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Donnelly, John
Dalton Boutte was named President of WesternGeco, a joint venture between Schlumberger and Baker Hughes, in February 2003. Boutte began his career with Schlumberger in 1980 as a wireline engineer in Houma, Louisiana. During his 23 years with the company, he has held several management positions throughout North America, and in Trinidad, Caracas, Buenos Aires, and Paris. In 1998, he was appointed Gulf Coast GeoMarket manager, based in New Orleans. Subsequently, he was named President of Europe, Africa, and CIS, and later moved to Paris as Vice President of Operations for Schlumberger Oilfield Services.
- North America > United States > Louisiana > Orleans Parish > New Orleans (0.25)
- South America > Venezuela > Capital District > Caracas (0.25)
- South America > Argentina > Buenos Aires F.D. > Buenos Aires (0.25)
Q&A with John Gibson (May 2003)
Gibson, John (Halliburton's Energy Services Group) | Donnelly, John (JPT Editor)
Look at the situation we of it as more of a horizontal construct. I believe service companies have now with oil and gas prices as high as they are and the should align objectives with customers to create maximum activity level as low as it is. There are only a few companies that value rather than simply being subservient. We have a role to have activity that matches the pricing, and it's because the play in adding value, and each part in the system adds value to uncertainty has companies choosing to wait until things are the system as we go forward.
Middle East oil powers may also be concerned about the U.S.'s goals for the region. Iraq's oil potential appears enormous. Iraq's sustainable production capacity is estimated at about 2.7 million BOPD. Iraq's gas reserves also appear abundant. The official reserves figure is 3.3 trillion After Iraq's production began to recover from the Gulf War of 1991, OPEC had Will the U.N. resume the oil-for-food program, or will the Iraqi government Iraq could eventually open to full-scale private investment.
- Energy > Oil & Gas > Upstream (1.00)
- Government > Regional Government > Asia Government > Middle East Government (0.35)
- Asia > Middle East > Iraq > Kirkuk Governorate > Zagros Basin > Baba Gurgur Field > Kirkuk Field > Qamchuqa Formation > Upper Qamchuqa Formation (0.99)
- Asia > Middle East > Iraq > Kirkuk Governorate > Zagros Basin > Baba Gurgur Field > Kirkuk Field > Qamchuqa Formation > Tarjil Formation (0.99)
- Asia > Middle East > Iraq > Kirkuk Governorate > Zagros Basin > Baba Gurgur Field > Kirkuk Field > Qamchuqa Formation > Shuaiba Formation (0.99)
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Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky is Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Yukos Oil Co., Russia's second-largest oil company, and Chairman of the Yukos Management Committee. He joined Yukos in 1996 and reorganized it as a vertically integrated, Western-style company in 1999. Previously, he was Chief Executive Officer of Rosprom, an investment company that oversaw large Russian manufacturers, and in 1993, he briefly served as Russia's Fuel and Energy Minister. In 1987, he cofounded the Youth Scientific-Technical Creativity Center, which in 1991 became Bank Menatep, the first privately owned Russian bank since 1917. He is a graduate of the Moscow Chemical-Technical Inst.
- Asia > Russia (0.62)
- Europe > Russia > Central Federal District > Moscow Oblast > Moscow (0.25)
Thought-provoking panel discussions on topics critical to additional money on safety, but progress in this area will be the drilling industry, displays featuring the latest in technology, slow compared to the improvements that recently have been and examinations of case studies highlighted this made, he said. The conference A second plenary delved into how well the industry is included 18 technical sessions featuring more than introducing new technology to the market, whether entrepreneurs 100 papers, as well as three plenary sessions that discussed are being sufficiently rewarded, and what systems contemporary issues affecting the drilling industry and the help and hinder technological progress. More than 1,100 people and questions from the audience zeroed in on one attended the 3-day conference, which also featured 46 of the more controversial topics in the upstream industry: exhibits, held 19-21 February in Amsterdam. Do operators fully appreciate the value of new technology In the first plenary session, executives representing operators, and reward service companies accordingly, and do the service companies, and drilling contractors laid out service companies adequately spell out the risks of new their visions for how the drilling industry will confront technologies to operators? That debate has become more future technical and personnel challenges.
