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  • Volume 102, Issue 8

    • Volume 102, Issue 8

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    Companies

    New rotating magnet ranging systems useful in oil sands, CBM developments

    Feb. 23, 2004
    Rotating magnet ranging (RMR) is the one of the latest technologies used in development drilling for coalbed methane and oil sands.
    Companies

    El Paso slashes its reserves estimates by 41%

    Feb. 23, 2004
    El Paso Corp. has reduced its proven oil and natural gas reserves estimate by 1.8 tcfe, or 41%, leaving the company with 2.64 tcfe as of Dec. 31, 2003. Of that total, 66% is proved...
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    Petrochemicals

    Report: New propylene production technologies hold great promise

    Feb. 23, 2004
    New process technologies for propylene production show great economic promise, according to a new report from Nexant Inc., White Plains, NY.
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    New downhole technologies tackle multifaceted environments

    Feb. 23, 2004
    Various new downhole technologies allow companies to optimize the production of petroleum resources from wells with more complex geometries and producing horizons that are in ...
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    Companies

    Lifting the veil of Norwegian natural gas: One year of 'conventional' gas sales

    Feb. 23, 2004
    The rapid implementation of a radically new natural gas transportation regime in Norway reflects a broader revolution getting under way in Europe's gas markets.

    More content from Volume 102, Issue 8

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    Advertising Index

    Feb. 23, 2004
    Baker Oil Toolswww.bakeroiltools.com
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    Caribbean source rocks may point toward buried treasure

    Feb. 23, 2004
    Despite its significance as a source of oil and gas on the doorstep of the US market, the Caribbean offshore region is poorly explored, especially in the deep water.
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    OPEC's uncertainty premium

    Feb. 23, 2004
    There may be a new risk premium in crude oil pricing.
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Feb. 23, 2004
    Santos Ltd. was drilling an exploratory well on the Sampang production sharing contract in the East Java basin 40 km southeast of Surabaya.
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Feb. 23, 2004
    The new 561N pipelayer features an electronically controlled engine with more power and reduced emissions, new fingertip controls and better viewing area for the operator, and...
    Home

    Iraq and Iran struggling with the basics of democracy

    Feb. 23, 2004
    Democracy remains elusive along the northern reaches of the Persian Gulf.
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    Companies

    Full-scale burst, crack-arrest testing vets X-120 line pipe

    Feb. 23, 2004
    A new high-strength steel with a specified minimum yield strength of 120 ksi has been developed for line pipe applications (OGJ, Dec. 1, 2003, p. 56).1
    Production Operations

    Producing the third phase

    Feb. 23, 2004
    Water, the third phase in petroleum production, represents a massive liquid volume that operators have to handle and dispose of cost-effectively and in an environmentally sound...
    Refining & Processing

    Letters

    Feb. 23, 2004
    Catching up on some reading, I just came across your proposal (OGJ, Jan, 5, 2004, p. 15) to base traffic penalties on vehicle weight.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Watching Government - Safe and secure

    Feb. 23, 2004
    The US Congress faces an important challenge this year as it considers ways to keep nearly half a million miles of oil, natural gas and product pipelines safe and secure.
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    Refining

    API: US petroleum demand rises 'only modestly' in 2003

    Feb. 23, 2004
    US demand for petroleum rose "only modestly" in 2003, part of a long-term trend in which US oil consumption has increased by only a fraction of the rate of the overall economy...
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    Companies

    Personnel Moves & Promotions

    Feb. 23, 2004
    Several principals from Matador Petroleum Corp. have founded Matador Resources Co., Dallas (see Company News, p. 31).
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Senate leaders pledge to consider leaner energy bill

    Feb. 23, 2004
    US Senate leaders Feb. 12 pledged to take a leaner energy bill to the Senate floor when Congress returns from a 1 week break Feb. 23.
    Government

    White House urges Congress to keep ILSA flexible

    Feb. 23, 2004
    The White House told the US Congress that an existing law designed to discourage non-US companies from investing in either Iran or Libya should continue to give President George...
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Feb. 23, 2004
    World oil supplies remained relatively level at 82.1 million b/d during January, with production from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries falling by 145,000 b/d ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Editorial - The motives in Iraq

    Feb. 23, 2004
    Controversy over weapons of mass destruction obscures other motives, real and imagined, for the military strike in Iraq last March.
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    Companies

    Company News - Plains Exploration to acquire Nuevo Energy

    Feb. 23, 2004
    Plains Exploration & Production Co. has agreed to acquire Houston rival Nuevo Energy Co. in a stock transaction valued at $945 million. Upon closing, Nuevo stockholders will own...
    Exploration & Development

    UK offers new 'Frontier' license area west of Shetlands

    Feb. 23, 2004
    A new "Frontier" license that allows offshore operators to apply for relatively large acreage on the UK's Atlantic margin or continental shelf west of the Shetland and Orkney ...