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  • Volume 104, Issue 45

    • Volume 104, Issue 45

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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: Transition to ULSD, ethanol goes smoothly for US refiners

    Dec. 4, 2006
    During the last half of 2006, the initial transition to ultralow-sulfur diesel (ULSD) and ethanol blending has gone smoothly for US refiners.
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    Drilling Operations

    Optimized drilling fluids benefit tough Andean wells

    Dec. 4, 2006
    Aluminum complex drilling fluids solved common drilling problems in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Venezuela.
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    Drilling & Production

    Refurbished jack up production unit produces marginal field off Malaysia

    Dec. 4, 2006
    A refurbished mat-supported jack up mobile oil production unit (MOPU) recently began operating in 63 m of water on the Cendor oil field in Block PM304 off Malaysia.
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    Home

    Nelson-farrar cost indexes

    Dec. 4, 2006
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    Refining & Processing

    SPECIAL REPORT: Alternative fuels gaining transport market share

    Dec. 4, 2006
    With the petroleum industry under political pressure to market cleaner fuels and refineries operating near capacity rates in the face of rising demand, markets for conventional...

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    Economics & Markets

    Canada removes tax advantages for income trusts

    Dec. 4, 2006
    The Canadian government’s decision to remove tax advantages from companies doing business as income trusts will mean the end of the oil and gas trust structure in its current ...
    Companies

    COMPANY NEWS: Denbury Resources to acquire field for tertiary flood

    Dec. 4, 2006
    Denbury Resources Inc. has signed an agreement with a Venoco Inc. subsidiary for an option to purchase Venoco’s interest in Hastings field, a potential tertiary flood property...
    Production Operations

    Court order cancels Brazil’s eighth licensing round

    Dec. 4, 2006
    A federal judge in Brasila issued an injunction Nov. 27 suspending Brazil’s eighth oil and gas licensing round.
    Exploration & Development

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Wheat, chaff, and oil deals

    Dec. 4, 2006
    Separating wheat from chaff is important in every business, the oil industry included.
    Companies

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Acknowledging the endowment

    Dec. 4, 2006
    It began when Steven G. Grape and John Wood, his supervisor in the US Energy Information Administration’s reserves and production division in the Office of Oil and Gas in Dallas...
    Companies

    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: Wood to head Murphy’s worldwide exploration

    Dec. 4, 2006
    David Wood, in charge of international exploration and production for Murphy Oil Corp., El Dorado, Ark., will become executive vice-president with responsibility for worldwide...
    Companies

    BLM inventory finds resources heavily restricted

    Dec. 4, 2006
    Just 3% of federal onshore oil and 13% of onshore federal gas are currently available under standard lease terms, the US Bureau of Land Management said on Nov. 28.
    Companies

    Ecuador presidential election troubles oil sector

    Dec. 4, 2006
    The Nov. 26 presidential election in Ecuador of leftist economist Rafael Correa in a landslide victory against right-wing tycoon Alvaro Noboa is sounding alarms in the international...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Dec. 4, 2006
    General Interest - Quick TakesFirms win MMS royalty in-kind oil contractsMore than 12.7 million bbl of crude oil and condensate from federal leases in the Gulf of Mexico was sold...
    HSE

    The mass appeal of biomass

    Dec. 4, 2006
    There’s fuel in slime. That was part of the message given by Michael Pacheco, director of the National Bioenergy Center, at a recent conference.
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    LNG

    DEEPWATER RISKS-2: Deepwater projects present surface, downhole challenges

    Dec. 4, 2006
    Selecting appropriate field development plans, risk management, and modifying project implementation methods is essential to maintaining the viability of deepwater oil and gas...
    Refining

    December crude contract expires at low

    Dec. 4, 2006
    The December contract for benchmark US crudes expired Nov. 17 at $55.81/bbl, the lowest closing price in 17 months on the New York Mercantile Exchange, amid calls from some members...
    Government

    OCS plan letter appeals to law, national interest

    Dec. 4, 2006
    US oil and gas producers and contractors have resorted to basics in their efforts to expand leasing of federal land offshore.
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    Production Operations

    Multiproduct software sets optimal pump use

    Dec. 4, 2006
    Simulation software developed by China University of Petroleum-Beijing in conjunction with China National Petroleum Corp. allows automatic determination of optimal pump use on...
    Companies

    Deepwater controversies

    Dec. 4, 2006
    A casualty of US political fights this year might prove to be a concept central to the most successful energy law since oil and gas price decontrol.
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Dec. 4, 2006
    AlabamaLongford Corp., Calgary, said five recently drilled coalbed methane wells encountered more than 80 net ft of coal, some of the thickest total coal sections found in the...
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Dec. 4, 2006
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