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FEBRUARY 2005

Special Focus

International: Canadian outlook

R. Curran
Two consecutive, record-setting years deserve yet another
International: Global offshore drilling

More drilling offshore this year
International: Worldwide drilling

Buoyed by high prices, drilling rates are feverish
International: Worldwide oil production

Global output struggles to meet demand
United States: 2005 E&P spending

G. Kieburtz, A. Hoffman, W. M. NcNair and M. L. Bissell
Spending boost to continue in 2005
United States: Crude Oil Prices

M. R. Simmons
2005 oil outlook: Is this the year when demand outstrips supply?
United States: Producing gas wells

US gas well growth continues
United States: Producing oil wells

$40 to $50 crude keeps strippers pumping
United States: US drilling

Drilling activity surge will lead to record year
United States: US production

Oil and gas production remarkably flat - again
United States: US reserves

US oil reserves down, gas up
United States: US rotary rigs

Better gets better still
United States: Washington In 2005

J. McCaughey
Congress likely to differ with Bush on US energy policy

Features

Global LNG market is in transformation

G. Law and F. Harris
Recent years have produced some of the most significant changes in the LNG business, prompted by broadening demand and growing supply competition.
North American Gas Outlook: Taking the High Road

L. Parent
Supply and demand are remarkably volatile, yet remain within a consistent range despite record drilling. Meanwhile, traders keep gaming and playing the game with gas prices.
Petroleum Technology Digest: Internet access to well information

S. Gustison, J. Grube and B. Seyler
An easily accessible and minable database, offered by governmental agencies, can generate prospects and increase production.Columns
Tapered coiled tubing reaches extreme depths

H. Fowler and P. Courville
New coiled tubing string development and pipe handling equipment increased operating well depth ranges by 55%.
US firms could follow Canada's lead in coiled tubing drilling

R. E. Snyder and Spears & Associates
Canada is the world's leader in development and use of coiled tubing, but a DOE project hopes to apply this technology to slim holes.

Columns

Editorial Comment

Perry A Fischer, Editor
Polemic propaganda
Drilling advances

Les Skinner, Contributing Editor
The new “boom"
International Politics

Jacques Sapir, Contributing Editor, FSU
Yukos goes to auction. Who's next?
What's new in exploration

Perry A. Fischer, Editor
Earthquake prediction
What's new in production

Robert E. Snyder, Executive Eng. Editor
DOE deep gas stimulation; New CBM technology

News & Resources

Companies in the news

Vol. 226 No. 2  Schlumberger Oilfield Services and the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) have extended the capabilities and functionality of DISKOS, the national
Industry at a glance

Vol. 226 No. 2   State firm NNPC said Nigerian reserves are at 35.5 billion bbl, with production on the rise. Other OPEC countries,
New products

Vol. 226 No. 2  Extended pressure range for multivariable transmitter Bristol Babcock announces that an upper-range limit (URL) of 4,000 psi is now
People in industry

Vol. 226 No. 2  Judson Wallace was named VP, manufacturing operations, for Grant Pridecos Tubular Technology and Services division. Wallace has more than 25 years o
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Kurt S. Abraham, Managing/International Editor

Vol. 226 No. 2  KURT S. ABRAHAM, MANAGING/INTERNATIONAL EDITOR

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