The Oil and Gas Journal articles from April 1998

The Oil and Gas Journal archives from April 1998

While petroleum company earnings are taking it on the chin because of low oil prices.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... While petroleum company earnings are taking it on the chin because of low oil prices (see related story, p. 18), consumers are enjoying a windfall. That's also important to the petroleum industry, because the subsequent increase in...

While oil companies fret over the effects of low oil prices, rising tensions involving Iraq could put upward pressure on them again.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... While falling oil prices have squeezed oil company earnings, service and supply companies continue to prosper (see related article, p. 24). Houston-based drilling contractor Global Marine's worldwide summary of current offshore rig economics...

While falling oil prices have squeezed oil company earnings, service and supply companies continue to prosper.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... While oil companies fret over the effects of low oil prices, rising tensions involving Iraq could put upward pressure on them again. U.N. inspection teams and Iraqi officials again traded barbs last week. Baghdad once again appears to be...

A better tune or at least a better dancing partner.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... A better tune or at least a better dancing partner apparently is getting more results with the Iraqis. Russian firms negotiating with Baghdad for development of giant West Qurna oil field are looking for contractors for appraisal, drilling, and...

Elsewhere in the former Soviet Union.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Elsewhere in the former Soviet Union, efforts to further development in the Caspian Sea region are continuing. BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd. has commissioned a study by a group of contractors of development options for Shakh Deniz prospect...

Shell UK E&P is applying.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Shell U.K. E&P is applying to Norwegian authorities for permission to move the derelict Brent spar loading buoy, ready for dismantling. The spar is currently moored in Erfjord near Stavanger. The operator proposes moving it to Yrkefjord, about...

Chevron has discovered a promising new gas trend.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Chevron has discovered a promising new gas trend in the Gulf of Mexico off Mississippi. The Viosca Knoll carbonate trend marks the discovery of the first offshore gulf gas reserves in lower Cretaceous James reservoirs. "These particular...

Another major pipeline project to export natural gas from western Canada to the US Midwest has stumbled.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Another major pipeline project to export natural gas from western Canada to the U.S. Midwest has stumbled (see related story, p. 27). Viking Gas Transmission Co., a partner in the proposed Viking Voyageur gas pipeline from Emerson, Man., to the...

Sasol has put its nose farther ahead in the gas-to-liquids process race.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Sasol has put its nose farther ahead in the gas-to-liquids process race with an agreement with Chevron to start design and engineering work for a proposed GTL plant in Nigeria. Sasol and Chevron intend to build a plant that can convert natural...

Would Kyoto treaty work?(The Bottom Line of Government, part 2)(Editorial)
April 27, 1998... Before people surrender wealth to governments in response to global warming, they should have reasonable assurance that programs on offer will work. The international protocol signed in Kyoto, Japan, last year can't satisfy this simple...

Effects of low oil prices partially offset by increased downstream profits.(includes related article on foreign oil companies)
April 27, 1998... The refining segment of the U.S. petroleum industry posted significantly higher profits in 1997. while falling oil prices dragged down the results for exploration and production operations. The year started strong with first quarter oil and...

Petrochemical industry adjusts to Asian flu.
April 27, 1998... The Asian economic flu and the resulting slowdown in growth-especially in Indonesia, Thailand, and South Korea-will cause a 25% decline in demand for major commodity polymers in 2000, says Marshall Frank, president of Chem Systems Inc.,...

Asian oil demand set for recovery.
April 27, 1998... Asia's financial problems continue to hit energy projects, the latest being a hydroelectric power project in Nepal from which Enron Corp. withdrew (OGJ, Apr. 20, 1998, Newsletter). The company's Enron Renewable Energy unit had applied to dam...

Tosco tests MTBE-free gasoline sales.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... TOSCO Corp., Stamford, Conn., has begun a pilot program to market in three northern California counties gasoline that does not contain the oxygenate methyl tertiary butyl ether MTBE). "The project was initiated to explore alternatives to the...

Simmons: offshore rig shortage looms.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Delays and cost overruns are straining the offshore rig construction system as the rig-building cycle gains momentum. Costs for 25 new rigs have now escalated by $1 billion, and delivery date slippage for 28 rigs now totals 207 months. Lead...