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- Well Drilling > Drilling Operations (0.90)
- Well Drilling > Drilling Equipment (0.84)
- Well Completion > Sand Control > Screen selection (0.48)
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To be sure, the growth of Russia's oil industry over the past decade Russia's production has surpassed that of Saudi Arabia, at least for the time Russian oil output hit a 10-year high last year at 7.7 million BOPD and has since At issue is a struggle between the government and Russia's oil companies over Russian firms have proposals for adding 2.4 million BOPD in new Transneft, is dragging its heels. Another issue for Russia's oil industry is just how much firms can squeeze, through But after BP's announcement last month that it had signed a landmark deal to Cambridge Energy Research Assoc., agrees. "This could be the breaking of the dam," BP's deal may be a vote of confidence in Russia's stability and future, or it may be a But with PSAs seemingly on hold, buying part of a Russian firm may be the best way to become a part of Russia's oil success story. JPT is always eager to hear from its readers. If you have any comments or suggestions, please contact me at jdonnelly@spe.org or by phone at 713.779.9595
- Europe > Russia (1.00)
- Asia > Russia (1.00)
- Asia > Middle East > Saudi Arabia (0.51)
- Energy > Oil & Gas > Upstream (1.00)
- Government > Regional Government > Europe Government > Russia Government (0.51)
- Government > Regional Government > Asia Government > Russia Government (0.51)
Q&A with Bernard J. Duroc-Danner
Duroc-Danner, Bernard J. (Weatherford Intl.) | Donnelly, John (JPT Editor)
Bernard J. Duroc-Danner is President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Weatherford Intl. Before EVI Inc.'s merger with Weatherford, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of EVI, where he was responsible for that company's 1987 startup in the oilfield service and equipment business. He also held positions with Mobil Oil and Arthur D. Little Inc. He is a Director of Cal-Dive Intl. He holds a PhD degree in economics from the U. of Pennsylvania.
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- Europe > United Kingdom > North Sea (0.30)
- North America > United States > Pennsylvania (0.24)
Apache paid U.S. $1.3 billion for BP legacy assets in the North Sea and Gulf of That acreage has net proved reserves of 85.6 Apache made a similar deal with Shell 2 years ago. ConocoPhillips said late last year that it wants to divest U.S. $1.7 billion in properties Weatherford CEO Bernard J. Duroc-Danner, for one, sees the BP-Apache sale as quite It also believes the deal "signals the commencement Last month, U.K. Energy Minister Brian Wilson announced new contract terms The new "promote licenses" will give smaller companies Companies will be allowed to bid in the upcoming round on the basis of a traditional license or the promote license. As with the Gulf of Mexico in the 1990s, the North Sea appears to be on the threshold of realignment as the industry's biggest look to promising new areas in the Middle East and former Soviet Union and tighten their portfolios to please investors. JPT is always eager to hear from its readers. If you have any comments or suggestions, please contact me at jdonnelly@spe.org or by phone at 713.779.9595
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- Asia > Middle East (0.92)
- Europe > United Kingdom > North Sea (0.78)
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- Europe > United Kingdom > North Sea > Central North Sea > Central Graben > Block 21/10 > Forties Field > Forties Formation (0.99)
- Africa > Middle East > Egypt > Western Desert > Khalda Concession > Tut Field > AEB Formation > Alam El Bueib 5A sands > Alam El Bueib 5B sands > Alam El Bueib-3D (AEB-3D) FormationAEB Formation > Khatatba Formation (0.99)
- Africa > Middle East > Egypt > Western Desert > Khalda Concession > Tut Field > AEB Formation > Alam El Bueib 5A sands > Alam El Bueib 5B sands > Alam El Bueib-3D (AEB-3D) FormationAEB Formation > Alam El Bueib-3E (AEB-3E) Formation (0.99)
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Nasser K. Jaidah has been Director of Oil & Gas Ventures for Qatar Petroleum since 1997. He has held numerous positions of responsibility since joining the company in 1977 including Director of Exploration & Development of New Ventures, Manager of Exploration & Production, Technical Manager, Director of Petroleum Operations, and Director of Economics and Planning in the petroleum engineering department. He has been a member of the Qatargas Board since 1992 and is also Vice Chairman of the Qatargas Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of Qatar Fuel Additives Co., and a board member of Qatar Electricity & Water Co. He is Chairman of the 13th SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, which will be held 5-8 April in Bahrain. As Chairman of this year's 13th SPE Middle East How much of a role will private companies play in Oil and Gas Show and Conference, can you give us developing Qatar's gas reserves? The role of the private companies is pivotal in developing The theme for the MEOS 2003 event is "Technology these large reserves; the gas reserves are so large solutions for the oil and gas business: New Middle they cannot be developed by a single party.
- Energy > Oil & Gas > Upstream (1.00)
- Government > Regional Government > Asia Government > Middle East Government > Qatar Government (0.91)
But that is still higher than the anemic 1.5% worldwide Higher spending outside the U.S. is not surprising. U.S. properties has made non-U.S. But a big puzzle for oil and gas firms is figuring out what investors really want. Few of these targets have been met. TotalFinaElf, which last year met its goal of increasing output 10% to 2.4 million Caution may be the best approach this year.
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- Asia > Middle East > UAE (0.16)
- North America > United States > Texas (0.15)
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