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    The refining industry should try to parlay concern over the price of oil into attention to the costs of environmental regulation.
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    As oil and gas profit margins continue to be unpredictable and volatile, proper screening and evaluation of prospects will become even more essential.
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    Low crude prices in the spring of 1998 caused oil companies to tighten the reins on investments in 1999.
    March 13, 2000
    How does a country with such a vast natural resource base as Russia find itself on the verge of fiscal and economic insolvency?
    March 13, 2000
    As a result of the privatization process under the direction of former President Boris Yeltsin, Russia's petroleum assets have changed hands over the past 9 years from a centrally...
    March 13, 2000
    ExxonMobil Corp. has taken a leading position among players in the Caspian Sea region.
    March 13, 2000
    Totalfina Elf and the French government plan to use a novel approach to pump out the 146,000 bbl of heavy fuel oil that remains in the sunken Erika tanker, which broke up Dec....
    March 13, 2000
    BP Amoco PLC and a unit of China National Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec) have agreed to boost planned capacity at their proposed Shanghai ethylene complex by a third to 850,000...
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    A review of historical 10-year data on crude oil gravity and sulfur content shows that generally poorer-quality crudes are being processed in the US.
    March 13, 2000
    Much like the repercussions from the Exxon Valdez disaster in the US, the loss of a tanker off France is prompting Europe to reexamine its maritime safety regulations.
    March 13, 2000
    Valero Energy Corp.'s $895 million-plus purchase of ExxonMobil Corp.'s Benicia refinery and 340 marketing outlets in California marks the San Antonio independent refiner's entry...
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    Japan's General Sekiyu KK and Tonen Corp.-both affiliates of ExxonMobil Corp.-have agreed to merge in a bid to streamline operations and cut costs.
    March 13, 2000
    Onarep signed a 12-month reconnaissance contract with Conoco (UK) Ltd. for its Mediterranean offshore territory.
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    David T. Lawrence has been named vice-president, exploration and development, of Shell Exploration & Production Co., a unit of Shell Oil Co., Houston. He joined Shell in 1984....
    March 13, 2000
    Efforts by offshore northern Australian gas developers to secure a market for their gas have evolved beyond LNG and other conventional supply options to encompass a world-scale...
    March 13, 2000
    The US Department of Energy has selected two research projects to assist production from the 192,000 stripper gas wells in the US.
    March 13, 2000
    The US Bureau of Land Management has launched an initiative to resolve leasing conflicts between coal producers and coalbed methane producers.
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    Oil prices are showing the greatest volatility since the 1990-91 Persian Gulf crisis amid heavy US pressure on key OPEC nations and conflicting signals from OPEC ministers.
    March 13, 2000
    Petroleum industry calendars this time of year swarm with conventions and conferences.
    March 13, 2000
    I'm writing this letter in response to the article by Richard Dion (OGJ, Feb. 21, 2000, p. 21).
    March 13, 2000
    Mr. Scott Montgomery's article on oil well core preservation (OGJ, Nov. 15, 1999, p. 84) reminded me of my first oil field job: core analyst for Core Laboratories Inc. in Midland...
    March 13, 2000
    Weatherford International, Inc., Houston, Tex., has announced that its gas compression division, Weatherford Global Compression Services, has acquired Gas Services International...
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    Here's the Model 2000 soap stick launcher, which holds 34 soap sticks and will drop on command from a CPU device based on the needs of the well.
    March 13, 2000