The Oil and Gas Journal articles from September 1998

The Oil and Gas Journal archives from September 1998

The proper Kind of help.(tax relief for oil and gas producers)
September 7, 1998... Slumping prices of crude oil and natural gas warrant the type of action that producers are requesting of the U.S. government. But producers should make their case carefully. They should, for example, avoid the words "producer relief." They should...

Independents lead resurgence of drilling in Alaska's Cook Inlet.
September 7, 1998... While most of Alaska's exploratory interest focuses on the North Slope, the state's original commercial producing area, Cook Inlet basin, still holds significant exploratory and development interest for oil and gas companies. Leading a resurgence...

DOE funds drilling wastes disposal research.
September 7, 1998... The U.S. Department of Energy is helping fund a research program aimed at finding cheaper methods to dispose of drill cuttings and fluids from offshore operations. Westport Technology Center (WTC), Houston, has received a $293,000 grant from...

Pemex advances Cantarell EOR megaproject.
September 7, 1998... Mexican state oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos has taken its massive enhanced oil recovery project for the Cantarell oil field complex in the Bay of Campeche a step further with the award of a big contract for gas compression services. Cantarell is...

Floodwaters dampen oil production in China.
September 7, 1998... Output from China's biggest oil producing complexes has been slashed by the worst flooding to hit the country's northeastern region. More than 15,000 soldiers and oil field workers at Daqing petroleum complex are working around the clock to drain...

Phillips details Ekofisk abandonment plan.
September 7, 1998... Phillips Petroleum Co. Norway expects to begin removing derelict platforms from Ekofisk field in 2001 but will begin abandonment work this year. The operator recently switched production in Ekofisk to two new platforms, following an 18.8 billion...

Norway and U.K. planning energy industry curbs.
September 7, 1998... The governments of Norway and the U.K. are planning to tinker further with their energy industries, but for differing reasons. Marit Arnstad, Norway's minister of petroleum and energy, announced at the Offshore Northern Seas conference in...

The future through green-tinted specs.
September 7, 1998... The chasm between the U.S. and European petroleum sectors over environmental issues showed at last month's Offshore Northern Seas conference in Stavanger. So many speakers talked about sustainable energy and the environment that it was easy to...

Reservoir optimization seen key to thriving today.
September 7, 1998... Reservoir optimization is one of the key technologies for oil and gas companies as they strive to maximize asset values in the face of low oil prices. That was the focus of a talk, at the Offshore Northern Seas conference in Stavanger late last...

Europe's gas outlook: strong demand and fierce competition.
September 7, 1998... All European gas markets have significant growth potential, especially power generation, while the ability to deliver gas from the U.K. to the continent will drive down prices to industrial customers. Those are key findings of selected...

Papua New Guinea-Australia gas line advances.
September 7, 1998... Chevron Services Australia Pty. Ltd., operator of the Papua New Guinea Gas Project, has taken a major step towards a green light for the proposed natural gas pipeline across Torres Strait between Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia....

Peru promoting Camisea to new investors.
September 7, 1998... Peru will form a high commission to organize and promote the development of the world-class Camisea natural gas fields, after a long-planned project backed by units of Royal Dutch/Shell and Mobil Corp. collapsed this summer. Daniel Hokama,...

Unocal: Asia's long-term outlook still good.
September 7, 1998... "There will be no quick fixes" of Asia's economic problems, but long-term growth prospects for Indonesia and other countries in the region are good, contends Roger C. Beach, chairman and CEO of Unocal Corp. He told the Asia Society/Houston late...

Sanctions policy.
September 7, 1998... One of the favorite targets of recent economic sanctions has been oil-producing countries. The U.S. has sanctions in place against countries that account for more than 10% of world oil output and 16% of estimated oil resources. In a recent study,...

Mexico's.(Comision Federal de Electricidad signs contract with Sempra Energy International)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) signed a 10-year contract worth about $1 billion to buy up to 300 MMcfd of natural gas from San Diego's Sempra Energy International for the Presidente Juarez power plant at Rosarito, Baja California. Sempra...

