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  • Volume 102, Issue 41

    • Volume 102, Issue 41

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    Companies

    Drillers, operators share outlooks at IADC annual meeting

    Nov. 1, 2004
    Drilling is on the rise worldwide as the market facilitates implementation of new technologies.
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    Nelson-Farrar Cost Indexes

    Nov. 1, 2004
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    General Interest

    Propane prices experience strong third-quarter growth, petchem demand tempering

    Nov. 1, 2004
    In third-quarter 2004, energy and propane prices were extremely strong while petrochemical demand for propane lessened compared to previous quarters.
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    Production Operations

    GULF OF MEXICO DECOMMISSIONING—4: Explosives offer another option

    Nov. 1, 2004
    The cost of severing platforms with explosives during the decommissioning of Gulf of Mexico structures is time-invariant or nearly time-invariant.
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    Pipelines

    New method uses conformable array to map external pipeline corrosion

    Nov. 1, 2004
    Development and testing have been completed on a method for measuring external corrosion on steel pipelines using a conformable eddy-current array.

    More content from Volume 102, Issue 41

    Exploration & Development

    Area Drilling

    Nov. 1, 2004
    KazakhstanAltius Energy Corp., Calgary, completed drilling 22 new wells in Besbolek and Karataikyz fields in the Pre-Caspian basin in July 2004.New reserves and production have...
    Exploration & Development

    Hydraulic fracing assault just a political trick

    Nov. 1, 2004
    Just in time for general elections, four congressional Democrats and one independent have concocted an environmental issue out of technical complexity, ignorance, and fear.
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Nov. 1, 2004
    New data logger offers precise accuracyClick here to enlarge imageHere's the Data Dolphin 128 (DD-128) data logger. It has an ultrahigh resolution, 24-bit, analog-to-digital section...
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    Drilling & Production

    Sharp eyes, interpretation needed to surmount checkshot data errors

    Nov. 1, 2004
    The author has encountered problems with checkshot data many times in a long career.
    Refining

    Market Timeline

    Nov. 1, 2004
    Compiled by Sam Fletcher, Senior WriterHighlights of the Market Watch feature on OGJ Online. Dates are when items appeared online. Subscribers can retrieve full articles online...
    Refining & Processing

    Letters

    Nov. 1, 2004
    Refining in paradiseYour article, "Refining in paradise," reminded me of my years in Aruba at the Lago refinery. Indeed it is located on a very beautiful island, and an assignment...
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    The business of seeing

    Nov. 1, 2004
    National Geographic photographer Dewitt Jones is making the rounds these days talking to companies about creativity.
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    Production Operations

    BP: Oil prices have support level of $30/bbl for Brent

    Nov. 1, 2004
    Oil prices apparently have a support level of $30/bbl for North Sea Brent crude, based upon their recent record and the world supply-demand balance, BP PLC Chief Executive John...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Nov. 1, 2004
    Market MovementEnergy prices register sharp rise and fallAfter a surprise jump in energy prices, with natural gas soaring to a 20-month high Oct. 26 on the New York Mercantile...
    Reserves

    New method proposed for figuring oil, gas reserves

    Nov. 1, 2004
    A new framework for assessing oil and natural gas reserves should be implemented for better estimation, increased accuracy, and improved production and income potential, said ...
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    Reserves

    IEA releases WEO in 'extremely unsettling environment'

    Nov. 1, 2004
    The International Energy Agency released the 2004 edition of its World Energy Outlook Oct. 26 in what Executive Director Claude Mandil described as "an extremely unsettling environment...
    Companies

    New incentives move Alaskan gas line toward negotiation

    Nov. 1, 2004
    Alaskan government officials and the three major North Slope producers express optimism that they will reach an agreement to build a natural gas pipeline to the Lower 48 states...
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    Editorial: Oil and corruption

    Nov. 1, 2004
    A global industry inevitably finds itself conducting business with dubious people in unsavory places.
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    Reserves

    Lack of data casts doubt on Iranian reserves hike

    Nov. 1, 2004
    Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, Iran's minister of petroleum, recently announced that the Islamic Republic, with 132 billion bbl of oil, is the world's No. 2 nation in oil reserves after...
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    Exploration & Development

    Changes bring new attention to Iranian buyback contracts

    Nov. 1, 2004
    Recent legislative changes have improved but not totally repaired the buyback contract covering exploration and production by foreign investors in Iran.
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    Pipelines

    Method developed for benchmarking pipeline operators' performance

    Nov. 1, 2004
    A new and more accurate divisor has been developed that better reflects the diversity in pipeline capacity and complexity.