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    Drilling & Production

    Subsurface data technology advancing at dizzying pace

    Sept. 24, 2007
    The dizzying pace of technology advancement in the oil and natural gas industry’s ability to process, interpret, and image subsurface data shows no sign of letting up.
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    New Plants

    R&D yielding advances in subsurface processing, imaging

    Sept. 24, 2007
    Research and development continues to yield impressive advances in subsurface processing and imaging technology.
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    LPG Markets

    Low-cost revamp strategies improve FCCU performance

    Sept. 24, 2007
    Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL) used low-cost modifications to the FCC unit in its Mumbai, India, refinery to improve performance.
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    Exploration & Development

    New tools advancing subsurface data integration

    Sept. 24, 2007
    Integration of seismic data with other subsurface data is benefiting from gains in computing power and development of new software tools.
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    Companies

    UNCONVENTIONAL GAS-3: New plays, prospects, resources continue to emerge

    Sept. 24, 2007
    The last few years have witnessed the emergence of numerous unconventional gas plays and prospects in the US.

    More content from Volume 105, Issue 36

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    Drilling & Production

    DRILLING MARKET FOCUS: Companies commit billions to offshore rig construction

    Sept. 24, 2007
    Drilling contractors and speculators have ordered 140 offshore rigs, to be delivered through 2011.
    Production Operations

    MMS, Burlington settle gas royalty dispute

    Sept. 24, 2007
    Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co. has agreed to pay the federal government more than $97.5 million, plus interest, to settle several natural gas royalty issues on federal and...
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    Exploration & Development

    POINT OF VIEW: More growth seen in use of geophysical methods

    Sept. 24, 2007
    The use of geophysical methods has spread from the fringes of exploration to the heart of reservoir management during a quarter-century of technological expansion that the incoming...
    Government

    Judge tosses California vehicle emissions lawsuit

    Sept. 24, 2007
    A US district judge in San Francisco has quashed California’s lawsuit against major automakers regarding vehicle emissions.
    Production Operations

    Oil supplies expected to remain tight despite OPEC decision

    Sept. 24, 2007
    Crude oil supplies are expected to remain tight despite the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ decision Sept. 11 to increase authorized production by 500,000 b/d starting...
    Exploration & Development

    Franco-Iranian relations cool over nuclear goals

    Sept. 24, 2007
    Franco-Iranian relations appear to have reached a turning point.
    Companies

    COMPANY NEWS: GDF, Suez merge into major gas distributor, utility

    Sept. 24, 2007
    Gaz de France and Suez, following approval of their boards and shareholders, reported Sept. 3 a merger of equals set to become the largest gas transmission and distribution network...
    Home

    Italy, Kazakhstan to meet to resolve Kashagan issues

    Sept. 24, 2007
    Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi plans to visit Kazakhstan next month in an effort to resolve a disagreement over delays and cost increases in developing the giant Kashagan...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Sept. 24, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesChavez vows to expand gas, oil productionVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez said his government is “launching the socialist gas revolution,” claiming...
    Refining

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Terrorists aim at key systems

    Sept. 24, 2007
    The al-Qaeda terrorist group, which has long eyed ways of interfering with the oil and gas industry, continues to threaten world peace.
    Companies

    Shale plays send PGC’s US gas resources estimates higher

    Sept. 24, 2007
    Shale gas plays in four US Midcontinent basins provided most of the impetus as estimated US natural gas resources grew dramatically from the end of 2004 to the end of 2006, the...
    Companies

    Approval, gas sales boost Australian LNG plans

    Sept. 24, 2007
    The Gorgon LNG project off Western Australia, with facilities on Barrow Island, has moved a step closer to implementation, having received preliminary environmental approval for...
    Exploration & Development

    ONGC plans $30 billion investment in 2007-12

    Sept. 24, 2007
    India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) plans to invest $30 billion during its 11th 5-year plan (FYP) covering fiscal years ending in 2012.
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    Government

    Jonah mitigation science

    Sept. 24, 2007
    Oil and gas operators acknowledge the need to restore or create wildlife and plant habitat to counterbalance what has been lost to drilling and development.
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    Gas Processing

    New methods ease multiline stray-current measurement

    Sept. 24, 2007
    Increasingly complex matrices of potential stray-current corrosion sources have made mitigation of potential problems both more difficult and more important.
    Economics & Markets

    Crude tops record $80/bbl

    Sept. 24, 2007
    The front-month crude contract closed above $80/bbl for the first time in the history of the New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 13 upon news that Hurricane Humberto had disrupted...
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    Drilling & Production

    Services/Suppliers

    Sept. 24, 2007
    National Oilwell Varco (NOV)Reese and ThigpenClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has announced the following new appointments. Mark Reese has been named as president of NOV’s ...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    US chases energy fantasies while EU seeks supply

    Sept. 24, 2007
    Europe and the US share concern about security of energy supply. The similarity mostly ends there.
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Sept. 24, 2007
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    HSE

    Biofuels meet doubt

    Sept. 24, 2007
    Finally, the worldwide biofuels frenzy has encountered quasi-official doubt. Even better, the doubt emerged in a forum dedicated to sustainable development.
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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: Creating new geography: Seismic image processing illuminates new opportunity space in S. Louisiana

    Sept. 24, 2007
    Southern Louisiana is one of the most prolific petroleum provinces of the world.