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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: Global refining capacity increases slightly in 2006

    Dec. 18, 2006
    The worldwide refining industry added a slight amount of crude distillation capacity in 2006.
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    Companies

    DRILLING MARKET FOCUS: Industry stable in North America

    Dec. 18, 2006
    The drilling industry appears to be on the upside of a supercycle, keeping most rigs busy in North America.
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    IOR/EOR

    Simulation predicts condensate formation in Aghar field

    Dec. 18, 2006
    A compositional program in a dynamic mode simulated multiphase flow through porous media and predicted condensate formation in a gas-condensate reservoir in southern Iran’s Aghar...
    LPG Markets

    Senate’s OCS bill clears Congress, heads to White House

    Dec. 18, 2006
    Working through the night, the US Senate approved a legislative package including its OCS leasing reform bill early Dec. 9 and sent it to the White House for President George ...
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    Production Operations

    SPECIAL REPORT: Oil production, reserves increase slightly in 2006

    Dec. 18, 2006
    Worldwide oil and gas reserves rose in 2006 as oil production posted a small increase from a year earlier, according to Oil & Gas Journal’s annual worldwide survey of production...

    More content from Volume 104, Issue 47

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    Companies

    E&P activity, refining drive third-quarter earnings

    Dec. 18, 2006
    Although most companies in a sample of US-based oil and gas firms posted moderate third-quarter 2006 profits or losses, big earnings gains by a handful of large operators propelled...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    US Senate follows House, approves pipeline safety bill

    Dec. 18, 2006
    The US Senate passed an amended pipeline safety bill by voice vote on Dec. 7, following House passage of the measure on a similarly expedited basis (OGJ Online, Dec. 7, 2006)....
    General Interest

    Existing state laws, regulations urged for CO2 storage

    Dec. 18, 2006
    Existing state gas-storage statutes and regulatory frameworks should govern future carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, says an Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission task...
    Refining & Processing

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Food costs fuel concern

    Dec. 18, 2006
    We never imagined-never for a minute-that Chinese officials would react so swiftly to our comment last week about the increasing use of biofuels and the upward pressure that puts...
    Companies

    DOE: ‘Microhole’ coiled tubing drilling holds promise

    Dec. 18, 2006
    A federally funded technology that could change the way oil and gas wells are drilled was successfully demonstrated in the US Midcontinent, the US Department of Energy said.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Dec. 18, 2006
    General Interest - Quick TakesGazprom may buy half of Shell’s Sakhalin-2 stakeRoyal Dutch Shell PLC, under stepped-up pressure from the Russian government, is close to making ...
    LNG

    Gazprom seeks role in US LNG market

    Dec. 18, 2006
    Russia’s OAO Gazprom hopes to become a “serious player” in the US LNG market, said Deputy Chairman Alexander Medvedev.
    Companies

    Settle for a slowdown

    Dec. 18, 2006
    Elevated exploration and production activity has driven up costs for operators. This was bound to lead to a slowdown in companies’ ability to continue to drill and profit at the...
    Home

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Programs aim at gas flares

    Dec. 18, 2006
    Critics may consider the idea of environmentally aware oil and gas producers an oxymoron.
    Refining & Processing

    Storage uncertainties undercut gas prices

    Dec. 18, 2006
    The January natural gas contract registered the lowest closing price in 10 weeks on the New York futures market after the Energy Information Administration reported the withdrawal...
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    Companies

    POINT OF VIEW: TransCanada pipeline president guides course to liquids, TAGP

    Dec. 18, 2006
    As demand for hydrocarbons continues to rise, it becomes increasingly important not only that new sources of supply are found and developed, but also that the resulting production...
    Government

    Congress seethes about the wrong OCS money issue

    Dec. 18, 2006
    Congress is coming unhinged about federal revenue from offshore oil and gas activity.
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    LPG Markets

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Dec. 18, 2006
    New personal airline systemHere’s the new NIOSH approved supplied airline respirator with a 5 or 10-min self-contained air cylinder for emergency entry or escape in potentially...
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Dec. 18, 2006
    AustraliaOil production began Nov. 18 from Callawonga-1, which operator Beach Petroleum NL, Adelaide, describes as the most westerly output achieved in the Cooper/Eromanga region...
    General Interest

    Cynicism and corruption

    Dec. 18, 2006
    The first foe in any fight against corruption is cynicism. Corruption thrives where people consider it part of the natural order.
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Dec. 18, 2006
    American Petroleum Institutewww.api.orgBaker HughesHughes Christensenwww.bakerhughes.comBCCK Engineering, Inc.www.bcck.comCCI Thermal Technologieswww.ccithermal.comChevronConocoPhillips...
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    Companies

    SEISMIC EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY-2: Seismic used to map permeability fields

    Dec. 18, 2006
    This is the second of two parts on the use of seismic emission tomography (SET) to directly map reservoir permeability fields.