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  • Volume 104, Issue 36

    • Volume 104, Issue 36

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    Reserves

    Interview with H. E. Mr. Sameh Fahmy Minister of Petroleum of Egypt

    Sept. 25, 2006
    Egypt is a significant oil and gas producer in the Middle East and Africa, and is fast exceeding its own expectations for reserves.
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    Reserves

    On the way to Egypt’s petroleum future: Leverage location, encourage investment, reduce environmental impact

    Sept. 25, 2006
    Its Ministry of Petroleum has built a strategy that gives Egypt control of its bright oil and gas future.
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    Reserves

    Egypt’s deepwater potential: Deep offshore growth promises daunting challenges, but great rewards

    Sept. 25, 2006
    Deep and ultra-deep waters around the world offer impressive potential as a source of oil and gas.
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    Pipelines

    Suez Canal and Sumed: New transportation services keep Egypt at center of global oil trade

    Sept. 25, 2006
    When the idea of linking the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea with a navigable waterway first occurred to the Pharaohs, the commercial world was a far smaller place.
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    LNG

    Egypt’s natural gas future: A world class resource will fuel expanded local use and LNG exports

    Sept. 25, 2006
    Egypt’s natural gas resource is vital to the country’s energy future.

    More content from Volume 104, Issue 36

    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Sept. 25, 2006
    ADIPECwww.adipec.comBaker Botts LLPwww.bakerbotts.com/energyBaker HughesBaker Oil Toolswww.bakerhughes.comBaker Petrolitewww.bakerpetrolite.comDrilling Fluidswww.bakerhughes.comBCCK...
    Drilling & Production

    Area Drilling

    Sept. 25, 2006
    BeninThe Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water launched a late 2006 bid round by reoffering two land and two deepwater blocks.Coastal blocks A and B and deepwater blocks 5 and 6...
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    Companies

    First flow test buttresses estimates of gulf’s Lower Tertiary potential

    Sept. 25, 2006
    Rising confidence in discovering and producing oil and gas from deep Lower Tertiary formations in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico could make a large but costly impact on US reserves...
    Pipelines

    Russian energy security

    Sept. 25, 2006
    While voicing concern for energy security, Russia last week forfeited its credibility on the subject.
    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    Sept. 25, 2006
    MicrosoftRedmond, Wash., has announced the appointment of John Fikany as vice-president of the company’s US manufacturing industries. Fikany is responsible for developing and ...
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    Refining

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Sept. 25, 2006
    New fouling control technology aids refinery operationsNew Milestone heater fouling control technology helps increase refinery profitability by significantly reducing delayed ...
    Economics & Markets

    Natural gas futures price hits 2-year low

    Sept. 25, 2006
    Natural gas futures fell below $5/MMbtu Sept. 14 to the lowest level in 2 years on the New York market after the US Energy Information Administration reported a large leap in ...
    Reserves

    Reserves numbers aren’t oil’s only market perplexity

    Sept. 25, 2006
    Numbers about the oil and gas market aren’t always what they seem to be.
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    PIPELINE FAILURE RATES-1: Method helps pool multisource data

    Sept. 25, 2006
    The statistical uncertainty in the estimation of the average failure rate of a group of pipelines decreases as failures, km-years, or both increase.
    IOR/EOR

    Aramco head says technology is key to boosting reserves

    Sept. 25, 2006
    For the oil industry to continue meeting its long-term responsibility of providing energy to the world economies, it needs to continue to identify new oil fields, said Saudi Aramco...
    Economics & Markets

    Rate of conversion

    Sept. 25, 2006
    The ongoing discussions about “peak oil” have continually skirted the one unifying concept which addresses the reality about the (eventual) peaking of global liquids production...
    Companies

    Steam-cleaning heavy crude

    Sept. 25, 2006
    Steam injection is effective for increasing recovery from subsurface heavy crude or bitumen accumulations.
    Companies

    WATCHING THE WORLD: The Sakhalin bear dance

    Sept. 25, 2006
    Dancing with the Russian bear has been the rage lately, especially in the oil industry.
    Government

    Burton: Confusion led to price threshold omission

    Sept. 25, 2006
    Confusion over where to place a price threshold in the final rule may have led to its omission in federal deepwater leases in 1998 and 1999, US Minerals Management Service Director...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Sept. 25, 2006
    General Interest - Quick TakesBP seeks DOT nod to resume Alaska productionBP PLC submitted an application Sept. 13 to the US Department of Transportation requesting authorization...
    Government

    DOT proposes extending low-pressure oil pipeline rules

    Sept. 25, 2006
    The US Department of Transportation has proposed stiffened safety requirements, including cleaning and continuous monitoring, for more than 1,200 miles of crude oil and product...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    NGSA, INGAA concur on blanket certificate proposals

    Sept. 25, 2006
    US natural gas producers and pipelines have worked out the minor differences between their proposals to improve blanket certificate procedures, the Natural Gas Supply Association...
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    LNG

    US gas market responds to hurricane disruptions

    Sept. 25, 2006
    Since 2002, storm-related natural gas production shutins in the Gulf of Mexico have had a much greater impact on the US gas market than in previous years.
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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: Deepwater fluid displacement needs special approaches

    Sept. 25, 2006
    Techniques that consider all the chemical and mechanical aspects of displacing drilling fluid can benefit dramatically the economics and effectiveness of well completions in deep...
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    Refining

    CGES: Global crude supplies will continue to get heavier

    Sept. 25, 2006
    According to a report from the Centre for Global Energy Studies (CGES), the global crude supply barrel got heavier during 2000-04.
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    Companies

    Seismic technology advances accelerating to meet operators’ E&P needs.

    Sept. 25, 2006
    Exciting new developments in seismic technology are emerging to meet the needs of operators as they explore for oil and natural gas in more challenging environments and increasingly...
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    Companies

    Advancing seismic technology key to oil and gas industry future

    Sept. 25, 2006
    The oil and natural gas industry places a high priority on advancing the frontier of seismic technology.
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    Production Operations

    SPECIAL REPORT: Alberta bitumen output to triple in next 10 years

    Sept. 25, 2006
    Forecasts show that bitumen production in Alberta from oil sands will almost triple in the next 10 years as many new projects come on stream.
    Companies

    Debate revived on seismic technology focus on exploration vs. production

    Sept. 25, 2006
    The focus of the seismic business has undergone a seismic shift of its own.
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    Companies

    Collaboration, cost reduction key to speeding take-up of new seismic technology

    Sept. 25, 2006
    A key issue facing the petroleum industry in its efforts to find and produce more oil and natural gas is the slow take-up of new technology.
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    Reserves

    Egypt’s petroleum future: Critical assets and well-defined plans will add value to large resources

    Sept. 25, 2006
    To keep pace with the relentless growth in global energy demand in the decades ahead, it will be necessary to find, develop and use more oil and gas more efficiently, and with...
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    Refining & Processing

    Building Egypt’s downstream: Master petrochemical plan, refinery expansion will make a world leader

    Sept. 25, 2006
    Economic growth and growing populations will keep global demand for transportation fuels and petrochemical products growing at a brisk pace for the foreseeable future.