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    Refining & Processing

    Chinese downstream development depends on GDP growth

    July 25, 2005
    China, a key country in the worldwide downstream petroleum industry, has had the largest influence on global refined product demand growth.
    Production Operations

    API: US gasoline demand growth slows as prices rise

    July 25, 2005
    The growth of US gasoline deliveries fell in the first half to 0.4% from 1.9% a year earlier as prices climbed to their highest point
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    Companies

    New rig installed in deep water off Angola

    July 25, 2005
    Chevron Corp. has installed a new 4,600 hp platform rig on the compliant piled tower in the Benguela Belize fields off Angola and will begin production later this summer from ...
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    New Plants

    Various factors affect reefing decisions

    July 25, 2005
    Operators that donate obsolete platforms to the Louisiana and Texas artificial-reef programs in the Gulf of Mexico often can lower decommissioning costs.
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    Refining & Processing

    As oil demand surges, China adds and expands refineries

    July 25, 2005
    China’s refining industry has reorganized and expanded since the late 1990s.

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    Companies

    Advertising Index

    July 25, 2005
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Coalbed methane growing rapidly as Australia gas supply diversifies

    July 25, 2005
    With the recent entry of both coalbed methane from the Bowen, Surat, and Sydney basins and conventional natural gas from new offshore fields in the Gippsland, Bass, and Otway ...
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    LPG Markets

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    July 25, 2005
    Here’s the Minivap On-Line process monitoring analyzer for determination of vapor pressure of gasoline, crude oil, LPG, NPG, and vapor-liquid ratio .
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    IEA: Oil supply, demand adjusting to high prices

    July 25, 2005
    The most difficult prediction to make about the oil market is the reversal of current trends.
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    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    July 25, 2005
    Edmonton, Alta., has announced the appointment of Bernard C. Moore as president and chief operating officer.
    Production Operations

    More natural gas drilling likely

    July 25, 2005
    A “higher-than-expected level of drilling” is likely in the near future since already robust activity has failed to stem declines in US natural gas production, say industry analysts...
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    LNG

    New design uses ambient pressure insulated LNG pipeline offshore

    July 25, 2005
    A new LNG pipeline design improves on existing technology by reducing pipeline costs and maintenance requirements and increasing pipeline reliability.
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    A brighter future?

    July 25, 2005
    By now, everyone has heard about global warming, although the extent of the effect is still under debate, as is the impact of human activities on the level of warming.
    Companies

    Company News: Chevron raises its offer for Unocal about 5%

    July 25, 2005
    Chevron Corp. raised its offer for Unocal Corp. to $63.01/share of Unocal, up from its previous $60/share offer in a complicated deal that is 40% cash and 60% Chevron stock
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    July 25, 2005
    General Interest - Quick Takes
    Production Operations

    Watching the World: Indonesia eyes fuel use cuts

    July 25, 2005
    I ndonesia plans to raise import duties for luxury cars as one of several possible measures to reduce fuel consumption.
    LNG

    Sakhalin II project’s Phase 2 cost estimate rising

    July 25, 2005
    Sakhalin Energy Investment Co. (SEIC) has warned of sharply higher costs for Phase 2 of the Sakhalin II project in Russia’s Far East, according to Royal Dutch/Shell Group, parent...
    Reserves

    Study predicts spending surge for offshore wind energy

    July 25, 2005
    Offshore wind energy installations, mainly off Europe, will attract $13.6 billion in investment during the next 5 years, predicted analysts Douglas-Westwood Ltd.
    Drilling Operations

    UK increasingly reliant on oil, gas

    July 25, 2005
    The UK will be increasingly reliant on oil and gas to meet its primary energy needs during the next 10-15 years despite efforts to promote renewable energy sources, the UK Offshore...
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    Drilling & Production

    Analyst: US needs 850 rigs in 5 years to meet demand

    July 25, 2005
    The US will need 850 more drilling rigs in the next 5 years, said J. Marshall Adkins, Raymond James & Associates Inc.
    Production Operations

    Editorial: Energy bill prospects

    July 25, 2005
    What if US congressional conferees actually manage this time to reconcile sharply different energy bills passed by the House and Senate? What if they don’t, and comprehensive ...