The Oil and Gas Journal articles from April 1998

The Oil and Gas Journal archives from April 1998

Continued uncertainty over OPEC's ability to cut oil production and thus boost prices aid the current supply glut has U.S. producers scratching their heads over why the U.S. government is proceeding with a mandated sale of crude from the country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... Continued uncertainty over OPEC's ability to cut oil production and thus boost prices amid the current supply glut has U.S. producers scratching their heads over why the U.S. government is proceeding with a mandated sale of crude from the...

The lingering effects of low crude oil prices have U.S. independents scrambling to cut costs, improve efficiencies, and force a little belt-tightening on the parts of their E&P divisions. (exploration and development; Oryx Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... The lingering effects of low crude oil prices have U.S. independents scrambling to cut costs, improve efficiences, and force a little belt-tightening on the parts of their E&P divisions. Oryx reports it will slash $100 million from its 1998...

Service and supply companies are weathering the current crisis better. (petroleum service companies)
April 6, 1998... Service and supply companies are weathering the current crisis better, according to firms attending the Howard Weil energy conference in New Orleans last week, but shortages of skilled personnel may worsen. Service firms said a boom in offshore...

EEX and Aker Maritime have formed an alliance under which Aker will engineer, build, and install floating production systems to support EEX's worldwide E&P activities. (exploration and production)(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... Meanwhile, EEX and Aker Maritime have formed an alliance under which Aker will engineer, build, and install floating production systems to support EEX's worldwide E&P activities. The alliance will focus initially on EEX's deepwater Gulf of Mexico...

Other positive areas of the petroleum industry surfacing today are a refocused LPG sector and shifting petrochemical strategies.
April 6, 1998... Other positive areas of the petroleum industry surfacing today are a refocused LPG sector and shifting petrochemical strategies. Annual demand growth for LPG as a petrochemical feedstock will reach 7%/year by 2005, from nearly 4.5%/year in...

Pemex has signed a contract with Clark USA calling for Clark to finance and build a 150,000-210,000 b/d refinery at Port Arthur, Tex. Pemex will supply the refinery with heavy Maya crude.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... Pemex has signed a contract with Clark USA calling for Clark to finance and build a 150,000-210,000 b/d refinery at Port Arthur, Tex. Pemex will supply the refinery with heavy Maya crude. The refinery is to be completed by Jan. 1, 2001. The...

A joint venture of Canada's Husky Oil and China National Petroleum Corp. is starting the first phase of field operations at Pucheng oil field in CHina's Henan province.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... A joint venture of Canada's Husky Oil and China National Petroleum Corp. is starting the first phase of field operations at Pucheng oil field in China's Henan province. A test program to determine the potential incremental oil production from...

Drillers vs. Armageddon. (new motion picture portrays oil drillers in positive light)(Editorial)
April 6, 1998... As a petroleum professional. YOU may find yourself disgusted at the way Hollywood always seems to portray the oil industry. In recent years, whenever an oil company or an oil executive is featured in a movie, it always seems like they're the...

The IEA and Norway. (International Energy Agency)(Editorial)
April 6, 1998... The International Energy Agency has added an interesting twist to observations about the glutted oil market. IEA Executive Director Robert Priddle called it "regrettable" that Norway decided to join an effort by leading oil exporters to trim...

Oman prepares for oil expansion and gas production for LNG export. (liquefied natural gas)
April 6, 1998... Oman's complex geology makes oil and gas developments difficult, but new techniques have eased oil production and enabled massive gas projects. The bulk of Oman's oil arid gas production comes from the massive Block 6 in the center of the...

Why Shell Oman went to market. (Shell Marketing Oman Co.)(Watching the World)(Column)
April 6, 1998... More than any other petroleum company, Royal Dutch/Shell is like a chameleon, matching its presence to local conditions. This is most obvious in Oman, where its upstream joint venture, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), even has an ammonite...

OPEC cutback deal leaves markets in doubt.
April 6, 1998... AN Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ministerial meeting on Mar. 30, intended to take the downward pressure off oil prices, has left markets with more questions than answers. OPEC members voted to reduce their combined...

