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    The US Congress faces an important challenge this year as it considers ways to keep nearly half a million miles of oil, natural gas and product pipelines safe and secure.
    Feb. 23, 2004
    A new "Frontier" license that allows offshore operators to apply for relatively large acreage on the UK's Atlantic margin or continental shelf west of the Shetland and Orkney ...
    Feb. 23, 2004
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    Plains Exploration & Production Co. has agreed to acquire Houston rival Nuevo Energy Co. in a stock transaction valued at $945 million. Upon closing, Nuevo stockholders will own...
    Feb. 23, 2004
    Controversy over weapons of mass destruction obscures other motives, real and imagined, for the military strike in Iraq last March.
    Feb. 23, 2004
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    World oil supplies remained relatively level at 82.1 million b/d during January, with production from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries falling by 145,000 b/d ...
    Feb. 23, 2004
    The White House told the US Congress that an existing law designed to discourage non-US companies from investing in either Iran or Libya should continue to give President George...
    Feb. 23, 2004
    US Senate leaders Feb. 12 pledged to take a leaner energy bill to the Senate floor when Congress returns from a 1 week break Feb. 23.
    Feb. 23, 2004
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    Several principals from Matador Petroleum Corp. have founded Matador Resources Co., Dallas (see Company News, p. 31).
    Feb. 23, 2004
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    US demand for petroleum rose "only modestly" in 2003, part of a long-term trend in which US oil consumption has increased by only a fraction of the rate of the overall economy...
    Feb. 23, 2004
    Baker Oil Toolswww.bakeroiltools.com
    Feb. 23, 2004
    Catching up on some reading, I just came across your proposal (OGJ, Jan, 5, 2004, p. 15) to base traffic penalties on vehicle weight.
    Feb. 23, 2004
    Water, the third phase in petroleum production, represents a massive liquid volume that operators have to handle and dispose of cost-effectively and in an environmentally sound...
    Feb. 23, 2004
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    A new high-strength steel with a specified minimum yield strength of 120 ksi has been developed for line pipe applications (OGJ, Dec. 1, 2003, p. 56).1
    Feb. 23, 2004
    Democracy remains elusive along the northern reaches of the Persian Gulf.
    Feb. 23, 2004
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    The new 561N pipelayer features an electronically controlled engine with more power and reduced emissions, new fingertip controls and better viewing area for the operator, and...
    Feb. 23, 2004
    Santos Ltd. was drilling an exploratory well on the Sampang production sharing contract in the East Java basin 40 km southeast of Surabaya.
    Feb. 23, 2004
    There may be a new risk premium in crude oil pricing.
    Feb. 23, 2004
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    Despite its significance as a source of oil and gas on the doorstep of the US market, the Caribbean offshore region is poorly explored, especially in the deep water.
    Feb. 23, 2004