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    Reserves

    Gas processors in Western Siberia target higher production in plans through 2010

    Feb. 28, 2005
    The Russian gas industry occupies a major operational sector of the country's fuel and energy industry as well as the national economy.
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    Area Drilling

    3D seismic data predict Al-Khafji reservoir attributes

    Feb. 28, 2005
    A recent study using data from the Al-Khafji oil field, in the Arabian Gulf off Kuwait, shows how seismic attribute data can predict reservoir properties, such as porosity, and...
    Exploration & Development

    Principal references

    Feb. 28, 2005
    Many references discuss various aspects of using statistical techniques for relating porosity to seismic reflection attributes. The following lists 13 aspects of the analysis ...
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    New Plants

    Land rigs in demand; fleet consolidations continue in the Americas

    Feb. 28, 2005
    Demand for land rigs has pushed up utilization and day rates; additional increases should occur in 2005. Drilling contractors are adding rigs through strategic acquisitions and...
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    Companies

    Unconventional gas vital to US supply

    Feb. 28, 2005
    Unconventional gas resources have become a major source of US supply over the last 20 years and will be even more important in the future.

    More content from Volume 103, Issue 8

    Companies

    Unconventional Appalachian gas a key target for Cabot

    Feb. 28, 2005
    Unconventional Appalachian gas a key target for Cabot For more than 100 years, Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., Houston, has been drilling natural gas wells in Appalachia, where conventional...
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    Companies

    Devon uses varied technologies with unconventional gas

    Feb. 28, 2005
    At the end of 2004, Devon Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, had 144 horizontal wells on production from the Barnett shale in North Texas. Horizontal wells account for 22% of Devon'...
    Reserves

    Iraq seeks investment but nixes reserves privatization

    Feb. 28, 2005
    Iraqi Oil Minister Thamir al-Ghadban claims that his country can boost its oil production level from its current 2.1 million b/d to 6 million b/d, aided by Iraqi, Arab, and foreign...
    Refining & Processing

    Refiners of heavy, high-sulfur crude face prosperous year

    Feb. 28, 2005
    Refiners face several prosperous years, especially those able to convert heavy, high-sulfur crude to light products, industry representatives said at a conference in London.
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    HSE

    Japanese energy policy focuses on supply security

    Feb. 28, 2005
    Japan is working on several fronts to enhance energy security and reduce the country's reliance on oil from the Middle East.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Feb. 28, 2005
    The imbalance between growing diesel oil consumption and falling gasoline demand in Europe, which especially affects France, will increase under European Union fuels specifications...
    HSE

    Editorial: The oil experiment

    Feb. 28, 2005
    What kind of improved world is the oil and gas industry willing to envision and to help make real?
    Exploration & Development

    Watching the World: Confusing times linger in Sudan

    Feb. 28, 2005
    The recent signing of an agreement to end 2 decades of civil war in Sudan could bring the opportunity for millions of people to return home and begin new lives, as well as a chance...
    Drilling & Production

    BLM's 2006 budget includes increased user fees

    Feb. 28, 2005
    Oil and gas producers would pay $10.8 million in user fees, including $9 million in permit processing charges, under the Bureau of Land Management's proposed fiscal 2006 budget...
    Companies

    CERA: Gas globalization hinges on technology, financing

    Feb. 28, 2005
    Financial resources, technological advances, and business partnerships are key to natural gas globalization, ExxonMobil Gas & Power Marketing Co. Pres. Philip J. Dingle told an...
    Companies

    CERA: Infrastructure critical to US natural gas supply

    Feb. 28, 2005
    The availability of natural gas supplies to meet future demand hinges upon infrastructure development, US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Pat Wood III told Cambridge...
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    Companies

    Point of View: California veteran cites challenges for independents

    Feb. 28, 2005
    California veteran cites challenges for independents Two large, flapping signs outside Holmes Western Oil Corp.'s Taft, Calif., office proclaim: NOW HIRING.
    Companies

    'No comment' is no solution

    Feb. 28, 2005
    In his Feb. 15 keynote address at Cambridge Energy Research Associates¿ annual energy executive conference in Houston, ChevronTexaco Corp.
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    Corruption of oil for food program

    Feb. 28, 2005
    Your editorial �The UN inquiries� rightly notes that the administrators of the Iraqi Oil-for-Food Program should have seen and stopped the kickbacks (OGJ, Jan.
    Drilling & Production

    US rig count near 19-year high and climbing

    Feb. 28, 2005
    Baker Hughes Inc. reported 1,295 rotary rigs drilling in the US during the week ended Feb.
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    Russia's recent oil production defies forecasts

    Feb. 28, 2005
    Expectations about oil supply from Russia may need to be adjusted. Downward.
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Feb. 28, 2005
    Connacher Oil & Gas Ltd., Calgary, said its 61% subsidiary Petrolifera Petroleum Ltd. launched a bid to raise up to $7 million for Latin American operations.
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    General Interest

    Mobile extraction process provides effective site remediation

    Feb. 28, 2005
    A mobile version of the dual-phase extraction (DPE) process for remediating sites affected by petroleum product releases has been used effectively in emergency response and where...
    Exploration & Development

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Feb. 28, 2005
    Pipeline Research Council International Inc., Arlington, Va., has released new guidelinesf or the assessment of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbon pipelines subjected to seismic...
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    Advertising Index

    Feb. 28, 2005
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    IOR/EOR

    PetroKazakhstan exploration finds more oil in South Turgai basin

    Feb. 28, 2005
    PetroKazakhstan Inc., Calgary, reported several exploration successes on its blocks in the South Turgai basin of central Kazakhstan.
    Production Operations

    Niko chases oil in Hazira gas field off India

    Feb. 28, 2005
    Niko chases oil in Hazira gas field off India Niko Resources Ltd., Calgary, plans to further delineate a hefty oil pay zone at its Hazira gas field just off western India in the...
    Companies

    Denver basin Niobrara gas hunt kicks off

    Feb. 28, 2005
    Berry Petroleum Co., Bakersfield, and Bill Barrett Corp., Denver, plan to explore and develop shallow gas in Cretaceous Niobrara in the Denver-Julesburg basin.