Relief plan. (for oil producers)(Watching Government)(Column)
April 6, 1998... U.S. oil-state congressional representatives proposed a package of measures last week to provide some relief to U.S. producers hammered by low oil prices. Members of the Congressional Oil and Gas Forum threw their individual oil bills into an...

U.S. petroleum groups urge NEPA reforms. (National Environmental Policy Act)
April 6, 1998... Petroleum groups have told the U.S. Congress that federal administrators are using the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to stall oil activities on federal lands. They submitted testimony to a House resources committee oversight...

Three ultradeepwater drillships on order.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... Construction of drillships for use in ultradeepwater is accelerating. Global Marine Inc. (Glomar) and a joint venture of Conoco Inc. and R&B Falcon Corp. each have one such drillship under construction. And Glomar recently received its second...

Shell/Mobil may seek Camisea appraisal delay. (Shell Development and Prospecting Peru BV; Mobile Exploration and Producing Peru Inc.)
April 6, 1998... Shell Development & Prospecting Peru BV (SDPP), the operator in Peru's Camisea natural gas/condensate megaproject, and partner Mobil Exploration & Producing Peru Inc. are considering requesting a 6-month extension to their 2-year appraisal...

BG/Pan American to lay Uruguay gas line. (Pan American Energy Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... BG plc and Pan American Energy Corp. have been chosen by the government of Uruguay to build and operate a gas pipeline Buenos Aires to Montevideo. The pipeline is expected to be completed in late 1999 or early 2000 at a cost of $135...

More Bolivia-Brazil gas line work awarded.
April 6, 1998... Brazil's state oil company has let three contracts totaling about $164 million for laying segments totaling 1,180 km of the Brazilian portion of the $2 billion, 3,186-km Bolivia-Brazil natural gas export pipeline. Last month, Brazilian...

Thailand rules Yadana pipeline must proceed. (natural gas pipeline)
April 6, 1998... Thailand's prime minister has ruled that work must continue on the controversial Yadana natural gas pipeline project to Thailand from gas fields off Myanmar. The ruling comes despite fierce local and international environmental and political...

Pacific Enterprises Inc. (increase ownership of Sodigas Pampeana S.A. and Sodigas Sur S.A.)(Gas Distribution)(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... (PEI), Los Angeles, increased its stake in two Argentine local gas distribution companies by purchasing for $40.1 million an added 9% interest in the holding companies Sodigas Pampeana SA and Sodigas Sur SA from Loma Negra Cia. SA. Sodigas...

Chevron Nigeria Ltd. (production at Opolo oil field)(Drilling-production)(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... reported first oil from Opolo field off Nigeria in the western Niger Delta. Opolo is the first of four new oil fields scheduled to begin production this year under a joint venture of Chevron and Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC). Opolo is...

Ranger Oil Ltd. (contract with Oceaneering International Inc.)(Drilling-production)(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... Calgary, let contract to Oceaneering International Inc. (OII), Houston, to conduct a front-end engineering design (FEED) study for redevelopment of Espoir field off Cote d'lvoire. The FEED study will examine all main components, refine the basic...

U.S. Minerals Management Service's. (collects $2 billion since 1982 for underpayment of royalties)(Drilling-production)(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... enforcement program has collected billion since 1982 for royalty underpayments and interest, or 2.2% of $92.3 billion in royalties MMS collected during that same period.

Pakistan's. (gas blowout for Oil and Gas Development Corp.)(Drilling-production)(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... Oil & Gas Development Corp. (OGDC) was drilling in Shuja Jakhro village, about 10 km from Shahdadpur in Sindh province, when a gas blowout occurred. Residents in area villages were evacuated. An OGOC official said four wells had been drilled and...

Elf Congo. (contract to Bouygues Offshore S.A.)(Drilling-production)(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... let a 410 million franc contract to Bouygues Offshore SA (BOS) and two of its joint ventures (JVs) to supply two platforms and lay associated pipelines and electric cables for Kombi and Likalala fields off Congo. The firms will perform...

