Volume 103, Issue 18

Company News: Statoil to acquire EnCana’s Gulf of Mexico assets

May 9, 2005

Staoil ASA has agreed to pay $2 billion for all of EnCana Corp.'s assets in the Gulf of Mexico, a decision that may be an attempt to counter declining reserves in the North Sea...

Refining & Processing

Gas use at issue in Iran as oil production sags

May 9, 2005

Future use of natural gas has become a political issue in Iran, whose status as a major oil exporter may be at stake.

General Interest

Wireless sensors remotely monitor wells in Nigeria swamps

May 9, 2005

Low power, two-way wireless communication devices, powered by batteries, proved effective for long-range monitoring of producing wells and facilities in the dense jungle and swamps...

Companies

Permafrost Cement-1: New phosphate-based cement useful for drilling, completions in arctic

May 9, 2005

A new cement with very low permeability, very low thermal conductivity, and superior strength has been developed for use in cold regions.

New Plants

OEE method improves condition-based maintenance

May 9, 2005

Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) combines operations, maintenance, and quality measurements in a single key performance indicator and is an objective way of collecting the...

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New Plants

Equipment/Software/Literature

May 9, 2005

The new NLS pneumatic level sensors feature a minimum number of moving parts.

Companies

Advertising Index

May 9, 2005

HSE

Missing pieces of the global warming story

May 9, 2005

Watch what happens now-and what doesn't.

Economics & Markets

CGES sees crude demand crisis

May 9, 2005

Crude prices recently have been at record nominal levels and higher in real terms than during the 1973-74 energy crisis.

LNG

Studies of LNG spills over water point up need for improvement

May 9, 2005

Current understanding of LNG spills over water is conservative, primarily lacking realistic testing and experimental validation in elements of the analysis that have a direct ...

Exploration & Development

Lean Energy Management-9: Boosting, support vector machines and reinforcement learning in computer-aided lean management

May 9, 2005

In past articles in this series, we have been outlining an approach to computer-aided lean management (CALM).

Pipelines & Transportation

Hashing prices over hash

May 9, 2005

The older guys who frequent the neighborhood breakfast joint have been grousing about gasoline prices.

Companies

OGJ Newsletter

May 9, 2005

The Bolivian Senate on Apr. 29 approved a hydrocarbons law steeply increasing taxes on oil companies.

Production Operations

Indonesia, despite falling oil flow, to stay in OPEC

May 9, 2005

Indonesia intends to remain a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries despite its falling oil production.

Production Operations

'Do nothing' US energy policy will no longer work

May 9, 2005

The US has been living on an oil surplus, which has now disappeared, and a 'do nothing' energy policy will no longer work, said a prominent energy analyst.

Pipelines & Transportation

Watching the World: A close shave in Myanmar

May 9, 2005

Few oil companies can relish the idea of operating in Mynamar, given the track record of human rights activists on the one hand and the ruling junta on the other.

Companies

OTC Spotlight on Technology presents 14 awards

May 9, 2005

The Spotlight on Technology at the 2005 Offshore Technology Conference recognized 14 products.

Companies

Old wells, new technology in spotlight at 2005 OTC

May 9, 2005

The past and future of offshore oil and gas technology drew close attention at the 2005 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston.

Refining & Processing

Editorial: Refineries and NSR

May 9, 2005

US President George W. Bush addressed the right problem when he hinted in a speech Apr. 27 about building refineries on unused military bases.