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    Trial run of FCCU additive reduces fuel-oil production in heavy feed

    Aug. 28, 2000
    In a trial run at the National Petroleum Refiners (Pty.) Ltd. (Natref) refinery, Sasolburg, South Africa, a bottoms-cracking additive reduced the fluid-catalytic cracking unit...
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    EPA group verifies performance of greenhouse gas emissions-mitigation technologies

    Aug. 28, 2000
    The Greenhouse Gas Technology Verification Center (GGTVC) is one of 12 independently operated organizations established by the US Environmental Protection Agency to verify environmental...
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    Western-built jack up to begin Caspian Sea work

    Aug. 28, 2000
    Transocean Sedco Forex Inc.'s (TSF) Trident 20 will spud its first well late this year, becoming the first new Western jack up to enter the Caspian rig fleet.
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    Expansions hike gas-liquids production capacity off West Africa

    Aug. 28, 2000
    Expansion of CMS Oil & Gas Co.'s operated offshore Alba field facilities, off Equatorial Guinea, will increase the amount of condensate and gas liquids that can be exported from...
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    Finder-well concept helps chop drilling costs

    Aug. 28, 2000
    Conoco UK Ltd., the North Sea arm of Houston-based Conoco Inc., is reaping benefits with its "finder-well" approach, which carefully plans a bare-bones drilling program and then...

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    Method evaluates wellbore stimulation efficiency

    Aug. 28, 2000
    A new method determines the skin factor for stimulated wells producing against constant bottomhole pressure.
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    Petroleum industry faces challenge of change in confronting global warming

    Aug. 28, 2000
    Change presents challenge, to us as individuals and as groups of people in organizations and institutions.
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    Alliance formed for internet collection of well data

    Aug. 28, 2000
    Gruy Petroleum Management Co., a subsidiary of Magnum Hunter Resources Inc., Irving, Tex., has formed a strategic alliance and capital investment program with internet technology...
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    STAR partners cutting methane emissions via cost-effective management

    Aug. 28, 2000
    The US oil and gas industry has reduced emissions from unit operations and equipment leaks by 110 bcf during the past 7 years by implementing management practices endorsed by ...
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    Mitchell opts to go it alone as niche gas player

    Aug. 28, 2000
    Unlike many other US independent producers these days, Mitchell Energy & Development Corp., The Woodlands, Tex., has resisted the urge to merge and has decided to go it alone ...
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    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: Post-acquisition promotions reflect Anadarko restructuring

    Aug. 28, 2000
    Two Anadarko Petroleum Corp. vice-presidents were recently promoted to executive positions under that company's "new organizational structure." Anadarko continues to reorganize...
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    Watching Government: Deepwater rule changes

    Aug. 28, 2000
    The 1995 Deep Water Royalty Relief Act surely has been the most constructive energy legislation the US has enacted in the past few years.
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Aug. 28, 2000
    Oil prices are expected to remain relatively firm, provided there is no further slippage on production quotas from OPEC, Purvin & Gertz said in a July.
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    Company News: Transocean to buy R&B Falcon in $8.8 billion deal

    Aug. 28, 2000
    Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. has agreed to acquire R&B Falcon Corp. in a $8.8 billion deal that would make it the third-largest oil field service company in the world-behind Halliburton...
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    Watching the World: French connection

    Aug. 28, 2000
    Word that BP has stamped its Helios on plans to inject $900 million in capital expenditures (capex) into the UK North Sea this year-and the same again in 2001-confounded the old...
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    A solid idea (and a liquid one)

    Aug. 28, 2000
    What is the status of new, improved catalysts developed for isobutane alkylation?
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    Avoiding catastrophe

    Aug. 28, 2000
    For decades, the general public has been taught to hate the oil business and especially the rich oil man.
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    Politics of global problems

    Aug. 28, 2000
    'Politics of global problems,' what a fantastic editorial.
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    Services/Suppliers

    Aug. 28, 2000
    Canyon Offshore Houston, has named Shawn Moore to the position of regional sales representative.
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    Pipeline capacity key to gas-price market stability in northeastern US and Canada

    Aug. 28, 2000
    Natural gas markets in northeastern North America will undergo significant fluctuations during the coming decade, says the Canadian Energy Research Institute, and pipeline capacity...
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Aug. 28, 2000
    A new catalog of corrosion-resistant, advanced composite ball valves is available, free for the request.
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    Tragedy in New Mexico

    Aug. 28, 2000
    There are times to talk. There are times to stay silent.
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    Joint use of gravity, seismic data advances Precaspian salt modeling, depth imaging

    Aug. 28, 2000
    Significant progress in depth imaging of complex hydrocarbon basins has been achieved in the 1990s.