Union Texas expands its Caspian-area position.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Union Texas Lok Batan Ltd., a unit of Union Texas Petroleum Holdings Inc., Houston, has acquired 75% of New Jersey-based BMB Oil Inc.'s 100% interest in a production-sharing agreement (PSA) with the State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic (Socar)....

Producers claim MMS rule is 'wrongheaded.'
April 27, 1998... Oil groups have complained that the U.S. Minerals Management Service's proposed crude oil valuation rule still is badly flawed. The groups were highly critical of the rule in comments they recently filed with MMS, which plans to issue a final...

Paddie Mac is back.
April 27, 1998... Other than straining balance sheets, one effect of the latest plunge in oil prices has been to revive prospects for a U.S. Petroleum Development Investment Management Corp., otherwise known as Paddle Mac. It would be a federally chartered...

Latvia wants to expand crude oil export network.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Russia's recent threat of sanctions against Latvia because of Latvia's treatment of ethnic Russians is a "temporary" problem, according to Valdis Birkavs, Latvia's Minister of Foreign Affairs. He doesn't expect shipments of Russian oil and...

Canadian producers, pipeliners to cooperate.
April 27, 1998... Market forces continue to rapidly push Canada's natural gas pipeline industry towards greater competition and a new relationship with producers. In separate developments: * Major pipeline companies and producer groups have announced a new...

Egypt signs deal for Nile Valley gas grid.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Egyptian General Petroleum Co. (EGFC) has signed a franchise agreement with a group led by BG plc for extension of the Cairo area gas grid along the Nile valley. The 25-year agreement calls for BC to extend Egypt's natural gas transmission and...

Triton inks supply deal for Cakerawala gas.
April 27, 1998... Triton Energy Ltd., Dallas, last week signed a heads of agreement with Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) and Malaysian state firm Petronas for the sale of natural gas production from Cakerawala field. Triton's partners in the field are:...

India steps up plans to import Middle East LNG.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... After almost a decade of indecision, India is finally set to tap the Persian Gulf for importing vast quantities of liquefied natural gas (LNG) that would serve as feedstock for a large number of industrial sites and forthcoming power-generation...

Heavy oil: a joint venture.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... A joint venture of Petroleos de Venezuela SA, Mobil Corp., and Veba Oel AG chose the Sydec delayed-coking process of Foster Wheeler Corp., Clinton, N.J., for a project to upgrade more than 100,000 b/d of extra-heavy crude oil at Jose,...

Power: Pecem Energia SA.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Pecem Energia SA, a joint venture of Texaco Brasil SA and Brazilian firms Cia. Siderurgica Nacional and Taquari Energetica SA, agreed to sell electricity from a 240-MW, combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant at Pecem, Brazil, to Coelce,...

Alternate fuels: Sogama.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Sogama, a Spanish waste handling company, let a $45 million contract to Kvaerner plc, London, for two circulating fluidized-bed boilers to be installed in a new waste-to-energy plant near La Coruna, Spain. The boilers will have combined...

NGL: Total.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Total will build a plant to recover natural gas liquids from its Canadon Alfa and Ara gas fields in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. The $70 million plant is to start up in 1999 and have capacity to yield 250,000 metric tons/year of LPG and 60,000...

Storage: Maoming Kingming Co.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Maoming Kingming Co..a 56%-owned unit of Fortune Oil plc, London, signed a letter of intent with China's Maoming Petrochemical Corp. to develop a 1 million Cu m capacity crude oil tank farm at the Maoming refinery in China's Guang dang...

Sakhalin Energy Investment Co. Ltd. (Drilling-Production)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Sakhalin Energy Investment Co. Ltd., Tokyo, let a $40 million contract to Arctic Pacific Contractors, a joint venture of Fluor Daniel Inc. and Brown & Root Energy Services, to provide engineering, procurement, construction planning, and other...

Chevron Corp.(Drilling-Production)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Chevron Corp. land partner Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) started up Gbokoda oil field in the western Niger Delta area of Nigeria. Gbokoda output is slated to rise to 40,000 b/d of oil by yearend. Gbokoda, the second of four new...

