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    Down-flowing FCC reactor increases propylene, gasoline make

    Aug. 14, 2000
    A 0.2-b/d fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) using a downer reactor has demonstrated the ability of its high-severity process to enhance gasoline and light olefins production...
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    Asia's lubes, base-oil market on verge of recovery

    Aug. 14, 2000
    Demand for Asia-Pacific lubricant base oils will grow by 4%/year to 2010.
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    LNG may supplement NY gas market

    Aug. 14, 2000
    The state of New York is studying the feasibility of using LNG as a back-up fuel to help ease disruptions in New York's rapidly growing natural gas market.
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    Pore salt content influences oil displacement efficiency

    Aug. 14, 2000
    Experiments have determined that salt contained in pores changes the displacement efficiency in a stratified heterogeneous formation.
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    Odor delays shale-oil pilot plant start-up in Australia

    Aug. 14, 2000
    Air emissions have delayed commissioning the 4,500-b/d first stage of the Stuart oil-shale pilot facility in Queens- land, Australia. Start up is now expected at yearend 2000 ...

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    ExxonMobil to top Aussie gas producers through 2010

    Aug. 14, 2000
    During 2000-10, supermajor ExxonMobil Corp. will surface as the most prolific upstream gas producer in Australia, according to a recent report by Wood Mackenzie Consultants Ltd...
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    Big E Drilling completes rig construction project

    Aug. 14, 2000
    At the end of the first quarter this year, Big E Drilling Co., Bellaire, Tex., completed construction of its Rig No. 5, bringing to five the number of rigs the company has working...
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    Field maturity, new technology impact development off Norway

    Aug. 14, 2000
    Development in Norwegian offshore areas is undergoing a shift from mature areas, which are becoming increasingly marginal, to the new "frontier" areas of Mid-Norway and the Barents...
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    DOE airship to gather data on oil field emissions

    Aug. 14, 2000
    The US Department of Energy (DOE) has unveiled a remotely piloted airship at Chandler downtown airport in Bakersfield, Calif., that will be used this winter to gather data on ...
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    Looking at Offshore Europe's prospects in a global context

    Aug. 14, 2000
    Offshore Europe has seen over 30 years of continuous exploration and development activity, culminating in these record numbers: 438 fields in operation, producing about 6.5 million...
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    Future UKCS development depends on majors, infrastructure

    Aug. 14, 2000
    Despite the maturation of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), there remain substantial reserve volumes yet to be developed, according to Wood Mackenzie Consultants Ltd., Edinburgh...
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    Full-bore isolation tool saves N. Sea completion costs

    Aug. 14, 2000
    Oil companies in the North Sea have saved operating costs through use of innovative completion equipment such as full-bore isolation valves (FBIVs), placed in the tubing string...
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    UK emphasis seen shifting to E&P vs. divestment

    Aug. 14, 2000
    The UK upstream sector is in transition from a focus on asset divestment to an emphasis on traditional exploration and production and high-grading portfolios.
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    Total Oil completes multiphase pump project in Dunbar field

    Aug. 14, 2000
    TotalFinaElf SA unit Total Oil Marine PLC was recently supplied with two variable-speed drive packages to control multiphase pumps on its Dunbar platform in the UK North Sea; ...
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    GOP platform calls for strong US energy policy

    Aug. 14, 2000
    The Republican Party has approved a 2000 US presidential campaign platform that calls for a strengthening of the domestic energy industry.
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    Oil, gas companies log record earnings in second quarter

    Aug. 14, 2000
    A surge in oil and natural gas prices to historic highs lifted second quarter earnings for virtually all industry participants.
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Aug. 14, 2000
    Does the sharp decline in US oil stocks last month ultimately suggest a more bearish reflection of oil markets than a first glance would suggest?
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    Watching Government: The trigger

    Aug. 14, 2000
    More important than establishing a home heating oil reserve in the Northeast is setting the criteria for its use.
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    Company News: Kværner presses on with bid for Aker Maritime

    Aug. 14, 2000
    A series of strategic moves topped company news last week.
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    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: Tulsa independent beefing up Midcontinent exploration expertise

    Aug. 14, 2000
    A privately held Tulsa independent is beefing up its expertise in US Midcontinent exploration.
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    Watching the World: Brand names, Shell games

    Aug. 14, 2000
    During the Q&A session that followed Royal Dutch/Shell's announcement recently in London of record half-yearly results, Mark Moody-Stuart, chairman of the Anglo-Dutch group's ...
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    Fed: Economic diversification muffles oil price effects in US

    Aug. 14, 2000
    More important than establishing a home heating oil reserve in the Northeast is setting the criteria for its use.
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    Slide rules to freeware

    Aug. 14, 2000
    Your high-interest article "Oil scout humor" (OGJ, July 24, 2000, p. 17), might well become a regular feature.
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    Tanzania's Mafia deepwater basin indicates potential on new seismic data

    Aug. 14, 2000
    The Mafia Deep Offshore basin (MDOB) of southern Tanzania is one of several East African basins that resulted from the break-up of the Gondwana continent from the Middle Jurassic...
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    Caspian region

    Aug. 14, 2000
    The article on Caspian region's future hydrocarbon reserves and production potential (OGJ, July 24, 2000, p. 38) is interesting for
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    Oil scout humor

    Aug. 14, 2000
    Your high-interest article "Oil scout humor" (OGJ, July 24, 2000, p. 17), might well become a regular feature.
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Aug. 14, 2000
    A new underwater flare ignition system is designed for offshore oil and gas production facilities.
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    Crime and politics

    Aug. 14, 2000
    Here is something for oil and gas companies to try as they seek political objectives: criminal behavior.
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    Harbor pipelay is one of the world's longest bottom-pull jobs

    Aug. 14, 2000
    One of the world's largest bottom-pull installations, a 4.5-km pipeline bundle for Shell Eastern Petroleum, was completed in May in the busy Singapore harbor.
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    Storage activity heats up

    Aug. 14, 2000
    Three of the world's largest petroleum and chemical storage and terminal lessors and service providers-Oiltanking, Vopak, and GATX-have expanded their Singapore operations this...