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  • Volume 105, Issue 5

    • Volume 105, Issue 5

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    Discoveries

    Baseplate stops wellhead movement in Libyan oil field

    Feb. 5, 2007
    Installation of a baseplate stopped wellhead movement on wells drilling in the Eastern Libyan Desert.
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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: Solar energy powers production of heavy oil in California

    Feb. 5, 2007
    A 500-kw solar photovoltaic project, Solarmine, provides daytime electricity to Chevron Corp.’s part of Midway-Sunset heavy oil field in California’s San Joaquin Valley.
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    Companies

    Operators plan more drilling after third Libyan bid round

    Feb. 5, 2007
    Operators committed to drilling at least 35 new exploration wells under successful bids in Libya’s third round.
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    Economics & Markets

    SECOND-HALF 2006: US olefins producers struggle despite lack of major storms

    Feb. 5, 2007
    The absence of hurricanes during third-quarter 2006 created problems for US olefin producers in the fourth quarter.
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    Nelson-farrar cost indexes

    Feb. 5, 2007
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    More content from Volume 105, Issue 5

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    Discoveries

    Method helps find hydrocarbon areas, aids optimum seismic survey planning

    Feb. 5, 2007
    Most E&P companies have turned to seismic surveys to map rock structure in an attempt to select the optimum position for a drill site, especially in offshore exploration.
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Feb. 5, 2007
    Baker Hughes Inc.www.bakerhughes.comBUPAwww.bupa-intl.comChevronEnergy Institutewww.energyinst.org.ukGlobal Power Equipment Group Inc., et alGTIwww.gastechnology.org/LNGHalliburton...
    Refining & Processing

    Why expand the SPR?

    Feb. 5, 2007
    A plan to double capacity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve typifies the cascading misjudgment driving US energy policy.
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    HSE

    China applies WEPP lessons as natural gas demand grows

    Feb. 5, 2007
    Completion of China’s West-East Pipeline Project (WEPP) and its successful operation during the past 2 years has provided valuable experience that China is applying to future ...
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    Refining

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Feb. 5, 2007
    Separator designed for refinery waste water treatmentEnviro Voraxial Technology Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has delivered a Voraxial 2000 separator to Resource Environmental ...
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Feb. 5, 2007
    GuineaHyperdynamics Corp., Houston, was attempting to interest potential farmees in a 31,000 sq mile concession in the Atlantic off nonproducing Guinea that it has held for several...
    Economics & Markets

    Identical forces move prices of oil and oranges

    Feb. 5, 2007
    The price of oranges is about to triple in the US, and nobody’s complaining.
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    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    Feb. 5, 2007
    Knowledge SystemsSteve HobartClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has made several appointments to fill new software and service positions created as part of the company’s recently...
    Operations

    US gas production, Canadian exports fall

    Feb. 5, 2007
    Supply and demand balance reports issued by Bentek Energy LLC, an energy analyst based in Golden, Colo., have indicated in recent weeks a significant drop in North American natural...
    Companies

    Controller collaboration

    Feb. 5, 2007
    In the article published in the Aug. 21, 2006, issue of Oil & Gas Journal, p. 38, entitled “Smarter clocks automate multiple well plunger lift,” the author wishes to clarify that...
    LNG

    Sustainability with gas

    Feb. 5, 2007
    Prompted by recently high and volatile oil prices, many countries are questing for sustainability of energy supply.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Feb. 5, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesUK N. Sea operators eye international marketsA growing number of UK North Sea operators are focusing on building their businesses in international...
    Government

    US House passes repeal of oil, gas incentives

    Feb. 5, 2007
    US House members on Jan. 18 passed HR 6, which would repeal selected oil and gas federal tax incentives, pressure holders of deepwater leases issued without price thresholds to...
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    Refining & Processing

    COMMENT: Analysis highlights limits on energy promise of biofuels

    Feb. 5, 2007
    According to environmentalists and a growing array of politicians, biofuels are going to dramatically reduce our dependence on foreign oil supplies, replace dirty fossil energy...
    LNG

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Asian doubts about Russia

    Feb. 5, 2007
    Adeputy speaker of Russia’s upper house of parliament last month said his country is a guarantor of energy stability and energy security for Asia-Pacific countries.
    HSE

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Permit effort wins applause

    Feb. 5, 2007
    When the 110th Congress begins to examine the US Department of Interior’s proposed budget for fiscal 2008 in a few weeks, it will evaluate programs in DOI agencies.
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    Companies

    SPECIAL REPORT: Oil industry researching diverse energy sources

    Feb. 5, 2007
    Integrated oil and gas companies have established subsidiaries to research and develop alternative and renewable energy sources, anticipating a global need for diverse new supply...
    Government

    White House has mixed review of House energy bill

    Feb. 5, 2007
    The administration of President George W. Bush supports repealing certain tax provisions favoring oil and gas and encouraging holders of deepwater Gulf of Mexico leases issued...
    Companies

    Bush seeks lower gasoline use, expands SPR

    Feb. 5, 2007
    US President George W. Bush has set ambitious goals for displacing gasoline with renewable fuels and has announced plans to double capacity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve ...
    New Plants

    China promotes biofuels as energy alternatives

    Feb. 5, 2007
    Promoting biofuels as an alternative to petroleum products, the Chinese government has set a goal of producing 2 million tonnes/year of biofuels by 2010 and 10 million tonnes/...
    Companies

    Robust lease revenues expected despite higher royalty rates

    Feb. 5, 2007
    Federal officials recognized the possibility that increasing royalty rates could reduce future initial deepwater oil and gas bonus bids, a Department of the Interior official ...