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  • Volume 102, Issue 32

    • Volume 102, Issue 32

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    Companies

    Kazakhs impound Parker's Sunkar barge rig

    Aug. 23, 2004
    Kazakhstan authorities earlier this summer impounded a Caspian Sea-based drilling barge over allegations of about $6 million in unpaid duties.
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    Government

    INGAA: Delaying US pipeline expansions will cost consumers billions

    Aug. 23, 2004
    The US can ill afford persistent opposition to new pipelines and natural gas storage, a new report sponsored by the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America said last month...
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    Economics & Markets

    Various recovery processes supply CO2 for EOR projects

    Aug. 23, 2004
    Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects that use a carbon dioxide injectant can acquire CO2 using various processes that recover CO2 from industrial sources and produced gas streams...
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    LPG Markets

    Case studies demonstrate guidelines for reducing fouling in distillation columns

    Aug. 23, 2004
    Studying case studies of fouling in refinery and petrochemical plant distillation units reinforces the theories of fouling-resistant designs.
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    Pipelines

    US construction plans slide; pipeline companies experience flat 2003, continue mergers

    Aug. 23, 2004
    The US natural gas pipeline system appears headed for serious delivery-capacity constraints, if recent proposals are any indication.

    More content from Volume 102, Issue 32

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    Advertising Index

    Aug. 23, 2004
    Arnco Technology Trust LTD.
    Economics & Markets

    Record supply belies tight oil market

    Aug. 23, 2004
    If the global race between oil supply and demand were to be held today, it would be almost a photo finish.
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    LPG Markets

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Aug. 23, 2004
    A new blowout preventer on the market is engineered specifically for capillary tubing applications, including sour service.
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    Drilling & Production

    Subsurface temperature as a passkey for exploration of mature basins: Hot anticlines—a key to discovery?

    Aug. 23, 2004
    Temperature anomalies associated with oil-producing structures in the US Midcontinent and similar cratonic areas probably can be used reliably as a passkey for petroleum exploration...
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    Chronic suspicion clouds thinking on oil price behavior

    Aug. 23, 2004
    Unsold oil makes no money for oil producers. This insight somehow eludes adherents to the chronic suspicion that high oil prices can result only from withheld supply.
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Aug. 23, 2004
    Corsica TGS-Nopec Geophysical Co., Naersnes, Norway, received a nonexclusive, preliminary authorization to run seismic surveys off Corsica in France's Mediterranean waters.
    Production Operations

    Letters

    Aug. 23, 2004
    I've been reading with interest the articles on "Hubbert revisited."
    Companies

    Maybe this time

    Aug. 23, 2004
    Maybe this time Qatar, a fat thumb of a country that juts from Saudi Arabia into the Persian Gulf, covers barely 7,000 sq miles and boasts an expatriate population larger than...
    Companies

    Watching Government - Air to fuel

    Aug. 23, 2004
    At a ministerial conference this fall, US policymakers will urge oil and natural gas companies to expand methane recovery projects as a way to improve the environment and to promote...
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    CERA: World faces 50% chance for $50/bbl oil in 50 days

    Aug. 23, 2004
    The world is currently facing a "50/50 oil market" in that there exists a 50% chance that the price of oil will reach $50/bbl within the next 50 days, according to Daniel Yergin...
    Discoveries

    Editorial - Serious about depletion

    Aug. 23, 2004
    Serious discussion has erupted outside the oil and gas industry about the important topic of depletion. The industry, to which depletion is not news, should make sure the discussion...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Aug. 23, 2004
    Fear of possible civil strife and disruption of crude production and exports in Venezuela drove US crude futures prices above $46/bbl Aug. 13 for the first time in the contract...
    Companies

    Company News - National-Oilwell, Varco to merge in $2.5 billion deal

    Aug. 23, 2004
    National-Oilwell, Varco to merge in $2.5 billion deal A merger between an oil drilling equipment manufacturer and a manufacturer and supplier of drilling systems and rig instrumentation...
    Companies

    US refining capacity, product demand not rising in step

    Aug. 23, 2004
    US refining capacity has not kept up with increasing demand for petroleum products.
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    Companies

    Personnel Moves & Promotions - Saudi Aramco elects Khalid al-Falih senior vice-president

    Aug. 23, 2004
    Khalid A. al-Falih was elected senior vice-president of Saudi Aramco at the company's July executive committee meeting.
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    Economics & Markets

    High oil prices not squeezing economic growth—yet

    Aug. 23, 2004
    Conventional wisdom states that high oil prices lead to lower economic growth, cause inflation, and increase unemployment.