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  • Volume 104, Issue 1

    • Volume 104, Issue 1

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    Nelson-farrar cost indexes refinerery construction

    Jan. 2, 2006
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    Companies

    Previews of 2006 reflect new variable: hurricanes

    Jan. 2, 2006
    After the surprises of 2005, it will be a surprise in 2006 if a monster hurricane doesn’t disrupt oil and gas operations in and along the Gulf of Mexico.
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    Production Operations

    Ultra-HPHT conditions will be the next challenge

    Jan. 2, 2006
    Working in ultrahigh pressures and temperatures will require an industry-wide research and development effort in order to deliver reliable completions.
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    Companies

    SAUDI PETROCHEMICALS-1: Saudi Arabia to become major petrochemical hub by 2010

    Jan. 2, 2006
    Saudi Arabia’s position in the global petrochemical market will grow during the next 5 years due to an ongoing and significant growth wave that will add substantial petrochemical...
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    Nelson-Farrar Quarterly Costimating

    Jan. 2, 2006
    Indexes for selected equipment items

    More content from Volume 104, Issue 1

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    Production Operations

    SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURES-1: Web service standards provide access to real-time E&P operations data

    Jan. 2, 2006
    Due to the high degree of diversity in which real-time operations and production data are stored and distributed within BP PLC-indeed, within almost any large oil company today...
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    Advertising Index

    Jan. 2, 2006
    Advertisers in the print issue.
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Jan. 2, 2006
    Transeuro Energy Corp., Vancouver, BC, set up a website data room to disseminate information about its underexplored Block 2 operations in Armenia.
    Production Operations

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Jan. 2, 2006
    Recently created AGA-3 orifice plate and AGA-7 turbine meter flow measurement calculations now can be added to any of this firm’s IPm RTU controllers.
    Companies

    Project Kuwait heads for vote in mid-January

    Jan. 2, 2006
    While mid-December attention has focused on historic parliamentary elections in Iraq, another important vote is shaping up to the south for mid-January.
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    Tankers

    Services/Suppliers

    Jan. 2, 2006
    Leiden, The Netherlands, has named John B. Reed as chief executive officer upon the retiremenet of Hein Mulder.
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    LNG

    INDIA GAS-Conclusion: Economics to determine LNG's role

    Jan. 2, 2006
    The expansion of India’s economy over the next decade will push the country’s demand for natural gas beyond supply, but whether LNG can fill this supply gap is a function of both...
    Economics & Markets

    Weather drives natural gas prices at yearend

    Jan. 2, 2006
    Weather drove energy prices in the final days of 2005, with the front-month natural gas futures contract dropping just before the Christmas holiday to the lowest point since November...
    LNG

    LNG’s future: promise, peril

    Jan. 2, 2006
    Recent years have been good ones for the oil and gas industries. This year seems set to continue that trend.
    Companies

    Watching Government: Looking back, looking ahead

    Jan. 2, 2006
    Happy New Year! It promises to be every bit as lively for oil and gas-and the industry’s interactions with government-as 2005 was.
    Companies

    Devon touts attractiveness of unconventional gas

    Jan. 2, 2006
    Higher natural gas prices and advances in technology are making the economics of producing unconventional gas more attractive, said William A.
    Government

    Domenici to bring ANWR leasing legislation back

    Jan. 2, 2006
    Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Pete V. Domenici announced that he would try to bring back legislation authorizing federal oil and gas leasing on the Arctic...
    Refining & Processing

    Editorial: Failing on energy

    Jan. 2, 2006
    The US Senate kept Congress true to form Dec. 21 when it rejected the latest effort to authorize oil and gas leasing of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain.
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    Companies

    MMS notes nine deepwater Gulf of Mexico discoveries

    Jan. 2, 2006
    There have been nine deepwater (greater than 1,000 ft) oil and natural gas discoveries announced by operators in the Gulf of Mexico through November in 2005, the US Minerals Management...
    Tankers

    Watching the World: Here comes the sun

    Jan. 2, 2006
    China’s new “Law on Renewable Resources,” implemented on Jan.
    Reserves

    Deloitte analysts expect oil, gas prices to stay high

    Jan. 2, 2006
    Deloitte & Touche LLP analysts foresee continued strength in crude oil prices for more than a year and expect natural gas prices to remain high throughout the winter.
    Government

    House task force offers NEPA reform proposals

    Jan. 2, 2006
    A US House Resources Committee task force has proposed establishing a 180-day time limit for legal challenges to final federal agency decisions under the National Environmental...
    LPG Markets

    Senate blocks oil and gas leasing in ANWR

    Jan. 2, 2006
    The US Senate blocked a provision to authorize oil and gas leasing of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain that was included in a defense appropriations bill.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Jan. 2, 2006
    The US Minerals Management Service has issued a final rule that will allow suspensions of operation (SOOs) to oil and gas operators contemplating ultradeep wells (deeper than ...
    Companies

    State-owned oil companies expanding internationally

    Jan. 2, 2006
    The oil industry can expect changing relationships between international companies and national oil companies (NOCs) within 36 months, said John Knight, Statoil ASA senior vice...
    Production Operations

    Company News: Shell sets $19 billion capital budget for 2006

    Jan. 2, 2006
    Royal Dutch Shell PLC was among several oil and gas companies to have reported its capital budget plans for 2006.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    World Bank funding up for small investors, renewables

    Jan. 2, 2006
    New figures in the World Bank’s extractive industries portfolio show increased financing for small and local investors, renewable and natural gas industry lending, and transparency...
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    Production Operations

    Water content affects low pressure, acid-gas metering

    Jan. 2, 2006
    Failure to consider the water content at metering conditions can lead to a significant error in the calculation of the actual acid-gas flow rate.