Total.(reports oil field exploration in Venezuela)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Total disclosed results of a new-pool wildcat in the Jusepin permit area in eastern Venezuela. Cotoperi-1 confirmed a second structure on the block 10 km from Jusepin field. Jusepin currently produces about 35,000 b/d from three wells. Cotoperi-1...

Black Sea Energy Ltd.(energy project investment in Peru)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Black Sea Energy Ltd., Calgary, will spend as much as $7.5 million on a farm-out in the Ucayali basin in east-central Peru. The company will acquire an interest of as much as 25% in a block from Pangaea Energy International, a private Canadian...

Shell U.K. Exploration & Production.(reports offshore oil exploration project)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Shell U.K. Exploration & Production, operating joint venture of Shell U.K. Ltd. and Esso Exploration & Production U.K. Ltd., disclosed an oil strike on U.K. North Sea Block 21/12. Shell/Esso said the 21/12-3 new-pool wildcat was drilled in 279 ft...

EEX Corp.,.(discovers gas reserve in Gulf of Mexico)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... EEX Corp., Houston, disclosed a gas find on West Cameron Block 204 in the Gulf of Mexico. On test, the West Cameron Block 204 No. 1 discovery well flowed at a maximum rate of 30 MMcfd of gas and 86 b/d of condensate through a 40/64-in. choke at...

Esso (Thailand) Public Co. Ltd.(contract with Wheeler Energy Ltd.)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Esso (Thailand) Public Co. Ltd. let contract to Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd., Reading, U.K., for engineering, procurement, and construction work on an aromatics plant to be built at Sriracha, Thailand. The plant, to be built next to Essos Sriracha...

M.W. Kellogg Technology Co.,.(forms alliance with United Catalysts Inc. and Engelhard Corp.)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... M.W. Kellogg Technology Co., Engelhard Corp., and United Catalysts Inc. (UCI) formed an alliance to market and provide technical services for the catalyst used in the Kellogg Advanced Ammonia Process (KAAP). Engelhard, Iselin, N.J., remains...

Australian Gas Light Co.(to build gas pipeline with Western Power)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Australian Gas Light Co. (AGL) and Western Australian utility Western Power will build a $72 million (Australian), 530-km gas pipeline from the main Dampier-Bunbury trunk line to supply mining projects and townships in Western Australia's...

East Australian Pipeline Ltd.(gets natural gas supply contract)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... East Australian Pipeline Ltd. and Transmission Pipelines Australia commissioned the $50 million (Australian), 151km InterConnect natural gas pipeline from Wagga Wagga, N.S.W., to Barnawatha, Vict. The line links South Australia's Cooper basin...

Alliance Pipeline Project.(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Alliance Pipeline Project, Calgary, received a favorable environmental review from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. FERC said the natural gas pipeline from Western Canada to Chicago would have limited adverse environmental effects...

Longhorn Partners Pipeline.(files lawsuit against Holly Corp. and Navajo Refining Co.)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Longhorn Partners Pipeline filed a lawsuit in an El Paso state district court against Navajo Refining Co., its parent Holly Corp., and an Austin law firm. The suit alleges that the three conspired to monopolize the West Texas gasoline market and...

Mobil Oil Corp.(settles lawsuit filed by Texas General Land Office)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Mobil Oil Corp. agreed to settle for $11.5 million a lawsuit filed against it by the Texas General Land Office. The suit charged that Mobil underpaid royalties from oil production on state lands. The move follows similar settlements by Chevron...

Barrington Petroleum Corp.(rejects Sunoma Energy Corp.'s takeover bid)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Barrington Petroleum Corp., Calgary, is searching for a white knight" to help it fight off a $385 million (Canadian) unsolicited takeover bid by Sunoma Energy Corp. (OGJ, Aug. 31, 1998, p. 30). Barrington said it has received interest from...

R&D Falcon Corp.(to merge with Cliffs Drilling Co.)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... R&D Falcon Corp. and Cliffs Drilling Co. signed a definitive merger agreement, following an earlier letter of intent (OGJ, Aug. 24, 1998, p. 34). Terms of the agreement stand as initially outlined.

