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    The US Office of Pipeline Safety issued an advisory bulletin to owners and operators of natural gas transmission and hazardous liquid pipelines warning them to consider external...
    Dec. 15, 2003
    Three companies acquired exploration rights to four blocks in the Atlantic off Sierra Leone while three blocks were not awarded.
    Dec. 15, 2003
    The official word is that a threatened trade war had nothing to do with the decision by US President George W. Bush to end steel tariffs 16 months ahead of schedule.
    Dec. 15, 2003
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    These new miniature dual metering flow control valves are suited for liquid handling applications.
    Dec. 15, 2003
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    Exeter, UK, has announced that Brian Wainman has been appointed senior development engineer with the special engineering projects dept.
    Dec. 15, 2003
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    American Petroleum Institute's pressure vessel and tank committee recently concluded a 5-year effort to revise Standard 650 that provides design rules for reasonable margins against...
    Dec. 15, 2003
    The letter by Donald Anthrop on hydrogen and fuel cells (OGJ, Oct. 13, 2003, p. 10) commented on my letter on the topic (OGJ, Aug. 25, 2003, 10). I would like to respond to that...
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    Drillship Nereus, designed by a team of engineering students from the University of Michigan's Department of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering (NAME), is the winning entry...
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    Energy futures prices spiked Dec. 8 with the January natural gas contract hitting $6.944/Mcf in overnight trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest price level ...
    Dec. 15, 2003
    Oil and natural gas operating companies' spending and drilling activities are expected to remain flat for the next few months, according to the monthly PatchWork Survey released...
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    Hydrajet fracturing, which can place multiple propped hydraulic fractures in precise locations, effectively stimulated two underperforming horizontal openhole gas wells in the...
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    Anadarko Petroleum Inc. has named ames T. Hackett president and CEO, in what analysts call a move to help restore investor confidence in the Houston-based company.
    Dec. 15, 2003
    The US Environmental Protection Agency's new administrator Mike Leavitt struck a conciliatory tone in his inaugural speech to employees and reporters earlier this month.
    Dec. 15, 2003
    The Pentagon last week said it is excluding Germany, France, Russia, Canada, and China from US contracts to rebuild Iraq's oil sector and other critical infrastructures because...
    Dec. 15, 2003
    Mitsui Indonesia Gas BV, a wholly owned unit of Mitsui & Co. Ltd., agreed to acquire BG Group's 50% interest in the Muturi production-sharing contract (PSC) in West Papua, Indonesia...
    Dec. 15, 2003
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    Over the past year, a perceived connection between the control of oil resources, economic security, and power politics seems to have come back to life from the dusty pages of ...
    Dec. 15, 2003
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    Petrochemical capacity additions to slow 2002-12 Petrochemical production capacity additions will slow 2002-12.
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    Recent research confirms no correlation exists between cash margins and decisions of a large chemical producer to invest in a new plant; specific corporate priorities rather than...
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    Rig markets are showing only slight changes, but the initiation of new international projects suggests an upward swing.
    Dec. 15, 2003