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  • Volume 104, Issue 28

    • Volume 104, Issue 28

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    Companies

    Permeability changes affect CBM production predictions

    July 24, 2006
    The Palmer-Mansoori (P-M) theory of permeability changes incorporated into a pseudosteady-state equation can predict the approximate peak gas flow rate and decline with depletion...
    Production Operations

    A Pump for All Reasons

    July 24, 2006
    The types of pumps used in the oilfield are almost limitless. They are used in exploration technologies and almost every facet of production to move liquids or gas.
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    Production Operations

    High-capacity gas membrane elements reduce weight, cost

    July 24, 2006
    The Cynara division of Natco Group Inc. has developed and field tested a large-capacity gas separation membrane module.
    IOR/EOR

    Future Trends in the Making

    July 24, 2006
    In the future, artificial lift technologies will involve further improvements in manufacturing and design coupled with new software, electronics, sensor technologies, data transfer...
    Production Operations

    Choosing a Pump

    July 24, 2006
    Whenever a well no longer produces at the volume desired, artificial lift systems are considered.

    More content from Volume 104, Issue 28

    HSE

    A warped hockey stick

    July 24, 2006
    The L-shaped centerpiece of climate-change politics is getting warped. Since 2001, a temperature plot called “the hockey stick” has girded claims that humans have warmed Earth...
    Companies

    Area Drilling

    July 24, 2006
    DenmarkStar Energy Group PLC, London, agreed to take 20% interest from Tethys Oil AB, Stockholm, in the Tethys-operated 1/02 license onshore Zealand and 1/03 license onshore and...
    Companies

    Print Ad Index

    July 24, 2006
    ABB Inc.ArielBaker Petrolitewww.bakerpetrolite.comBCCK Engineering, Inc.www.bcck.comBJ Serviceswww.bjservices.comDDB OmanDeltaValvewww.deltavalve.comDow Bldg. ConstructionGTIwww...
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    Discoveries

    Argentina Salta blocks attractive despite earlier lack of success

    July 24, 2006
    The provinces in Argentina now have the right to offer areas for exploration. Since the National Secretary of Energy was unable to attract investments, the provinces have the ...
    Economics & Markets

    Reactions in gulf to Israel-Lebanon flare-up diverge

    July 24, 2006
    When violence escalates in and around Israel, reactions from the Persian Gulf are of course very important to oil markets.
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    Equipment/Software/Literature

    July 24, 2006
    New submersible data monitorHere’s the new Data Dolphin 320 data monitor, a submersible piece of equipment. It offers NEMA 6P/IP68 protection for laboratory-grade accuracy in ...
    Refining

    Israeli incursion boosts oil prices

    July 24, 2006
    Crude prices soared to record highs above $78/bbl July 14 after Hezbollah raids into Israel triggered an Israeli military incursion into southern Lebanon earlier that week.
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    LNG

    Independent storage is ready for Hackberry policy

    July 24, 2006
    The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission needs to create a regulatory environment conducive to the continued development of natural gas storage capacity.
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    Production Operations

    Services/Suppliers

    July 24, 2006
    Stupp Bros. Inc.Edward L. ScramClick here to enlarge imageSt. Louis, Mo., has named Edward L. Scram as president and chief operating officer of Stupp Corp. Scram has 26 years ...
    LNG

    Camisea interests

    July 24, 2006
    A clarification to your article “Large upstream projects target world energy needs” (OGJ, June 12, 2006, p. 41): In the table on p. 41, the information on Peru implies that Hunt...
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    Companies

    GTL diesel accelerating

    July 24, 2006
    Gas-to-liquids diesel fuel is hitting its stride in endurance events. It’s zooming to victory on a French racetrack and fueling an overland vehicle on a 10,000-km trek across ...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newsletter

    July 24, 2006
    General Interest - Quick TakesAlaskan lawmakers hold session on gas lineAlaska’s legislature convened in special session in Juneau July 12 to discuss issues about partial state...
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    Companies

    Lehman Bros.: E&P spending to reach $261 billion in 2006

    July 24, 2006
    Spending for worldwide exploration and production is expected to increase 21.3% to $261 billion this year, up from the 14.7% projected last December for 308 companies surveyed...
    Pipelines & Transportation

    WATCHING THE WORLD: Prospects rise in Greenland

    July 24, 2006
    Market forces have everything to do with getting more oil out of the ground and getting it out more safely.
    Government

    New Jersey senators to fight OCS leasing off state

    July 24, 2006
    Two days after US Senate Republican leaders announced an offshore leasing compromise for the Gulf Coast, New Jersey’s senators said they would fight any effort to extend it to...
    Government

    Senate leadership reaches OCS legislation compromise

    July 24, 2006
    Nearly 2 weeks after the US House passed an Outer Continental Shelf leasing reform bill, Senate leaders announced they are ready to move ahead with their own legislation.
    Refining & Processing

    Increased governors’ role urged in refinery permitting

    July 24, 2006
    Federal refinery permitting legislation should increase the role of state governors, a US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee member said on July 13 during the committee...
    Companies

    COMPANY NEWS: Santos to acquire Delhi ,increase Cooper basin stake

    July 24, 2006
    Santos Ltd. agreed to buy Delhi Petroleum Pty. Ltd. for $474 million (Aus.) in equity and debt. The acquisition is part of the Adelaide-based firm’s efforts to increase its stake...
    Capacities

    API: Consumers responding to higher gas prices

    July 24, 2006
    Consumers apparently reacted to higher prices as US gasoline demand during the second quarter dropped 0.4% to an average 9.2 million b/d, the American Petroleum Institute said...
    Companies

    CMS Nomeco appeals to Congress after court loss

    July 24, 2006
    A producer that had its Congo (Brazzaville) production garnished by a US court to pay some of that nation’s creditors is taking its case to the US Congress and the administration...
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    HSE

    Coalbed methane expands in Canada

    July 24, 2006
    Commercial production of coalbed methane (CBM) started only recently in Canada, but this unconventional natural gas resource is now a potentially significant contributor to Canada...
    Production Operations

    Market Growth Drives Innovation and New Applications

    July 24, 2006
    Pump technology continues to evolve as market demands spur improved performance in virtually every component of artificial lift systems.
    New Plants

    Technology Developments to Watch

    July 24, 2006
    The focus on increased production has created numerous opportunities for pump providers in all phases of the market.