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  • Volume 104, Issue 26

    • Volume 104, Issue 26

    Economics & Markets

    House passes OCS reform bill; OMB joins protests

    July 10, 2006
    The US House of Representatives passed legislation June 29 that would lift federally imposed moratoriums on Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas drilling.
    Companies

    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: BP America appoints chairman, president

    July 10, 2006
    Robert A. Malone has been appointed chairman and president of BP America Inc. He will be based in Houston.
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    Drilling Operations

    SPECIAL REPORT: COILED TUBING-1: BP field tests 16Cr as North Slope work string

    July 10, 2006
    16Cr chrome coiled tubing was introduced in 2003, but its use has been limited to velocity strings in corrosive environments.
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    Refining

    Scale-up strategy applied to solid-acid alkylation process

    July 10, 2006
    A new isoparaffin alkylation process using a solid-acid catalyst has recently been scaled up and proven in a pilot plant using a strategy outlined in this article.
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    Discoveries

    Rock properties, deliverability mechanism influence Codell restimulation

    July 10, 2006
    The Codell formation in Colorado is an example of a formation whose rock properties and deliverability mechanism allow for successful restimulation.

    More content from Volume 104, Issue 26

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    Production Operations

    How Kazakhstan’s contractual arrangements have changed

    July 10, 2006
    Two types of contractual arrangements govern E&P activity in Kazakhstan: an excess profit tax (EPT) contract, also called a Model 1 tax regime, and production sharing contracts...
    Companies

    Advertisers Index

    July 10, 2006
    Baker Hughes
    General Interest

    Energy and the G8

    July 10, 2006
    If questions about Russia’s commitment to democracy set the agenda, the Group of Eight (G8) summit in St.
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    July 10, 2006
    Circle Oil subsidiary Circle Oil Maroc Ltd. (COML) signed an agreement with Morocco’s Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM) for the 269 sq km Sebou Concession...
    Drilling & Production

    Squawk rights on fuel prices must be earned

    July 10, 2006
    In a free society, speech rights are a given. Squawk rights, by contrast, must be earned.
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    Pipelines

    SPECIAL REPORT: Aerogels advance in pipeline, tank storage use

    July 10, 2006
    Progress in aerogel technology is advancing its use as subsea pipeline and LNG carrier tank insulation.
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    Pipelines

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    July 10, 2006
    The SPY PHONE pipeline acoustic pig tracker monitors pipeline travelers from the convenience of your vehicle.
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    Companies

    KAZAKHSTAN’S OUTLOOK-2: Kazakh E&P contracts, pipelines evolve but refining in doldrums

    July 10, 2006
    The government of Kazakhstan recognizes the need to develop policies and reforms that support sustainable growth and has sought to diversify the transport infrastructure of the...
    Companies

    Tightening market boosts crude price

    July 10, 2006
    After declining earlier in the month, crude futures prices began to climb June 21 on the New York market, following a lower-than-expected build in commercial US crude inventories...
    New Plants

    Pipeline safety partners

    July 10, 2006
    As the number and size of gas and liquids pipelines in the US continue to grow, so does public and regulatory concern about their safe operation.
    Economics & Markets

    CFTC charges BP unit with propane market manipulation

    July 10, 2006
    The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has charged a BP PLC subsidiary with cornering the domestic propane market and trying to drive up its price.
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    IOR/EOR

    Nuclear energy proposed for production of shale oil

    July 10, 2006
    Nuclear energy is being proposed as an alternative to gas-powered electricity as a heat source for in situ shale oil recovery in the US.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    July 10, 2006
    With two Mexican presidential candidates at presstime last week declaring victory in a race that officials say is still too close to call, two analysts say neither outcome will...
    Companies

    COMPANY NEWS: Anadarko offers Canadian unit for sale

    July 10, 2006
    Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Houston, is offering subsidiary Anadarko Canada Corp. as its first asset sale to help raise $15 billion to reduce debt from its pending $21.1 billion...
    Tankers

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Flag proposal targets piracy

    July 10, 2006
    The Japanese government is considering a plan to allow foreign-registered oil tankers and other energy transporter ships operated by Japanese firms to hoist the Japanese national...