Eurosov Energy PLC.(Drilling-Production)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Eurosov Energy plc, London, and Central Fuel Co. (CFC), Moscow, formed a joint venture to participate in development of Inam oil field off Azerbaijan, pending an agreement between CFC and Azeri authorities. Eurosov said State Oil Co. of...

Brazil's Drillpetro.(Drilling-Production)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Brazil's Drillpetro, which builds and leases production semi-submersibles to state petroleum firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), ordered six drilling packages worth $55 million from Aker Maritime ASA, Oslo. The first will be delivered near...

Pembina Pipeline Income Fund.(Pipelines)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Pembina Pipeline Income Fund, Calgary, completed expansion of its condensate gathering system in central Alberta. The expansion adds 10,000 b/d of capacity to the system, which moved 15,000 b/d n 1997. That volume is forecast to increase to...

Interprovincial Pipe Line Inc.(Pipelines)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Interprovincial Pipe Line Inc. (IPL), Calgary, reached a long-term tolling agreement with Alberta crude oil producers that will increase prospects of approval for a $1.4 billion (Canadian) pipeline expansion to Chicago. IPL agreed with the...

A group led by a unit of Repsol SA. (Exploration)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... A group led by a unit of Repsol SA drilled a significant oil discovery on a producing block in eastern Venezuela, reported Mobil Corp., whose Ampolex Venezuela Inc. unit holds an interest in the block. Operator Astra Produccion Petrolera SA's...

Apache Corp.(Exploration)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Apache Corp. gauged hefty flows from two zones in its Caribou 1 gas/condensate discovery in the Darnpier subbasin of the Carnarvon basin off northern Western Australia. The lower zone was tested on a sole-risk wildcat basis by Apache and Global...

Elf Aquitaine. (and Petrom to drill oil wells)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Elf Aquitaine and Romanian state oil company Petrom agreed to conduct seismic surveys and drill two exploration wells in 80-1600 m of water in a 10,000 sq km area in the Black Sea off Romania, under a $15 million initial exploration program.

Snyder Oil Corp. (discovers gas in the Gulf of Mexico)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Snyder Oil Corp., Fort Worth and Houston, found gas and Condensate on Main Pass Block 260 in the Gulf of Mexico. The Main Pass Block 260 No. 1 was drilled to 12,400 ft TD and cut 31 net ft of pay, discovering a new field in a lower Miocene sand...

Mobil Oil Canada Ltd. (and Compton Petroleum joint natural gas venture)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Mobil Oil Canada Ltd. and Compton Petroleum Corp. announced a joint exploration venture for natural gas on 250,000 acres in the High River/Mazeppa/Nanton area of southern Alberta. Any commercial production would be processed at Compton's...

Canadian Occidental petroleum Ltd. (natural gas exploration)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd., Calgary, will not explore on two blocks off southern Viet Nam. The company said Block 12 West was relinquished to the government, and it will sell Block 12 East to U.S. firm Opeco Inc. in a deal to close June...

Occidental Petroleum Corp. (sale of oil and gas assets)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Occidental Petroleum Corp. completed deals valued at $376 million in its effort to divest or redeploy nonstrategic properties. The company completed the sale of certain onshore oil and gas properties in Louisiana and Mississippi to Petro-Hunt...

Tarragon Oil & Gas Ltd. (to buy assets from Unocal Canada)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Calgary, will purchase western Canada assets from Unocal Canada Ltd. for $309 million (Canadian). The purchase includes 21 million Tarragon shares and a $100 million debenture. Unocal has a 27% interest in Tarragon.

Canadian 88 Energy Corp. (buys oil and gas assets from Talisman Energy)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Canadian 88 Energy Corp., Calgary, paid $45 million (Canadian) to Talisman Energy Ltd. for oil and gas assets near Rocky Mountain House in west-central Alberta. The purchase includes production of 10 MMcfd of gas and 200 b/d of oil. The deal...

