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  • Volume 104, Issue 32

    • Volume 104, Issue 32

    Companies

    Offshore, arctic conditions test industry’s mettle on pipeline integrity

    Aug. 28, 2006
    The challenges of monitoring and maintaining pipeline integrity become even more daunting when the pipeline is in a hostile environment.
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    Drilling Operations

    Russians study annulus cement in Arctic wells

    Aug. 28, 2006
    Low water-cement ratios, heat-insulating additives, and expanded vermiculite work together to prevent formation of defective cement sheaths in Arctic wellbores.
    Pipelines

    Pipeline integrity technology focus on preemptive approach

    Aug. 28, 2006
    Mounting regulatory pressures and rising service and supply costs are pushing the pipeline industry toward a more preemptive approach in ensuring pipeline integrity.
    Pipelines

    US regulatory squeeze dominates industry’s pipeline integrity concerns

    Aug. 28, 2006
    A number of critical trends have combined to escalate pipeline integrity challenges to unprecedented heights.
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    Companies

    REFINERY REVAMP-Conclusion: Crude unit revamp allows refiner to process more low-cost feeds

    Aug. 28, 2006
    A revamp of the crude unit in ConocoPhillips’ Ponca City, Okla., refinery has allowed the refiner to process a lower-cost slate and increased overall refinery profitability.

    More content from Volume 104, Issue 32

    Exploration & Development

    Western Kentucky due deep exploration study

    Aug. 28, 2006
    The Kentucky Geological Survey invited oil and gas companies to join and fund an exploration research consortium focused on the pre-Knox deep gas potential of the Rough Creek ...
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    LNG

    LNG tanker designs hold key to Russia’s Arctic gas reserves

    Aug. 28, 2006
    Evolving LNG vessel designs and operating strategies could help industry players tap Russia’s huge Arctic resources by conquering the area’s extremely cold winters and icebound...
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Aug. 28, 2006
    Baker Botts L.L.P.www.bakerbotts.com/ogpBaker HughesDrilling Fluidswww.bakerhughes.com/drillingfluidsBCCK Engineering, Inc.www.bcck.comBlack & Veatchwww.bv.com/consultDMG World...
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    Production Operations

    Gulf of Mexico reservoir properties can hint at expected reserve sizes

    Aug. 28, 2006
    Data published about proved reserves in the northern Gulf of Mexico for oil pools have reserves ranging from 1,000 bbl to 143 million bbl, and data published about proved reserves...
    Refining & Processing

    ENERGY MANHATTAN PROJECT-3: Making principles work

    Aug. 28, 2006
    Instead of a Manhattan Project for energy, the US needs coherent policy-making. Instead of an urgent mobilization of federal resources, the country needs a system for making judicious...
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    Production Operations

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Aug. 28, 2006
    New software helps improve process unit throughputPetro-SIM Express, the latest addition to this firm’s software solutions, can be used to help improve unit throughput, monitoring...
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Aug. 28, 2006
    AzerbaijanEurasia Energy Ltd., Aberdeenshire, Scotland, plans to start negotiating with State Oil Co. of the Azerbaijan Republic in November 2006 to develop a 600 sq km shallow...
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    Companies

    NORTH AMERICAN LNG TERMINALS-1: East Coast terminal projects buck resistance, move ahead

    Aug. 28, 2006
    At mid-2006, the crowded picture of North American LNG import capacity was beginning to clear.
    Economics & Markets

    Professor links US fiscal woes, China-Unocal flap

    Aug. 28, 2006
    China’s unsuccessful bid for a US oil company last year bodes ominously for American fiscal health, argues Laurence J. Kotlikoff, a Boston University economics professor.
    Economics & Markets

    Middle East peace undercuts crude prices

    Aug. 28, 2006
    Crude prices tumbled Aug. 14-17, dropping a total $4.29 to a 2-month low closing of $70.06/bbl on the New York market after a United Nations-sponsored ceasefire in Lebanon went...
    Home

    Replacing ANS crude

    Aug. 28, 2006
    Shipping Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Mexican, or Saudi crude to the US West Coast to replace Alaskan North Slope (ANS) crude makes no economic or logistical sense.
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    LNG

    LNG fire training gets a boost

    Aug. 28, 2006
    Rebirth of LNG (see special report, p. 48) has also seen increased concerns among populations and their politicians about LNG’s safety.
    Refining

    FTC looks into Plains states’ diesel fuel price hike

    Aug. 28, 2006
    US Federal Trade Commission monitors of gasoline and diesel fuel prices have detected sudden price increases for diesel during the last 2 weeks in the Mississippi River Valley...
    Home

    BLM leasing grows in Utah despite deferrals

    Aug. 28, 2006
    The US Bureau of Land Management’s Utah office, which expected to have significantly greater interest in its Aug. 15 oil and gas lease sale than a year earlier, leased 86% more...
    HSE

    Contested GOM lease sale proves ‘best in 9 years’

    Aug. 28, 2006
    The Aug. 16 western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 200 was “the best in 9 years,” said US Minerals Management Service officials, despite a federal judge’s warning that pending court...
    Companies

    Alaska to review Prudhoe Bay field liabilities

    Aug. 28, 2006
    Alaska Atty. Gen. David Marquez said a taskforce is reviewing the state’s legal rights regarding the partial shutdown on Prudhoe Bay oil field and the extent BP Exploration (Alaska...
    Production Operations

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Chavez blowing smoke

    Aug. 28, 2006
    Venezuela President Hugo Chavez toured Asia and Africa last week, in particular China, where he tried swapping oil for political favors.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Aug. 28, 2006
    General Interest - Quick TakesDomenici calls hearing on BP Prudhoe troublesUS Congress has scheduled a second hearing to discuss BP PLC’s pipeline problems on Alaska’s North Slope...
    Pipelines

    Petrobras plans $18 billion gas development

    Aug. 28, 2006
    Bolivia President Evo Morales’s decision May 1 to take control of the country’s oil and gas fields has prompted Brazil to seek alternate gas suppliers.
    Economics & Markets

    Rising energy prices not causing inflation yet

    Aug. 28, 2006
    US monetary policymakers are watching to determine if rising oil and natural gas prices are accelerating inflation.
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    Pipelines

    NIGC plans steady growth for Iran’s gas infrastructure

    Aug. 28, 2006
    National Iranian Gas Co. plans steady expansion of transmission and processing infrastructure in a program that envisions increases in imports and exports of natural gas.
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    IOR/EOR

    EOR survey update: Polymer floods start in Argentina

    Aug. 28, 2006
    Argentina has several existing and planned polymer projects that were not included in Oil & Gas Journal’s enhanced oil recovery survey.