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  • Volume 103, Issue 17

    • Volume 103, Issue 17

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    LPG Markets

    Venezuela marine terminal expanded with bottom-pull method

    May 2, 2005
    Willbros International Inc.’s unit Constructora CAMSA SA used the bottom pull method recently to install pipelines in the expansion of an existing sea-island marine shipping terminal...
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    Companies

    Thunder Horse development includes world’s largest PDQ semi

    May 2, 2005
    April 2005 saw the loadout of the production-drilling-quarters (PDQ) semisubmersible platform for the BP PLC operated Thunder Horse field in the Gulf of Mexico.
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    General Interest

    Cold weather, petchem demand push up C3 prices

    May 2, 2005
    Propane and crude prices increased in first-quarter 2005, a trend that could continue into the summer.
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    Companies

    Upgrading Victory-class semisubmersibles cost-effective

    May 2, 2005
    Now that building a new fifth-generation semisubmersible would cost more than $400 million, the upcoming $250-million upgrade of Victory-class semisubmersible Ocean Endeavor appears...

    More content from Volume 103, Issue 17

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    Drilling & Production

    Columbia River basin wildcat to draw focus to Washington

    May 2, 2005
    Renewed exploration for deep gas is under way in Washington state more than 15 years after the end of the previous cycle.
    Companies

    Advertising Index

    May 2, 2005
    Air France
    Refining

    US energy bill wouldn"t lower gasoline prices

    May 2, 2005
    “Folks,” Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) said after the US House of Representatives passed comprehensive energy legislation Apr.
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    Home

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    May 2, 2005
    Here's the T-CAT top-drive casing alignment tool, a new system that offers a simple, safe approach to running tubulars.
    Refining

    Services/Suppliers

    May 2, 2005
    Aberdeen, has announced its acquisition of DHV International Inc., a leading supplier of downhole video services to the oil and gas industry.
    Economics & Markets

    Oil at center of US-Saudi meeting

    May 2, 2005
    President George W. Bush and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Abdullah were scheduled to meet Apr.
    Drilling & Production

    Japan, China dispute drilling in area of E. China Sea

    May 2, 2005
    Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has called for dialogue between Japan and China to help settle their growing disagreement over oil and gas drilling rights in disputed...
    Refining

    Half-Baked Alaska

    May 2, 2005
    On Apr. 22-Earth Day-Ben & Jerry’s, the ice cream subsidiary of Unilever NV, protested the long-standing proposal to drill the Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by creating...
    Drilling & Production

    Constraints noted on US gains in gas production

    May 2, 2005
    US producers expect to continue aggressive natural gas drilling programs this year in response to growing demand and higher commodity prices.
    Production Operations

    Editorial: Offshore opportunity

    May 2, 2005
    The US oil and gas industry has its best chance in many years to break a senseless logjam in offshore leasing.
    Pipelines

    Russia, Turkmenistan end gas-price stand-off

    May 2, 2005
    Russian natural gas giant OAO Gazprom will resume receiving supplies of natural gas from Turkmenistan after the countries ended a 17-week stand-off over the price.
    Reserves

    Energy competition seen raising tension in ‘China Rim’

    May 2, 2005
    Escalating demand for crude in the China Rim region-comprising China and 18 surrounding countries-will outstrip supply over the next 5-50 years and precipitate a crisis of “economic...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    May 2, 2005
    Bush seeks refineries on old military bases
    Tankers

    Corruption, sabotage hinder Iraq’s postwar efforts

    May 2, 2005
    Official corruption, sabotage, and oil smuggling are costing Iraq billions of dollars each year, according to officials from the Oil Ministry and the State Organization for Marketing...
    Companies

    Personnel Moves and Promotions: Citgo Petroleum names Rodríguez president, CEO

    May 2, 2005
    Félix Rodríguez was named president and CEO of Citgo Petroleum Corp.
    General Interest

    Refiners face major challenges, EIA conference told

    May 2, 2005
    US refiners will need to supply motorists with increasingly clean fuels produced from increasingly sour crude oil, and it won’t be easy, experts warned during an US Energy Information...
    Companies

    Watching the World: Breaking ice off Sakhalin

    May 2, 2005
    They're breaking the ice up in the Gulf of Finland these days, and that's good for the oil business.
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    Companies

    Company News: Valero Energy agrees to buy Premcor for $8 billion

    May 2, 2005
    Valero Energy Corp. announced plans to buy Premcor Refining Group Inc.
    Capacities

    Saudi production growth detailed in Paris oil summit

    May 2, 2005
    Large projects recently completed or under way in Saudi Arabia represent production capacity of 3 million b/d of crude oil, the kingdom’s energy minister said at an Apr.
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    Tankers

    The 1973 oil embargo: its history, motives, and consequences

    May 2, 2005
    The months preceding the 1973 embargo witnessed a marathon of negotiations over prices, taxes, and shares between governments of the oil-producing countries and the international...
    Exploration & Development

    Watching Government: A far offshore E&P framework

    May 2, 2005
    While Congress considers ways for coastal US states to extend their offshore authority from 3 to 200 miles,
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    Tankers

    Large elevation changes affect offshore cooling-water design

    May 2, 2005
    Offshore platform designs need to account properly for elevation changes in the cooling-water systems.
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    Production Operations

    The oil weapon: past, present, and future

    May 2, 2005
    The phrase "oil weapon" almost universally calls to mind the October oil embargo of 1973, although various countries have used oil as a political weapon in recent history.