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  • Volume 104, Issue 40

    • Volume 104, Issue 40

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    Refining

    Ionic liquid alkylation process produces high-quality gasoline

    Oct. 23, 2006
    A new composite ionic liquid (IL) alkylation process has been proven in a pilot plant and retrofitted into an existing 65,000-tonne/year H2SO4 alkylation unit in China.
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    Drilling & Production

    New technique calculates borehole curvature, torsion

    Oct. 23, 2006
    Wellbore curvature and torsion greatly influence the forces applied on the downhole pipe string and its consequent deformation.
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    Companies

    Bankers targets unconventional gas in Palo Duro basin

    Oct. 23, 2006
    Finding the right hydraulic fracturing method is key for unlocking the unconventional gas resources contained in the Lower Pennsylvanian Bend group sands and shales of the Palo...
    Refining & Processing

    France’s flex-fuels program gets ‘cautious approval’

    Oct. 23, 2006
    France’s oil industry has greeted the launch of the “Flex-fuel 2010” development program with cautious approval for the initial stages of the program, which Finance and Economy...
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    General Interest

    SPECIAL REPORT: Managing E&P performance with improved information

    Oct. 23, 2006
    With oil and natural gas prices hovering at all-time highs, shareholders’ return on investment over the past decade have been an astounding 14% average annual return (AAR).

    More content from Volume 104, Issue 40

    Companies

    Argentina evokes law to force diesel imports

    Oct. 23, 2006
    Argentina has threatened statutory sanctions against foreign oil companies if it detects problems in the supply of products such as diesel.
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    Exploration & Development

    SPECIAL REPORT: POINT OF VIEW: Leor Energy blends old-school ways, unconventional gas

    Oct. 23, 2006
    Guma Aguiar, vice-chairman and chief executive officer of private Houston independent Leor Energy LP, took an interesting and unusual route to finally work in the oil and gas ...
    Refining

    Brazil to produce H-Bio, reduce diesel imports

    Oct. 23, 2006
    Brazil’s state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) plans next December to reduce diesel imports with the industrial scale production of H-Bio, a new form of biodiesel.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Oct. 23, 2006
    General Interest - Quick TakesSakhalin-2 environmental damage: $10-50 billionRussia’s Federal Service for the Regulation of the Use of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor) estimates...
    Refining & Processing

    DOE hopes for cellulosic ethanol plant by 2012

    Oct. 23, 2006
    The US Department of Energy is evaluating bids for the first commercial cellulosic ethanol production facility in the US, with hopes that the plant will be in operation in 2012...
    Companies

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Japan employs energy choice

    Oct. 23, 2006
    Even in a world where energy sources are tight, there is still enough oil and gas in the ground to guarantee choices.
    Companies

    London inauguration marks Langeled start-up

    Oct. 23, 2006
    The Langeled pipeline consortium and the British and Norwegian prime ministers on Oct. 16 inaugurated the 600-km southern leg of 1,200-km Langeled pipeline, which has begun exporting...
    Government

    API: US refiners spent $8 billion to provide ULSD

    Oct. 23, 2006
    US refiners spent $8 billion, and pipelines and terminal operators spent hundreds of millions more to bring ultralow-sulfur diesel (ULSD) to market, an official of the American...
    Economics & Markets

    Study sees uneven natural gas trade in Europe

    Oct. 23, 2006
    The wholesale gas market in Europe is developing unevenly and too slowly to suit many traders.
    Companies

    Bush: More US E&P vital in alternative fuel transition

    Oct. 23, 2006
    Falling gasoline prices must not dissuade Americans from developing alternative fuels or finding more domestic oil and gas, US President George W. Bush said on Oct. 12.
    Companies

    MMS: Gulf of Mexico finds extend Lower Tertiary Trend

    Oct. 23, 2006
    Twelve ultradeepwater discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico extend the Lower Tertiary Trend and represent a resource that could produce oil and gas for decades to come, the US Minerals...
    Companies

    New look at gas hydrates

    Oct. 23, 2006
    Geologists have long speculated that naturally occurring hydrates contain immense volumes of natural gas.
    Economics & Markets

    OPEC calls emergency meeting

    Oct. 23, 2006
    After weeks of falling crude prices, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries finally agreed to an emergency meeting Oct. 19 in Qatar to discuss a possible production...
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    Government

    Pipeline engagement eases move to ULSD

    Oct. 23, 2006
    Active participation by the US pipeline industry in the transition to the use of ultralow-sulfur diesel (ULSD) has helped the change occur smoothly.
    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    Oct. 23, 2006
    Ulterra Drilling TechnologiesFort Worth, has named Bob Iversen as president and chief executive officer. Iverson has broad experience in executive and operations management in...
    LNG

    Shtokman surprise a reminder of BTC pipeline rebuke

    Oct. 23, 2006
    Russia’s Oct. 9 turnabout on development of Shtokman gas and condensate field in the Barents Sea shows that the sword of pipeline politics has two edges.
    Companies

    A dot-com energy vision

    Oct. 23, 2006
    During the easy-come, easy-go dot-com craze of the 1990s, talk abounded of a new economy.
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    Refining

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Oct. 23, 2006
    Radar unit handles expanded oil field dutiesAn expanded Rosemount 3300 Series guided wave radar level and interface transmitter is designed to help users enhance safety and efficiency...
    Discoveries

    Area Drilling

    Oct. 23, 2006
    CambodiaCambodia’s National Petroleum Authority awarded Block E in the Khmer basin to Medco International Petroleum Ltd. and JHL Petroleum Ltd.The block covers 5,000 sq km in ...
    Discoveries

    Print Ad Index

    Oct. 23, 2006
    Acuity Investigationswww.acuityinvestigations.netBaker HughesINTEQwww.bakerhughes.comBALON Corporationwww.balon.comBCCK Engineering Inc.www.bcck.comBourbonwww.bourbon-online.comCSI...
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    LNG

    Mauritania turning to gas as discoveries multiply

    Oct. 23, 2006
    Mauritania’s Atlantic coastal basin may be destined to become a source of liquefied natural gas.
    Companies

    Northern Somalia exploration effort planned

    Oct. 23, 2006
    Canmex Minerals Corp., Vancouver, BC, signed a nonbinding agreement to take a farmout from Range Resources Ltd., Perth, on two blocks in the nonproducing Nogal and Al Medo/Darin...