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    Nov. 1, 1999
    Computer-assisted manufacturing (CAM), aided by a versatile workforce, information technologies, and efficient queue management, has reduced polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC...
    Th 9744jbra
    Nov. 1, 1999
    Petroleum and politics have always made a combustible mixture, and human rights controversies have long been part of the brew.
    Th 9744jbu01
    Nov. 1, 1999
    In 1998, the rich, historic epic of the oil and gas industry entered a new era-one defined by mergers of breathtaking scope and scale and high-stakes positioning for the world...
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    Nov. 1, 1999
    Sophisticated evaluation of a farm-in exploration deal should reflect two characteristics not always evident in routine transactions.

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    Nov. 1, 1999
    A simple, effective model is available for estimating filter cake lift-off pressure, an important factor affecting the productivity of horizontal wells.
    Nov. 1, 1999
    Texaco Australia Pty. Ltd. and energy utility group CMS Energy Corp., Dearborn, Mich., have joined forces to study the commercial feasibility of a second gas pipeline along the...
    Nov. 1, 1999
    A major Caspian Sea oil export pipeline proposal, the Baku-Ceyhan route through Turkey, seems to be making progress at last.
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    Nov. 1, 1999
    Outer Continental Shelf hydrocarbon exploration of Lower Cretaceous carbonates began in 1968, with the James limestone and Andrew formation as targets.
    Nov. 1, 1999
    Shell Petroleum Development Co. of Nigeria Ltd. flashed the green light for a $1 billion development of the EA oil and gas field in the Niger Delta.
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    Nov. 1, 1999
    Owners of 40 leases off central California are being stymied yet again in their attempts to develop viable plans for tracts that the US Minerals Management Service estimates hold...
    Nov. 1, 1999
    Energy Development Corp., a unit of Samedan Oil Co., has released details of its development plan for Amistad gas field in the Gulf of Guayaquil off Ecuador.
    Nov. 1, 1999
    BG International Ltd. acquired a 50% interest in five exploration tracts in the Mediterranean Sea off Israel through a $10 million farmout deal with current operator Isramco Inc...
    Nov. 1, 1999
    US Vice-Pres. Al Gore has pledged that, if elected president, he will ban any new offshore drilling for oil and gas along the California and Florida coasts.
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    Nov. 1, 1999
    Since BP Amoco PLC announced its planned takeover of ARCO in early April, the company has made few public pronouncements about the deal, which is pending approval by US, Alaskan...
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    Nov. 1, 1999
    Collecting and recovering methane hydrates-the ice-like solids formed by the entrapment of natural gas molecules in ice at very low temperatures-and doing so economically has ...
    Nov. 1, 1999
    TotalFina SA has acquired 95.93% of Elf Aquitaine SA's total capital stock, following the close of its public exchange offer for its long-time rival.
    Nov. 1, 1999
    In a move to strengthen its North American gas portfolio, the recently formed gas and power division of BP Amoco PLC bought for an undisclosed sum the shares in ProGas Ltd., Calgary...
    Nov. 1, 1999
    On Oct. 21, environmental campaign group Greenpeace and a number of Inupiat activists from Alaska's North Slope area filed a lawsuit in the US in a bid to prevent BP Amoco PLC...
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    Nov. 1, 1999
    After some delays, key creditors have finally reached a milestone agreement to accept Thai Oil Co.'s $2.25 billion proposed debt-restructuring plan.
    Nov. 1, 1999
    A second 2D seismic survey was starting in October on the 2.8 million acre Ras Tafelney reconnaissance permit in 100-2,000+ ft of water on the Tafelney Plateau (OGJ, Aug. 16, ...
    Nov. 1, 1999
    Esso (Thailand) PLC, an affiliate of Exxon Corp., has started production at its new aromatics complex on Thailand's eastern seaboard.
    Nov. 1, 1999
    Petrochemicals - Saudi Yanbu Petrochemical Co., a joint venture of Saudi Basic Industries Corp. and Mobil Corp., began start-up of a major expansion project at its complex in ...
    Nov. 1, 1999
    A joint venture of Shell Nederland Chemie NV and BASF Nederland BV officially opened a new styrene monomer and propylene oxide (SM-PO) plant at Moerdijk, the Netherlands.
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    Nov. 1, 1999
    Refinery construction (1946 Basis) and Refinery Operation (1956 Basis)
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    In Al Gore's America, it's okay to drill for and produce hydrocarbons from marine locations off Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, but immoral to do so anywhere else....
    Nov. 1, 1999
    One striking fact about the recent megamergers is how gas portfolios seem to grow in importance through the deals.
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    Nov. 1, 1999
    Production of oil and gas from the deepwater areas of the Gulf of Mexico reached an all-time high in 1998, says the US Minerals Management Service.
    Nov. 1, 1999
    If the 1990s have been the "Decade of the Environment" as far as the petroleum industry is concerned, then the next decade is likely to be the "Decade of Human Rights."
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    Nov. 1, 1999
    Even developed nations with significant oil export revenues will suffer if global climate change treaty targets are to be met, warns OPEC.
    Nov. 1, 1999
    The article "Myanmar faces energy crisis despite potential" could have been written 10 years ago (OGJ, Aug. 30, 1999, p. 42).
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    I enjoyed Mr. Lair's column (OGJ, Oct. 4, 1999, p. 21).
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    Nov. 1, 1999
    FirstWave/Newpark Shipbuilding, Houston, Tex., has named Frank R. Pierce corporate vice president and chief financial officer.
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    Nov. 1, 1999
    A new, free brochure discusses the 324A series rotary, positive displacement. three-screw pump line.
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    Howe-Baker International, Inc. has acquired Matrix Engineering, Inc. and its subsidiaries.