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DECEMBER 2004

Special Focus

  • Another good service/supply year on tap

    Craig Ketchum, Red Man Pipe & Supply and PESA

    Vol. 225 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2005 Another good service/supply year on tap Craig Ketchum, President, Red Man Pipe & Supply Co., and Chairman, Petroleum Equipment Suppl

  • Brighter outlook seen for drilling

    Paul Kelly, Rowan Companies

    Vol. 225 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2005 Brighter outlook seen for drilling Paul L. Kelly, Senior Vice President, Rowan Companies, Inc., Houston Record high

  • High prices boost consultants' work loads

    Donnie Harris, Forrest A. Garb & Associates

    Vol. 225 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2005 High prices boost consultants' work loads W. D. (Donnie) Harris III, CEO, Forrest A. Garb & Associates, Inc., Dallas

  • Industry must be proactive on policy to ensure success

    George Boyadjieff, Varco International and NOIA

    Vol. 225 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2005 Industry must be proactive on policy to ensure success George Boyadjieff, Chairman Emeritus and Director, Varco International, Inc., and

  • Market edges closer to breaking points

    George Littell, Groppe, Long & Littell

    Vol. 225 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2005 Market edges closer to breaking points George S. Littell, Partner, Groppe, Long and Littell, Houston Confusion was

  • Maturity approaches on the UKCS

    Alex Kemp, University of Aberdeen

    Vol. 225 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2005 Maturity approaches on the UKCS Professor Alex Kemp, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland In some respects, e

  • Norwegian energy still offers plenty

    Terje Overvik, Statoil

    Vol. 225 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2005 Norwegian energy still offers plenty Terje Overvik, Executive Vice President, E&P Norway, Statoil, Stavanger Af

  • So kid, they tell me you have talent…

    Doug Nester, F-W Oil Exploration

    Vol. 225 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2005 So kid, they tell me you have talent… Douglas C. Nester, Chief Operating Officer, F-W Oil Exploration L.L.C., Houston

  • The wheel's still in spin…

    Dr. D. Nathan Meehan, CMG Petroleum Consulting

    Vol. 225 No. 12 What's Ahead in 2005 The wheel's still in spin… D. Nathan Meehan, President, CMG Petroleum Consulting, Ltd., Houston

  • World Oil's editorial advisors analyze major E&P topics of 2004, predict activity and trends for 2005

    Edited by Kurt S. Abraham , Managing/International Editor
    High oil and gas prices have fattened oil companies' bank accounts in a demand-driven market. However, prosperity brings its own set of challenges, as the E&P industry leans ever harder on technology to yield new energy supplies.

Features

Columns

  • Editorial Comment

    Perry A Fischer, Editor
    OPEC income trends

  • Drilling advances

    Robert E. Snyder, Executive Eng. Editor
    Low-mass drill for Mars needs no fluids

  • International Politics

    Dr. A. F. Alhajji, Contributing Editor, Middle East
    US foreign policy has harmed global productive capacity

  • What's new in exploration

    Perry A. Fischer, Editor
    Many deepwater leases set to expire; Fiber-optic, seabed seismic

  • What's new in production

    Robert E. Snyder, Executive Eng. Editor
    US gas crunch on the way; Tar sand recovery chemical

News & Resources

  • Companies in the news

    Vol. 225 No. 12  IHS Energy, a leading source of worldwide oil and gas information, analysis and software, has acquired Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), a s

  • Industry at a glance

    Vol. 225 No. 12   In October, OPEC production rose 110,000 bopd to 30.3 million bopd. Within non-OPEC countries, Norway's productio

  • New products

    Vol. 225 No. 12  Optimize target selection Seismic Insight, Inc., announces a new signal-processing technique to improve the success ratio of targeted drillin

  • People in industry

    Vol. 225 No. 12  GEP, the French oil and gas suppliers' council, elected Dominique Michel as president of the organization. Michel, president of Doris Engineering, will t

  • World of Oil

    Kurt S. Abraham, Managing/International Editor

    Vol. 225 No. 12  KURT S. ABRAHAM, MANAGING/INTERNATIONAL EDITOR   

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