Turkmenistan and Russia. (natural gas export agreement)(Exports-imports)(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... agreed in principle to export 700 bcf of gas from Turkmenistan to Ukraine through Russian gas firm Gazprom's pipelines this year. The agreement follows a breakdown in negotiations between Turkmenistan and Russia in January, when Gazprom set a...

Renaissance Energy Ltd. (wants to export natural gas to Renaissance Energy Inc., applies to Canada's National Energy Board)(Exports-imports)(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... Alberta, applied to NEB to export about 24.4 MMcfd of natural gas to the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. for 10 years beginning in November. The gas, which would be exported from Niagara Falls, Ont., would be sold to U.S.-based...

Cote D'Ivoire. (plans to privatize petroleum refinery)(Refining)(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... will privatize its only refinery this year, the country's oil ministry said. The government wants a strategic partner willing to invest $84 million in the Ste. Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR) plant to expand capacity to 88,000 bid from 65,000 b/d....

Tyumen Oil. (plans to build petroleum refinery in Russia)(Refining)(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... a Russian firm that takes its name from a major oil producing region in Siberia, will construct a 20,000 b/d refinery in the Nagadan region of far eastern Russia to refine crude oil from fields off Sakhalin Island in the Okhotsk Sea, expected to...

Pak-Arab Refinery Co. Ltd. (lets contract to JGC Corp. and Marubeni Corp.)(Refining)(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... a JV of Pakistani and Abu Dhabi governments, let a $577 million contract to Japan's Marubeni Corp. and JGC Corp. to build a 100,000 b/d refinery in Pakistan. A group of lenders led by Japan's Export-Import Bank will provide financing for the...

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... Houston, and partners reported the biggest flow rate from a discovery well on their Algerian holdings. On test the El Merk North No. 1 well on Block 208 in Algeria (see map, OGJ, Jan. 27, 1997, p. 31) flowed 21,395 b/d of 470 gravity oil and 15.3...

Chieftain International Inc.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... Dallas, reported a gas/condensate discovery on East Cameron Block 34, 10 miles off Louisiana in 30 ft of water. The company said the well logged more than 100 net ft of gas pay in multiple zones below 10,350 ft. The well will be completed, with...

Polish Oil & Gas Co.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... (POGC), Warsaw, agreed to acquire a farmout of a one-third interest from FX Energy Inc., Salt Lake City, in a 1.4 million acre western Carpathian concession in Poland. POGC Will pay share of exploration and development costs.??//54 ??s. Apache...

Pakistan.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... granted an exploration license to a JV of Pakistan Petroleum Ltd. (PPL) and Pakistan Government Holdings on the 3,965 sq km Manzai block. The block is near Bannu in the country's northern province. The license requires operator PPL to conduct...

A group led by.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... Kerr-McGee Corp., Oklahoma City, obtained a 4.8 million acre concession on Block W-7/38 in the Andaman Sea off Thailand in 600-9,500 ft of water. Operator Kerr-McGee said seismic surveys on the block will be conducted this year, with the first...

U.S. Justice Department.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... reported that Unocal Corp. will spend $7 million to resolve claims that its Kenai, Alas., ammonia/urea plant violated Clean Air Act emissions limits. Unocal will pay a $550,000 civil penalty and spend more than $6.6 million on a supplemental...

A joint venture of.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... Total and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. is considering increasing the capacity of its urea/ammonia plant in Abu Dhabi to 1.2-1.3 million metric tons/year from630,000 tons/year at a cost of $350 million.

Sun Co. Inc.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... Philadelphia, will acquire a phenol plant and merchant customer base from AlliedSignal Inc., Morristown, N.J. The agreement guarantees phenol supplies for AlliedSignal's downstream nylon businesses. The Frankford, Pa., plant manufactures more...

Air Liquide America Corp.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... Baton Rouge, La., will spend $150 million for a new air separation and 80-MW cogeneration complex at Geismar, La. The units will produce 5,200 tons/day of gaseous oxygen and nitrogen, which will be sold through the company's existing pipeline...

