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  • Volume 105, Issue 38

    • Volume 105, Issue 38

    Reserves

    Turkmen head invites foreign oil, gas investment

    Oct. 8, 2007
    Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, who Sept. 20 met with US Sec. of State Condoleeza Rice, has encouraged international investment in his country’s oil and gas...
    Discoveries

    OECD report questions benefits of subsidies for biofuels

    Oct. 8, 2007
    Governments subsidizing biofuels could support a fuel that is more expensive and more environmentally harmful than its corresponding petroleum product, a group in the Organization...
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    IOR/EOR

    SPECIAL REPORT: Ultrasonics detect small leaks in Alaska North Slope wells

    Oct. 8, 2007
    A new ultrasonic leak-detection logging tool conveyed on wireline, and recently on slick line in memory mode, can detect leaks as small as 0.0024 gpm.
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    Refining & Processing

    Study forecasts US fuel demand for next decade

    Oct. 8, 2007
    Economic growth, fuel prices, and policy choices will determine the rate of growth of US gasoline and diesel markets during the next decade.
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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: Gulf of Mexico King field gets world’s deepest subsea pumps

    Oct. 8, 2007
    In July, BP America Inc. began installing two subsea pump stations to boost production from three wells in King field, Gulf of Mexico.

    More content from Volume 105, Issue 38

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    Home

    Web services: key components and technologies

    Oct. 8, 2007
    Web services are platform-independent interfaces based on well-understood internet protocols and standards.
    Companies

    Case study: BP’s real-time architecture project

    Oct. 8, 2007
    BP’s US Onshore Business Unit, built largely through mergers and acquisitions, had seven different production/operations data capture and storage systems.
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    Carnegie Mellon’s capability maturity model

    Oct. 8, 2007
    The Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model (CMM) describes organizational maturity as “continuous process improvement based on many, small ...
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Oct. 8, 2007
    AIGwww.aigglobalmarineandenergy.comBaker Oil Toolswww.bakeroiltools.comCapstone Turbine Corp.www.microturbine.comEmirates Airlinewww.emirates.comEWIwww.ewi.orgGeneral Electric...
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    LNG

    LNG TRADE-Conclusion: Spark spread trends allow analysis of LNG consumers

    Oct. 8, 2007
    Spark spread trends and volatility show that opportunities for gas supply through LNG vary from market to market and require careful contracting and risk management to position...
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Oct. 8, 2007
    Optical flowmeter provides accurate dataHere’s the Focus probe, an optical flowmeter that provides accurate data independently of gas composition or contamination of the sensing...
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    Companies

    WEB SERVICES TO SOA-1: How BP’s E&P unit navigated the IT vision and chasm

    Oct. 8, 2007
    Our strategy is to automate BP’s business processes so that the organization can achieve its goals faster, smarter, and more efficiently than the competition.
    Government

    Summer gasoline output discredits spring suspicion

    Oct. 8, 2007
    Timing makes the latest congressionally inspired investigation of the US oil industry look-to put it politely-seriously uninformed.
    Refining & Processing

    Security vs. insecurity

    Oct. 8, 2007
    Security of demand, the rising concern of oil producers, links inevitably with security of supply, a worry of consumers.
    Economics & Markets

    Analyst sees US oil supply cuts by 2012

    Oct. 8, 2007
    Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Nigeria, Algeria, and Russia will cut crude exports to the US by 2012, and the resulting gap between supplies and demand will intensify investments...
    General Interest

    Big Oil, unveiled

    Oct. 8, 2007
    Need a surefire way to liven up boring party banter? Just introduce the phrase “Big Oil” into a dying conversation with practically anybody, and spirited discussion will closely...
    Government

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Kurdistan deal riles officials

    Oct. 8, 2007
    Government interference in any business is rarely a good thing, especially when it is the oil and gas business.
    Government

    DOI auditor probe finds other royalties flaws at MMS

    Oct. 8, 2007
    A US Department of Interior internal investigation found that four auditors in the Minerals Management Service’s Minerals Revenue Management division did not follow departmental...
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    Refining & Processing

    Biofuels producers confront evolving market unknowns

    Oct. 8, 2007
    With biofuels likely to become a global industry by 2012, companies that emerge as leaders will have to be nimble and develop flexible strategies to negotiate inherent market ...
    Companies

    FERC considers revising gas pipeline reporting rules

    Oct. 8, 2007
    The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has proposed revisions to financial forms, statements, and reports it requires interstate natural gas pipelines to submit.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Oct. 8, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesVenezuela officials take issue with OPEC figuresVenezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez as well as other country officials have taken issue with the...
    Pipelines

    Surgutneftegaz studies oil pipeline expansions

    Oct. 8, 2007
    Russia’s Surgutneftegaz, entering discussions over the feasibility of the planned East Siberia Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline, said it can ensure production of 3 million tonnes...
    Discoveries

    Producers warn of harm from Alberta’s royalty proposals

    Oct. 8, 2007
    Proposals for increased taxation of oil and gas production in Alberta have come under specific criticism from the producing industry.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    China, Russia to sign ESPO line construction agreement

    Oct. 8, 2007
    Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is scheduled to visit Moscow next month to meet with Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zukhov and sign an intergovernmental agreement for the construction...
    Companies

    NGSA sees little upward gas-price pressure this winter

    Oct. 8, 2007
    High storage levels, steady drilling rates, and expected warmer-than-normal winter temperatures suggest there will be minimal upward pressure on natural gas prices during the ...