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  • Volume 102, Issue 25

    • Volume 102, Issue 25

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    Reserves

    Accurate fluid characterization, process optimization boosts crude production

    July 5, 2004
    A simple procedure accurately characterizes reservoir fluids for designing oil and gas production facilities without significant compromise.
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    Refining & Processing

    Morphysorb process proves feasible in first commercial plant

    July 5, 2004
    Duke Energy Gas Transmission Corp. (DEGT) started up the first commercial application of the Morphysorb process at its Kwoen plant (Fig. 1) near Chetwynd, BC, in August 2002.
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    Refining

    Nelson-Farrar Quarterly Costimating: How indexes have changed

    July 5, 2004
    Nelson-Farrar indexes for finished steels changed randomly during the period 2000-03. Generally speaking, the alloy steels changed less than carbon steel products.
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    Drilling & Production

    Mounting US energy demand pressures 2004 market

    July 5, 2004
    Booming economies in the US and elsewhere will bolster energy demand this year, but the extent to which high energy costs will limit economic growth or to which increased energy...
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    Nelson-farrar cost indexes

    July 5, 2004
    Nelson-farrar cost indexes

    More content from Volume 102, Issue 25

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    Drilling & Production

    US, Canada drilling to post increases in 2004

    July 5, 2004
    Drilling in the US and Canada is on course for gains in 2004.
    Companies

    CERI: Asian economy poised for petrochemical market growth

    July 5, 2004
    The growing Asian economy, led by China, offers major market opportunities for petrochemical producers, said Andrew Swanson, vice-president, petrochemicals, for Nexant Inc., San...
    General Interest

    Editorial: Secrecy and energy policy

    July 5, 2004
    The second-worst part of the lingering controversy over US Vice-Pres. Dick Cheney's Energy Task Force is the suspicion it casts over involvement of energy experts in the making...
    Companies

    Pension funds sue Shell brass, seek policy changes

    July 5, 2004
    In a move that could indirectly impact a number of companies, two US-based pension funds filed suit in late June against 27 directors and officers of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group...
    Companies

    Marathon CEO expects more consolidation within industry

    July 5, 2004
    The US oil and gas industry has tremendous financial strength, but it is "opportunity constrained" because legacy assets that sustained companies for decades are very mature, ...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    July 5, 2004
    Increased OPEC output erodes spare capacity Efforts by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to satisfy world demand for crude this summer had the "unintended consequence...
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    LNG

    CERA: US energy supply at 'critical juncture,' IPAA told

    July 5, 2004
    A worldwide "energy demand shock" has put the US at a "critical juncture" in its energy position.
    Government

    Watching Government: Air and water

    July 5, 2004
    The US Environmental Protection Agency last month quietly published a final report that evaluates the impact of hydraulic fracturing on underground drinking water sources.
    LNG

    AEPC poll: Executives view Chinese demand fueling oil prices

    July 5, 2004
    Nearly half of the energy industry executives polled at the recent North American Energy & Power Conference in Boston said China's growing demand for energy is the primary stimulus...
    LNG

    Certifying gas expertise

    July 5, 2004
    Oil & Gas Journal, in its annual Midyear Forecast special report, which begins on p. 18, is calling for a small increase in the consumption of natural gas in the US this year....
    Pipelines

    Petrobras signs strategic alliance with China's Sinopec

    July 5, 2004
    Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), Brazil's state-owned oil company, and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec), have inked a strategic cooperation agreement centered around...
    Economics & Markets

    Letters: The reserves balloon

    July 5, 2004
    The unwritten rule guiding leaders of publicly traded E&P companies is that reserves added must exceed reserves depleted during the fiscal year.
    General Interest

    Alleged resource curse a problem for oil and industry

    July 5, 2004
    Economists increasingly discuss a phenomenon with potential to keep companies away from international exploration and production opportunities.
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    Drilling & Production

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    July 5, 2004
    Equipment/Software/Literature
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    Production Operations

    Mexico's CRE issues new gas quality specs

    July 5, 2004
    Mexico's Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) has completed the fifth-year review of gas-quality specifications in Mexico.
    Economics & Markets

    Oil prices ease, but price spike threat lingers

    July 5, 2004
    Oil prices ease, but price spike threat lingers Oil prices are beginning to soften a bit as the market's physical fundamentals improve.
    Production Operations

    Area Drilling

    July 5, 2004
    Area Drilling
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    Companies

    Israel's first substantial onshore oil find needs horizontal wells for development

    July 5, 2004
    Israel has what appears to be its first substantial onshore oil and gas discovery, but development may be difficult and slow of pace.
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    Exploration & Development

    Pace speeds up in exploration for Triassic targets in Israel

    July 5, 2004
    Zion Oil & Gas, an exploration company with offices in Dallas and Israel, is exploring on its 95,800-acre Ma'anit-Joseph License in north-central Israel.