Chauvco Resources International Ltd. (takes $16.4 million write down of assets)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Chauvco Resources International Ltd., Calgary, is taking a $16.4 million (Canadian) writedown of assets for the first quarter due to revision of reserves estimates in Gabon. The company said an independent analysis indicated its working...

Unocal Corp.'s. (Spirit Energy 76 unit buys interest in Van field)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Unocal Corp.'s Spirit Energy 76 unit acquired an additional 9.2% working interest in Van field in Van Zandt County, Tex., from Shell Western Exploration & Production Inc. The acquisition raises operator Spirit Energy 76's average working...

Precision Drilling Corp. (to buy Inter-Tech Drilling Solutions)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Precision Drilling Corp., Calgary, disclosed a $46 million takeover bid for Inter-Tech Drilling Solutions Ltd. The deal is expected to close in June. Precision recently completed the acquisition of Northland Energy Corp., Calgary, a specialist...

Phillips Petroleum Co.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Phillips Petroleum Co. will install a 36,000-b/d continuous catalyst regeneration reformer at its Sweeny, Tex., refinery. Start-up is set for mid-2000. The catalytic reformer will improve refining margins by increasing yield of higher-value...

M.W. Kellogg Co. (contract with Exxon Research and Engineering)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... M.W. Kellogg Co. Houston. a unit of Dresser Industries Inc. signed an agreement with Exxon Research & Engineering Co. (ERE) to assist in marketing of hydroprocessing technology and in preparing process design packages for ERE-licensed units....

Indonesia's Pertamina.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Indonesia's Pertamina chartered its first membrane-type liquefied natural gas carrier, which will be built and supplied by Japan's NKK Corp., Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd., and Nusantara Shipping Ltd. NKK said the ship will have capacity to transport...

Shell to end gas flaring in Nigeria.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Shell Development Co. of Nigeria Ltd. is working to end gas flaring in and around fields on Nigeria's Bonny River. As a first step, Shell let a $65 million gas gathering project to Italian firm Nuovo Pignone. Nuovo will manufacture three...

South Korea preparing to take Qatari LNG.
April 27, 1998... Despite a regional economic crisis that has dampened demand for petroleum. South Korea's Korea Gas Corp. (Kogas) is proceeding with plans to import LNG from Qatar beginning in 1999 (see related story, p. 33). The Asian crisis has cast doubt...

Sizzling Qatar boom sparked by foreign money, technology, and gas.(Qatar: Mideast Hot Spot)(Industry Overview)
April 27, 1998... It's a world class oil industry boom that ranges from multilateral horizontal wells offshore to a metalocene catalyzed polyethylene plant onshore. International oil companies have collected advanced upstream and downstream technology and...

Asian slump and cheap oil dampen LNG outlook.(Qatar: Mideast Hot Spot)(Industry Overview)
April 27, 1998... BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL crisis in Southeast Asia, the outlook for LNG demand in that key market is not as bright as it was in a new, $10,000 multiclient study on Southeast Asian nations, Chem. Systems Inc. Says the current financial turmoil in...

Weak oil prices threat to LNG.(Qatar: Mideast Hot Spot)(Industry Overview)
April 27, 1998... Weak oil prices have worried the oil industry this year. But they are also of concern to natural gas producers who are turning their output into LNG. As noted in the lead article about the upstream and downstream boom in Qatar, Ahmed Zaki...

Meals, quarters for 8,200 needed at peak in LNG project. (includes related article on foreign workers in Qatar)(Qatar: Mideast Hot Spot)
April 27, 1998... It has everything a real town has except women, children, schools, bars, and old people. It is the huge "camp" built at Ras Laffan, Qatar, on the shores of the Persian Gulf to lodge and feed over 5,000 workers as they build the first plant in...

'Fuzzy logic' system enhances pumping unit's engine operation. (Occidental de Colombia)
April 27, 1998... A "fuzzy logic" system was implemented on an oil-pumping station in Colombia to enhance the operation of diesel engines used to power a complete set of crude-oil pumps. The diesel engines burn a portion of the produced crude oil as fuel....

