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  • Volume 98, Issue 43

    • Volume 98, Issue 43

    Companies

    Saudi Aramco eyes stake in Filipino naphtha cracker

    Oct. 23, 2000
    Saudi Aramco is considering an investment of $600 million in a naphtha cracker project in the Philippines, according to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries News ...
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    Panel: risk-based decision analysis evolving into key tool of E&P sector

    Oct. 23, 2000
    The exploration and production business today faces growing pressure to balance high-risk endeavors with outside uncertainties-such as the forever-vacillating prices of oil and...
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    Wire rope replaces sucker rods in Chinese wells

    Oct. 23, 2000
    Tests on wire-rope pumping units in two oil fields in China showed that these units eliminated sucker-connection problems, decreased labor requirements, increased effective plunger...
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    Alliance updates performance of new dewaxing technology in Louisiana refinery

    Oct. 23, 2000
    To improve distillate yield and quality, Pennzoil-Quaker State Co. (PQS) recently adopted and implemented the proprietary MAKFining isomerization dewaxing technology (MIDW) in...
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    Balance needed in operating agreements as industry's center of gravity shifts to state oil firms

    Oct. 23, 2000
    As exploration and production companies increase their use of portfolio management techniques to realize maximum value from assets and projects, measuring and managing risk become...

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    New Zealand's deepwater frontier becoming more realistic target

    Oct. 23, 2000
    Apache Corp. has reached a critical mass as of late, metamorphosing into a "superindependent" through a succession of carefully selected and acquired assets located in or near...
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    Ethanol backer bashes oil

    Oct. 23, 2000
    In a presidential election year, adults say preposterous things in pursuit of political goals.
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    Escravos project adds GTL to Phase 3; nears Phase 2 start-up

    Oct. 23, 2000
    The Escravos gas project, a joint venture of Nigeria National Petroleum Corp. (60%; NNPC) and Chevron Nigeria Ltd. (40%), has moved nearer its twin goals of reducing the country...
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    Area Drilling

    Oct. 23, 2000
    An analysis of its Block X in the former Soviet republic has identified a number of drillable prospects, said Ramco Energy PLC.
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    NLNG set to add LPG volumes to world trade

    Oct. 23, 2000
    In June 1999, after 3 years of construction, Nigeria LNG Ltd. (NLNG), completed its two-train, 5.9 million tonnes/year (tpy) base project on time and under budget. Currently, ...
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Oct. 23, 2000
    The new SmartRadar LT is a level gauge designed for reliable and accurate inventory management in intermediate liquid storage applications.
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    Services/Suppliers

    Oct. 23, 2000
    Aberdeen, has named Ian Baxter and Sandy McBain sales engineers.
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    E&P activity

    Oct. 23, 2000
    Despite the recent record gas and oil prices, it is remarkable that E&P activity remains stuck at a relatively low level.
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    Prudhoe Bay production decline

    Oct. 23, 2000
    Thomas Standing's article in (OGJ, Oct. 2, 2000, p. 86) describing oil production decline and expected ultimate recovery at Prudhoe Bay was thought provoking and well written ...
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    Gas supply deficit

    Oct. 23, 2000
    The article "LNG imports needed to meet growing US gas supply deficit" (OGJ, Oct. 2, 2000, p. 28) is very timely, especially so when the US faces a big shortfall in production...
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    E&P sector ripe for rebirth

    Oct. 23, 2000
    After years of experiencing boom and bust cycles-the most recent one reaching its trough at the latter part of 1998 and early 1999-the oil and gas industry is primed for sustainable...
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    Middle East tension heightens market concern

    Oct. 23, 2000
    Escalation of Middle East violence related to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict earlier this month triggered a near 10-year high in some international oil futures prices amid new...
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    DOE gets $100 million for fuel cell program

    Oct. 23, 2000
    The US Department of Energy will have about $100 million for fuel cell related programs in the new fiscal year, including $52.7 million for stationary fuel cell programs, $10 ...
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Oct. 23, 2000
    Crude demand trailing supply
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    Chevron, Texaco merger to boost convergence, electric power

    Oct. 23, 2000
    Chevron Corp.'s 26% stake in energy merchant Dynegy Inc. and Texaco Inc.'s gasification expertise will boost the combined ChevronTexaco Corp.'s options in the "fast-growing gas...
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    Watching Government: SPR backfire

    Oct. 23, 2000
    The Clinton administration's political decision to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has become a political embarrassment.
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    Apache grows through strategic acquisitions, contrarian philosophy

    Oct. 23, 2000
    Apache Corp. has reached a critical mass as of late, metamorphosing into a "superindependent" through a succession of carefully selected and acquired assets located in or near...
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    Watching the World: Pricking the gas bubble

    Oct. 23, 2000
    Two months after the European Union acted to enforce liberalization of natural gas markets, industry opinion about the directive is increasingly voluble.
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    COMPANY NEWS: Chevron, Texaco agree to merge in all-stock deal

    Oct. 23, 2000
    Chevron Corp. early last week confirmed widely rumored speculation that it and fellow US oil company Texaco Inc. have agreed to a merger based on a stock acquisition valued at...
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    Three-stage approach proposed for managing risk in E&P portfolios

    Oct. 23, 2000
    As exploration and production companies increase their use of portfolio management techniques to realize maximum value from assets and projects, measuring and managing risk become...
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    Electrically heated flowlines tie-back two subsea fields

    Oct. 23, 2000
    Shell Exploration & Production Co. announced in mid-September its plans to develope two more deepwater Gulf of Mexico discoveries, Oregano and Serrano.
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    Refinery completes revamp to accommodate Venezuelan crude

    Oct. 23, 2000
    With the help of Bechtel Corp., Phillips Petroleum Co. and Petroleos de Venezuela SA (Pdvsa) completed a revamp of their Sweeny, Tex., refinery to process a heavier crude.
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    MMS investigations provide insights into GOM accidents

    Oct. 23, 2000
    Apache Corp. has reached a critical mass as of late, metamorphosing into a "superindependent" through a succession of carefully selected and acquired assets located in or near...