NOVA Corp.(sells interest in Dynegy Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... NOVA Corp., Calgary, is selling its 26% interest in Dynegy Inc. (formerly NGC Corp.), Houston. NOVA said it is divesting its stake in the energy service company, worth about $463 million, in order to focus on its core petrochemicals business....

U.S. Federal Trade Commission.(reports Exxon Corp.'s motor oil business divesture)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Exxon Corp. agreed to sell its motor oil viscosity-improver business to Chevron Chemical Co., thus enabling Exxon to enter into a joint venture with Royal Dutch/Shell. FTC said that, without the divestiture,...

Ultramar Diamond Shamrock COrp.(forms joint venture with Koch Industries Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Carp. (UDS), San Antonio, and Koch Industries Inc., Wichita, formed a joint venture of their NGL and petrochemicals operations at Mont Belvieu, Tex. The new Houston-based firm, called Diamond-Koch, owns: UDS's majority...

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency.(settles lawsuit against Coastal Corp.)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... U. S. Environmental Protection Agency said Coastal Corp., Houston, agreed to a $1.2 million settlement to resolve claims that its subsidiaries and affiliates violated air pollution laws at power plants serving a Coastal refinery at West Deptford...

Shell Canada Products Ltd.(sells petroleum refinery)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Shell Canada Products Ltd. completed the sale of its idled Balzac refinery to Ventech Process Equipment Inc., Houston. The refinery was shut down in 1992. Ventech will begin dismantling the plant and moving it to an undisclosed location. This...

EPA.(publishes air pollutant standards for non-road diesel engines)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... EPA issued tougher emission standards for non-road diesel engines. The standards, to phase in during 1999-2008, will reduce ground-level ozone and particulates two-thirds from current standards. EPA said NOx emissions will be cut by 1 million...

Shell Deepwater Development Inc.(contract with RBF Exploration Co.)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Shell Deepwater Development Inc. signed a 5-year contract with RBF Exploration Co., a unit of Houston's R&D Falcon Corp., for a new-generation ultradeepwater moored semisubmersible, the RBS-6. Delivery is slated for November 1999. The design was...

An appraisal well.(oil well drilled by ENI in Italy)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... An appraisal well drilled by Italian firm ENI confirmed that Monte Alpi field, on southern Italy's Grumento Nova concession, extends west into the Volturino concession. Monte Alpi was previously proven to lie mainly in Grumento Nova in the...

U.S. Minerals Management Service.(plans royalties from oil leases in Wyoming)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... U.S. Minerals Management Service accepted proposals to take royalty oil in kind from selected federal leases in Wyoming. MMS estimated that the pilot project will increase its royalty revenues by nearly 95[cent]/bbl above what producers had been...

The Saipem 7000.(heavy-lift vessel to be used for oil exploration project in Gulf of Mexico)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... The Saipem 7000 heavy-lift vessel moved on location at the Thebaud wellhead jacket near Sable Island off Nova Scotia to add the cellar deck to the installed jacket as part of the Sable Offshore Energy Project (SOEP). The Thebaud process and North...

Petroleum Geo-Services ASA.(contract with Conoco (UK) Ltd. for vessel for offshore oil exploration project)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, Lysaker, Norway, completed construction and the onshore commissioning phase of the Ramform Banff floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The vessel will sail to Conoco (U.K.) Ltd.'s Banff field to...

BG Exploration & Production Ltd.(drills gas well off Egypt)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... BG Exploration & Production Ltd. announced test results of an appraisal well drilled on the West Delta Deep Marine concession in the Nile Delta off Egypt. Scarab-2 flowed more than 30 MMcfd of gas. In June, the Scarab-1 and nearby Saffron-1...

Tejas Natural Gas Liquids LLC.(to build cryogenic gas processing plant with Marathon Oil Co.)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Tejas Natural Gas Liquids LLC and Marathon Oil Co. will jointly build a $30 million cryogenic gas processing plant near Centerville, La. The 300 MMcfd Neptune gas processing plant is scheduled for start-up in first quarter 2000. The plant will...

India.(Indian Oil Corp. to form joint venture with Petronas)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... India approved Indian Oil Corp.'s (IOC) proposal to form a joint venture with Petronas of Malaysia to build a 600,000 metric ton/year LPG import terminal at Haldia in West Bengal state. The project is estimated to cost 2 billion rupees. Approval...