Jetting tool and drill-in fluid remove well bore damage.
April 27, 1998... John Welch is a fluids technical specialist for Baker Hughes Inteq and has 14 years' oil field experience. He has been with Baker Hughes since 1992 and has been involved with core analysis, environmental chemistry, applied chemical research,...

Global warming is dire oil industry issue.
April 27, 1998... Concern over possible climate change caused by emissions of green house gasses (GHGs), primarily consisting of [CO.sub.2] from the burning of fossil fuels, may fundamentally change energy industries and markets over the next 2 or 3 decades....

Offshore pumping system offers flow capacity with minimal footprint.(from Centrilift)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Here's the HPump Decksaver Plus centrifugal pumping system for offshore oil transfer and water injection duty. Operators can achieve high levels of platform deck utilization, realizing operating and engineering savings, the company says....

Ball valve offshore service kit. (from Hoke Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... To help combat corrosion in offshore settings, the 7 Series ball valve 316 hardware kit for offshore applications is on the market. While the 300 Series stainless steel is less expensive and supplied as the standard for external hardware with...

Economics software packages. (AS$ET, OPE$T and Q$RISQ from MAI Consultants Ltd.)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Three new business software packages are on the market. [AS$ET.sup.2tm] is suited to help optimize oil and gas assets and facilitate economic modeling. OPE$T is designed to help improve asset performance by focusing on operating costs during...

Transtech International. (appointed Babu Y. Rao as president)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Transtech International, N.Y N Y., has named Babu Y. Rao president. Rao was formerly associated with Texaco Inc. and Saudi Aramco for a period of 29 years. Transtech International specializes in coordinating joint ventures and technology...

NOVA Technology Corp. (appointed new board of directors)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... NOVA Technology Corp., Lafayette,La., has named Alan A. Baker, Ernest L. (Chick) Williamson and Crichton W.Brown to the board of directors. Baker retired as chairman of Halliburton Energy Services in 1995 after 41 years with the company. He...

GeoGraphix, Inc. (appointed Richard Slack as vice president of marketing)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... GeoGraphix, INC., Denver, Colo., has named Richard Slack vice president of marketing. Previously, Slack was vice president of marketing at CogniSeis, where he helped develop and implement corporate marketing strategies for their seismic...

Sondex. (opens office in Houston, Tex.)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Sondex, Hampshire, England, has opened a new office in Houston, Tex., to provide sales and technical support for clients throughout the Americas Region. Taking responsibility as general manager for the region, Ed Piers joins Sondex with over...

The Flexitallic Group, INc. (appointed new board of directors)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... The Flexitallic Group, Inc., Houston, Tex., has named Philip Burguieres, chairman of Weatherford Enterra, Inc., and Jack Murphy, retired chairman and CEO of Dresser Industries, Inc., to the board of directors. Burguieres was the CEO of...

Dresser-Rand Co. (forms Energy Systems Div.)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Dresser-Rand Co., Corning, N.Y., has formed Energy Systems Div., with headquarters in Wellsville, N.Y. The new division combines the company's Steam Turbine Div., headquartered in Wellsville, with operations in U.S. and Europe and its Electric...

Ingersoll-Rand. (names executives)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Ingersoll-Rand, Woodcliff Lake, N.J., has named Charles R. Hoge vice president. Hoge will continue to serve as president and chief executive officer of Ingersoll-Rand's Melroe unit, maker of Bobcat brand skid-steer loaders and compact...

Michael Baker International, Inc. (formed International Pipeline Engineering)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Michael Baker International, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., has formed International Pipeline Engineering, a Russian joint venture (stock) company, with a Russian engineering institute, VNIIST. The joint venture company was created to expand Baker's...

Syntron. (signs letter of intent to sell Deep Water Seismic Streamer Positioning Product Line)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Syntron, Houston, Tex., and DigiCOURSE, Harahan, La., have signed a letter of intent for the sale of the Deep Water Seismic Streamer Positioning Product Line. This sale will form part of a strategic alliance which will provide a long term...

Multiwell Ojo Alamo development advancing in San Juan basin.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Fassett, James E., Oil and gas resources of the San Juan basin, New Mexicoand Colorado, The Geology of North America, Vol. P-2, Economic Geology U.S.,Geological Society of America, 1991, pp.357-372. Commercial production from a new formation...

