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  • Volume 106, Issue 17

    • Volume 106, Issue 17

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    Production Operations

    SPECIAL REPORT: Growth of floating production systems accelerates

    May 5, 2008
    Floating production systems continue to grow in number as the oil and gas industry finds fields that without these systems would not be technically or commercially feasible to...
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    Production Operations

    COMMENT: Iranian oil industry, 100, showing wear

    May 5, 2008
    The Iranian oil and gas industry approaches its 100th anniversary bloated, corrupt, and nearly bankrupt, managing four times the employees but two-thirds the oil production it...
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    Reserves

    SPECIAL REPORT: Shell developing heavy oil in deep water off Brazil

    May 5, 2008
    In its BC-10 integrated field development off Brazil, Shell is using new subsea technologies that incorporate caisson separation with electric submersible pumps, surface BOP with...
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    Economics & Markets

    US PROPANE—FOURTH-QUARTER 2007-FIRST QUARTER 2008: Improved US production blunts cold weather effects

    May 5, 2008
    Winter 2007-08 in the US was colder than any winter since 2002-03 and total heating degree days in the Northeast and upper Midwest were nearly equal to their 30-year averages....
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    Home

    Nelson-Farrar monthly cost indexes

    May 5, 2008
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    More content from Volume 106, Issue 17

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    General Interest

    Caribbean has overlooked hydrocarbon potential on North America’s doorstep

    May 5, 2008
    That the Caribbean Plate formed in the Pacific is a 40-year-old idea, and there is much evidence that continental crust is abundant.
    Production Operations

    Energy trade and security

    May 5, 2008
    Given the concern they profess for energy security, Democrats in the US Congress—including the two seeking their party’s presidential nomination—should act thoughtfully...
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    May 5, 2008
    AB Sandvik Materials Technologywww.smt.sandvik.com/oilgasABBwww.abb.com/oilandgasAddax Petroleumwww.addaxpetroleum.comAir Francewww.airfrance.comAlcoa Oil & Gaswww.alcoaoilandgas...
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    HSE

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    May 5, 2008
    New tool designed for ethanol leak detectionClick here to enlarge imageHere’s the new 2020ComboPRO for ethanol leak detection in fuel ethanol plants.The tool helps in compliance...
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    LNG

    SPECIAL REPORT: Medgaz pipelay begins; S-lay, J-lay split duties

    May 5, 2008
    Medgaz will begin offshore pipelay of the 210 km, Algerian-European natural gas pipeline bearing its name in May 2008, using a combination of S-lay and J-lay techniques.
    Capacities

    Area Drilling

    May 5, 2008
    New ZealandHyundai Hysco, Seoul, plans to participate in PEP 38451 in the deepwater Taranaki basin off New Zealand.Deepwater Taranaki is undrilled, and PEP 38451 at 13.8 million...
    Production Operations

    Energy politics warps analysis of oil markets

    May 5, 2008
    Deception in service to energy politics is standard practice in the US Congress.
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    Refining & Processing

    Services/Suppliers

    May 5, 2008
    Aker Kvaerner ASA,Oslo, has changed its name to Aker Solutions ASA. The company will is now listed under the new ticker “AKSO.” In addition, Aker Solutions has consolidated its...
    Refining

    Distillate demand driving market

    May 5, 2008
    Growing demand for middle distillate fuels in Asia and Europe has created a world shortage that can only be resolved by processing more crude to produce these straight-run products...
    Production Operations

    Declining production

    May 5, 2008
    I reckon Thomas Wyman’s letter, “A disquieting look,” has factual merit, but let’s not take the wrong trail.
    Production Operations

    EIA: Lieberman-Warner bill could raise gas prices

    May 5, 2008
    Climate change legislation headed for debate on the US Senate floor in early June would significantly reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions but also could dramatically increase...
    Refining & Processing

    Questions about surveys

    May 5, 2008
    Oil & Gas Journal editors receive questions every day from readers and researchers.
    Refining

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Mexico’s oil critics

    May 5, 2008
    Mexico has agreed to talks with a rebel group that last year claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on oil and gas installations that severely dented the country’s economy...
    Refining & Processing

    Mexico imports more gasoline as oil production drops

    May 5, 2008
    Mexico’s gasoline imports rose to 360,700 b/d in March, the highest level since November 2007.
    Pipelines & Transportation

    Mexico to reduce oil exports to US in 2008

    May 5, 2008
    Mexico will reduce its crude oil exports to the US by an average of 184,000 b/d throughout 2008, a situation that could continue for 2 years longer, reported a Mexican media outlet...
    Production Operations

    Bush to Congress: remove obstacles to raise oil, gas supplies

    May 5, 2008
    US President George W. Bush urged Congress to send a positive signal to world energy markets by removing obstacles to more domestic oil and gas production.
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    Refining & Processing

    OGJ Newsletter

    May 5, 2008
    General Interest — Quick TakesMMS approves Cascade-Chinook FPSO plansThe US Minerals Management Service has approved development plans for the Cascade-Chinook oil and natural ...
    LNG

    France’s EU presidency to highlight energy security

    May 5, 2008
    Energy will be a leading priority when France assumes its half-year turn to preside over the European Union, beginning July 1.
    Drilling & Production

    Forum: US, Mexico must solve gulf boundary dispute

    May 5, 2008
    The US and Mexico are becoming more aware of the potential for disputes over deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil resources, experts agreed at an Apr. 23 forum at the Woodrow Wilson Internation...
    Refining & Processing

    House SPR oil purchase hearing splits along party lines

    May 5, 2008
    Democrats and Republicans at an Apr. 24 US House committee hearing on continuing oil purchases for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve when prices are breaking records disagreed on...
    Reserves

    Energy group offers EU strategy for attracting LNG

    May 5, 2008
    The regulation of future LNG terminals will play a commanding role in the European Union’s ability to attract LNG imports, reported an independent group of energy experts established...
    Government

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Momentum builds for SPR bill

    May 5, 2008
    Truckers drove around the National Mall in Washington, DC, on Apr. 28, blowing the horns on their rigs and shouting through bullhorns before an afternoon rally to protest record...
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    Tankers

    SPECIAL REPORT: Heavy-lift system retrieves hurricane-damaged topsides

    May 5, 2008
    To date the heavy-lift system, deployed for the first time in June 2007, has recovered six hurricane-toppled platform topsides from the Gulf of Mexico and is contracted to retrieve...