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    Exploration & Development

    GULF UPDATE—1: Gulf of Mexico P&A costs begin to recover from 2005 hurricanes

    Dec. 3, 2007
    In the aftermath of the widespread hurricane destruction in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005, the cost of operations dramatically increased with increased demand for support services...
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    Companies

    Method relates diesel cetane, octane ratings

    Dec. 3, 2007
    A method tested on various diesel blends of known cetane numbers showed a good correlation with the fuel’s octane numbers.
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    Nelson-farrar cost indexes

    Dec. 3, 2007
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    Reserves

    SPECIAL REPORT: Changing oil and gas fiscal and regulatory regimes in Latin America

    Dec. 3, 2007
    At the beginning of the 1990s all producing countries in Latin America permitted limited participation of the private sector in the oil and gas industry.
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    Drilling & Production

    Reed Hycalog: Rig building persists while NA fleet use drops

    Dec. 3, 2007
    Robust pricing for oil and gas continue to drive North American fleet growth in the drilling market, and the number of land and marine drilling rigs continues to increase worldwide...

    More content from Volume 105, Issue 45

    Companies

    COMPANY NEWS: Penn West Energy to acquire Canetic Resources

    Dec. 3, 2007
    Penn West Energy Trust announced that it would buy fellow Canadian trust Canetic Resources Trust, Calgary.
    Refining

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Distant events, local impacts

    Dec. 3, 2007
    Testimony at a US Senate subcommittee hearing in North Dakota took a close look at how local markets can feel the impacts of seemingly distant events.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Dec. 3, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesIraqi oil minister defends stance on oil contractsIraqi Oil Minister Husayn Al Shahristani has defended his country’s efforts to prevent international...
    General Interest

    Eurogas: EU to use gas as link to sustainable energy

    Dec. 3, 2007
    Natural gas can play an important role in the 27 European Union member states over the next decades as “a bridging fuel” to a sustainable energy future, said the gas trade group...
    Production Operations

    Usumacinta rig leak may force Pemex to shut down well

    Dec. 3, 2007
    Petroleos Mexicanos may close its Usumacinta oil rig and the Kab 121 oil well in the Bay of Campeche due to a continuing oil and gas leak, according to a senior company executive...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    SPECIAL REPORT: Chavez dominates Latin American political debate

    Dec. 3, 2007
    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wields considerable influence in Latin America.
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    Companies

    Tombua Landana platform template complete

    Dec. 3, 2007
    Chevron Corp. subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Co. Ltd. took delivery Nov. 26 of the giant Tombua Landana platform template, which was loaded from Heerema Fabrication Group BV’s Heerema...
    Companies

    US House chair asks EPA about groundwater agreement

    Dec. 3, 2007
    A US House committee chairman raised new questions about whether the Environmental Protection Agency is effectively monitoring a 2003 memorandum of agreement intended to eliminate...
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    Companies

    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: Pioneer makes several executive appointments

    Dec. 3, 2007
    Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Dallas, announced three executive appointments related to continued expansion of its operations in the US, South Africa, and Tunisia.
    Exploration & Development

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Corruption lurks in Brazil’s waters

    Dec. 3, 2007
    Brazilian Defense Minster Nelson Jobim claims that an oil discovery off Brazil underlines the need for his country to develop a nuclear submarine for protection.
    Refining

    It’s not easy going green

    Dec. 3, 2007
    Panda Ethanol Inc., Dallas, was granted an air permit for its proposed ethanol refinery in Muleshoe, Tex., that is to be fueled by cow manure.
    General Interest

    UK’s HSE criticizes North Sea energy structure

    Dec. 3, 2007
    More than half of the oil and gas industry’s basic assets in the UK North Sea that have been inspected over the past 3 years are in poor condition, and companies will face closure...
    Companies

    Upward price bias

    Dec. 3, 2007
    This is in response to your editorial, “The curse of $95 oil”.
    Companies

    Marching to $100/bbl oil

    Dec. 3, 2007
    When the front-month crude futures contract fell $3.45 to $91.17/bbl Nov. 13—the lowest level in nearly 2 weeks on the New York Mercantile Exchange—after the International...
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    Production Operations

    CORROSION MODELING—Conclusion: Field inputs guide internal pitting corrosion model

    Dec. 3, 2007
    Laboratory experiments and observation of pit growth rates in six operating fields have led to development of a model to predict internal pitting corrosion of oil and gas pipelines...
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    Gasoline price sting not what politicians say

    Dec. 3, 2007
    The sting of rising gasoline prices is a handy political cudgel, whatever its severity.
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Dec. 3, 2007
    ChileMethanex Corp., Vancouver, BC, agreed to provide $40 million to accelerate GeoPark Holdings Ltd.’s exploration and development program on the Fell Block in the Austral basin...
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Dec. 3, 2007
    Two new tools for E&P operationsA new quad full high-definition monitor for ultrarefined geoscience visualization and analysis and a new data-compression appliance are suited ...
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Dec. 3, 2007
    Baker Hughes IncorporatedINTEQwww.answerswhiledrill.comChevronEDS-Electronic Data Systemsareyoureadyfornow.comEmirates Airlinesemirates.com/usaIndustrial Rubber, Inc.www.iri-oiltool...
    Companies

    Congress and royalties

    Dec. 3, 2007
    Braying in Congress about a court decision on deepwater royalty relief looks more like blame-shifting than serious concern for federal revenue.
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    Production Operations

    CATASTROPHIC EVENT MODELING—1: How coverage has evolved for offshore storm risks

    Dec. 3, 2007
    Modeling offshore energy risk presents a special set of design challenges. Actuarial techniques cannot be applied due to the relative infrequency of events and scarcity of historical...