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  • Volume 101, Issue 7

    • Volume 101, Issue 7

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    GUIDE TO WORLD CRUDES: BP assays field in Gulf of Mexico

    Feb. 17, 2003
    BP PLC, London, and its partners conducted a provisional assay of the Southern Green Canyon Blend crude.
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    Drilling & Production

    New generation rigs added to land rig fleet

    Feb. 17, 2003
    Helmerich & Payne Inc. (H&P) has moved into the third phase of its FlexRig design with the deployment of the FlexRig3 rigs
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    Improved tools facilitate centralized operations centers

    Feb. 17, 2003
    New web-based tools allow centralized operations centers to monitor and control remote activity, and these centers also provide sites for collaborative efforts for planning and...
    Companies

    COMPANY NEWS: Plains E&P to acquire 3TEC Energy for $432 million

    Feb. 17, 2003
    Plains Exploration & Production Co. has inked a deal to acquire 3TEC Energy Corp. for a total of $432 million in cash and stock. As part of the agreement, each 3TEC stockholder...
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    Reappraisal of energy supply-demand in 2050 shows big role for fossil fuels, nuclear but not for nonnuclear renewables

    Feb. 17, 2003
    There are a number of different energy scenarios currently being proposed, but most industry analysts forecast that world primary energy demand will double by 2030, climbing to...

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    POINT OF VIEW: TNK's Kukes: Russia must look to new markets for its oil

    Feb. 17, 2003
    With its projected sustained growth of both oil production and exports, Russia must look for new markets in the US and Asia beyond its historical role as a "regional supplier ...
    Companies

    CERA: Two majors eye current, future industry concerns

    Feb. 17, 2003
    Heads of two of the oil and natural gas industry's biggest companies offered prescriptions for short-term and long-term industry headaches at a major Houston energy conference...
    HSE

    CERA: Energy Sec. Abraham pushes Bush administration hydrogen-fuel plan

    Feb. 17, 2003
    The administration of US President George W. Bush has taken its hydrogen-fuel initiative to oil-producing Texas.
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    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: Three US independents name executives to key positions

    Feb. 17, 2003
    Three top US-based independent exploration and production companies have named executives to new positions.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    CERA: Yukos CEO claims BP deal proves PSAs not necessary for Russian investments

    Feb. 17, 2003
    The $6.75 billion deal that BP PLC announced Feb. 10 to join its Russian interests with that of the Alfa Group and Access-Renova (AAR) "proves" that production-sharing agreements...
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    Market Movement

    Feb. 17, 2003
    Market MovementFly-up of energy retail prices sparks US public concernThe American Automobile Association last week reported the highest retail prices for gasoline ever recorded...
    Production Operations

    BP, Russian investors in TNK, Sidanco create new Russian company

    Feb. 17, 2003
    BP PLC plans to invest $6.75 billion in a partnership with two other companies to create the third biggest oil and natural gas company in Russia.
    Companies

    Watching Government: Hydrogen power

    Feb. 17, 2003
    President George W. Bush's state of the union speech to Congress last month highlighted what the White House says is a key domestic policy issue: reducing foreign oil dependence...
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    Fun with sci-fi

    Feb. 17, 2003
    There are a lot of science fiction fans in the oil and gas industry. That sounds like a huge presumption, but it's a fairly safe one. Sci-fi appeals, naturally enough, to science...
    LNG

    Camisea Impacts

    Feb. 17, 2003
    Bob Williams's article "Pluspetrol: Camisea could spur Peruvian gas exploration boom like Bolivia's" (OGJ Online, Nov. 6, 2002) highlighted the potential to make Peru's "energy...
    Government

    Powell's UN task was persuasion, not litigation

    Feb. 17, 2003
    Before the United Nations Security Council on Feb. 5, US Sec. of State Colin Powell was practicing politics, not law. His task was to persuade, not litigate.Yet questions raised...
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    Method developed to determine interfacial diffusion of H2S slugs in gas pipeline

    Feb. 17, 2003
    The research described here examined the fate of H2S-contaminated natural gas slugs as they travel through a gas pipeline network.
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Feb. 17, 2003
    New portable valve operating systemClick here to enlarge imageEasi-Drive, a new portable valve operating system, is designed for use with manual valves in situations where valve...
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    Reservoir property analysis can guide Texas Gulf Coast exploration

    Feb. 17, 2003
    The question is often asked as to what influence changes in reservoir properties may have on the number of reservoirs and the percent of recoverable reserves in oil field reservoirs...
    Discoveries

    Area Drilling

    Feb. 17, 2003
    Nigeria Statoil ASA reported an appraisal well on southeastern Block 218 off Brass confirmed the Nnwa natural gas reservoir that extends eastward into Block 219, operated by the...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Oil, war, and Iraq

    Feb. 17, 2003
    In much of the world, people think the US wants to invade Iraq to control Iraqi oil. It doesn't matter to them that US citizens would never support military action undertaken ...
    Reserves

    Bull, bear scenarios conflict in oil markets

    Feb. 17, 2003
    Oil markets are turning into quite the menagerie these days, what with all the bears and bulls running into each other.We have the unprecedented circumstance of an imminent outbreak...
    Government

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