October 1998
Industry At A Glance

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A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.
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October 1998 Vol. 219 No. 10
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New drilling technologies optimize North Slope wells
Jeff Allison and David Nims
Operator/contractor drilling team for ARCO/BP’s North Slope fields designed new techniques and improved conventional methods to cut well costs and open previously inaccessible reservoirs
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Real time automation optimizes production economics in Oman
Ron Cramer, Cleon Dunham and Alley Al Hinai
Petroleum Development Oman’s on-line, real-time production automation / optimization system has increased oil production by more than 5% and is saving PDO an estimated $7 million/year in capital and operating expenses
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Some thoughts, quotes and comments re Billy Jeff, Ozone, etc.
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Training helps solve drilling challenges; New Amoco drill-test facility
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Industry sponsors one-sided environmental platform at Norway's ONS '98
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Seismic crew counts, vessel building are up, despite falling crude prices
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UK tax hike review tabled; Not-so-good predictions for oil prices
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Technology turns green at ONS; GOM deep water and sub-salt shine
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New subsea completion systems; Barrett's problem / bonanza at Cave Gulch
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Industry supports OCS revenue sharing; Oil Pollution Act becomes effective

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