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    Discoveries

    Technology innovation driving global search for hydrocarbons

    June 5, 2006
    Since Scottish physicist James David Forbes developed the first seismograph in 1841, inventors have turned increasingly to the sciences for better ways to identify sources of ...
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    Drilling Operations

    DRILLING BRAZILIAN SALT-1: Petrobras studies salt creep and well closure

    June 5, 2006
    Petrobras’s numerical simulations by finite-element modeling yielded a preliminary two-stage drilling strategy through thick salt sections in the Santos basin off Brazil.
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    Discoveries

    Game-changing technologies

    June 5, 2006
    What will be the next game-changing technologies to reduce risk or cut costs in the exploration business of tomorrow?
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    Production Operations

    Technology the key

    June 5, 2006
    Claude Mandil, executive director of the IEA, dismisses the notion that global oil production has peaked and observes that “technological progress has always been the key factor...
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    Drilling & Production

    Changing corporate environment

    June 5, 2006
    The huge influx of cash stemming from the spikes in commodity prices during 2004-05, coupled with diminished exploration results and the pressure to replace reserves, leaves oil...

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    June 5, 2006
    Baker Atlas Back Cover www.bakeratlas.comErnst & Young ey.com/us/energycenterGE Inspection Technology geinspectiontechnologies.comHalliburton Drilling and Formation EvaluationIndustrial...
    Refining

    New businesses emerge from use of food as fuel

    June 5, 2006
    Burning food for fuel creates interesting possibilities. In a recent issue of its Amber Waves periodical, the US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (USDA-ERS)...
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    LNG

    Supply gap looms for South Korea

    June 5, 2006
    While buyers in Japan have been willing to make long-term purchase commitments in early 2006, Korea Gas Corp. (Kogas) and other private importers in Korea were still sitting on...
    Refining

    Crude prices seesaw

    June 5, 2006
    Crude prices shot past $71/bbl May 23 with predictions of another strong hurricane season, then fell below $70/bbl in the next session because of a bigger-than-expected build ...
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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: Nonlinear seismic data can improve hydrocarbon recovery from reservoirs

    June 5, 2006
    Integration of conventional seismic data with nonlinear seismic data can provide the industry with new opportunities to better map in situ reservoir properties.
    Government

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Energy keeps Congress busy

    June 5, 2006
    With the administration of President George W. Bush apparently trying to get as far away from oil and gas as possible while it promotes alternative energy sources, the 109th Congress...
    Companies

    Stormy field set to grow

    June 5, 2006
    The beginning of the 2006 hurricane season in the US finds operators girding for another onslaught of severe storms.
    Refining & Processing

    Industry, government groups describe hurricane steps

    June 5, 2006
    US oil and gas producers, pipelines, and refiners are working closely with federal, state, and local governments to prepare for the 2006 hurricane season, industry and government...
    Production Operations

    House okays oil and gas leasing of ANWR coastal plain

    June 5, 2006
    The House passed another bill authorizing oil and gas leasing of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain May 26 as opponents protested that supporters had choked off...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    June 5, 2006
    General Interest - Quick TakesDemocrats propose bill to boost nonoil energyForty-three US Senate Democrats proposed energy legislation May 17 that would accelerate development...
    Companies

    WATCHING THE WORLD: A company plan on human rights

    June 5, 2006
    ExxonMobil Corp has instructed managers of its worldwide facilities to stand up for human rights in communities where the company operates.
    Companies

    Clinton urges new taxes, mandates on oil, gas firms

    June 5, 2006
    US Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) has called for creation of a strategic energy fund, bankrolled by additional taxes on major oil company profits, to stimulate research and investment...
    Pipelines

    FTC finds no cases of post-Katrina gasoline ‘price-gouging’ activity

    June 5, 2006
    The US Federal Trade Commission found no instances of illegal market manipulation to increase gasoline prices in the weeks following Hurricane Katrina late last summer, the federal...
    Companies

    EDITORIAL: New government activism

    June 5, 2006
    Market principles and the rule of law are under assault. From Russia to Latin America to the US, high oil prices have touched off a round of government activism.
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    Refining & Processing

    Mexico adopts new tax structure for oil, gas exploration, production

    June 5, 2006
    On Jan. 1 of this year, Mexico initiated a new fiscal regime for its oil and gas industry, primarily to ensure the financial stability of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the national...
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    Nelson-farrar Cost Indexes

    June 5, 2006
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    IOR/EOR

    Surfactant boosts polymer EOR effectiveness at Daqing

    June 5, 2006
    Field results and laboratory tests show that including surfactant treatments can lengthen the polymer injection effectiveness to 30 months from the 3 months previously experienced...
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    Tankers

    Study spots downstream supply-chain improvements

    June 5, 2006
    A recent global benchmarking study on petroleum supply-chain efficiency reveals that refiners have not kept pace with other industries in this area.
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    Companies

    Supply, demand, price

    June 5, 2006
    Predicting oil and gas supply and demand is always a dicey matter.