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    Drilling & Production

    Costs, environmental/safety issues top deepwater concerns

    Nov. 5, 2007
    Companies that provide equipment and services to the deepwater oil and gas operations sector see little prospect that soaring costs will be reined in anytime soon.
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    Gas Processing

    BTX: PROBLEM AND SOLUTION-Conclusion: CBUs eliminate BTX-induced catalyst deactivation

    Nov. 5, 2007
    The first part of this two-part series describes how Saudi Aramco faced chronic Claus catalyst deactivation for years as a result of benzene, toluene, and xylene (BTX) in lean...
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    Drilling & Production

    New technology solutions advancing deepwater capability

    Nov. 5, 2007
    A host of new game-changing technology solutions is advancing the oil and gas industry’s capabilities in deep and ultradeep waters.
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    Production Operations

    Future designs emerging for floaters, subsea systems

    Nov. 5, 2007
    As the offshore oil and natural gas industry continues its march into deepwater frontiers, the facilities that will be the mainstays of that push, subsea installations and floating...
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    Petrochemicals

    SECOND-THIRD QUARTERS 2007: Low C3 inventory build fuels supply concerns for heating

    Nov. 5, 2007
    A slump in waterborne propane imports into the US during second and third quarters 2007 caused an inventory deficit to widen.

    More content from Volume 105, Issue 41

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    IOR/EOR

    GLOBAL OIL RESERVES-1: Recovery factors leave vast target for EOR technologies

    Nov. 5, 2007
    Since 2003 prompt and long-term oil prices have been constantly climbing to levels ($70-90/bbl) that have caught many people by surprise.
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Nov. 5, 2007
    AB Sandvik Materials Technologywww.sandvik.comAIGwww.aigglobalmarineandenergy.comBaker Hughes IncorporatedBaker Hughes INTEQBJ Serviceswww.bjservices.comBourbonwww.bourbon-online...
    Economics & Markets

    Energy bills in context

    Nov. 5, 2007
    The worst US energy legislation in years should be viewed in context. The House and Senate have passed destructive energy bills while losing control of federal spending and threatening...
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Nov. 5, 2007
    ArgentinaTwo undrilled 5-km-long structural traps may contain a resource of 8.1 bcf of gas and 6.4 million bbl of oil on the 20 sq km Mina El Carmen block in the northern Golfo...
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Nov. 5, 2007
    New web mapping serviceA new web mapping service (WMS) has been added to this firm’s suite of web-based mapping products available to Eddy Watch subscribers.The new product allows...
    Economics & Markets

    Mortgage crunch a reminder of economic cycles

    Nov. 5, 2007
    The US treasury secretary offered lessons all around-some related to oil and gas-in a stinging Oct. 16 speech about the meltdown of housing finance.
    Production Operations

    Facing $100/bbl oil

    Nov. 5, 2007
    The December contract for benchmark US light, sweet crudes climbed as high as $92.22/bbl during the regular trading session Oct. 26 on the New York Mercantile Exchange before ...
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    Economics & Markets

    PIPELINE INSPECTION-1: Uncertainty-based assessment substitutes for internal inspection

    Nov. 5, 2007
    Internal inspection of pipelines is not always economic, prompting development of methods for assessing a pipeline’s current condition based on historic operating and process ...
    Companies

    Mixing oil, wikis, and blogs

    Nov. 5, 2007
    New media-like wikis, blogs, social networking, and tagging tools-raise interesting questions about how businesses should utilize them.
    Refining & Processing

    Ethanol no palliative

    Nov. 5, 2007
    The editorial, “Biofuels meet doubt,” tells us that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Round Table on Sustainable Development views the rush to biofuels...
    Refining

    UK supply-security study confident about gas imports

    Nov. 5, 2007
    The UK will have sufficient capacity in LNG terminals and natural gas pipelines to receive gas imports in the medium term, but price will determine if gas is sent to the country...
    Government

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Rebels target Sudan’s oil

    Nov. 5, 2007
    If you were counting on increased supplies of Sudanese crude to reduce the worldwide price of oil, you may need to think once again, especially given plans made by rebels in the...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Nov. 5, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesSenate members question further SPR oil purchasesNoting that crude oil prices have reached the $90/bbl range, seven US Senate Democrats asked Energy...
    LNG

    Gas Summit: Changes could imperil gas supply, demand

    Nov. 5, 2007
    The accelerating pace of change that has turned the gas market from relatively simple to increasingly complex and risky, has brought a new dimension to supply and demand security...
    HSE

    BP unit agrees to record settlement with CFTC

    Nov. 5, 2007
    BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to pay $303 million in fines to settle charges that it manipulated propane markets in February 2004 and April 2003, the US Commodity ...
    New Plants

    Alberta raises royalty rates but rejects oil sands tax

    Nov. 5, 2007
    Alberta will raise royalty rates on production of oil, gas, and oil sands-but not by as much as a provincial advisory panel recently recommended.
    Refining & Processing

    Gas industry, Senate members voice energy bill concerns

    Nov. 5, 2007
    The American Petroleum Institute, Independent Petroleum Association of America, and seven other trade associations representing natural gas producers, pipelines and consumers ...
    Production Operations

    IFP: Oil equipment, services demand growth slows

    Nov. 5, 2007
    Globally, oil field equipment and services have been in tight supply since 2005, but the demand growth rate is beginning to slow and may plateau in 2008, said officials at the...
    Companies

    US Supreme Court to hear Exxon Valdez appeal

    Nov. 5, 2007
    The US Supreme Court agreed Oct. 29 to hear an appeal of the $2.5 billion punitive damages award stemming from the 1989 grounding of the tanker Exxon Valdez and subsequent crude...
    Exploration & Development

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Oil’s changing relationships

    Nov. 5, 2007
    Memo to US, Canadian, and other Western nations’ oil and gas producers: Russia and Caspian Basin nations are renegotiating agreements with stricter terms.
    Economics & Markets

    GAO report: CFTC’s regulatory reach should expand

    Nov. 5, 2007
    US Congress should consider expanding the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s authority over energy derivatives trading, particularly in exempt commercial markets, the General...
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    IOR/EOR

    Task force: US can shrink oil gap with unconventional fuels

    Nov. 5, 2007
    The US government and oil industry must jointly take aggressive action to slow the growth in oil demand and to increase oil supply with help from unconventional sources, reported...
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    Production Operations

    POINT OF VIEW: PDO undertakes more complex production, development projects

    Nov. 5, 2007
    During his 5 years as managing director of Petroleum Development Oman, John Malcolm has seen an increase in the complexity of operations for sustaining oil production from the...
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    Nelson-farrar cost indexes

    Nov. 5, 2007
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    Production Operations

    SPECIAL REPORT: PDO initiates various enhanced oil recovery approaches

    Nov. 5, 2007
    To sustain long-term oil production from its contract area in Oman, Petroleum Development Oman has turned to diverse methods for enhancing oil recovery from its fields that contain...
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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: World’s largest CO2 capture, EOR project planned off Dubai

    Nov. 5, 2007
    Among the projects Dubai Petroleum has under way is a feasibility study for injecting CO2 to extract more oil from mature oil fields.