Meridian Resource Corp.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... is acquiring all of Shell Oil Co.'s South Louisiana production and exploration properties for 39.9% of Meridian's stock, valued at $135 million, and $42.5 million in cash. Shell will hold one seat on Meridian's board. The transaction will...

Williams Cos. Inc.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... Tulsa, gained U.S. Federal Trade Commission approval to acquire Mapco Inc. (OGJ, Dec. 1,1997, p. 48) after agreeing to provide Midwest pipeline capacity to propane terminal operator Kinder Morgan Energy Partners and allow any new competing...

Syntroleum Corp.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... Tulsa, and SLH Corp. will merge in a deal worth $535 million. SLH, Shawnee Mission, Kan., already owns 31% of Syntroleum. SLH will exchange 1.47 shares for each of the 13 million Syntroleum shares it doesn't hold. Upon closing, SLH shareholders...

Seagull Energy Corp.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... Houston, is acquiring a package of onshore oil and gas properties in East Texas and western Oklahoma by paying $102 million in cash for the stock of privately held BRG Petroleum Inc., Tulsa. Seagull said BRG has proved oil and gas reserves of 102...

Arco.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... will sell its U.S. coal assets to Arch Coal Inc., St. Louis, for $1.14 billion. The company's holdings include Black Thunder and Coal Creek mines in Wyoming, West Elk mine in Colorado, and, through its Canyon Fuel Company LLC partnership with...

California Public Utilities Commission.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... approved the merger or Pacific Enterprises Inc., Los Angeles, and Enova Corp., San Diego. The merged companies will become Sempra Energy. Final regulatory approvals are expected from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which...

Queen Sand Resources Inc.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... Dallas, is acquiring nonoperated royalty interests and net-profit overriding royalty interests in more than 530 wells in 40 fields in East Texas, South Texas, and the Midcontinent area from two Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. of New York commingled...

Chevron Corp and Texaco Inc.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... will establish a joint venture of their respective global marine and industrial fuels and marine lubricants businesses. Texaco will have 69% ownership of the new company, and Chevron 31%. Operational start-up is anticipated in the third quarter.

Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... and Nissho Iwai Corp. unit Nusantara Shipping Ltd. let contract to NKK Corp. for construction of a 22.500 cu m liquefied natural gas carrier. The vessel, Pertamina's first membrane-type LNG carrier, will be built at NKK's Tsu Works. Scheduled for...

Chevron wins onshore Qatar block.(Brief Article)
April 6, 1998... Chevron Corp. has signed a 5-year exploration and production sharing agreement (PSA) with Qatar General Petroleum Corp. to explore for hydrocarbons on the Qatar peninsula. Block 2 comprises 10,900 sq km and lies east of giant Dukhan oil field...

Near-bit resistivity tool calculates real time.
April 6, 1998... Formation dip can now be estimated real time using a specially designed logging-while-drilling (LWD), near-bit resistivity tool. The tool is designed to screw directly into the bit, but can be run anywhere in the drill-string. As the...

Dimethyl ether fuel proposed as an alternative to LNG.
April 6, 1998... To cope with the emerging energy demand in Asia, alternative fuels to LNG must be considered. Alternative measures, which convert the natural gas to liquid fuel, include the Fischer-Tropsch conversion, methanol synthesis, and dimethyl ether...

Modifications improve beam-pump performance.
April 6, 1998... An experimental program, which made electrical and mechanical modifications to beam-type oil pumping units, increased the efficiency and performance of the units. This U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) motor challenge showcase...

How indexes have changed.
April 6, 1998... Continuing a trend starting in 1983, the Nelson-Farrar refinery construction index rose slowly from 1,407.8 in January 1996, to 1,465.5 in December 1997. The labor component of the index rose at a more rapid rate than did the material component....

Commission ushers in new era in Mexican gas industry.(Focus: Pipelines)
April 6, 1998... Transportation and distribution of natural gas in Mexico are undergoing fundamental changes as a result of the 1995 passage by the Congress of Mexico of the law that created the Energy Regulatory Commission (Comision Reguladora de Energia-CRE)....