TransMontaigne Terminaling Inc.(to expand petroleum product pipeline capacity)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... TransMontaigne Terminaling Inc. (TTI) and TransMontaigne Transportation Services Inc., units of Denver's Transmontaigne Inc., will expand refined products storage capacity along the Chicago-area Norco Pipeline System by 480,000 bbl. Four...

Total refinery to get France's first IGCC unit.
September 7, 1998... Total, Electricite de France (EdF), and Texaco Inc. have launched a joint project to build an integrated gasification/combined-cycle (IGCC) plant next to Total's 320,000 b/d refinery in Normandy, France. It will be the first such plant in the...

Enron group backing India LNG terminal.
September 7, 1998... Another liquefied natural gas import terminal is on tap for India. Metropolis Gas Corp. Ltd. (Metgas), a joint venture of Enron Corp. and Qatar Gas Co., plans to develop in partnership with Enron unit Dabhol Power Corp. a $700 million LNG...

OGJ200 COMPANIES POSTED STRONG FINANCIAL YEAR IN 1997.
September 7, 1998... Companies on the 0GJ200 list of publicly traded oil and gas producers in the U.S. posted a second straight strong financial year in 1997. Net income slipped but was still at the second highest level on record. Most other indicators of financial...

GOVERNMENT OIL COMPANIES DOMINATE OGJ100 LIST OF PRODUCTION LEADERS OUTSIDE U.S.
September 7, 1998... The OGJ100 list of major companies outside the U.S. reflects the continued dominance of worldwide reserves holdings by governments. Since many government oil and gas companies report only production and reserves, financial rankings aren't...

Myanmar production meets first-gas targets.
September 7, 1998... THE AUTHOR Alain Lepage was project manager for the Yadana project, beginning in 1994. He began his industrial career in 1968 with the Comex Group and subsequently headed a subsidiary of the group involved in offshore environmental data...

Many Russian refinery projects plagued by financing problems.
September 7, 1998... THE AUTHOR Mikhail G Rudin has been a senior engineering advisor with Raytheon Engineers & Constructors since 1994. For 33 years before joining Raytheon, he was with Lengiproneftekhim, a St. Petersburg engineering company, as a process manager...

Study offshore Trinidad determines frac-pack effectiveness.
September 7, 1998... THE AUTHORS Brian M. Davidson is manager of production engineering for S.A. Holditch & Associates Inc., Houston, where he is involved with stimulation projects worldwide. Previously, he worked for Halliburton Energy Services Inc. in designing,...

NELSON-FARRAR COST INDEXES.(petroleum refineries)(Illustration)
September 7, 1998... NELSON-FARRAR COST INDEXES Refinery construction (1946 Basis) (Explained on p. 145 of the Issue of Dec. 30, 1985) May ...

Shallow-water seismic system.(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Delph Seismic is a turnkey, high resolution digital acquisition and on-line processing package for as many as 24 channels of shallow water seismic data. The package digitizes data at 16 bit resolution (96 db) and is capable of on or off-line...

36 in. composite rigging sheave.
September 7, 1998... This new 36 in. sheave is designed for use on offshore rigs and deep well operations. The new 36 in. nylon wheel helps reduce line wear and stress. The nylon wheel equals the strengths found in a standard wheel and comes in a solid wheel design,...

Solution for 30 data bases.
September 7, 1998... A new cooperative arrangement formed by U.K. company Laser-Scan and U.S. firm LH Systems supplies software and systems for integrated image exploitation and 3D spatial data base creation and maintenance. Socet Set software for 3D stereo image...

Compact drilling work station.(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... This work station puts rugged, reliable PC control/data display anywhere on the drilling rig. ProPanel features a thin profile and compact footprint. Its totally sealed design excludes liquids, particulate, EMI/RFI, shock, and vibration. It...

New continuous carbon fiber valve plates.
September 7, 1998... New high temperature, continuous carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic valve plates are available for compressor use. The new valve plates are made using continuous carbon fiber with PPS or PEEK thermoplastic resin systems. The carbon fiber/PPS...

