003, with the US Senate passing a $390 billion appropriations bill Jan 23.
    Companies

    Venezuela crisis damages PDVSA, international majors

    Feb. 3, 2003
    Venezuela's oil production remains severely curtailed during the country's ongoing crisis, which is impacting the future of the national oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA...
    HSE

    US lawmakers urge faster timeline for oil tankers

    Feb. 3, 2003
    All tank vessels operating in US waters must, under the law, have double hulls by Jan. 1, 2015.
    Production Operations

    Venezuela chaos risks long-term shock to world oil market

    Feb. 3, 2003
    Although world attention is focused primarily on the potential war in Iraq, the current political conflict in Venezuela is just as likely to have a long-term negative impact on...
    Reserves

    Prolonged war in Iraq could have unknown consequences

    Feb. 3, 2003
    An extended war with Iraq would have severe consequences that are likely unanticipated by the US and its allies, said some academic experts at a Jan. 17 forum on Middle East oil...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Feb. 3, 2003
    Frigid temperatures across much of the US triggered some surprisingly high spot natural gas prices for late February delivery, and traders also reported concern about anticipated...
    Government

    White House: Energy policy could help mitigate oil stocks

    Feb. 3, 2003
    The US remains vulnerable to oil supply shocks from Venezuela and other foreign suppliers because the nation still lacks a comprehensive energy policy, White House officials said...
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    Government

    International oil world to rule postwar Iraqi oil output

    Feb. 3, 2003
    Before the first shot is fired in an anticipated war with Iraq, US officials should sit down with representatives of various countries and oil companies claiming concession in...
    Economics & Markets

    CERI: Even small oil outages now pose big threat

    Feb. 3, 2003
    World crude oil supply is already tight, and even a small additional disruption this winter could cause serious problems, senior industry analysts warn.
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    Reserves

    Parallels with earlier energy crises underscore US vulnerability to oil supply shocks today

    Feb. 3, 2003
    Various measures of US energy security indicate that the US might be heading for an energy crisis.
    Companies

    SeaRiver commissions double-hull Alaska tanker design

    Feb. 3, 2003
    SeaRiver Maritime, the US transportation affiliate of ExxonMobil Corp., reached an agreement with National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. (Nassco) to develop a contract design for a...
    Companies

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Tank reform ahead

    Feb. 3, 2003
    Gasoline marketers are predicting tank reform legislation may pass Congress, perhaps this year.
    Drilling & Production

    What we're about

    Feb. 3, 2003
    In 21 years as an Oil & Gas Journal editor, I have heard that question often.
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    Companies

    Services/Suppliers

    Feb. 3, 2003
    Cooper Cameron Corp. Houston, has named Franklin Myers as senior vice-president and chief financial officer, replacing Thomas R. Hix, who has retired.
    Home

    Chávez squanders legitimacy while ruining Venezuela

    Feb. 3, 2003
    In democracies, elected leaders have broad latitude to ruin their countries. They are elected, after all. Election confers legitimacy.
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    Production Operations

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Feb. 3, 2003
    New two stage separators remove entrainment and particulates from gas streams.
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    Discoveries

    Canterbury basin offers potential on South Island, New Zealand

    Feb. 3, 2003
    All the sedimentary basins around South Island are underexplored, but none offers better upstream and downstream opportunities than the Canterbury basin (Fig. 1). The region has...
    Government

    The liberation of Iraq

    Feb. 3, 2003
    With one exception, the unwinding of tyranny in Iraq is proceeding well.
    Economics & Markets

    OPEC's toughest market juggling act looms in 2003

    Feb. 3, 2003
    This year will prove the toughest test yet of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' ability to manage the oil supply-demand balance.
    Government

    Advertising Index

    Feb. 3, 2003
    AAriel Corporationwww.arielcorp.comBBaker Botts LLPBaker Hughes PMGwww.bakerhughes.comC(CERA) Cambridge Energy Research Associationwww.cera.comCooper Cameron Corporationwww.coopercamero...
    Companies

    ExxonMobil drops Trinidad deepwater blocks, looks to Gulf of Paria venture

    Feb. 3, 2003
    Oil giant ExxonMobil Corp. has given up on its remote deepwater acreage far off Trinidad's East Coast but will remain in the country in an alternate role.