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  • Volume 104, Issue 31

    • Volume 104, Issue 31

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    IOR/EOR

    New initiative to advance oil field automation

    Aug. 21, 2006
    An initiative that aims to advance automation in certain types of oil and gas fields is Statoil AS’s subsea increased oil recovery (SIOR) program.
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    Production Operations

    Stealth Ventures drilling for Nova Scotia CBM

    Aug. 21, 2006
    Stealth Ventures Ltd. is pursuing coalbed methane plays in the Cumberland and Stellarton coal seams of Nova Scotia.
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    Production Operations

    Smarter clocks automate multiple well plunger lift

    Aug. 21, 2006
    The world’s first smart, wireless, multiwell, plunger controller with the capability of allocating natural gas and oil volumes while providing real-time well tests provided a ...
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    Companies

    REFINERY REVAMP-1: ConocoPhillips revamps crude unit to increase flexibility, profitability

    Aug. 21, 2006
    The ConocoPhillips refinery in Ponca City, Okla., recently completed a project to increase refinery profitability through increased flexibility of its No. 1 crude and vacuum unit...
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    Field Start Ups

    High-integrity pressure protection lowers subsea costs

    Aug. 21, 2006
    Several North Sea examples illustrate the advantages of installing high-integrity pressure protection systems (HIPPS) on subsea wells.

    More content from Volume 104, Issue 31

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    Companies

    End of oil? No, it’s a new day dawning

    Aug. 21, 2006
    It’s all over the worldwide headlines: “ Is the World Running Out of Oil?”
    Home

    Print Ad Index

    Aug. 21, 2006
    Baker Hugheswww.bakerhughes.comEgyption General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC)www.egpc.com.egEmerson Process Managementwww.EmersonProcess.com/Daniel/LUSM1.htmGE Oil & Gaswww.ge....
    Economics & Markets

    ENERGY MANHATTAN PROJECT-2: Energy policy principles

    Aug. 21, 2006
    To assert that the US government makes poor energy choices, as was done in this space last week, is not to argue that the government should do nothing at all with energy.
    Production Operations

    Area Drilling

    Aug. 21, 2006
    TurkeyThe government awarded TransAtlantic Petroleum Corp., Calgary, three exploration licenses in southeastern Turkey near the border with Iraq.The 4-year licenses cover a combined...
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    Drilling Operations

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Aug. 21, 2006
    New oil field pressure transmitterClick here to enlarge imageHere’s a new hammer union pressure transmitter, which comes with cCSAus certification for use in intrinsically safe...
    Exploration & Development

    Writer explains war, terrorism in terms of chaos

    Aug. 21, 2006
    War in Lebanon and plans to blow airplanes out of the sky raise a simple but difficult question: Why?
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    Pipelines

    Medgaz IM approach predicts cost savings

    Aug. 21, 2006
    The planned implementation of the Medgaz Integrity Management System (MIMS) is expected to offer savings of 10-20% on pipeline maintenance through guaranteed up-time and risk ...
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    LNG

    Services/Suppliers

    Aug. 21, 2006
    Washington Group International Inc.CarterClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has announced several appointments in its Oil, Gas & Chemicals Group. W.L. Tex Carter has joined the...
    Economics & Markets

    Prudhoe Bay blindsides oil markets

    Aug. 21, 2006
    Traders were watching the Israeli-Lebanese war, supply disruptions in Iraq and Nigeria, and international wrangling over Iran’s nuclear ambitions when the next major energy crisis...
    New Plants

    Working in tense places

    Aug. 21, 2006
    Our world has become an extremely violent and volatile one-but nevertheless one in which we all must live and work.
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    Gas Processing

    CERA study disputes peak-oil capacity growth arguments

    Aug. 21, 2006
    World oil and NGL production capacity could increase by as much as 25% by 2015, with NGLs and extra-heavy oils accounting for much of the capacity growth, said Cambridge Energy...
    Pipelines

    PHMSA orders BP to conduct further ANS inspections

    Aug. 21, 2006
    The US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued new orders to BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. on Aug. 10, requiring additional rigorous inspections of...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Khodorkovsky stuck in Siberia

    Aug. 21, 2006
    Oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former head of Russia’s OAO Yukos, has lost his bid to change the location of his confinement.
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    Production Operations

    COMMENT: Oil production limits mean opportunities, conservation

    Aug. 21, 2006
    In the face of looming oil production shortfalls, all individuals as well as nations as a whole will have to use less oil.
    Companies

    BP to maintain half Prudhoe Bay field production

    Aug. 21, 2006
    BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. decided it could safety continue production from the Prudhoe Bay Western Operating Area (WOA), following review of WOA pipeline inspection data and...
    Government

    Barton to Browne: BP’s Prudhoe Bay actions ‘inexcusable’

    Aug. 21, 2006
    House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-Tex.) questioned BP PLC’s commitment to safety, reliability, and responsible stewardship of US energy resources on Aug...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Aug. 21, 2006
    General Interest - Quick TakesCitgo indicted for environmental violationsA federal grand jury in Corpus Christi, Tex., returned a 10-count criminal indictment on Aug. 9 against...
    Companies

    COMPANY NEWS: Oxy to buy assets from Plains E&P for $865 million

    Aug. 21, 2006
    Occidental Petroleum Corp. has agreed to buy oil and gas properties, mainly in California and Texas, from Plains Exploration & Production Co., Houston, and certain subsidiaries...
    Companies

    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: Exxel Energy names president, CEO

    Aug. 21, 2006
    Exxel Energy Corp., Houston, has appointed Clifford V. Adams as the company's president and chief executive.
    Government

    Congress seeks more data about ANS shutdown

    Aug. 21, 2006
    Energy leaders on both sides of the US Capitol demanded more information on Aug. 10 as BP PLC moved ahead with plans to shut down much of its crude oil pipeline system on Alaska...
    Pipelines

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Assessing oil pipeline risks

    Aug. 21, 2006
    It quickly grew obvious that US regulators would expand their crude oil pipeline oversight after BP PLC announced 2 weeks ago that it had to shut down part of its Alaska North...