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  • Volume 102, Issue 35

    • Volume 102, Issue 35

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    Companies

    Canadian operators targeting gas, oil sands in another record-breaking year

    Sept. 20, 2004
    Canadian operators are focusing their drilling for natural gas and boosting oil production from tar sands, in lieu of pursuing conventional oil plays.
    Pipelines

    US pressure disrupts Iran's S. Adadegan development

    Sept. 20, 2004
    Foreign companies being wooed by Iran to help the Persian Gulf nation develop its vast oil and gas resources are balking amid US pressure and concerns over fiscal terms.
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    Companies

    Point of View—Safety consultant Lefler: Refiners relying more on specialty safety service providers for turnarounds

    Sept. 20, 2004
    Not many years ago, maintenance turnarounds at refineries and other processing plants were a dreaded point on the calendar because product was not being produced and because of...
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    LPG Markets

    Optimized LPG extraction improves LNG high heating value

    Sept. 20, 2004
    Sonatrach's GL1-Z LNG plant in Arzew, Algeria, installed an LPG-recovery heat exchanger downstream of an existing overhead condenser to alleviate problems
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    Companies

    Global drilling recovery marches on; utilization nears peak

    Sept. 20, 2004
    The industry is heading into its third year of recovery, and rig utilization is approaching capacity.

    More content from Volume 102, Issue 35

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    Companies

    Mississippi to offer tracts seaward of gulf islands

    Sept. 20, 2004
    Mississippi enacted legislation earlier this year that allows oil and gas exploration in state waters.
    Companies

    Advertising Index

    Sept. 20, 2004
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    Economics & Markets

    Oil futures: picking a midterm scenario dicey

    Sept. 20, 2004
    Oil futures: picking a midterm scenario dicey With the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meeting in Vienna Sept. 15 to do little more than bemoan their inability to...
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    Companies

    Uncertainty about gas quality could delay US LNG imports

    Sept. 20, 2004
    The significant expansion of plans to bring LNG into the US has raised questions and prompted debate about natural gas quality.
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Sept. 20, 2004
    Oil & Natural Gas Corp. let a $103 million contract for acquisition and onboard processing of 19 seismic surveys on 13,000 sq km off India.
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    Area Drilling

    Sept. 20, 2004
    Oil & Natural Gas Corp. let a $103 million contract for acquisition and onboard processing of 19 seismic surveys on 13,000 sq km off India.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Election run-up likely to raise violence in Iraq

    Sept. 20, 2004
    Elections raise prospects for a further escalation of violence and more disruption to oil flow in and from Iraq.
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    Drilling & Production

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Sept. 20, 2004
    Here's the Type 5500 multistation, digital-to-pneumatic pressure regulator with DeviceNet, providing modulated control of valves, cylinders, and actuators.
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    Drilling & Production

    Services/Suppliers

    Sept. 20, 2004
    Stavanger, has announced its expansion of Middle East and Asia Pacific operations with establishment of regional headquarters in Dubai.
    Exploration & Development

    Letters

    Sept. 20, 2004
    Congratulations for taking the lead in bringing more light and less heat on the issue of future world supply of crude oil.
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    Drilling Operations

    Drilling to a fault

    Sept. 20, 2004
    Scientists are drilling a 4 km borehole on a cattle ranch near Parkfield, Calif., in an attempt to drill directly to the hypocenter of a zone of recurring microearthquakes in ...
    Companies

    Personnel Moves & Promotions - ExxonMobil appoints three senior executives to new positions

    Sept. 20, 2004
    ExxonMobil Corp. reported that it plans to make the following appointments to the company's corporate structure, effective Oct. 1:
    Companies

    Company News: Anadarko sells properties; nears divestment goal

    Sept. 20, 2004
    Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Houston is nearing its announced divestment goal.
    Production Operations

    IFP develops three oil price scenarios for 2004-05

    Sept. 20, 2004
    Faced with lofty world crude oil prices, reflecting a perception of tight fundamentals and threats to supplies, Paris-based Institut Français du Pétrole recently examined how ...
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    LNG

    Algeria's Khelil paves way for OPEC reliance debate

    Sept. 20, 2004
    At the World Energy Congress this month in Sydney, Algerian Energy Mining Resources Minister and Sonatrach Pres. Chakib Khelil paved the way for the reopening of an old debate...
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    Companies

    Weakened US dollar dampens Canadian earnings

    Sept. 20, 2004
    As the US dollar weakened in relation to the Canadian dollar, many firms based in Canada reported lower first half and second quarter earnings than in comparable periods a year...
    Capacities

    Editorial - Energy form vs. supply

    Sept. 20, 2004
    A growing world would benefit from a move by its political and industry leaders beyond wishes expressed in terms of alternative sources of energy. This is not to say leaders should...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Sept. 20, 2004
    On Sept. 15, as Hurricane Ivan was disrupting oil and natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico, members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries excluding ...
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    Companies

    Second quarter earnings surge for US operators

    Sept. 20, 2004
    Robust prices and increased production lifted earnings of most US oil and gas companies during the second quarter of 2004.
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    IOR/EOR

    ONGC to invest $536 million in Mumbai High

    Sept. 20, 2004
    India's state-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corp. plans to invest 24.84 billion rupees ($536 million) in Mumbai High, its largest oil field, during the current fiscal year, which ends...
    Refining & Processing

    High oil prices firm up market for Brazilian ethanol

    Sept. 20, 2004
    High international oil prices mean that Brazilian ethanol is rapidly winning a place in new markets, according to findings by consultant Júlio Maria Borges, director of the JOB...
    LNG

    FACTS: Iran needs to make decision on LNG exports

    Sept. 20, 2004
    Iran needs to decide "if it wants to export natural gas and LNG or not," says FACTS Inc., a Honolulu consultancy headed by Fereidun Fesharaki.
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    Capacities

    FACTS: Iran's refinery megaproject may face more delays

    Sept. 20, 2004
    Iran's plans to implement a major refining project in a bid to cope with surprisingly strong gasoline demand growth may face further delays.