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  • Volume 105, Issue 17

    • Volume 105, Issue 17

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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: OTC speakers see new era for the oil and gas industry

    May 7, 2007
    The oil and gas industry has entered a new era characterized by diversity of energy supply, market uncertainty, and changing roles for oil companies, said speakers at the Offshore...
    Companies

    Venezuela takes operational control of Orinoco oil fields

    May 7, 2007
    Venezuela President Hugo Chavez’s government took over that country’s last remaining privately run oil fields on May 1, intensifying a decisive struggle with the oil industry ...
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    Drilling & Production

    SAKHALIN RMR-Conclusion: Riserless mud-recovery system used in Sakhalin wells

    May 7, 2007
    In 2006, Russia’s CJSC Elvary Neftegaz, a joint venture between OAO Rosneft and BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd., drilled the top hole sections of two wells off Sakhalin Island...
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    Refining & Processing

    FOURTH-QUARTER 2006 FIRST-QUARTER 2007: Extended cold challenges C3 supply, distribution; markets remain unfazed by production decline

    May 7, 2007
    Weather is always an important influence on propane supply-demand trends during the winter heating season.
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    Nelson-farrar cost indexes

    May 7, 2007
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    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    May 7, 2007
    Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburoswww.CaribbeanRound2007.comBaker Hughes IncorporatedBaker Oil Toolswww.bakerhughes.comCARBONE LORRAINEwww.carbonelorraine.comChevronHalliburtonDrilling...
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    Exploration & Development

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    May 7, 2007
    Portable 3D seismic acquisition systemClick here to enlarge imageThe new Geode DZ is a 24 bit, portable 3D distributed seismic acquisition system that brings ease-of-use, economy...
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    May 7, 2007
    VietnamTGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. ASA, Asker, Norway, began acquiring a 46,000 sq km nonexclusive aeromagnetic survey in the untested Mekong Delta in collaboration with state Petrovietna...
    Companies

    Fuels and political favors

    May 7, 2007
    Political motivations for government action on renewable energy have roared into full view in the US.
    Government

    Ethanol thrives on word tricks of persuasion

    May 7, 2007
    While ethanol claims a burgeoning share of the US fuel market, courtesy of taxpayers, a once-common name for gasoline-alcohol blends remains in relative disuse.
    Pipelines

    Services/Suppliers

    May 7, 2007
    Intec EngineeringHouston, has announced the appointment of Stephen Rivers as engineering director, Asia Pacific. He will be based in Perth, but have responsibilities for the entire...
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    Companies

    LNG TRADE-Conclusion: Supply diversity cuts risk exposure

    May 7, 2007
    Consumers of LNG must have a broadly diversified supply base to minimize consequences of any potential supply disruption.
    Refining

    Analysts see tight oil market

    May 7, 2007
    Most analysts now see the world market for crude and petroleum products continuing to tighten through the rest of this year, pushing prices higher.
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    Companies

    OFFSHORE ENERGY LOSS-1: Loss categories, hazard types in marine operations described

    May 7, 2007
    Offshore operations present a unique set of environmental conditions and adverse exposure not observed in a land environment.
    LNG

    Onshore fields bolstered 2006 US gas output

    May 7, 2007
    Land drilling bolstered US gas production in 2006, a warmer than normal year characterized by lower imports from Canada, reduced LNG imports from fewer countries, and above average...
    Production Operations

    A Gulf of Mexico evolution

    May 7, 2007
    After granting several individual exceptions, the US Minerals Management Service is establishing standard operating procedures for managed-pressure drilling (MPD) in the Gulf ...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    May 7, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesSaudis, citing oil attack plans, arrest 172Saudi Arabia’s ministry of interior Apr. 27 announced the arrest of 172 Islamic militants it said were...
    Pipelines

    Malaysian pipeline, refinery complex in discussion stages

    May 7, 2007
    A proposed refinery complex and pipeline across northern Malaysia are at the discussion stage, according to a senior Malaysian official.
    Companies

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Trouble in Nigeria

    May 7, 2007
    The ink was barely dry on a report by the International Maritime Bureau about pirate attacks on oil ships and installations around the globe when some bad guys decided to put ...
    Exploration & Development

    US officials defend exclusions used in land management

    May 7, 2007
    Categorical exclusions (CEs) from environmental documentation authorized under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 are not compromising federal lands in the US West, land-use officials...
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    LNG

    SPECIAL REPORT: OTC Spotlight on Technology recognizes 14 technologies

    May 7, 2007
    The Offshore Technology Conference of 2007 recognized 14 diverse technologies in its Spotlight on New Technology Awards.
    Exploration & Development

    Interior proposes 21 OCS lease sales in 5-year plan

    May 7, 2007
    NUS Interior Sec. Dirk Kempthorne announced a preliminary final 5-year Outer Continental Shelf leasing plan on Apr. 30 that DOI says could produce 10 million bbl of oil, 45 tcf...
    Production Operations

    API: US drilling at 21-year high in 1Q

    May 7, 2007
    US oil and gas drilling reached a 21-year peak during 2007’s first 3 months and was nearly twice the level of first-quarter drilling activity during the 1990s, the American Petroleum...
    Reserves

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Confronting split estates

    May 7, 2007
    Could 2007 be the year that US Congress addresses the split estates question?
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    Production Operations

    Mathematical model forecasts year conventional oil will peak

    May 7, 2007
    A new mathematical model can forecast when worldwide conventional oil production will peak with a minimal amount of information.