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    Many of the oil industry's long-standing financial policies need updating to adjust to a business environment being transformed by technology, sector maturity, and the digital...
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    New, automated closed-loop steering devices are significantly reducing deviations from ideal wellpath in horizontal wells.
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    Knowing the composition of the recycle oil charged to the coker fractionator helps determine coke yield and thus coking economics.
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    Although ultra-low sulfur (ULS) fuels used with certain vehicle technologies will reduce vehicle CO2 emissions, there are a number of counterbalancing effects in terms of refining...
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    Bulk factors, used successfully for weight estimating and weight control for numerous offshore fixed installations and onshore modularization projects, can also be applied, in...
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    Nelson Farrar Cost Indexes
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    Iran's strategic position between the Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea, and the Indian subcontinent continues to play a pivotal role in securing oil and natural gas export outlets for...
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    Global merger activity is at an historical high, despite the fact that most mergers fail to deliver superior returns to shareholders.
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    Yemen, still one of the smallest countries in the Middle East in terms of reserves, has made remarkable progress the past 15 years.
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    Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) will invest $29.4 billion by 2005 to become self-sufficient in crude oil production.
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    Chevron Corp. and Texaco Inc. have appointed several senior executives to lead their newly formed company, ChevronTexaco Corp., once the merger closes (OGJ, Oct. 23, 2000, p. ...
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    The global oil and gas industry will see another wave of major mergers within the next 2 years, as the "bigger is better" trend in consolidation continues.
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    Foxboro, Mass., has appointed Michael Gissing vice-president and general manager for global SCADA.
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    The top-to-bottom restructuring that state-owned Norwegian oil and gas giant Statoil AS launched 3 years ago is on track to be completed by yearend.
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    The warning shot fired by the Norwegian Oil Industry Association (OLF) across the Ospar Convention's bow recently for the latter's desire to further tighten regulations governing...
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    Some major Canadian oil and gas companies reporting fourth quarter and full year 2000 earnings have shown record gains.
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    The value of reserves in US oil and gas asset transactions increased in the fourth quarter of 2000, in spite of a lag in the number of deals completed.
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    US oil industry groups have praised Sens. Frank Murkowski (R-Alas.) and John Breaux (D-La.) for opening debate on a comprehensive national energy strategy.
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    Is OPEC playing "chicken" again with oil markets?
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    It is interesting to examine the growth of the gas industry in Oman the past 15 years.
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    It is somewhat ironic that in OGJ (Feb. 19, p. 17) an editorial focused on how the US government might take greater care in its dealings with Europe, you refer to NATO as the ...
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    Development of the Russian Far East's enormous energy potential has long been a topic of vast (and often) under-informed speculation.
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    I enjoyed the article by Luis E. Giusti with the Center for Strategic & International Studies in OGJ, Jan. 1, 2001, p. 18.
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