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    Companies

    Guide to World Crudes: ExxonMobil assays Bonga crude

    April 3, 2006
    ExxonMobil Corp. conducted an assay of the Bonga crude that recently started production off Nigeria. On Nov. 28, 2005, Royal Dutch Shell PLC reported the start of oil production...
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    Refining & Processing

    Nelson-Farrar Quarterly

    April 3, 2006
    Continuing a trend starting in 1983, the Nelson-Farrar refinery construction index rose slowly to 1,963.
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    Upstream work sets pace for capital spending surge

    April 3, 2006
    Worldwide oil and gas industry capital expenditures will increase sharply this year, especially for upstream work.
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    Drilling & Production

    New expandable-profile liners used in Iran, China, Tatarstan

    April 3, 2006
    Tatneft has developed guidelines for running expandable-profile liners in wells with complex geology, based on operations in Iran, China, and Tatarstan.
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    Economics & Markets

    Underground coal gasification nears commercialization

    April 3, 2006
    Repeated trial successes and the global need for new energy sources indicate that underground coal gasification (UCG) may be nearing commercialization.

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    Advertising Index

    April 3, 2006
    Advertisers in the print issue.
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    Companies

    RUSSIAN OIL EXPORTS-Conclusion: Expansion eyes multiple outlets

    April 3, 2006
    The vast majority of infrastructure projects in the Russian oil sector are aimed directly at increasing exports, the country’s ability to export currently constrained primarily...
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    April 3, 2006
    The first series of enhancements to the PetrisWINDS Recall and PetrisWINDS Enterprise product lines are designed to make RECALL the industry’s most open wellbore data management...
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    Vehicle trends sustain Europe’s shift to diesel

    April 3, 2006
    Diesel’s strengthening domination of the European fuel market is a well-established trend quite likely to continue.
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    Services/Suppliers

    April 3, 2006
    Houston, has named Steven R. Knowles as president, succeeding co-founders/presidents, William G. Higgs, and Paul E. Redmon. Higgs and Redmon will now serve as co-chairmen of Mustang...
    Companies

    Inventories vs. possible disruptions

    April 3, 2006
    Energy prices see-sawed, down one day and up the next through the week ended Mar. 24 as traders worried about high US inventories vs. possible supply disruptions later this year...
    Economics & Markets

    Ethanol and oil markets

    April 3, 2006
    Sure, ethanol has been receiving a great deal of attention since President George W. Bush's state of the union speech in January. But he was talking about cellulosic ethanol, ...
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    Companies

    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: Bill Barrett names Barrett chairman, CEO

    April 3, 2006
    Bill Barrett Corp. Pres. and Chief Operating Officer Fredrick J. Barrett will take on the added roles of chairman and chief executive officer.
    Companies

    PDVSA shuts down ExxonMobil’s La Ceiba field

    April 3, 2006
    Venezuela’s national oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA is reported to have shut down ExxonMobil Corp.
    Government

    Editorial: MTBE and tort costs

    April 3, 2006
    Gasoline price volatility in store for parts of the US this driving season relates to a larger problem with even larger costs.
    Companies

    COMPANY NEWS: TCW, partners to acquire CDX in $835 million deal

    April 3, 2006
    Los Angeles investment management firm TCW and partners will acquire CDX LLC, Dallas, an onshore gas producer and drilling contractor focused on unconventional resources such ...
    LNG

    EU nations initiate single energy market plan

    April 3, 2006
    The 25 European government heads meeting Mar. 24-25 in Brussels agreed to adopt a plan for a transparent and better-integrated single energy market, but they identified few specific...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    April 3, 2006
    US drilling contractors will have higher day rates and greater pricing leverage for service costs this year compared with last year, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said in...
    Companies

    Producers ask Congress for more access to domestic gas

    April 3, 2006
    Five chief executives from companies that produce, distribute, and consume natural gas Mar. 28 urged the 109th Congress and President George W. Bush's administration to significantly...
    Companies

    Big role changes seen for major oil companies

    April 3, 2006
    Publicly traded major oil companies’ greatest future contribution may be to supply exploration and production services to national oil companies, an energy consultant suggested...
    LPG Markets

    Trade groups blame MTBE supply slide on energy bill

    April 3, 2006
    A steep decline in the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether as a gasoline additive results from refusal by Congress to adopt MTBE liability limits as part of the Energy Policy Act...
    Companies

    Watching Government: The evolving OCS paradigm

    April 3, 2006
    When the National Ocean Industries Association held its annual meeting in Washington, DC, last week, it was against a significantly improved outlook for gaining access to more...
    Tankers

    Watching the World: Greek ships, Libyan crude

    April 3, 2006
    Since Col. Muammar Qaddhafi renounced his pursuit of weapons of mass destruction in 2003, Libya’s pursuit of oil and natural gas is very much in the news these days, especially...
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    Nelson-Farrar Cost Indexes

    April 3, 2006
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    High ethanol, gasoline prices likely in near term

    April 3, 2006
    Gasoline and ethanol prices are likely to rise in the near term across the US, according to D. Mark Routt, a Dallas-based senior oil analyst with Energy Security Analysis Inc....