• Home >
  • Back Issues >
  • Oil & Gas Journal >
  • Volume 101, Issue 45
  • Volume 101, Issue 45

    More content from Volume 101, Issue 45

    Th 137670
    Norway's Statoil ASA said the corporate assembly unanimously elected Jannik Lindbaek its chair and elected Kaci Kullmann Five as deputy chair. Kullmann Five served as acting chair...
    Nov. 24, 2003
    Th 137622
    A systematic study conducted in Lukoil Bulgaria Ltd.'s Neftochim Bourgas FCC unit quantified the influence of unit operating variables on FCC gasoline specifications.
    Nov. 24, 2003
    Th 137621
    Changes in directional drilling and surveying practices could lead to a reduction in positional errors arising from nonconstant wellbore curvature.
    Nov. 24, 2003
    Th 137608
    A proposed technique using the observed trend of log water-oil ratio (WOR) vs. cumulative oil produced (Np) can predict oil well decline rates on a time basis.
    Nov. 24, 2003
    Th 137528
    Engineering and construction companies are facing tighter margins, riskier contracts, and intense competition as the industry's client base further consolidates.
    Nov. 24, 2003
    The US should work harder to bolster energy ties with China, industry experts and academics told an Oct. 30 hearing of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
    Nov. 24, 2003
    Williams selling its Alaska refinery, other assets Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, is selling its Alaskan business interests, including its refinery, in three separate transactions...
    Nov. 24, 2003
    Indonesia is seeking to allay concerns of Japanese and South Korean LNG buyers after announcing a decrease in contracted supplies for December from ExxonMobil Corp.'s Arun natural...
    Nov. 24, 2003
    While many have voiced serious concerns about the recent arrest and detention of former OAO Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky, several government and energy executives played down...
    Nov. 24, 2003
    Even as Iraq's oil minister Nov. 17 touted his country's sales targets to Middle Eastern neighbors, saboteurs still appeared to hold sway over US-led efforts to restore the country...
    Nov. 24, 2003
    ExxonMobil fined $11.9 billion in gas royalty dispute A jury Nov. 14 ordered ExxonMobil Corp. to pay $11.9 billion in damages to Alabama after finding the company committed fraud...
    Nov. 24, 2003
    Th 137533
    The European Union is embroiled in controversy over proposals to increase mandatory levels for strategic stocks of oil and natural gas.
    Nov. 24, 2003
    Th 137581
    Russia could see substantial increases in its exports of crude oil to south and east Asia following a strategic deal cut with Israel that will see as much as 1.1 million b/d of...
    Nov. 24, 2003
    Th 137585
    In the first four parts of this lean energy management (LEM) series we have laid out the logic for adoption of lean management techniques common to other manufacturing industries...
    Nov. 24, 2003
    Th 137519
    Acceleration in global economic growth has prompted the International Energy Agency to revise upwards its monthly assessment of oil demand growth.
    Nov. 24, 2003
    Under new legislation signed Nov. 10 by US President George W. Bush, the US Congress lifted its objections to possible drilling in the federal waters of Alaska's Bristol Bay, ...
    Nov. 24, 2003
    The head of a US Northeast air quality group sharply criticized a pending energy bill before the US Congress at presstime last week, saying the measure does not address water ...
    Nov. 24, 2003
    Industry praises MMS plan to revamp oil valuation rule Four oil and gas trade groups largely embraced a recent US Minerals Management Service proposal to retool its final oil ...
    Nov. 24, 2003
    Worldwide pipeline information available here.
    Nov. 24, 2003
    Listed are major construction projects by processing and pipeline categories.
    Nov. 24, 2003
    Oil & Gas Journal would like help from its its readers in updating its enhanced oil recover survey, which over the years has provided the industry a comprehensive list of worldwide...
    Nov. 24, 2003
    Th 137639
    Newly developed software for characterizing oil reservoirs is now available free from the Kansas Geological Survey.
    Nov. 24, 2003
    One aspect of identifying and solving any problem is to determine if the basis of the problem is emotional or logical.
    Nov. 24, 2003
    In Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, the protagonist, Santiago, conquers a world of challenge to catch a huge marlin, then helplessly watches sharks devour his prize...
    Nov. 24, 2003
    The omnibus energy bill The US Congress, as of presstime last week, seemed ready to pass comprehensive energy legislation.
    Nov. 24, 2003