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    Weather forecasting has never been an exact science. In some areas of the world, people inspect "woolly worms" to predict the severity of the coming winter.
    Jan. 20, 2003
    Members of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's beleaguered administration announced plans to split state oil corporation Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) into two operations, ...
    Jan. 20, 2003
    Two recent company transactions have taken two operators—one large US independent and another international major—into uncharted or uncommon areas of their operations.
    Jan. 20, 2003
    A panel of former executive and technical employees of Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) said Jan. 10 they were struggling to prevent Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez from taking...
    Jan. 20, 2003
    Three government agencies are endorsing a dramatic expansion of coal- bed methane production on public lands in Montana and Wyoming under new regional environmental impact statements...
    Jan. 20, 2003
    The 108th US Congress is in place with Republicans controlling both the House and Senate. But serious legislative work may not start until next month.
    Jan. 20, 2003
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    The general strike that has slashed Venezuela's oil production to less than 500,000 b/d was well into its 7th week at presstime last week, with no solution yet in sight.
    Jan. 20, 2003
    Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries decided Jan. 12 to increase their total oil production quota by 6.5% to 24.5 million b/d in an effort to reassure ...
    Jan. 20, 2003
    New York state Jan. 6 formally asked the US Environmental Protection Agency to waive a federal clean air rule that requires fuel suppliers to sell reformulated gasoline (RFG) ...
    Jan. 20, 2003
    Iraq exported 6.7 million bbl of oil for the week ended Jan. 10, a reduction of 7.4 million bbl from the 13.1 million bbl exported during the preceding week, according to figures...
    Jan. 20, 2003
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    Data mining massive geological databases is a leading edge statistical technique useful in oil and gas exploration.
    Jan. 20, 2003
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    As regulatory and safety bodies, such as the US Department of Transportation's Office of Pipeline Safety, increasingly emphasize risk management as a tool in pipeline operation...
    Jan. 20, 2003
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    Norman, Okla., has announced the appointment of Alan R. Huffman as its vice-president of operations, and as president and CEO of Fusion's new subsidiary, Fusion Petroleum Technologies...
    Jan. 20, 2003
    The US should not tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to disruption of oil imports from Venezuela.
    Jan. 20, 2003
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    The new Hytorc-Disc stops bolt turning and twisting when placed underneath a regular nut and held stationary by the click-on bolting machine.
    Jan. 20, 2003
    GeoPetro Resources Co., San Francisco, submitted to Indonesia's BPMIGAS agency a work program for the 2.4 million acre Yapen block production sharing contract off northern Irian...
    Jan. 20, 2003
    The US government properly refuses to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change but acts determined to implement it. This month, the Environmental Protection Agency began a ...
    Jan. 20, 2003
    Is 2003 going to be a year of $5/MMbtu natural gas in the US? The latest developments in oil and natural gas markets seem to be pointing that way, and a number of analysts have...
    Jan. 20, 2003
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    Jan. 20, 2003