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  • Volume 103, Issue 38

    • Volume 103, Issue 38

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    Pipelines

    EU seeks energy security in stronger supplier ties

    Oct. 10, 2005
    The European Union (EU) is increasingly dependent on foreign supplies to meet its growing demand for energy, especially for fossel fuels.
    Companies

    WoodMac: Hurricanes hit ‘every link of energy chain’

    Oct. 10, 2005
    Every link in the energy chain-upstream, processing, pipelines, and the support infrastructure maintaining them-was affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, notes a report released...
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    Companies

    Kizomba B attains production capacity early

    Oct. 10, 2005
    The deepwater Kizomba B project, in Angola Block 15, completed the “design one, build multiple” strategy that Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Ltd.
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    LNG

    Single index measures operational performance of hydrocarbon facilities

    Oct. 10, 2005
    A new method overcomes many of the limitations of existing hydrocarbons benchmarking practices and addresses the need for a single and precise measurement of operational performance...
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    Companies

    New spar installed in gulf

    Oct. 10, 2005
    In September, Kerr-McGee Corp. installed its sixth spar production facility in the Gulf of Mexico on Green Canyon Block 680.

    More content from Volume 103, Issue 38

    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Oct. 10, 2005
    ATP Oil & Gas Corp., Houston, acquired a 55% working interest in and operatorship of the producing King’s Peak gas field in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
    Companies

    Advertising Index

    Oct. 10, 2005
    Advertisers in the print issue.
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    Production Operations

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Oct. 10, 2005
    The new SceneModeler Mark VI laser scanner is suited for creating as-built documentation for offshore platforms.
    Home

    Presidential call for conservation late, as always

    Oct. 10, 2005
    When US President George W. Bush suggested that Americans conserve energy Sept.
    Companies

    ‘Dodged-bullet’ view of Rita challenged

    Oct. 10, 2005
    Hurricane Rita missed the Houston area’s giant refining complex but hammered refineries in Beaumont and Port Arthur, Tex.
    LPG Markets

    Services/Suppliers

    Oct. 10, 2005
    Olean, NY, has announced the acquisition of Tuthill Energy Systems (TES), headquartered in Burr Ridge, Ill.
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    Production Operations

    Prospect generation basically unchanged but perhaps speedier with digital databases

    Oct. 10, 2005
    The basic process of evaluating crude oil and natural gas resources and generating developmental or exploratory prospects in an attempt to turn those resources into recoverable...
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    Production Operations

    Qatar Offshore—Conclusion: Corrosion modeling addresses sour operating conditions

    Oct. 10, 2005
    Corrosion modeling for the Pearl GTL pipeline project was carried out using the Shell corrosion model, which includes laboratory and operating experience from Shell Canada Ltd...
    Companies

    Mature-basin leftovers

    Oct. 10, 2005
    Many of the world’s mature producing regions still contain sizable volumes of potentially recoverable hydrocarbons, although these resources typically are in less conventional...
    Production Operations

    Interior secretary assesses gulf hurricane damage

    Oct. 10, 2005
    Offshore oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico survived the one-two punch of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita reasonably well, with no loss of life or significant spills, Sec...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Oct. 10, 2005
    The Chinese government confirmed it sent warships to a disputed area of the East China Sea on Sept. 29, a day ahead of talks with Japan over territorial claims to waters in which...
    Companies

    Company News: Gazprom to buy controlling stake in Sibneft

    Oct. 10, 2005
    Russia’s state-controlled OAO Gazprom plans to acquire 72.7% of oil company OAO Sibneft for $13.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Two House committees pass oil and gas supply bills

    Oct. 10, 2005
    The two US House committees with jurisdiction over energy reported separate bills aimed at increasing domestic oil and gas supplies.
    Drilling & Production

    Watching the World: More ounces of prevention

    Oct. 10, 2005
    Ian McCredie, head of global security services at Shell International, recently said growing risks have forced Royal Dutch Shell PLC to make its own security arrangements in areas...
    Tankers

    Editorial: No sale, no money

    Oct. 10, 2005
    Whatever its accuracy, a newspaper story about a menacing comment by Iran’s new president underscores an economic verity too frequently forgotten when oil prices are high: It’...
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    Refining & Processing

    NPRA president urges reasoned look at refining issues

    Oct. 10, 2005
    Bob Slaughter is pleased that limited US refining capacity finally is getting wide attention in the days and weeks following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.