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    Petrochemicals

    New FCC process minimize gasoline olefin, increases propylene

    Feb. 10, 2003
    An FCC process called flexible dual-riser fluid catalytic cracking (FDFCC) can minimize gasoline olefins and increase propylene significantly.
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    LNG

    Deepwater gas development off Egypt overcomes challenges

    Feb. 10, 2003
    Development designs for deepwater gas fields, in the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) concession off Alexandria, Egypt, have overcome various flow assurance and operability challenges...
    Petrochemicals

    Olefin reduction strategies

    Feb. 10, 2003
    Olefin content in FCC gasoline generally varies between 40-60 vol %. Residue feedstocks like atmospheric tower bottoms (ATB) and vacuum tower bottoms (VTB) raise olefin content...
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    Companies

    TAML refocuses on educating industry on multilaterals

    Feb. 10, 2003
    TAML (Technical Advancement of Multilaterals), formed in 1997 as a joint-industry project (JIP), now aims to reinvent itself as an organization for educating the industry on the...
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    Economics & Markets

    US gasoline demand strong in 2002, other markets lag

    Feb. 10, 2003
    US gasoline demand in 2002 was strong, but most other petroleum product demand was dramatically lower, the American Petroleum Institute reported.

    More content from Volume 101, Issue 6

    Pipelines & Transportation

    White House, Congress to push energy agenda this year

    Feb. 10, 2003
    Keeping the air clean and promoting energy security are two key priorities for policymakers this year, President George W. Bush and congressional leaders said late last month....
    Tankers

    ANWR, ethanol to play roles in budget requests

    Feb. 10, 2003
    President George W. Bush's new budget for fiscal 2004 assumes that the Department of the Interior would generate $2.4 billion from a 2005 lease sale to companies interested in...
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    Companies

    M&A deal values plunge in 2002, study says

    Feb. 10, 2003
    Global energy merger and acquisition transaction values dropped to $46.1 billion in 2002 compared with $81.8 billion in 2001, said consulting company John S. Herold Inc., Norwalk...
    Government

    US lawmaker says Bush neglecting chemical safety issue

    Feb. 10, 2003
    A veteran Democratic lawmaker accused the White House late last month of ignoring a law designed to help states evaluate the vulnerability of chemical facilities and related transportat...
    Companies

    Company News: Canadian Oil Sands bids $1.07 billion for Syncrude stake

    Feb. 10, 2003
    Canadian Oil Sands Trust, through its wholly owned subsidiary Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., reported it will acquire an additional 10% interest in the Syncrude oil project from Calgary...
    Reserves

    Federal oil, gas research face revamp under budget plan

    Feb. 10, 2003
    The Bush administration's latest budget proposal, unveiled Feb. 3, for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1 once again calls on the Department of Energy to overhaul federal oil ...
    Home

    Watching Government - Gulf promises

    Feb. 10, 2003
    Those who subscribe to the conventional wisdom that the Middle East is a hopeless political quagmire assume too much and understand too little, according to foreign policy analysts...
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    Companies

    Personnel Moves and Promotions

    Feb. 10, 2003
    Two major oil companies have recently appointed top executives.
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    Production Operations

    Long decline in oil sector means shrinking role for Iranian supply in 'new world order'

    Feb. 10, 2003
    The once-prosperous oil and gas industry of Iran has suffered great setbacks since 1979.
    Drilling & Production

    High-tech future

    Feb. 10, 2003
    High-tech wells provide new options for overcoming many of the difficulties in recovering oil and gas from the varied and heterogeneous reservoirs often found today.
    Production Operations

    Letters

    Feb. 10, 2003
    After reading your "Market Hotline" (OGJ, Jan. 20, 2003, p. 68), I became concerned that you were taking the EIA written projections too much at face value.
    Drilling & Production

    Services/Suppliers

    Feb. 10, 2003
    Gas Technology Products LLC (GTP), Schaumburg, Ill., has announced a joint venture with Technip KTI SpA, Rome, whereby KTI will serve as exclusive representative in Europe, the...
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    Exploration & Development

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Feb. 10, 2003
    The new Powermax1650 plasma cutting system promises greater speed, longer parts life, and lower overall operating costs in heavy metal applications.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Hydrogen should evolve naturally into energy role

    Feb. 10, 2003
    While mostly a call to arms, the state of the union address Jan. 28 by US President George W. Bush contained an energy clinker.
    Production Operations

    Thinking the unthinkable

    Feb. 10, 2003
    Accidents happen. Risks abound. The unthinkable occurs with appalling regularity.
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    Production Operations

    New operation strategies in heavy crude pipeline will increase profit margin

    Feb. 10, 2003
    An engineering study for a heavy-oil pipeline in Venezuela has confirmed the design of optimizing the temperature of crude entering the pipeline to levels that will increase throughput...
    Refining

    Good times ahead in 2003 for US refining

    Feb. 10, 2003
    Is the worst over for US refiners? That seems to be the growing consensus among analysts and other market observers.
    Government

    Advertising Index

    Feb. 10, 2003
    Baker Oil Toolswww.bakeroiltools.com
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    Companies

    Oldest reservoirs of Cambrian, Permian lightly tested in Potwar basin, Pakistan

    Feb. 10, 2003
    In Pakistan the first oil well was drilled near an oil seep at Kundal in the Potwar basin in 1866, just 7 years after the Drake well in Pennsylvania.
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    Discoveries

    Discoveries, offshore oil attract firms to northern Perth basin

    Feb. 10, 2003
    A multiwell drilling program is under way to appraise the first offshore discovery in the Perth basin off Western Australia.