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  • Volume 102, Issue 6

    • Volume 102, Issue 6

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    Drilling & Production

    Japan undertakes ambitious hydrate drilling program

    Feb. 9, 2004
    Japan will drill 16 shallow exploratory wells in deep waters off its coast, from Mie to Shizuoka prefectures, to determine the expanse and density of methane hydrate deposits....
    Government

    Congress expected to press efforts to update US sanctions policy

    Feb. 9, 2004
    This year's presidential and congressional elections may slow down but are unlikely to stop growing efforts by policymakers to update US sanctions policy, especially as it applies...
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    Production Operations

    Phased program lessens Marlim Sul development risks

    Feb. 9, 2004
    To lessen risks, Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) selected a four-module program for developing its large deepwater Marlim Sul oil field.
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    Companies

    Correlation estimates FCC unit sulfuric acid emissions

    Feb. 9, 2004
    A new correlation estimates the amount of sulfuric acid emissions in FCC flue-gas streams based on the amount of SO2 formed in the unit.
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    Economics & Markets

    US energy bill faces tough sledding amid federal budget woes, scandals

    Feb. 9, 2004
    If US President George W. Bush's Jan. 20 State of the Union speech is any indication, the White House may have decided that energy and environmental issues are not going to be...

    More content from Volume 102, Issue 6

    Economics & Markets

    US gas price floor of $5/Mcf here to stay?

    Feb. 9, 2004
    Has the $5/Mcf US natural gas price floor threshold been crossed once and for all?
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    Drilling & Production

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Feb. 9, 2004
    Design enhancements to the MicroTouch M150 LCD touch screen monitor include a locking angle adjustment mechanism, full multimedia capability...
    Production Operations

    Area Drilling

    Feb. 9, 2004
    ARC Oil NL, Perth, plans an exploration program in the Perth basin that may require two rigs in the first half of 2004.
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    General Interest

    Field experience shows how to inspect odd, noninspectable platform risers

    Feb. 9, 2004
    Recent field experience has proven the use of new inspection tools on odd (that is, geometrically eccentric) risers.
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    Companies

    Michigan Trenton-Black River opportunities identified with sample attribute mapping

    Feb. 9, 2004
    Well site geologists, engineers, and drillers often include information in their final reports that rarely finds its way into prospect maps but that is highly relevant to gas ...
    Government

    Energy policy moves forward without omnibus legislation

    Feb. 9, 2004
    As Congress decides whether to try to salvage the omnibus bill it has twice failed to pass, the oil and gas industry should recognize that with energy policy, good things can ...
    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    Feb. 9, 2004
    The Woodlands, Tex., has announced the appointment of Richard A. Byers as vice-president and treasurer.
    Government

    Watching Government: 2005 federal budget

    Feb. 9, 2004
    US President George W. Bush Feb. 2 proposed a $2.4 trillion federal budget for the 2005 fiscal year slated to start Oct. 1.
    Companies

    Letters

    Feb. 9, 2004
    The last time the oil and gas industry tried to change its reality we came up with the "virtual corporation" named Enron...
    Pipelines

    Editorial: Imports and energy policy

    Feb. 9, 2004
    When decision-making about energy policy hinges itself to the supposed horror of imported oil, anything can happen.
    Government

    Iraq's Governing Council to probe oil bribery allegations

    Feb. 9, 2004
    Iraq's Governing Council has announced it will investigate media allegations that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein used millions of barrels of the country's oil to bribe ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Tilting at windmills

    Feb. 9, 2004
    Former US Vice-Pres. Al Gore recently gave a speech indicting the Bush adminstration for what he termed its inaction on global warming.
    Companies

    Mexico LNG terminal proposals face political, PR battles

    Feb. 9, 2004
    Three LNG receiving terminal proposals for Baja California, Mexico, face an intensifying political and public relations competition, said George Baker...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Feb. 9, 2004
    Energy futures prices were especially volatile Feb. 2-4, first soaring because of problems at three refineries in California, Illinois, and Indiana, then plunging with bearish...
    Production Operations

    Rising US-Venezuelan tensions raise oil supply concerns

    Feb. 9, 2004
    Industry analysts and some US government officials worry that the tense relationship between the US and Venezuela is deteriorating to a point where key US crude imports could ...