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  • Volume 104, Issue 24

    • Volume 104, Issue 24

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    Companies

    Steady-state models better predict waterflood frac results

    June 26, 2006
    A combination of analytical and numerical methods shows that the application of a pseudosteady-state solution to a steady-state problem invariably overpredicts the dimensionless...
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    Drilling & Production

    Santos using new rigs, pattern drilling to exploit Cooper basin oil

    June 26, 2006
    Adelaide-based Santos Ltd. plans to spend $160 million (Aus.) to drill 100 wells in the Cooper and Eromanga basins in its new oil exploitation program.
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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: Storms help tip balance of gas processing from historic centers

    June 26, 2006
    Declining natural gas production in Canada and the US in 2005 combined with robust growth elsewhere in the world to tip the balance of worldwide gas processing activity away from...
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    Drilling Operations

    New business paradigms, technology revolutionizing D&P waste management

    June 26, 2006
    Managing drilling and production wastes is one of the most critical areas of concern for oil and natural gas upstream operations today.
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    LPG Markets

    SPECIAL REPORT: World LPG production may outpace demand

    June 26, 2006
    Expansion of the global LPG industry has been faster than most other energy markets and will accelerate during the next few years as new LNG projects start up in many regions....

    More content from Volume 104, Issue 24

    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    June 26, 2006
    Ariel Corporationwww.arielcorp.comBaker Petrolitewww.bakerpetrolite.comBCCK Engineering, Inc.www.bcck.comBrussels Expowww.kuwaitioge.comConocoPhillipEMIT S.A.www.emit-motor.com...
    Companies

    Oil execs on the air

    June 26, 2006
    The oil and gas industry has turned a page in its public relations.
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    Drilling Operations

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    June 26, 2006
    Drilling fluid designed to eliminate barite sagThe new INNOVERT drilling fluid system is designed for use in areas where paraffin-mineral oil is the preferred base oil.It’s derived...
    Refining

    Chinese demand not always what the numbers say

    June 26, 2006
    Everyone knows about China’s new prominence in the global oil market.
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    Companies

    Services/Suppliers

    June 26, 2006
    Lufkin Oilfield Products GroupLufkin, Tex., has appointed Don Crow as general sales manager for pumping unit products. Crow holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Texas...
    Economics & Markets

    IEA raises quarterly demand estimate

    June 26, 2006
    The International Energy Agency recently raised its projected growth of world demand for oil products by 160,000 b/d in the second quarter, with expected total demand growth “...
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    Companies

    HOPEDALE BASIN-2: Atlantic off Labrador poised for modern exploration round

    June 26, 2006
    This is the second of two parts on the geology and potential of the Hopedale basin off Labrador, site of several gas-condensate discoveries in the 1970s-80s on the shelf.
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    US PIPELINE REGULATIONS-1: Increasing US natural gas lines’ MAOP requires close study

    June 26, 2006
    Increasing the maximum allowable operating pressure of US gas transmission pipelines requires careful consideration and must be done on a case-by-case basis.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    June 26, 2006
    General Interest - Quick TakesE&P spending to reach $261 billion in 2006Spending for worldwide exploration and production is expected to increase 21.3% to $261 billion this year...
    IOR/EOR

    Fossil fuel, low CO2 too?

    June 26, 2006
    Can the world continue using fossil fuels and achieve lower carbon dioxide emissions as well?
    Refining & Processing

    Greenspan: World’s oil supply-demand balance precarious

    June 26, 2006
    The worldwide supply and demand balance for oil has become so precarious that even small acts of sabotage and local insurrection can affect prices, former Federal Reserve Chairman...
    Refining & Processing

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Raising cane for diplomacy

    June 26, 2006
    Resource diplomacy is coming along these days as countries increasingly compete with one another for the world’s supplies of oil and natural gas.
    LNG

    CERA: LNG growth exceeds expectations

    June 26, 2006
    In a market growing faster than had been expected, LNG will meet 15% of global gas demand by 2012, says an analysis by Cambridge Energy Research Associates.
    Exploration & Development

    House committee combines OCS leasing proposals

    June 26, 2006
    A bill that combines elements of the two main US Outer Continental Shelf leasing proposals has been developed by the House Resources Committee, Chairman Richard Pombo (R-Calif...
    Companies

    WGC: Reversing natural gas misperceptions a must

    June 26, 2006
    Perceptions of natural gas and their effects formed the core of two keynote speeches on the second day of the World Gas Conference in Amsterdam.
    Refining & Processing

    CERA: Global products to remain tight through 2007

    June 26, 2006
    Disruptions to supplies of gasoline, diesel fuel, and light products, associated in part with changes in fuel quality standards, will keep oil markets tight and prices high during...
    Exploration & Development

    Burton says administration to consider OCS revenue-sharing

    June 26, 2006
    The administration of President George W. Bush would consider sharing new offshore oil and gas revenues with coastal states but is concerned that provisions of a bill now in the...
    Production Operations

    Saudi Arabia targets 12 million b/d by yearend 2009

    June 26, 2006
    Saudi Arabia plans to increase its crude oil production to 12 million b/d by the end of 2009, according to Saudi Aramco Pres. and Chief Executive Officer Abdallah S. Jum’ah.
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    Economics & Markets

    Security study maps choices for China, India, and Russia

    June 26, 2006
    China, India, and Russia will be pivotal to a “new energy security paradigm” outlined in a recent study by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in partnership with Cambridge Energy ...