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  • Volume 102, Issue 42

    • Volume 102, Issue 42

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    Exploration & Development

    Mboundi field lifts Congo (Brazzaville)

    Nov. 8, 2004
    Mboundi field in Congo (Brazza-ville) has quickly become one of West Africa's largest onshore oil discoveries in the last 20 years, and it also contains a large volume of gas....
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    Refining & Processing

    Advanced process control powers developments in operations management

    Nov. 8, 2004
    Technology progression within advanced process control (APC) continues to evolve; however, it is the relationship among core APC developments, enabling technologies, and management...
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    Drilling Operations

    H2O2 well cleanout leads to explosion

    Nov. 8, 2004
    The probable cause of an accidental explosion during a tubing cleanout in an oil well in China was hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) decomposing into oxygen and heat. The explosion destroyed...
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    Companies

    Rigorous process models improve profits in Louisiana refinery

    Nov. 8, 2004
    An operations planning and economics improvement project at ConocoPhillips's Lake Charles, La., refinery successfully developed and implemented high-quality kinetic process models...
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    Production Operations

    Analysis Behind Casing deployed in Norsk Hydro's Oseberg field

    Nov. 8, 2004
    The ability to log wells from behind casing is a key addition to available formation evaluation services because it enables operators to assess bypassed zones, analyze time effects...

    More content from Volume 102, Issue 42

    Companies

    Advertising Index

    Nov. 8, 2004
    Ariel Corporationwww.arielcorp.com
    Pipelines & Transportation

    It's no crisis that the US and Europe have issues

    Nov. 8, 2004
    As an issue in the US general election on Nov. 2, friction between the US and Europe won't be decisive.
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    Pipelines

    EU plans expansion of natural gas-import network

    Nov. 8, 2004
    Loyola de Palacio, EU's energy and transport commissioner, says the improved network "is a prerequisite to an effective European energy market," while the successful opening of...
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    Petrochemicals

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Nov. 8, 2004
    The new Centerfire resistivity system complements this firm's fleet of measurement while drilling systems.
    Economics & Markets

    Market Timeline

    Nov. 8, 2004
    Energy futures prices fell with profit-taking Monday from the recent market run-up, and the Norwegian government intervened to force arbitration of a 4-month strike by offshore...
    Companies

    Gas summit highlights world old prices, gas markets

    Nov. 8, 2004
    Price determination remains a question for oil and gas producers in the liberalizing European market for natural gas.
    Tankers

    Oil Patch Warriors

    Nov. 8, 2004
    It has been a trait of human beings for at least thousands of years to commemorate important events during their lifetimes by creating lasting monuments made of stone or steel...
    Reserves

    APIA slams Australia's energy market reforms

    Nov. 8, 2004
    The Australian Pipeline Industry Association (APIA) has taken a swipe at the direction and tardiness of the country's energy market reform agenda.
    Pipelines

    Japan, China in stalemate over maritime boundaries

    Nov. 8, 2004
    Japan and China have emerged with widely differing views of the results of talks held Oct. 25 that aimed at resolving a maritime boundary dispute affecting potential natural gas...
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    Production Operations

    Study urges early Iraqi welcome of foreign investment

    Nov. 8, 2004
    Iraq can accelerate reconstruction and boost its economic growth if it promptly welcomes foreign direct investment (FDI) to its oil industry and establishes a stable fiscal regime...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Total now full-fledged player in French gas market

    Nov. 8, 2004
    Total SA has become a full-fledged player in France's deregulated natural gas market.
    Economics & Markets

    Watching Government - The windfall word

    Nov. 8, 2004
    The story in the Oct. 29 Washington Post about oil companies' improved third-quarter earnings might have made industry lobbyists pause because it included a still volatile word...
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    Production Operations

    Hurdles ahead for growth in non-OPEC liquids output

    Nov. 8, 2004
    Hurdles ahead for growth in non-OPEC liquids output During the last 40 years, the world has experienced almost uninterrupted crude oil demand and production growth.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Nov. 8, 2004
    As US voters went to the polls Nov. 2, the near-month crude contract dropped below $50/bbl on the New York Mercantile Exchange for the first time in 4 weeks, with benchmark US...
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    Companies

    Analyst: Libya is 'exploration buzz' among IOCs for 2005

    Nov. 8, 2004
    Libya is "the central exploration and production buzz for 2005" among international oil companies looking for access to potentially giant oil and gas fields, said energy analyst...
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    Companies

    Personnel Moves & Promotions: ConocoPhillips reports management appointments

    Nov. 8, 2004
    ConocoPhillips reported the appointment of Kevin Meyers, currently president of ConocoPhillips Alaska, as president of
    LNG

    Editorial - Action on energy

    Nov. 8, 2004
    Thundering silence on energy in the US presidential campaigns just ended will serve newly reelected George W. Bush well.
    Companies

    Company News: Shell to end dual ownership; still evaluating reserves

    Nov. 8, 2004
    The boards of Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Shell Transport & Trading Co. (ST&T) have proposed to shareholders that the companies be merged under a single parent company, Royal ...
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    Companies

    Libya's output almost totally on land as bid round looms

    Nov. 8, 2004
    Libya seems assured wide participation in the EPSA-4 exploration and production licensing round now pending.
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    Companies

    Egypt's western desert onshore oil and gas production strong

    Nov. 8, 2004
    As Egypt has enjoyed the addition of significant gas reserves in the Nile Delta offshore, the long-underrated western desert has come alive with major discoveries of liquid and...
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    Production Operations

    Combine eyeing numerous structures onshore Gabon

    Nov. 8, 2004
    Land exploration and development have shown great promise lately in Gabon, where offshore operations dominate.