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  • Volume 99, Issue 5

    • Volume 99, Issue 5

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    Increased US workover-rig activity forecast

    Jan. 29, 2001
    Operators plan to turn up the heat this year on Cretaceous and Jurassic exploration and development drilling in the East Texas basin.
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    Shell's next TLP hull starts journey to Gulf of Mexico

    Jan. 29, 2001
    Shell Exploration & Production Co.'s Brutus tension-leg-platform (TLP) hull departed Daewoo Corp.'s fabrication yards near Okpo, South Korea, on Dec. 7, 2000, for a 2-month journey...
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    US demand growth in 2001 to respond to slowing economy

    Jan. 29, 2001
    Demand for petroleum products in the US will increase again this year, stimulated by lower oil prices, closer to normal weather, and continued economic growth.
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    PP industry will benefit

    Jan. 29, 2001
    Unprecedented producer consolidations and technological changes will continue to change competition in the polypropylene industry.
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    Polymer mud improves drilling efficiencies in Bashkortostan

    Jan. 29, 2001
    Polymer-based drilling fluids used in the Bashkortostan fields of Russia can increase penetration rates, improve core recovery, minimize formation damage, retain a near-gauge ...

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    Bossier gas activity paces East Texas operations

    Jan. 29, 2001
    Operators plan to turn up the heat this year on Cretaceous and Jurassic exploration and development drilling in the East Texas basin.
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    Bossier play has room to grow, possible limits in East Texas

    Jan. 29, 2001
    Petroleum exploration has often depended upon re-found opportunities in mature areas.
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    Area Drilling

    Jan. 29, 2001
    Repsol YPF, Madrid, signed an agreement with Comercial Cupet for six blocks off the island's north coast.
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    Doing nothing on energy

    Jan. 29, 2001
    An electricity crisis in California and refinery closure in Illinois sound loud alarms about energy in the US.
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Jan. 29, 2001
    WellGuard, a new line of valve actuators for wellheads and production flow lines, is used in conjunction with Bettis-designed valve bonnets to provide open and close control for...
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    Correlations developed for compressibility

    Jan. 29, 2001
    Two separate correlations for predicting the isothermal compressibility of reservoir fluids and crude oils have been developed. One correlation is based on molecular weight; the...
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    Services/Suppliers

    Jan. 29, 2001
    Dallas, has announced a deal in which SmartSignal of Lisle, Ill., will provide equipment condition monitoring (ECM) and fault detection software in Aurion's line of field automation...
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    More gas for Mexico

    Jan. 29, 2001
    There has been much discussion in Oil & Gas Journal lately about soaring demand for natural gas.
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    COMPANY NEWS: Apache to acquire Repsol-YPF's Egyptian interests

    Jan. 29, 2001
    Apache Corp., Houston, continues to wield its purchasing power in scooping up more assets that will strengthen its core areas of operations.
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    OGJ Newsletter

    Jan. 29, 2001
    Natural gas prices are finally beginning to moderate a bit with warmer weather, but not before price forecasts for the balance of 2001 were notched up again.
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    Watching the World: Manning the controls

    Jan. 29, 2001
    Jeroen van der Veer recently admonished international oil companies to set their sights beyond classic supply and demand analysis in dealing with the volatility predicted to haunt...
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    PERSONNEL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS: API pipeline committee names new chair

    Jan. 29, 2001
    George M. Rootes, president of Equilon Pipeline Co., has been selected to chair the American Petroleum Institute's pipeline committee.
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    US E&P firms shone as energy stocks made big gains in 2000

    Jan. 29, 2001
    Energy company stocks achieved a median total return of 48% in 2000, and a fourth of the issues doubled in price, according to John S. Herold Inc., Norwalk, Conn.
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    US petroleum industry stresses easing as downstream woes persist

    Jan. 29, 2001
    Although the US oil industry has been under severe stress during the past few years, the sources of that stress have changed dramatically.
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    Gas-power firms dominate Energy 50 ranking in 2000

    Jan. 29, 2001
    The yearend 2000 ranking of the world's 50 largest energy firms is dominated by companies with new business models-the main focus of these firms is on business development rather...
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    Worldwide oil demand to increase again in 2001

    Jan. 29, 2001
    Continued growth in the global economy will push up worldwide demand for oil again this year.
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    US, Canada drilling to rise as oil, gas prices moderate

    Jan. 29, 2001
    Drilling in the US and Canada should post a healthy increase this year even as average oil and gas prices moderate compared with 2000 prices.
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    North Sea subsea wellhead removal proceeds

    Jan. 29, 2001
    Coflexip Stena Offshore Ltd. (CSOL), a UK unit of the Coflexip Stena Offshore Group, has been active in recovering subsea wellheads and production trees from the North Sea with...