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    Companies

    Enterprise expands Norco gas fractionation plant

    Aug. 15, 2005
    Enterprise Product Partners LP expanded its NGL fractionation plant in Norco, La.
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    Cast polymers reduce downhole torque, drag

    Aug. 15, 2005
    Polymers can be cast at low pressures, rather than injection-molded, to produce engineering-grade components for downhole use.
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    Companies

    Composite materials provide alternatives for deepwater projects

    Aug. 15, 2005
    Composites as a replacement for steel offer an alternative material that in many cases improves the economics for developing deepwater oil and gas resources.
    Companies

    John S. Herold reports robust upstream M&A activity

    Aug. 15, 2005
    Upstream merger and acquisition (M&A) activity worldwide rebounded last year, particularly in the US and Canada, in a trend that is continuing, said a report from John S.
    Reserves

    Vintage to cite treaty in Bolivian lawsuit

    Aug. 15, 2005
    Vintage Petroleum Inc., Tulsa, has told Bolivia that it will cite a bilateral treaty protecting investment in a lawsuit challenging the country’s Hydrocarbons Act passed last ...

    More content from Volume 103, Issue 31

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    Point of View: THUMS good neighbor policies garner community acceptance

    Aug. 15, 2005
    THUMS Long Beach Co. Pres. Frank Komin strode quickly from his desk to the window of his Long Beach, Calif., office. His panoramic view of Long Beach Harbor includes the Queen...
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    Production Operations

    Gas storage due in redeveloped oil reservoir off Spain

    Aug. 15, 2005
    Spain appears headed for an oil production boost in the second half of 2006 when idle Amposta oil field in the Gulf of Valencia returns to production.
    Government

    Watching the World: Putin’s word on ecology

    Aug. 15, 2005
    Oil prospectors in Russia’s West Kamchatka region are breathing easier after a favorable decision by the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy city court.
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    LNG

    Maintenance, Spanish demand to lower US LNG imports

    Aug. 15, 2005
    Work on a jetty line at Atlantic LNG Co. (ALNG) of Trinidad & Tobago’s Point Fortin export facility, the draw from Spain, and “chronic” planned maintenance at Dominion Cove Point...
    General Interest

    Editorial: The UN’s credibility

    Aug. 15, 2005
    The Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program (IIC) issued its third interim report Aug.
    Companies

    Company News: Producers to buy Kerr-McGee’s North Sea assets

    Aug. 15, 2005
    Maersk Olie & Gas AS, Copenhagen, plans to buy most of Kerr-McGee Corp.’s North Sea assets for $2.
    Government

    Valero plans to cease production of MTBE next spring

    Aug. 15, 2005
    Valero Energy Corp. announced that it plans to quit producing methyl tertiary butyl ether next spring in an effort to reduce its exposure to product liability litigation.
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Aug. 15, 2005
    The Japanese government has issued a new protest to China over Chunxiao natural gas field in the East China Sea, saying Beijing has the means to start producing from the disputed...
    LNG

    FACTS: Taiwan’s electric power industry looking toward LNG as fuel source

    Aug. 15, 2005
    Taiwan’s gas demand is growing as electric power generators turn away from nuclear sources in favor of LNG, said Fesharaki Associates Consulting & Technical Services Inc.
    Petrochemicals

    Watching Government: What’s next for MTBE?

    Aug. 15, 2005
    The US refining and distribution system was preparing for gasoline without methyl tertiary butyl ether before federal lawmakers pulled defective-product liability protection from...
    Government

    CBO estimates energy bill’s spending, revenue effects

    Aug. 15, 2005
    Congressional analysts estimate that the 2005 energy bill will increase direct spending by $2.
    Production Operations

    Harvest considers arbitration in tax dispute with Venezuela

    Aug. 15, 2005
    Harvest Natural Resources Inc. is considering going to international arbitration over tax evasion claims that the Venezuelan government has made against the Houston independent...
    Government

    BLM, Forest Service propose permit-process changes

    Aug. 15, 2005
    Two US agencies regulating onshore oil and gas activities on federal land proposed changes that they said would improve drilling-permit application processing while protecting...
    Production Operations

    Floaters around the world

    Aug. 15, 2005
    Ten years ago it was not difficult to bring to mind many of the floating oil and gas production systems operating in the world.
    Companies

    SEC upgrades Equatorial Guinea payments inquiry

    Aug. 15, 2005
    The US Securities and Exchange Commission apparently has upgraded its 2004 probe of US oil and gas producers’ payments to the government of Equatorial Guinea to a formal investigation...
    Production Operations

    Work continues for IOCs in Mauritania despite coup

    Aug. 15, 2005
    International oil companies working in Mauritania have expressed confidence about operations in the country despite a bloodless military coup that toppled the government of former...
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    Pipelines

    Study investigates premature failure of magnesium anodes

    Aug. 15, 2005
    A recent survey of magnesium sacrificial anode cathodic protection systems installed on Bahrain Petroleum Co.
    Economics & Markets

    Oil price sets records; gas up sharply

    Aug. 15, 2005
    The September contract for benchmark US sweet, light crudes set records for the top intraday trading and closing prices, while natural gas for the same month soared to a 9-month...
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    Companies

    Services/Suppliers

    Aug. 15, 2005
    Hamilton, Bermuda, has announced that its Italian subsidiary, Foster Wheeler Italiana SpA, and the Swiss company Methanol Casale SA have formed a strategic alliance to serve the...
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    Newfoundland Orphan Basin—2:Orphan basin off Newfoundland set for multiyear exploration program

    Aug. 15, 2005
    This is the second of two parts covering the latest exploration efforts in the Orphan basin in the Atlantic off Newfoundland.
    Companies

    Capital freedom will survive the Unocal door-slam

    Aug. 15, 2005
    Congress growled. CNOOC Ltd. flinched.
    Companies

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Aug. 15, 2005
    New Royco 800 series lubricants help improve the quality of natural gas, increase energy efficiency, and protect compressor parts from scoring and wear.
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