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    In what industry observers say is the first purchase of greenhouse gas emissions credits by a US oil company, Murphy Oil USA Inc. has agreed to buy credits for up to 210,000 tonnes...
    Nov. 20, 2000
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    Higher commodity prices, more production, and increased drilling activity improved third quarter profits for many oil and gas companies based in the US.
    Nov. 20, 2000
    The merger and acquisition (M&A) bug continues to bite indiscriminately at both upstream and downstream companies, while other companies are forming strategic partnerships.
    Nov. 20, 2000
    The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has deferred a decision on any further oil production increases until January.
    Nov. 20, 2000
    Four production hikes and, according to Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries figures, over 3.7 million b/d later, OPEC's attempts to steady the price of crude have come...
    Nov. 20, 2000
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    US oil and gas merger and acquisition activity fell sharply in the third quarter, but the trend is shifting toward asset sales and away from stock deals.
    Nov. 20, 2000
    Conoco Inc.'s fledgling business unit, Conoco Carbon Fibers, has named two new managers to positions within the company.
    Nov. 20, 2000
    Although it will be closely divided, the next US Congress won't be paralyzed to the degree that some observers think.
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    Demise of single-hull, ocean-going oil tankers moved much closer last month when the UN's International Maritime Organization (IMO) took its "first, formal step" towards a global...
    Nov. 20, 2000
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    A number of Canadian oil and gas companies have posted record earnings for the third quarter.
    Nov. 20, 2000
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    A large coalbed methane exploration and development project is starting in the southeastern Alberta portion of the Western Canada Sedimentary basin.
    Nov. 20, 2000
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    The value of reserves in US oil and gas asset transactions rose in the third quarter of this year, despite a lag in the number of deals.
    Nov. 20, 2000
    Kuwaiti Oil Minister Saud Nasser Al-Sabah last week disclosed that Iraq blocked Saudi Arabia's candidate, Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish, from being elected secretary general of the...
    Nov. 20, 2000
    Companies' internet websites have become the resource of first resort for business reporters' research, indeed for anyone needing information about a company's doings.
    Nov. 20, 2000
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    This new multiaccess component system comes as an easy to customize, off-the-shelf solution for work access.
    Nov. 20, 2000
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    Glasgow, has named Andy Nash sales manager with the newly formed Weir Process Group.
    Nov. 20, 2000
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    As of mid October, overall drilled footage from the Chirag-1 Platform was 207,195 ft at an average of 29 days/10,000 ft of hole.
    Nov. 20, 2000
    The delicate political balance emerging from this month's general election in the US adds importance to a future Supreme Court decision already crucial to the oil and gas industry...
    Nov. 20, 2000
    Sonatrach kicked off a licensing round that covers 6 blocks in 5 basins.
    Nov. 20, 2000
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    Demise of single-hull, ocean-going oil tankers moved much closer last month when the UN's International Maritime Organization (IMO) took its "first, formal step" towards a global...
    Nov. 20, 2000