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  • Volume 103, Issue 40

    • Volume 103, Issue 40

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    Companies

    Identifying roles, responsibilities optimizes refinery scheduling process

    Oct. 24, 2005
    Computer-based technologies can enhance the quality of refinery monthly schedules.
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    Companies

    US market responds to oil well cement shortages

    Oct. 24, 2005
    Oil well cement consumption has increased in the US, domestic production has decreased, and imports have failed to bridge the gap, leading companies to experiment with alternate...
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    Exploration & Development

    Digital technology initiative aligns people, processes, technology

    Oct. 24, 2005
    Strategic digital technology initiatives at Burlington Resources Inc. have influenced the company’s profitability-streamlining business processes, boosting technical proficiency...
    Companies

    E&P firms try to maintain US production, open up land

    Oct. 24, 2005
    For US independent exploration and production companies, this year largely has been about trying to increase production, especially to take advantage of recently high oil and ...
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    Companies

    Point of View: Chesapeake expands into ‘underexplored’ Appalachian basin

    Oct. 24, 2005
    Chesapeake Energy Corp., steadily expanding beyond its traditional Midcontinent holdings, recently made a geographic leap by announcing plans to enter the Appalachian basin by...

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    Companies

    Point of View: Petrohawk prepares for growth, eventual sale

    Oct. 24, 2005
    Petrohawk Energy Corp. of Denver completed several transactions during its first 7 months of existence as it doubled in size from its predecessor, Beta Oil & Gas Co.
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    Companies

    Point of View: Kerr-McGee focusing on exploration and production

    Oct. 24, 2005
    Kerr-McGee Corp. in Oklahoma City is transitioning into a pure-play exploration and production company, intent on achieving consistent growth in share value.
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    Companies

    Point of View: Carrizo blends predictability and potential

    Oct. 24, 2005
    Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc., Houston, was formed in 1993 by energy industry executives and investors to apply 3D seismic technology to mature proven, producing natural gas and oil ...
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    Companies

    Point of View: Whiting Petroleum to increase emphasis on drilling

    Oct. 24, 2005
    Whiting Petroleum Corp., Denver, has increased its base of proved oil and gas reserves through 11 acquisitions to 1.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Oct. 24, 2005
    General Interest - Quick Takes
    LNG

    Analyst sees problems for expected LNG construction

    Oct. 24, 2005
    The LNG industry would have “no problem” in building liquefaction, transport, and regasification capacity for 120 million tonnes of additional LNG by 2012, but many financial ...
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    Reserves

    Asian, European firms dominate Libya’s Round 2

    Oct. 24, 2005
    Aggressive bidding rewarded international oil companies from Asia and Europe when Libya’s National Oil Corp.
    Refining & Processing

    Watching the World: APEC seeks energy relief

    Oct. 24, 2005
    Energy ministers of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member states agreed on Oct.
    Production Operations

    IFP notes rising outlays for services, equipment

    Oct. 24, 2005
    Spending on oil and gas services and equipment, which began increasing during 2003-04, has accelerated this year due to expectations that oil and gas prices will remain high.
    Discoveries

    Editorial: Money and oil supply

    Oct. 24, 2005
    To the controversy over how much oil and gas remain to be produced, the International Energy Agency has made a valuable contribution.
    Drilling & Production

    Oil remediation

    Oct. 24, 2005
    Unprecedented are the devastation and loss-both to human life and to offshore drilling and production structures-following the double blow of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita this ...
    Economics & Markets

    Demand erosion worries markets

    Oct. 24, 2005
    Crude futures prices fell Oct. 13-14 as traders tried to ward off the spectre of demand erosion yet finished the week up by more than 1% at $62.
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Australia's Reserves—2: Discoveries, pending developments spell resurgence in Australia offshore production

    Oct. 24, 2005
    This is the second part of a two-part article about how Australia is converting substantial hydrocarbon resources into recoverable volumes.
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    LNG

    US Import Terminals—Conclusion: Interest grows in gas interchangeability, quality

    Oct. 24, 2005
    The interchangeability and quality of natural gas have become increasingly scrutinized as the US capacity to import LNG has expanded.
    Refining & Processing

    House passes half a gestur on US refining

    Oct. 24, 2005
    Gestures don’t build refineries. Half-gestures build even fewer of them.
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    Production Operations

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Oct. 24, 2005
    A fuel-level monitoring system has been expanded for use with the company’s Model MG magnetostrictive liquid level sensors.
    Discoveries

    Area Drilling

    Oct. 24, 2005
    Serica Energy PLC, Toronto, was preparing a development plan after gauging the Kambuna-2 appraisal well in the Malacca Straits 45 km north of Medan, North Sumatra.
    Companies

    Advertising Index

    Oct. 24, 2005
    Advertisers in the print issue.