Tests of catalytic-combustion technology show low emissions.(Focus: Pipelines)
April 6, 1998... Turbine-inlet temperatures of 1,900-2,000 [degrees] F. are required to produce energy, depending upon the turbine design. Combustion of fuels, however, occurs at temperatures greater than 2,800 [degrees] F. At these temperatures nitrogen...

Wiggins arch may hold Haynesville potential.
April 6, 1998... The Wiggins arch is a major, east-west trending basement feature in southern Mississippi whose petroleum potential remains largely unknown. Buried to depths of 18,000-21,000 ft, the arch is overlain by middle-upper Jurassic deposits (Fig. 1)....

California oil output slips, but Kern flow rises.
April 6, 1998... Kern County in the oil-rich southern San Joaquin Valley last year marched out of step with California's declining oil production, but the county's gain was not enough to offset the state's loss. Final figures will not be in until at least...

Oman prepares for oil expansion and gas production for LNG export
April 6, 1998... David J. Knott Oman's complex geology makes oil and gas developments difficult, but new techniques have eased oil production and enabled massive gas projects. The bulk of Oman's oil and gas production comes from the massive Block 6 in the...

Why Shell Oman went to market
April 6, 1998... With David Knott from London More than any other petroleum company, Royal Dutch/Shell is like a chameleon, matching its presence to local conditions. This is most obvious in Oman, where its upstream joint venture, Petroleum Development Oman...

OPEC cutback deal leaves markets in doubt
April 6, 1998... Anne Rhodes David Knott An Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ministerial meeting on Mar. 30, intended to take the downward pressure off oil prices, has left markets with more questions than answers. OPEC members voted...

Relief plan
April 6, 1998... With Patrick Crow from Washington, D.C. patc@ogjonline.com U.S. oil-state congressional representatives proposed a package of measures last week to provide some relief to U.S. producers hammered by low oil prices. Members of the...

U.S. petroleum groups urge NEPA reforms
April 6, 1998... Petroleum groups have told the U.S. Congress that federal administrators are using the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to stall oil activities on federal lands. They submitted testimony to a House resources committee oversight...

Shell/Mobil may seek Camisea appraisal delay
April 6, 1998... Shell Development & Prospecting Peru BV (SDPP), the operator in Peru's Camisea natural gas/condensate megaproject, and partner Mobil Exploration & Producing Peru Inc. are considering requesting a 6-month extension to their 2-year appraisal...

BG/Pan American to lay Uruguay gas line
April 6, 1998... BG plc and Pan American Energy Corp. have been chosen by the government of Uruguay to build and operate a gas pipeline Buenos Aires to Montevideo. The pipeline is expected to be completed in late 1999 or early 2000 at a cost of $135 million....

More Bolivia-Brazil gas line work awarded
April 6, 1998... Brazil's state oil company has let three contracts totaling about $164 million for laying segments totaling 1,180 km of the Brazilian portion of the $2 billion, 3,186-km Bolivia-Brazil natural gas export pipeline. Last month, Brazilian...

Thailand rules Yadana pipeline must proceed
April 6, 1998... Thailand's prime minister has ruled that work must continue on the controversial Yadana natural gas pipeline project to Thailand from gas fields off Myanmar. The ruling comes despite fierce local and international environmental and political...

Near-bit resistivity tool calculates dip real time
April 6, 1998... Richard A. Rosthal, Ted Bornemann Anadrill Houston Jim R. Ezell Exxon Corp. Houston Jon R. Schwalbach Exxon Corp. Thousand Oaks, Calif. Formation dip can now be estimated real time using a specially designed...

Dimethyl ether fuel proposed as an alternative to LNG
April 6, 1998... Yoshitsugi Kikkawa, Ichizo Aoki To cope with the emerging energy demand in Asia, alternative fuels to LNG must be considered. Alternative measures, which convert the natural gas to liquid fuel, include the Fischer-Tropsch conversion, methanol...

Modifications improve beam-pump performance
April 6, 1998... An experimental program, which made electrical and mechanical modifications to beam-type oil pumping units, increased the efficiency and performance of the units. This U.S. Department of Energy(DOE) motor challenge showcase demonstration...