Heatless desiccant dryers.
September 7, 1998... New Hydronix heatless desiccant dryers are capable of drying compressed air to pressure dew points of -100[degree] F. The design of the dryers provides drying capability and desiccant attrition by utilizing upward airflow in the drying tower and...

MOVES AND PROMOTIONS.(includes multiple briefs on executive changes at various petroleum firms)
September 7, 1998... Nalco/Exxon Energy Chemicals (Nalco/Exxon), Sugar Land, Tex., has named Charles (Charlie) R. Watts general manager of oilfield chemicals in North America. Watts will be responsible for managing the oilfield chemicals division for Nalco/Exxon in...

Attractive potential seen in 10 sub-basins off Peru.
September 7, 1998... Fernando Zuniga-Rivero is chairman of BPZ & Associates Inc., a Houston international energy consulting firm. He spent two decades with Exxon subsidiary International Petroleum Co. in Peru before becoming the first head of the E&P department in...

Correction.(to article about seismic data offshore Peru in August 3, 1998 issue)(Correction Notice)
September 7, 1998... The volume of 1993-94 seismic data available offshore Peru is 10,420 line km. not 1,700 as previously reported (OGJ, Aug. 3, 1998, p. 73). Also, sole owners of the data are Perupetro and Ribiana Inc., Katy, Tex., not Simon Petroleum Technology as...

Colombia.(oil wells planned)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Texican Oil plc, Petrolex Energy Corp., and others spudded Compae 2, first of several planned 1998 delineation wells at 6,100 ft southwest of the Compae 1 discovery on the Maracas association contract in the Cesar basin 190 km southeast of...

Papua New Guinea.(Santos Ltd. to drill oil well)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Santos Ltd. plans to drill the Stanley 1 wildcat later this year on 1.26 million acre PPL 157 some 200 km west-north-west of Moran oil field in the western (foreland) Papuan basin. The wildcat, about 20 km cast of the border with Irian Jaya, is...

Ontario.(Talisman Energy Inc. gets offshore oil exploration licenses from Algonquin Petroleum Corp.)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Talisman Energy Inc. took a farmout on exploration licenses in Lake Erie from Algonquin Petroleum Corp. Talisman may earn a 100% working interest in as much as 5,390 acres off Romney Township, Kent County, by drilling two wells to Ordovician...

Colorado.(Energy Alliance and Sharon Energy Ltd. to drill gas wells)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... More drilling for low-BTU gas is planned in southeastern Colorado. Energy Alliance and Sharon Energy Ltd., Denver, were re-entering the Strat Land 2 Redcurrant Federal, in 12-33s44w, Baca County, plugged in 1989. At the time it flowed 2.738 MMcfd...

Louisiana.(Callon Petroleum Co.'s gas well drilling projects)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Callon Petroleum Co., Natchez Miss., logged as a discovery its third well drilled in the Breton Sound/Main Pass area in third quarter 1998. The 1 State Lease 15827 on Main Pass Block 26 cut 45 ft of net natural gas pay at 10,084-218 ft. Callon's...

Mississippi.(Benz Energy Ltd./Texstar Petroleum to boost gas well production)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Benz Energy Ltd./Texstar Petroleum plans to frac Cretaceous Upper Hosston later this month to boost production from an exploratory test in the East Morgantown area of Marion County. The 1 Board of Education 16-14, in 16-4n-13e, initially flowed...

New Mexico.(United Utilities Corp. to drill more gas wells)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... United Utilities Corp., Houston, will re-enter a Tucumcari basin wildcat abandoned in 1959 and could drill more wells if it finds pay. Objectives are Pennsylvanian gas zones at 7,750 ft and shallower indicated on logs at the 1 Sunray-Briscoe, in...

Texas.(oil and gas exploration projects)
September 7, 1998... West Mariah Energy Corp., Austin opened a field in Presidio County which has one other producing area. The 1 Berthold, 40 miles west-northwest of Marfa, pumped 5 b/d of 35.8[degrees] gravity oil with 97 Mcfd of gas and 60 b/d of water from San...

