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    Companies

    Method estimates NOx from combustion equipment

    June 21, 2004
    A new estimating technique calculates unit-specific NOx emissions estimates for petroleum-industry combustion equipment that are more accurate than older methods.
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    Companies

    Latin American drilling activity swells in past year

    June 21, 2004
    Latin American drilling activity has increased 20% since spring 2003, and global rig counts have reached multi-year highs.
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    Companies

    Mineralogy-based acid design restores sandstone productivity

    June 21, 2004
    The selection process of candidate wells for acidizing treatments in sandstones must identify relevant damage mechanisms and mineralogy-driven remediation options.
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    Companies

    Saudi Arabia's gas sector: its role and growth opportunities

    June 21, 2004
    Energy is a key driver of the economic growth of any nation, and the role of natural gas in the world's energy mix is growing.
    Refining & Processing

    Saudi gas-fired cogen initiative to mark several firsts in kingdom

    June 21, 2004
    The first of Saudi Arabia's four planned privately operated natural gas-fired cogeneration power plants is slated to start up in March 2006.

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    Economics & Markets

    Spending for offshore wells to reach $189 billion in 5 years

    June 21, 2004
    The oil and natural gas industry will spend a total of $189 billion drilling wells offshore over the next 5 years, according to a study released this month by Canterbury, UK-based...
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    Companies

    MMS: Eight deepwater GOM finds made so far in 2004

    June 21, 2004
    The US Minerals Management Service reported that US oil and natural gas exploration and production companies have made eight new deepwater oil and gas discoveries in the Gulf ...
    HSE

    US House repasses sweeping energy legislation

    June 21, 2004
    The Republican-controlled US House June 16 repassed sweeping energy legislation in what industry lobbyists called a largely symbolic move.
    LNG

    Editorial - LNG and obstructionism

    June 21, 2004
    LNG and obstructionism It's easier to obstruct than to build. Organizing protests and filing lawsuits against construction projects require less work and expenditure than the ...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    June 21, 2004
    Buoyed by an earlier decision by other members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to boost their production quotas, energy futures markets were slow and weak...
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    Companies

    Personnel Moves and Promotions -ExxonMobil Corp. announces senior management changes

    June 21, 2004
    ExxonMobil Corp. announces senior management changes ExxonMobil Corp. announced several senior management changes.
    HSE

    Watching Government - After tomorrow

    June 21, 2004
    Climate change is not gone or forgotten as a US policy issue. The movie, "The Day After Tomorrow" has taken care of that for now. Granted, most polls suggest voters this election...
    Reserves

    Libya must find more oil to raise output beyond 2010

    June 21, 2004
    Libya must find more oil reserves because it has already produced nearly half of its discovered reserves to date, and countries historically have difficulty maintaining stable...
    Government

    High-level US DOC official visits Libya to promote business dialogue

    June 21, 2004
    US Department of Commerce Asst. Sec. for Market Access and Compliance William Lash led a commercial policy mission to Libya earlier this month, officials said.
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    Companies

    Anadarko planning to sell 25% of production assets

    June 21, 2004
    Anadarko planning to sell 25% of production assets Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Houston, plans to sell properties representing 15% of its yearend 2003 proved reserves and 25% of its...
    Companies

    US FTC nomination stalled in US Senate over fuel issues

    June 21, 2004
    The White House's choice to head the US Federal Trade Commission remained stalled earlier this month over concerns by some Senate Democrats that the administration is not doing...
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    Petrochemicals

    Shifting Saudi sands

    June 21, 2004
    The towering red sand dunes of the Rub' al-Khali stand mute sentinel over the gleaming new facilities at Shaybah, Saudi Arabia's most recent giant oil field to go on stream (OGJ...
    Pipelines

    Letters

    June 21, 2004
    If gasoline prices of $2.00/gal, refined from $40.00/bbl crude oil, are making consumers angry, they should.
    Home

    Area Drilling

    June 21, 2004
    Niko Resources Ltd., Calgary, gauged a gas discovery on the 110,000-acre Feni Block 125 km southeast of Dhaka.
    HSE

    Evolution of scientific surface geochemical exploration

    June 21, 2004
    The beginning of scientific surface geochemical exploration, that is, microseepage as opposed to macroseepage, took place in the 1920s at the prestigious Max Planck Institute ...
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    Production Operations

    Services/Suppliers

    June 21, 2004
    Saturno-Napolitana The Woodlands, Tex., has announced that Domingo Saturno-Napolitana, formerly with Veritas DGC, has joined the company as country manager for Mexico.
    Economics & Markets

    Pattern of more-widespread oil demand growth seen

    June 21, 2004
    China can't take all the blame for booming oil demand; there is plenty to go around.
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    June 21, 2004
    Niko Resources Ltd., Calgary, gauged a gas discovery on the 110,000-acre Feni Block 125 km southeast of Dhaka.
    HSE

    Global warming facts easy to distinguish from fiction

    June 21, 2004
    With global-warming alarmists hoping for help from a disaster movie called "The Day After Tomorrow," studies in the real world tell how much their agenda would cost.
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    Companies

    CGES: Baltic exports of Russian crude threaten dominance of Black Sea routes

    June 21, 2004
    Development and rapid expansion of new export terminal on the Baltic Sea threaten the traditional dominance of Black Sea ports in the seaborne trade of Russian oil, according ...
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    Capacities

    India: Oil growth prospects changing tanker patterns

    June 21, 2004
    India: Oil growth prospects changing tanker patterns Prospects for increased crude oil demand in India bode well for ship owners looking for charters in the region, according ...
    Companies

    Advertising Index

    June 21, 2004
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    Reserves

    Tertiary gas exploration well to be first in Turkish Black Sea waters in 5 years

    June 21, 2004
    Toreador Resources Corp., Dallas independent, has farmed out 25% of its 49% working interest in eight contiguous permits on the western Black Sea shelf off Turkey to Stratic Energy...