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  • Volume 103, Issue 47

    • Volume 103, Issue 47

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    Companies

    DRILLING MARKET FOCUS: Albania continues to attract international operators

    Dec. 19, 2005
    A new redevelopment project in the Patos-Marinza oil field is keeping attention on the Balkans.Albania, in southeastern Europe, has petroleum resources both on and offshore, and...
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    Discoveries

    DMR technique improves tight gas porosity estimate

    Dec. 19, 2005
    An empirical method, designated as DMR (density-magnetic resonance) porosity, combines density and nuclear magnetic resonance porosities to improve the estimate of tight gas sand...
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    Production Operations

    Oil reconstruction in Iraq: progress and challenges

    Dec. 19, 2005
    The Iraqi oil industry, with the world’s second largest conventional crude oil reserves, is the most critical link to reestablishing the country as a major economy in the Persian...
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    Companies

    Refiners add 2.7 million b/d of crude refining capacity in 2005

    Dec. 19, 2005
    The worldwide refining industry added crude processing capacity in 2005, despite a decrease in the total number of operating refineries.
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    Production Operations

    Global reserves, oil production show small increases for 2005

    Dec. 19, 2005
    Estimated worldwide oil and gas reserves increased slightly from a year ago, according to Oil & Gas Journal’s annual survey.

    More content from Volume 103, Issue 47

    Home

    Worldwide Look at Reserves and Production

    Dec. 19, 2005
    Reserves and Production Table
    Production Operations

    CERA: Crude oil production capacity to grow 25% in 10 years

    Dec. 19, 2005
    Not only is the world not running out of oil soon, but widespread development of unconventional resources will boost global crude production capacity by 25% in the next 10 years...
    Production Operations

    Industry, government address MODU reliability issues

    Dec. 19, 2005
    Offshore oil and gas producers and drilling contractors are advancing their work with the federal government to address mooring reliability issues raised by recent Gulf of Mexico...
    Pipelines

    Watching the World: Irish gas line fight roars on

    Dec. 19, 2005
    Back in Ireland, they’re still battling over a proposed pipeline from Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s Corrib offshore gas fields.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Dec. 19, 2005
    Worldwide exploration and production expenditures are likely to rise “materially” in 2006, Lehman Bros. said in its annual E&P Spending Survey.
    Companies

    Watching Government: AGA pushing for gas supply

    Dec. 19, 2005
    Natural gas utilities haven’t always agreed with producers on energy priorities.
    Production Operations

    Lawmakers: US should prepare for global oil flow peak

    Dec. 19, 2005
    While there is disagreement about when world crude oil production will hit its peak, the US should begin preparing for it now, two US House members told an Energy and Commerce...
    HSE

    Editorial: Discussing Kyoto

    Dec. 19, 2005
    Both sides of the question about responses to global warming have reason to cheer an agreement reached Dec.
    HSE

    IEA: Hydrogen fuel, fuel cells for transport face costly hurdles

    Dec. 19, 2005
    Hydrogen fuel and fuel cell technologies remain costly ways to mitigate emissions of carbon dioxide and bolster energy security, according to a new report the International Energy...
    Companies

    Company News: ConocoPhillips to buy Burlington Resources

    Dec. 19, 2005
    ConocoPhillips plans to acquire Burlington Resources Inc. for $35.
    Economics & Markets

    Is SPR worth the money?

    Dec. 19, 2005
    Does the US need the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)? An analysis by the Cato Institute concludes that it does not.
    Production Operations

    Gas futures prices hit record highs

    Dec. 19, 2005
    Natural gas futures prices hit record highs Dec. 8 in the New York market as a storm that dumped as much as 10 in.
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    Pipelines

    Services/Suppliers

    Dec. 19, 2005
    Jeannette, Pa., has announced the appointment of Tony Casillo as CEO and president, upon the retirement of Donal P.
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    Pipelines

    INDIA GAS-1: Domestic projects pursued; import prospects limited

    Dec. 19, 2005
    Development of India’s gas sector will depend on a number of key issues, including development of its pipeline infrastructure and domestic gas fields, potential piped gas imports...
    Production Operations

    Energy politics won’t resolve peak-oil issue

    Dec. 19, 2005
    When science converges with politics, anything can happen. For that reason, congressional hearings on the peak-oil question are cause for worry.
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    Companies

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Dec. 19, 2005
    This software, data, and enterprise services provider has begun delivering directional digital survey data to licensed clients in the exploration and production sector.
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    Companies

    Point of View: Tag’s Cadenhead praises New Zealand’s potential

    Dec. 19, 2005
    New Zealand is an underexplored place where a small company can make a large discovery, opines Drew Cadenhead, president of Tag Oil Ltd.
    Companies

    Advertising Index

    Dec. 19, 2005
    Advertisers in the print issue.
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    IOR/EOR

    Canadian outfit reworks giant Albania heavy oil field

    Dec. 19, 2005
    A unit of Bankers Petroleum Ltd., Calgary, is redeveloping giant Patos-Marinza heavy oil field in central Albania under an existing license between state Albpetrol ShA and the...