How indexes have changed
April 6, 1998... Gary Farrar Continuing a trend starting in 1983, the Nelson-Farrar refinery construction index rose slowly from 1,407.8 in January 1996, to 1,465.5 in December 1997. The labor component of the index rose at a more rapid rate than did the...

Tests of catalytic-combustion technology show low emissions
April 6, 1998... J. Charles Solt, James C. Schlatter Catalytical Combustion Systems Inc. Mountain View, Calif. Turbine-inlet temperatures of 1,900-2,000 deg F. are required to produce energy, depending upon the turbine design. Combustion of fuels,...

Wiggins arch may hold Haynesville potential
April 6, 1998... Scott L. Montgomery Petroleum Consultant Seattle Don C. Mozynski Petroleum Geologist Dallas The Wiggins arch is a major, east-west trending basement feature in southern Mississippi whose petroleum potential remains largely...

California oil output slips, but Kern flow rises
April 6, 1998... Kern County in the oil-rich southern San Joaquin Valley last year marched out of step with California's declining oil production, but the county's gain was not enough to offset the state's loss. Final figures will not be in until at least...

Pena sets energy goals; proposals due later.
April 13, 1998... U.S. Energy Sec. Federico Pena has issued his comprehensive national energy strategy, a set of general policy goals that include halting the slide in U.S. oil production by 2005. The strategy was little changed from a draft released in...

Shell oilsands project advances.(Brief Article)
April 13, 1998... Shell Canada Ltd., Calgary, plans to spend $100 million (Canadian) this year on its proposed $3.4 billion oilsands development project north of Fort McMurray, Alta. Shell will build a $25 million pilot plant with capacity of 300 b/d and...

Ex-Im Bank Oks Turkmenistan pipeline loan.
April 13, 1998... The U.S., Export-Import Bank has approved a $96 million long-term loan guarantee for the sale of gas compression equipment and related engineering services for a gas pipeline upgrade project in Turkmenistan. Bateman Engineering Inc.,...

U.K. gas problems.
April 13, 1998... Pipeline companies are all the time finding smarter ways to build and operate pipelines. Unfortunately, U.K. gas users are finding that these benefits do not automatically pass along to the customer. Here, gas market liberalization is not...

Newsletter.
April 13, 1998... While analysts and oil companies remain concerned about the short-term effect of low oil prices, government leaders and industry executives were busy last week following international trade issues and the possibility of new U.S. sanctions...

U.S. INDUSTRY SCOREBOARD 4/13.
April 13, 1998... U.S. INDUSTRY SCOREBOARD 4/13 4 wk. 4 wk. avg. % Year-to-date Latest week 4/3 average year [ago.sup.*] change [average.sup.*] Demand (1,000 b/d) Motor...

LETTERS.
April 13, 1998... Sand control screens I would like to bring to the attention of readers several significant inaccuracies that appeared in Table 1 of the first article in Dr. Babs Oyeneyin's threepart series on sand control. In "Sand, gravel properties...

Information overload.(use of information technology in petroleum sector)
April 13, 1998... The clean-desk approach to working and managing information has always seemed appealing. But pursuing that work style has been elusive. New information technology has resulted in the flow of information accelerating and proliferating. The...

Marketing energy strategy.
April 13, 1998... Give outgoing U.S. Energy Sec. Federico Pena credit for this: The press release unveiling his department's comprehensive national energy strategy (see related story, p. 31) does not place children at the center of the marketing campaign. ...

Model for relations with indigenous people key to ARCO's Ecuadorian rain forest oil project.
April 13, 1998... Sixto R. Mendez is Manager of Environment, Health, and Safety for ARCO Oriente Inc. in Quito. After working as an industrial hygienist at ARCO's Houston refinery, Mendez moved to ARCO Solar Inc., where he served as a safety and environmental...

Petrobras shake-up seen under deregulation.
April 13, 1998... A top official of the Brazilian government has told Oil & Gas Journal that the Petroleo Brasileiro SA board of directors and Petrobras Pres. Joel Mendes Renno will be replaced by May. The new executives will be more in tune with the...