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  • Volume 106, Issue 5

    • Volume 106, Issue 5

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    HSE

    SPECIAL REPORT: Independents mitigate field costs through operating efficiencies

    Feb. 4, 2008
    Independent operators report strong US exploration and production efforts despite increased drilling costs and other service costs.
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    Capacities

    Petrobras continues to add producing facilities off Brazil

    Feb. 4, 2008
    Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) in 2007 added five floating production units to its extensive operations off Brazil and plans many more during the next decade, according to...
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    General Interest

    CLASSIC BIT KINEMATICS—1: Design analysis predicts cone behavior

    Feb. 4, 2008
    Drillbit kinematics are defined by the rotation speed and rate of penetration, influenced by the cutting action of the teeth.
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    LPG Markets

    SECOND-HALF 2007: US olefins see improving feed economics, demand

    Feb. 4, 2008
    Although the US hurricane season of 2007 was essentially a non-event for the petrochemical and refining industries at large, Hurricane Humberto disrupted operations for a few ...
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    Home

    Nelson-farrar cost indexes

    Feb. 4, 2008
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    More content from Volume 106, Issue 5

    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    Feb. 4, 2008
    Baker Hughes IncorporatedHughes Christensenwww.bakerhughes.comBCCK Engineeringwww.bcck.comBrian Wolf Oil & Gas Propertiesbrian@hwy246.netBupawww.bupa-intl.comCAREERBUILDER.COMcareerbuil...
    Government

    Bush’s energy program

    Feb. 4, 2008
    It’s no mere coincidence that the most sterile climate in decades for energy policy-making developed while the US president followed instead of led on the subject.
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    General Interest

    Services/Suppliers

    Feb. 4, 2008
    Baker Hughes Inc.Houston, has appointed Nelson Ney president of its Centrilift division and a Baker Hughes Inc. vice-president. He succeeds Charles S. Wolley, who is leaving the...
    New Plants

    Equipment / Software / Literature

    Feb. 4, 2008
    The patent-pending MR125DD is a new primary lithium cell suited for oil and gas measurement-while-drilling (MWD) applications.
    Drilling & Production

    Area Drilling

    Feb. 4, 2008
    Central Petroleum Ltd., Perth, updated seismic activity on its permits in the Amadeus and Pedirka basins in Australia’s Northern Territory.
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    Refining & Processing

    Tanker earnings continue slide

    Feb. 4, 2008
    Tanker market earnings for the half-year ended September 2007 softened 25%, from the same period a year earlier and 10% from the prior 6 months.
    HSE

    Societe Generale mess a reminder of trading perils

    Feb. 4, 2008
    The unfolding Jerome Kerviel drama says much about cap-and-trade remedies for climate change.
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    Production Operations

    Outlook for US gas supply improves if production efforts are stepped up

    Feb. 4, 2008
    This is an update of a recent article by the author in which he painted a rather pessimistic picture of the future of US natural gas production based on the Potential Gas Committee...
    Economics & Markets

    Government action revitalizes markets

    Feb. 4, 2008
    Fears of recession and unauthorized trading at an international French bank battered equity markets, forcing government action that caused US energy prices to rebound in late ...
    Capacities

    World decline rate

    Feb. 4, 2008
    The Jan. 17, 2008, press release by Cambridge Energy Research Associates (see www.cera.com), which was carried by Reuters, reported the world’s oil supplies were to rise to 112...
    LNG

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Egypt’s rising energy stature

    Feb. 4, 2008
    Egypt’s increasingly strategic role in oil and gas shipping, as well as nuclear and alternative energy, was recently highlighted by US Sec. of Energy Samuel W. Bodman on his tour...
    Refining

    The knowledge base

    Feb. 4, 2008
    The oil and gas industry’s worry over the loss of its petroleum engineering and geological knowledge base to an expected wave of retirements may not be as warranted as once thought...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    OWA: W. Africa is strategic for global crude oil supplies

    Feb. 4, 2008
    Offshore West Africa is poised to become an important source of oil and gas supplies for global consumption, with 6.5 billion bbl of oil discovered in the last 2 years alone.
    Drilling & Production

    API: US natural gas drilling breaks record in 2007

    Feb. 4, 2008
    US oil and gas exploration and production activity remained robust during 2007 as producers drilled a record number of natural gas wells, the American Petroleum Institute said...
    HSE

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: Greenhouse gas control issues

    Feb. 4, 2008
    US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) did not hide her displeasure as she opened a Jan. 24 hearing on Environmental Protection Agency...
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    Reserves

    OGJ Newsletter

    Feb. 4, 2008
    General Interest - Quick TakesInterior orders mineral reforms after reportUS Interior Secretary Dirk A. Kempthorne, after receiving the final report of an independent study panel...
    Drilling & Production

    SPECIAL REPORT: High costs for rigs, services pinch independents

    Feb. 4, 2008
    High costs for drilling rigs and services are expected to continue in 2008 in an already tight market for equipment and personnel, say industry analysts and independent oil and...
    Production Operations

    Brazil makes inroads in Cuba, signs E&P agreements

    Feb. 4, 2008
    Brazil’s state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has signed agreements with Cuba’s Cupet for cooperation in oil and gas exploration and production, research and development...
    Reserves

    DOE study sees high North Slope potential

    Feb. 4, 2008
    US oil reserves could more than double by 2050 if commodity prices remain high and leasing restrictions ease on Alsaka’s North Slope, according to a federal government study.
    Reserves

    Nigeria expects OPEC production to remain level

    Feb. 4, 2008
    Nigeria does not expect to see a change in oil output from members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries at the group’s upcoming emergency meeting being held Feb...
    HSE

    Bush touts similar energy message in SOTU speech

    Feb. 4, 2008
    US President George W. Bush commended Congress for passing legislation in 2007 aimed at reducing US dependence on oil and urged federal lawmakers to continue such efforts in 2008...
    Production Operations

    OWA: Pressure increases to bring peace to Niger Delta

    Feb. 4, 2008
    Funds of $4 billion allocated by the Nigerian government to the Niger Delta for its development over the last 4-5 years have been swallowed up by increased governmental staff ...
    Economics & Markets

    New consortium formed to manage Kashagan field

    Feb. 4, 2008
    A new managerial consortium consisting of Eni SPA, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Total SA, and ExxonMobil Corp. has been formed to perform operational management of Kazakhstan’s Kashagan...
    HSE

    Bush asked to recall US-Cuba boundary note

    Feb. 4, 2008
    US Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) has asked President George W. Bush to recall a diplomatic note to Cuba delineating Gulf of Mexico boundaries because of a Jan. 15 agreement between...