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    Production Operations

    SPECIAL REPORT: Workshops identify threats to process control systems

    Oct. 9, 2006
    Recent industry workshops have identified the issues of cyber and physical security risks to process control systems (PCS).
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    Economics & Markets

    SPECIAL REPORT: PROCESS CONTROL-1: Best practices improve control system performance

    Oct. 9, 2006
    A holistic, best-practices approach will help refiners and petrochemical plant operators sustain and improve the performance of control system assets.
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    Companies

    Optimum compressor choice boosts Brent gas production

    Oct. 9, 2006
    Three projects progressively modified gas compression on the UK Brent field to lower suction pressures in-line with late life reservoir and production requirements for depressurizing...
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    Companies

    $10 million Rocket land rig takes off from Oklahoma

    Oct. 9, 2006
    A newly designed, fast moving, self-elevating land rig debuted in El Reno, Okla., in September 2006.
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    Production Operations

    China seeks oil security with new tanker fleet

    Oct. 9, 2006
    To guarantee its oil supply during times of crisis, China is building a national tanker fleet with which it aims to haul nearly three fourths of its oil imports within the next...

    More content from Volume 104, Issue 38

    Pipelines & Transportation

    US estimates Iraq lost $16 billion in oil revenues

    Oct. 9, 2006
    Iraq lost an estimated $16 billion of potential oil export revenues from January 2004 to March 2006 because of insurgent attacks, criminal activity, and aging and poorly maintained...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Oct. 9, 2006
    General Interest - Quick TakesAnalysts see robust future for oil sandsThe outlook for Canadian oil sands growth continues to improve, although the next 2 years could prove critical...
    Government

    Lawmakers urge MMS to aggressivelyrecover royalties

    Oct. 9, 2006
    Two US House Government Reform Committee leaders have demanded that the Department of the Interior develop a new plan to recover an estimated $2 billion of lost royalties from...
    LNG

    NGSA forecasts higher gas production this winter

    Oct. 9, 2006
    A dramatic natural gas market recovery following last year’s two major Gulf Coast hurricanes points to higher production and lower prices in the 2006-07 winter heating season,...
    Companies

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Nigerian oil in jeopardy

    Oct. 9, 2006
    The news from Nigeria’s oil and gas industry is not encouraging. It’s that recurring problem of militants besieging the place again, but this time they seem to be ganging up on...
    Government

    OCS compromise eludes US Congress energy leaders

    Oct. 9, 2006
    US Senate and House energy leaders headed into the preelection recess pledging to reach a compromise before yearend, but were still divided over Outer Continental Shelf oil and...
    General Interest

    Traveling for good

    Oct. 9, 2006
    Airlines recently have suffered financial losses because of high fuel costs, low fares, and other problems, but terrorism and a flagging economy apparently haven’t yet reduced...
    Reserves

    October gas contract ends near 4-year low

    Oct. 9, 2006
    The expiring October natural gas contract dropped to a near 4-year low on the New York Mercantile Exchange during the last week of September, while crude prices continued to fluctuate...
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    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    Oct. 9, 2006
    Implicit Monitoring Solutions LP (IMS) and WilsonDallas, have announced a partnership agreement whereby Wilson will market IMS’ Intellisite remote asset data capture and reporting...
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    Pipelines

    DIRECT ASSESSMENT-Conclusion: ECDA tunes Gasunie corrosion predictions

    Oct. 9, 2006
    External corrosion direct assessment (ECDA) can serve as a powerful tool in determining not only the current but also the future health of a given pipeline system.
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    Drilling Operations

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Oct. 9, 2006
    New frequency converter for oil field operationsThe new SSG Series 500VA frequency converter is suited for use in process control and drilling operations.The new 500VA unit is...
    Reserves

    Where’s the money worry in US bans on OCS leasing?

    Oct. 9, 2006
    The US Congress deserves credit for its concern about those federal offshore oil and gas leases that lack price thresholds for deepwater royalty relief.
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Oct. 9, 2006
    ChinaVerona Development Corp., Vancouver, BC, is drilling two wells to assess coalbed methane potential south of Liulin on the 1,015 sq km Shilou North Block in the eastern Ordos...
    Refining & Processing

    The ethanol craze

    Oct. 9, 2006
    Private businesses shut down mistakes that can’t be fixed. Governments make hopeless programs bigger and claim success.
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Oct. 9, 2006
    Baker HughesProductionQuestwww.productionquest.comBCCK Engineering, Inc.www.bcck.comBechtelwww.bechtel.comCapRock Communicationswww.CapRock.comConocoPhillipsEtihad Airwayswww....
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    Companies

    Oklahoma Woodford gathering designed at 500+ MMcfd

    Oct. 9, 2006
    Newfield Exploration Co., Houston, signed a 15-year agreement with MarkWest Energy Partners LP, Denver, to construct and operate gas gathering pipelines and related facilities...
    Discoveries

    Algeria’s Berkine basin gets new area of promise

    Oct. 9, 2006
    A new core area for future appraisal and potential development is emerging in the central part of Menzel Ledjmet Block 405b in eastern Algeria’s Berkine basin, said operator First...
    Production Operations

    Gas focus in Brazilian licensing draws fire

    Oct. 9, 2006
    A new emphasis on natural gas in Brazilian exploration and production licensing drew criticism during a Rio Oil & Gas panel discussion in Rio de Janeiro.