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  • Volume 102, Issue 39

    • Volume 102, Issue 39

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    Companies

    Declining deliverability pushes arctic gas development

    Oct. 18, 2004
    The push to develop natural gas from the Arctic and other sources is being driven by declining deliverability, despite high levels of drilling activity in western Canada and the...
    Companies

    ADIPEC: Pipeline, GTL plans make gains in Middle East

    Oct. 18, 2004
    ADIPEC: Pipeline, GTL plans make gains in Middle East While LNG dominates shipment of natural gas from producing areas of the Middle East, two other methods of international transportat...
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    Production Operations

    GOM Decommissioning — 3: Model estimates abrasive cutting costs

    Oct. 18, 2004
    An empirical relationship can estimate the cost of abrasive water-jet cutting during the decommissioning of Gulf of Mexico platforms.
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    Economics & Markets

    Product sulfur specs will determine future refining configurations

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Mandated reductions in refined products' sulfur levels, both gasoline and diesel, are the most significant factors in refiners' spending plans for the next few years.
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    Companies

    Deepwater Gunashli plans approved on Caspian PSA anniversary

    Oct. 18, 2004
    BP and partners received approval for the final development phase of the Azeri-Chirag-deepwater Gunashli (ACG) project in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea.

    More content from Volume 102, Issue 39

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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Independents build gas potential in Canada's Northwest Territories

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Independents build gas potential in Canada's Northwest Territories Large gas volumes appear to have been found in the Colville Lake area of the Northwest Territories about 100...
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    Tankers

    Marine pollution-protection system installed on first vessels

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Last month saw the christening of the first oil tanker equipped with a preinstalled fast oil-recovery system for use in a shipwreck. The second so-equipped vessel is set for later...
    LNG

    Consultant: Marine propulsion spending to set new records

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Spending on marine propulsion systems by the world's shipbuilding industry will reach $5.3 billion this year and continue to rise, according to a study covering 2004-08 by analysts...
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    Production Operations

    Winter heating demands likely to rekindle tanker rates

    Oct. 18, 2004
    An unusual conversion of forces in late summer was likely to extend the cooling of tanker rates, compared with activity typical for this time of the year, according to an analysis...
    Companies

    Advertising Index

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Belco Technologies Corporationwww.belcotech.com
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    Petrochemicals

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Oct. 18, 2004
    A new condensate recirculation process now is available for low-cost hydrate control in natural gas systems with high water production.
    Government

    Critical report might obscure US air-quality gains

    Oct. 18, 2004
    A report critical of US Environmental Protection Agency efforts to reduce ground-level ozone pollution can create a faulty impression.
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Niko Resources Ltd., Calgary, gauged a stout gas discovery on the Feni Block, where it hopes to start commercial production within days.
    Production Operations

    Market timeline

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Energy futures prices declined Monday as political tensions eased in Nigeria, but analysts were uncertain if markets might be poised for further retreat or gathering strength ...
    Home

    Letters

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Your sober and sobering editorial: Serious about depletion (OGJ, Aug. 23, 2004, p. 17), marks a breakthrough in the treatment of this vital topic.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Waves of the future?

    Oct. 18, 2004
    On occasion, Oil & Gas Journal editors receive news of alternative fuels, new energy sources, or "breakthrough" technologies.
    Government

    Venezuela 'reliable oil supplier,' US Sec. of State says

    Oct. 18, 2004
    US Sec. of State Colin Powell said during a visit to Brazil earlier this month "that despite the rhetoric of Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez, Venezuela is a reliable oil supplier...
    Companies

    Higher gas prices, improved techniques drive CBM development

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Coalbed methane (CBM) is barely on the radar screen in Canada compared with conventional gas.
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    General Interest

    Whittier CEO takes balanced view of public ownership

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Bryce Rhodes has managed tiny but growing Whittier Energy Corp. through its recent transition to public ownership and remains balanced in his assessment of the change.
    Pipelines

    Uncertainty dissipated about Brazil's 7th licensing round

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Brazil's Mines and Energy Minister Dilma Rousseff has confirmed that Brazil's seventh oil and gas exploration licensing round would not be canceled. Her comments were made during...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Benchmark US crude futures prices fell Oct. 12 as traders took profits after six consecutive sessions of record highs but bounced back to near-record levels in the next trading...
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    Refining & Processing

    Rodríguez reaffirms PDVSA's energy integration plans

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Alí Rodríguez Araque, president and CEO of Venezuela's state-owned oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), reaffirmed the company's commitment to integrate Latin America in terms...
    Companies

    Attention rises to natural gas supply questions in US

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Attention is rising to questions about supply of natural gas in the US.
    Companies

    World's transportation fuel supply a growing concern

    Oct. 18, 2004
    A dangerous shortfall in the supply of transportation fuels is likely to hit the world soon because demand is rising faster than industry's seeming ability to fill it, several...
    LNG

    Editorial - Combustive hazards

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Concern about combustive hazards is slowing the urgently needed expansion of LNG-import capacity in the US.