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    Economics & Markets

    High oil prices dampening Asia-Pacific product demand

    Dec. 12, 2005
    Asia-Pacific petroleum product demand growth in 2004 was unusually strong; incremental demand for oil products was 1.
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    Production Operations

    Oil producers slow to apply energy efficiency

    Dec. 12, 2005
    Sample case studies on California oil fields show the benefits that producers can obtain from reducing their power consumption.
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    Companies

    Irish Drilling—Conclusion: Analyses promote cost-effective offshore drilling

    Dec. 12, 2005
    Engineering downtime analysis of all exploration wells drilled off Ireland produced recommendations to improve drilling performance off Ireland.
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    Companies

    Sulfur cuts, European demand growth reshaping diesel market

    Dec. 12, 2005
    The global market for diesel fuel is changing fundamentally as sulfur-content limits take effect in the largest consuming regions.
    Pipelines

    Bodman urges African nations to adopt ‘bedrock principles’

    Dec. 12, 2005
    Billions of dollars in venture capital are pouring into energy projects worldwide, US Energy Sec.

    More content from Volume 103, Issue 46

    Companies

    Study notes jump in Permian basin operating expenses

    Dec. 12, 2005
    Permian basin unit operating expenses (opex) jumped during 2002-04 for all but the leading area operators, according to a Ziff Energy Group benchmarking study conducted for nine...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Dec. 12, 2005
    UK Chancellor Gordon Brown announced a tax increase for oil companies in a move that energy experts predicted could discourage North Sea investment (see Editorial and p. 35).
    Companies

    Company News: Shell, Total E&P units make in-kind asset exchange

    Dec. 12, 2005
    Shell Exploration & Production and Total E&P USA have agreed to an in-kind exchange.
    Drilling Operations

    Watching the World: A tax grab in the UK

    Dec. 12, 2005
    You don’t have to live in a banana republic to observe the effect of greedy taxmen on the oil industry.
    Companies

    Oil company chiefs describe roles on energy task force

    Dec. 12, 2005
    Responding to a request from US Senate energy leaders, five multinational oil company executives who testified at a Nov.
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    Companies

    Personnel Moves and Promotions: Anadarko president takes on chairman role

    Dec. 12, 2005
    Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Pres. and Chief Executive Officer Jim Hackett will take on the additional role of chairman after Robert J. Allison Jr. steps down. Both changes will be...
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    Production Operations

    Earnings up 65% for 22 Canadian companies in third quarter

    Dec. 12, 2005
    Among a sample of oil and gas producers, transporters, and service and supply firms based in Canada, most companies reported much stronger earnings in the third quarter of 2005...
    Exploration & Development

    Military training pressed as eastern gulf leasing issue

    Dec. 12, 2005
    US Sec. of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld’s view of offshore exploration and development where military training occurs has become an issue in Washington, DC.
    Reserves

    Editorial: The UK tax hike

    Dec. 12, 2005
    UK Chancellor Gordon Brown didn’t even spin it well. He surprised the UK North Sea oil and gas producing industry with a tax increase and acted altogether untroubled by the need...
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    Companies

    Third-quarter earnings surge for US oil and gas companies

    Dec. 12, 2005
    Many of the major oil and gas producers set earnings records for the third quarter of 2005.
    Area Drilling

    A weekly’s daily deadlines

    Dec. 12, 2005
    Deadlines in a weekly publishing environment make the heart beat and the blood flow.
    Economics & Markets

    December cold increases energy prices

    Dec. 12, 2005
    After a warm November that undercut demand, energy prices rallied in early December on indications of sustained US economic growth and predictions for below-normal temperatures...
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    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    Dec. 12, 2005
    Dallas, has announced the appointment of Graham Mensa-Wilmot as vice-president of engineering and research for the PDC business unit.
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Dec. 12, 2005
    The government approved an exploration and production concession with a unit of Harken Energy Corp.
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    New Plants

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Dec. 12, 2005
    This comprehensive product brochure, yours free for the asking, offers product descriptions, photos, and technical specifications for an industrial wireless instrumentation product...
    General Interest

    Washington plays gotcha with oil company execs

    Dec. 12, 2005
    Gotcha. It’s a game they play in Washington, DC.
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    Reserves

    Gulf hydrocarbon trap types provide exploration insights

    Dec. 12, 2005
    A great deal of information has been published about oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico, but little has been mentioned about the types of traps present.
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    Petrochemicals

    ORMEN LANGE-Conclusion: Environment drives lay techniques, tool development

    Dec. 12, 2005
    The extreme conditions in place at Ormen Lange required careful consideration of not only pipelay technique, but also a wide variety of other technological factors.
    Companies

    Advertising Index

    Dec. 12, 2005
    Advertisers in the print issue.