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  • Volume 105, Issue 28

    • Volume 105, Issue 28

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    New Plants

    OPEC: Uncertainty fogs world oil outlook

    July 23, 2007
    Producers’ current investment decisions may be clouded by such questions as the extent to which nonconventional fuels may be produced and used in the future and the effects those...
    Companies

    COMPANY NEWS: Basell to buy Lyondell Chemical in $19 billion deal

    July 23, 2007
    Polyolefins manufacturer Basell Service Co. BV plans to buy Lyondell Chemical Co. of Houston for about $12 billion, plus the assumption of Lyondell’s $7 billion debt.
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    New Plants

    DRILLING MARKET FOCUS: Coiled tubing market grows steadily, attracts new players

    July 23, 2007
    Coiled tubing is one of the fastest growing oilfield technologies. CT services expanded 140% over 2001-06, second only to directional drilling, according to Colorado-based Spears...
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    HSE

    Method calculates lean, semilean streams in split-flow sweetening

    July 23, 2007
    Alkanolamines are used widely in gas treating plants. Because acid-gas removal from natural gas requires regeneration of alkanolamines, the energy requirement for the stripping...
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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: Upstream production capacities to advance in many countries

    July 23, 2007
    Many oil and gas projects are set to come on stream in the next few years and help meet expected increases in the world’s energy demands.

    More content from Volume 105, Issue 28

    Tankers

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    July 23, 2007
    Three new technologies for onshore, offshore operationsThree new technologies are available that complement WesternGeco Q-Technology services: WesternGeco DSC dynamic spread control...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    LEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT-12: Gas-to-electricity real options can provide deepwater strategic, operational flexibility

    July 23, 2007
    Computer Aided Lean Management (CALM) uses software for the optimization of profitability under uncertainty.
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    July 23, 2007
    Addax Petroleumwww.addaxpetroleum.comAPI - American Petroleum Institutewww.api.orgAriel Corporationwww.arielcorp.comBaker Botts L.L.P.www.bakerbotts.comBaker Hughes IncorporatedCentrili...
    Companies

    Second of three parts: More facts on antitrust

    July 23, 2007
    Two former officials of the US Federal Trade Commission are trying to correct antitrust misperceptions about the oil and gas industry.
    Economics & Markets

    Beer price hikes will underscore US energy folly

    July 23, 2007
    Because Americans are awakening to folly, House Republicans should be careful how they criticize their Democratic colleagues about energy.
    Companies

    Services/Suppliers

    July 23, 2007
    Team Energy Resources Ltd.Norwich, UK, has announced a merger with the manpower services arm of Aquatic Engineering & Construction, another Acteon company. The consolidated organization...
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    Companies

    Study examines Chinese SPR growth alternatives

    July 23, 2007
    Development of China’s strategic oil reserve system depends largely on the mindset of its decision makers.
    Refining

    US crude tops $73/bbl, may head higher

    July 23, 2007
    After testing price barriers during intraday trading for five consecutive sessions, the near-month benchmark US crude contract closed above $73/bbl in New York on July 13, and...
    HSE

    Land of misinformation

    July 23, 2007
    I found National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator Michael Griffin’s responses absolutely on the mark.
    Production Operations

    The strategic Strait of Hormuz

    July 23, 2007
    The Strait of Hormuz is the world’s premier oil transportation choke point, and it seems worthwhile from time to time to recite the details that make it so strategic.
    HSE

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Investing in oil sands

    July 23, 2007
    Depending on how you look at it, an investment in Canada’s oil sands could bring you untold wealth or-depending on certain environmentalists-not.
    General Interest

    Brazilian police arrest Petrobras, shipyard executives

    July 23, 2007
    Brazilian federal police arrested three top executives of state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) on July 10, along with the directors of three shipyards-Angraporto Offshore...
    Refining & Processing

    OPEC sees flat demand for members’ crude in ‘08

    July 23, 2007
    The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries expects demand for its members’ crude oil to change little next year as limits on global refining capacity continue to support...
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    Refining & Processing

    API: Industry environmental outlays hit $12.4 billion

    July 23, 2007
    The American Petroleum Institute reports the US petroleum industry spent about $12.4 billion on the environment and on environment-related research and development during 2005...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    July 23, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesHouse GOP panel members press for bill markupRepublicans on the US House Science and Technology Committee continue to press for a markup of HR 2337...
    Companies

    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: Aurora Oil & Gas makes executive changes

    July 23, 2007
    Aurora Oil & Gas Corp. has added the responsibilities of president to Chief Financial Officer Ronald E. Huff.