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  • Volume 104, Issue 15

    • Volume 104, Issue 15

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    LNG

    Rising UK natural gas imports call for more processing units

    April 17, 2006
    The UK’s dependence on imported natural gas and LNG will increase dramatically in the near future. The UK may need to import up to 40% of its natural gas by 2010 and up to 90%...
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    Companies

    CO2 injection gains momentum

    April 17, 2006
    Oil & Gas Journal’s exclusive biennial enhanced oil recovery (EOR) survey, p. 45, shows that the industry continues to increase the number of carbon-dioxide-injection EOR projects...
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    IOR/EOR

    CO2 flooding revitalizes old giant field

    April 17, 2006
    Through a fully integrated team approach to reservoir management, Occidental Permian Ltd. has proved that CO2 flooding in the North Hobbs Unit is a viable economic process even...
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    IOR/EOR

    2006 Worldwide EOR Survey

    April 17, 2006
    Click here to enlarge imagenullClick here to enlarge image.Click here to enlarge image.Click here to view Producing Thermal EOR in US in PDF.
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    Reserves

    Quest under way for universal oil and gas reserves standard

    April 17, 2006
    An international effort is making progress toward a common framework for defining and estimating oil and gas reserves.

    More content from Volume 104, Issue 15

    Reserves

    AAPG recommends probabilistic methods for reserves disclosures

    April 17, 2006
    The American Association of Petroleum Geologists president promotes wider reliance than exists now on probabilistic methods of estimating oil and gas reserves.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    April 17, 2006
    Oil exporters worry as much about demand security as consuming nations do about security of supply.
    Government

    Governor to weaken Virginia’s OCS leasing initiative

    April 17, 2006
    Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine plans to amend a bill passed by the commonwealth's general assembly that would have supported lifting a moratorium on natural gas leasing and development...
    Companies

    Pertamina hits snag in gas deliveries

    April 17, 2006
    Indonesia’s state-run PT Pertamina is having difficulty meeting contracts with local firms for the supply of natural gas although it plans to boost domestic gas deliveries when...
    Companies

    Specter, Kohl introduce antitrust reform bill

    April 17, 2006
    Senate Judiciary Committee leaders and members introduced an antitrust reform bill Apr. 6 that is directed at US oil and gas companies and overseas producers.
    Companies

    Editorial: Antitrust misperceptions

    April 17, 2006
    To its targets, the oil and gas antitrust reform bill introduced in the US Senate this month will do little more than irritate.
    Capacities

    NPRA faults Senate antitrust reform bill

    April 17, 2006
    An antitrust reform bill that US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa. and other senators introduced last week is based on incorrect assumptions and would do...
    Production Operations

    Groups urge MMS to expand 5-year OCS lease sale plan

    April 17, 2006
    Six oil and gas associations have asked the US Minerals Management Service to expand Outer Continental Shelf lease sale areas beyond those listed in the proposed 5-year program...
    Government

    Watching Government: Lousiana's OCS gambit

    April 17, 2006
    How likely is it that Louisiana-which has supported oil and gas development off its coast-will try to delay or block an Outer Continental Shelf lease sale scheduled for this summer...
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    Drilling & Production

    Norway awards 13 licenses

    April 17, 2006
    The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, in Norway’s 19th licensing round, awarded 17 companies interests in 13 production licenses covering 33 blocks or parts of blocks...
    Refining & Processing

    Watching the World: Cuba si, Yanquis no

    April 17, 2006
    Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) has formed a joint venture with Cuba’s Cupet to revamp the unfinished Cienfuegos refinery.
    Refining & Processing

    Psst! Need a job?

    April 17, 2006
    During coffee breaks at last month’s US Gas Processors Association convention near Dallas, conversations often turned to the industry’s age profile.
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    Letters

    April 17, 2006
    Global warming politics
    Production Operations

    ‘De facto’ cut in OPEC output noted

    April 17, 2006
    Energy prices retreated slightly but remained above $67/bbl Apr. 7 after Edmund Daukoru, president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, said his group is unlikely...
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    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    April 17, 2006
    Verona, Pa., has announced the promotion of Rob McIlroy to vice-president as member of the board of directors.
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    Pipelines

    Effective integrity management incorporates tool performance

    April 17, 2006
    Application of more rigorous engineering assessment methods, such as probability of exceedance, to in-line inspection data provides a more reliable procedure for pipeline integrity...
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    HSE

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    April 17, 2006
    The new DIRECT PAK screen system has been developed to provide solutions to two major sandface completion concerns: hole instability in horizontal open-hole gravel packs and annular...
    Home

    Tax time reminds Americans about government’s cost

    April 17, 2006
    At this time of year more than any other, Americans feel the costs of government.
    Production Operations

    Area Drilling

    April 17, 2006
    Sherritt International Corp., Toronto, plans to appraise and develop a large portion of Santa Cruz field, which it declared commercial in February 2006.
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    Production Operations

    HUBBERT’S UNRELIABILITY-2: How Hubbert method fails to predict oil production in the Permian Basin

    April 17, 2006
    This is the second of three parts examining the Hubbert method and the degree to which it has understated production and estimated ultimate recovery using the San Joaquin Valley...
    Companies

    Advertising Index

    April 17, 2006
    Advertisers in the print issue.
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    Production Operations

    Pemex lists E&P projects to counter Cantarell’s decline

    April 17, 2006
    Petroleos Mexicanos, reporting small declines in Mexico’s oil and gas reserves in 2005, said it has offshore and land projects lined up to reverse the decline if the government...