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    The most recent arctic blast across much of the US and Canada has led many to wonder: could natural gas prices be rescued from their sagging levels during an otherwise forgettable...
    Feb. 11, 2002
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    For the first time in 50 years, the Mexican government is planning to invite oil and gas companies to participate in international tenders for developing Mexico's onshore natural...
    Feb. 11, 2002
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    Economic projections point toward a gradual recovery of industrial production activity in Mexico in the next few years. A prerequisite for this growth, however, is the timely ...
    Feb. 11, 2002
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    What has been described as the world's largest oil field development project currently under way marked further progress in 2001.
    Feb. 11, 2002
    Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Alas.) said he wants federal legislation directing Alaskan North Slope producers and pipeline companies to build an arctic gas line that parallels the ...
    Feb. 11, 2002
    A month in effect, an elaborately coordinated curtailment of oil production remains-what else?-a muddle.
    Feb. 11, 2002
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    In Mexico, we are living in times of change, with new demands being voiced by society. At all levels of government in Mexico programs are being developed to respond to this demand...
    Feb. 11, 2002
    The yearend 2001 ranking of the world's 50 largest energy companies was shaped by some significant events:
    Feb. 11, 2002
    The UK's oil minister is also responsible for other energy sources and is rather proud that he has just inaugurated the world's largest straw-fired power station, a 36 Mw, $100...
    Feb. 11, 2002
    Alaska is "resource rich" but too "cash poor" to buy in as part owner of a proposed pipeline to transport North Slope natural gas to the Lower 48, said the head of the state's...
    Feb. 11, 2002
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    Petro-Canada, Calgary, leads recent upstream acquisition news with its plan to buy the international oil and gas operations of Veba Oil & Gas GMBH for $3.2 billion (Can.) in a...
    Feb. 11, 2002
    Rep. Barbara Cubin (R-Wyo.), chairman of the House Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, last week said her agenda for this year will complement the White House...
    Feb. 11, 2002
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    World tanker earnings for 2001 were in near free-fall, dropping by more than 70% from January to December. And no end seemed in sight for this the third drop-and by far the steepest...
    Feb. 11, 2002
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    Houston-based energy marketer Dynegy Inc. took temporary possession of Enron Corp.'s Northern Natural Gas (NNG) pipeline Jan. 31 and named Dan Dienstbier as the pipeline's president...
    Feb. 11, 2002
    The fiscal 2003 budget proposed by the administration of Presiden George W. Bush would require the Department of Energy to overhaul the way it funds oil and gas research.
    Feb. 11, 2002
    President George W. Bush's first State of the Union speech Jan. 29 gave US oil companies the clearest indication yet that the administration is not yet prepared to allow American...
    Feb. 11, 2002
    The Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical, and Energy Workers International Union (PACE) has accepted a refinery workers' contract offer from Shell Oil Co. that is expected to set...
    Feb. 11, 2002
    There's nothing like a juicy scandal to hit some new high notes in the perpetual comic opera that is Washington, DC.
    Feb. 11, 2002
    Your editorial "The energy-economy link" (OGJ, Dec. 17, 2001, p. 17) has some terminology that is undoubtedly and unnecessarily offensive to many, probably most people. Writing...
    Feb. 11, 2002
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    Denver, has promoted Edward M. Portaro to vice-president, power; and William E. Ward to vice-president, oil and gas. Both men have been instrumental in the growth of the firm'...
    Feb. 11, 2002
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    Here's the SRM6200E, a license-free, wireless Ethernet radio modem, specifically designed to operate in the 902-928 Mhz ISM band.
    Feb. 11, 2002
    Melrose Resources PLC, London, had an indicated discovery at its El Mansoura-3 well in the Nile Delta onshore within 10 km of East Delta field production facilities.
    Feb. 11, 2002
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    Major and independent producers in West Texas are quietly using horizontal drilling technology to tap tight natural gas deposits in the Montoya and Devonian formations in what...
    Feb. 11, 2002
    Alberta Energy Companywww.aec.ca
    Feb. 11, 2002