West Virginia.(Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. to explore gas well)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., Houston, has staked several offsets to an exploratory well in McDowell County. The M-16 Pocahontas Land is expected to deliver 1.5 MMcfd of gas from Lower Mississippian Pocono open hole. CAOF is 12 MMcfd. TD is 3,618 ft....

Wyoming.(Termo Co. drills oil well)(Brief Article)
September 7, 1998... Termo Co., Long Beach, Calif., staked three step-outs from a Powder River basin Minnelusa discovery completed this spring. The discovery well, 11 miles northwest of Recluse, is the 1 State of Wyoming-MAO, in 36-57n-75w, Campbell County. The well...

API IMPORTS OF GRUDE AND PRODUCTS.(Illustration)
September 7, 1998... API IMPORTS OF GRUDE AND PRODUCTS --Districts 1-4--- 8-28 [8-21.sup.*] 1998 1998 Total motor gasoline 436 ...

API CRUDE AND PRODUCT STOCKS.(Illustration)
September 7, 1998... API CRUDE AND PRODUCT STOCKS -Motor gasoline- Blending Crude oil Total [Comp.sup.+] PAD I ...

OGJ CRACK SPREAD.(Illustration)
September 7, 1998... OGJ CRACK SPREAD [8-28-98.sup.*] [8-29-97.sup.*] Change % ---- $/bbl----- change SPOT PRICES Products value 15.79 ...

API REFINERY REPORT--AUGUST 28, 1998.(Illustration)
September 7, 1998... API REFINERY REPORT--AUGUST 28, 1998 REFINERY OPERATIONS Total Input refinery Crude to crude District...

OGJ GASOLINE PRICES.(Illustration)
September 7, 1998... OGJ GASOLINE PRICES Price ex tax 8-26-98 (Approx....

BAKER HUGHES RIG COUNT.(Illustration)
September 7, 1998... BAKER HUGHES RIG COUNT 8-28-98 8-29-97 Alabama 9 3 Alaska 15 11 Arkansas 5 11 California 27 38 Land...

OGJ PRODUCTION REPORT.(crude oil)(Illustration)
September 7, 1998... OGJ PRODUCTION REPORT [8-28-98.sup.*] [8-29-97.sup.+] (Crude oil and lease condensate) (1,000 b/d) Alabama 35 39...

U.S. CRUDE PRICES.(Illustration)
September 7, 1998... U.S. CRUDE PRICES [($/bbl).sup.*] 8-28-98 Alaska-North Slope 27[degrees] 7.18 Southern Louisiana Light 12.50 California-Kern River 13[degrees] 8.25 Lost Hills...

REFINED PRODUCT PRICES.(Illustration)
September 7, 1998... REFINED PRODUCT PRICES 8-21-98 ([cent]/gal) Spot market product prices Motor gasoline (Conventional-regular) New York Harbor 39.35 Golf...

SMITH RIG COUNT.(Illustration)
September 7, 1998... SMITH RIG COUNT 8-28-98 8-29-97 Proposed depth Rig % Rig % (ft) count [footage.sup.*] count [footage.sup.*] 0-2,500 ...

WORLD CRUDE PRICES.(Illustration)
September 7, 1998... WORLD CRUDE PRICES [($/bbl).sup.*] 8-21-98 United Kingdom-Brent 38[degrees] 12.07 Russia-Urals 32[degrees] 11.72 Saudi light 34[degrees] 12.50 Dubai Fateh...

AGA NATURAL GAS [STORAGE.sup.*].(Illustration)
September 7, 1998... AGA NATURAL GAS [STORAGE.sup.*] 8-21-98 8-14-98 Change ________(bcf)_______ Producing region 794 780 14 Consuming region east...

PACE REFINING MARGINS.(Illustration)
September 7, 1998... PACE REFINING MARGINS June July Aug. Aug. % 1998 1998 1998 1997 Change Change $/bbl U.S. Gulf Coast West Texas Sour ...

U.S. NATURAL GAS BALANCE DEMAND/SUPPLY SCOREBOARD.(Illustration)
September 7, 1998... U.S. NATURAL GAS BALANCE DEMAND/SUPPLY SCOREBOARD May Total May Apr. May Change YTD 1998 1998 1997...