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  • Volume 105, Issue 8

    • Volume 105, Issue 8

    Drilling & Production

    Efficiencies, cost focus of drilling technology advances

    Feb. 26, 2007
    An emphasis on optimizing efficiencies and keeping costs down underscores the thrust of technology advances in the drilling industry.
    New Plants

    Bright outlook seen for global drilling industry

    Feb. 26, 2007
    The outlook for a continued tight oil and natural gas supply/demand balance suggests a bright outlook for the worldwide drilling industry for the foreseeable future.
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    Companies

    Fracture study suggests horizontal drilling will improve Algerian oil field production

    Feb. 26, 2007
    A study of the natural fractures in BA oil field in Algeria’s Sahara Desert suggests horizontal and multilateral drilling may improve production.
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    Production Operations

    New model predicts solubility in glycols

    Feb. 26, 2007
    A new numerical model predicts the amount of H2S and CO2 absorbed per volume of different glycols circulated vs. the partial pressure of acid-gas components and the absorber’s...
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    IOR/EOR

    SPECIAL REPORT: Fischer-Tropsch oil-from-coal promising as transport fuel

    Feb. 26, 2007
    As crude oil prices rose above $50/bbl last year, interest revived in the use of Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) technology to produce transportation fuels from coal.

    More content from Volume 105, Issue 8

    Drilling & Production

    Activity surge cited in flat drilling safety record

    Feb. 26, 2007
    While safety has been uppermost in the minds of drilling industry personnel for years, the industry’s safety performance has been relatively flat in recent years, according to...
    Drilling & Production

    Drilling industry’s top challenge: personnel needs

    Feb. 26, 2007
    The most critical challenge facing the oil and natural gas drilling industry is filling an urgent need for skilled technical personnel.
    Economics & Markets

    Energy Sec. Bodman outlines US energy goals

    Feb. 26, 2007
    The challenges of satisfying world energy demand require substantial, sustained investments, US Sec. of Energy Samuel W. Bodman told an annual executive conference in Houston ...
    Companies

    COMPANY NEWS: Shell offers $7.4 billion for Shell Canada stake

    Feb. 26, 2007
    Royal Dutch Shell PLC offered $7.4 billion to shareholders in its Shell Canada Ltd. subsidiary for the 22% minority stake it does not already own.
    Companies

    CERA: Alternative energy sources remain hot industry topic

    Feb. 26, 2007
    Public and government emphasis on renewable and other alternative energy resources was a frequent topic of discussion during the opening session of the annual world energy conference...
    Production Operations

    UKOOA: UKCS oil, gas output down by 9% in 2006

    Feb. 26, 2007
    Production of oil and natural gas from the UK Continental Shelf fell by 9% to 2.95 million boe/d in 2006 compared with 2005 because of technical and commercial difficulties, according...
    HSE

    SPECIAL REPORT: Military testing Fischer-Tropsch fuels

    Feb. 26, 2007
    The US Department of Defense is examining the possible role of Fischer-Tropsch fuels for military vehicles, starting with its aircraft.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    CERA: Russian official says gas cartel not imminent

    Feb. 26, 2007
    Russia’s deputy minister of industry told the Cambridge Energy Research Associates convention in Houston that formation of an international gas cartel is not imminent.
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    Feb. 26, 2007
    General Interest - Quick TakesBrazil, Bolivia sign natural gas-price agreementAfter months of negotiations, Bolivian President Evo Morales and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz In...
    Home

    WATCHING THE WORLD: London buses get cut-rate oil

    Feb. 26, 2007
    Venezuela’s grandiose President Hugo Chavez plans to support London’s transport system with subsidized oil, and he’s doing it on the invitation of the city’s embattled mayor, ...
    Economics & Markets

    OPEC, markets evolve

    Feb. 26, 2007
    How the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries perceives oil markets affects anyone who produces, processes, transports, or uses oil.
    Home

    Russian gas

    Feb. 26, 2007
    I’d like to point out two small inaccuracies in a very good survey by David Wood in “Part 1: Russia seeks global influence by exploiting energy geopolitics”.
    LNG

    Gas withdrawal fails to move market

    Feb. 26, 2007
    Energy commodity prices fell Feb. 14-15 as traders in the New York market focused on a smaller-than-expected drawdown of US distillate stocks but shrugged off a near-record withdrawal...
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    LNG

    Services/Suppliers

    Feb. 26, 2007
    Pride International Inc.K. George WasaffClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has announced three appointments for its Latin America Land and E&P Services group. K. George Wasaff...
    Refining & Processing

    Would politicians let Big Oil wed Little Biofuels?

    Feb. 26, 2007
    Because of how they’re measured, biofuel operations can seem bigger than they are.
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    Feb. 26, 2007
    JamaicaPetroleum Corp. of Jamaica offered four land and 12 offshore blocks for license by a May 1, 2007, deadline.Eight blocks are under license, mostly in the Caribbean Sea off...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    DECOMMISSIONING-2: Past contamination, future land use set abandonment time line

    Feb. 26, 2007
    Historical contamination and future land-use plans for an abandoned pipeline location and its facilities can significantly affect the time line of leave-to-abandon proceedings...
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    Drilling & Production

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Feb. 26, 2007
    New line of shock toolsA new line of shock tools is designed to provide an improved rate of penetration and minimize axial vibrations produced by the drillbit.The tools will absorb...
    HSE

    Accommodating prosperity

    Feb. 26, 2007
    A global-warming response that accommodates prosperity should have more appeal than one that promises stagnation.
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Feb. 26, 2007
    Baker Hughes Inc.Baker Atlaswww.bakerhughes.comBCCK Engineering, Inc.www.bcck.comBourbonwww.bourbon-online.comCGGVeritaswww.cggveritas.comDeep Offshore Technology Conferencewww...
    Production Operations

    Nicaragua gets possibly commercial gas find

    Feb. 26, 2007
    Norwood Resources Ltd., Vancouver, BC, discovered gas-condensate and light oil in eight zones in what could be Nicaragua’s first potentially commercial discovery.
    Companies

    Senegal exploration expands Petrobras Africa operations

    Feb. 26, 2007
    An exploration and production contract inked Feb. 5 by Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) with Senegal for the exploration of two blocks means that the Brazilian state-owned firm...
    Exploration & Development

    Nebraska Forest City prospect awaits bit

    Feb. 26, 2007
    A small independent is pursuing the drilling of an oil prospect that could hold several million barrels of oil in the Forest City basin in southeasternmost Nebraska.