Appraisal drilling key to West African E&D plans.(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Last year's string of giant oil discoveries off West Africa has led to an increase in exploration there and a scramble to secure acreage. This is the view of Wood Mackenzie Consultants Ltd., Edinburgh, which says 1997 was an outstanding year...

Indonesia. (Santa Fe Energy Resources to increase production)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Santa Fe Energy Resources Inc., Houston, expects to hike production to 20,000 b/d in second quarter 1998 from about 7,000 b/d in late March from Mudi field on the Tuban block in eastern Java. The field, with nine development wells, is not yet...

Morocco. (Roc Oil Co. Ltd. contract with Onarep)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Roc Oil Co. Ltd. of Australia signed a contract with Onarep for a reconnaissance license covering the 6,000 sq km Foum Draa Maritime area off Tarfaya.

Peru. (Atlantic Richfield to drill gas well)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Atlantic Richfield Peru Inc. will drill its first wildcat on newly acquired Ucayali basin Block 86 by yearend. ARCO signed a license agreement with Perupetro SA on Mar. 31. The 948,173 ha block is north of the Camisea gas fields and south of...

Yemen. (Canadian Occidental Petroleum and partners discovered oil)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd. and partners have discovered more than 700 million bbl of oil on the Masila Block in Yemen, booking 91 million bbl of proved and probable reserves during 1997. Gross production reached 200,000 b/d in early...

Alberta. (Mobil Oil Canada and Compton Petroleum formed joint venture)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Mobil Oil Canada Ltd. and Compton Petroleum Corp., Calgary, formed a 250,000 acre area of mutual interest and joint venture to explore for and produce gas in southern Alberta's High River/Mazeppa / Nanton area. They plan a long term drilling...

Gulf of Mexico. (Forcenergy Inc. buys properties from Christi Hydrocarbons Co.)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Forcenergy Inc., Miami, Fla., acquired the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi properties of Corpus Christi Hydrocarbons Co., a subsidiary of EEX Corp., effective Dec. 1, 1997, for a net $14.5 million. The properties hold...

Florida. (Coastal Petroleum Co.)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... An administrative law judge ruled Apr. 8 that Coastal Petroleum Co., Tallahassee, is entitled to an drilling permit for an 18,000 ft Jurassic wildcat off St. George's Island (see map, OGI, Sept. 29, 1997, p. 109). The judge also recommended...

Indiana. (Mercury Exploration's gas wells)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Mercury Exploration, Gaylord, Mich., connected the last seven of its New Albany shale gas wells in Harrison County to a pipeline that runs under the Ohio to a chemical plant near Brandenburg, Ky. The wells are in 8, 16, and 17-5s-4e,...

Louisiana. (Helmerich and Payne Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Helmerich & Payne Inc., Tulsa, completed a Marg Howei oil and gas well inPerry Point field of Vermilion Parish. The 1 Cormier, in 11-11sle, flowed 467 b/d of oil and 900 Mcfd of gas on an 8/64 in. choke with 7,100 psi FTP. Main objective, the...

Mississippi. (Canadian Delta Inc. to drill oil well)
April 27, 1998... Canadian Delta Inc., Brandon, Miss., plans to drill a 17,300 ft test to Jurassic Norphlet in southern Pelahatchie field. The 1 Deep Unit, in 18-5n5e, Rankin County, is near a Shell well that produced oil from Norphlet, Southeastern Oil...

Montana. (Samedan Oil Corp.)
April 27, 1998... Samedan Oil Corp. completed a tri-lateral well producing oil from Mississippian Charles in Deer Creek field, Dawson County. The 43-15H Downs, with surface location in 15-17n53e, pumped 250 b/d of 31.50 gravity oil and 405 b/d of water, P1...

Nevada. (Foreland Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 27, 1998... Foreland Corp., Lakewood, Colo., said it the first phase of an in situ combustion project in Eagle Springs field has increased oil production from several wells on the field's west side. ForeLand injected 2-4 MMcfd of air for 102 days...