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Articles in June, 2006 issue of World Oil

• Oil prices flatten, but rig shortages threaten OPEC projects
  by Kurt S. Abraham
• Ecuador denies plan to nationalize oil
  by Kurt S. Abraham
• CT drilling takes off in Niobrara play in Colorado and Nebraska: drilling shallow gas wells with a coiled tubing rig has improved performance while reducing costs, and use of this technology should grow rapidly
  by Kent Perry
• Oceaneering International
• Shell Egypt West Manzala GmbH and Shell Egypt West Qantara GmbH have signed of a farm-in agreement with Centurion Energy International Inc. through which Shell will acquire a 50% interest in two Centurion-operated exploration concessions in the Nile Delta
• Analysis software upgrades
• MMS revises, updates hurricane damage numbers
  by Kurt S. Abraham
• What's new in exploration
  by Perry A. Fischer
• Frank King, board member of Republic Energy in Dallas, was elected chairman of the board of the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers at its 76th annual meeting
• Jackson School of Geosciences
• Compagnie Generale de Geophysique announced in Bahrain that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Industrialization & Energy Services Company , its long-term Saudi Partner in the Arabian Geophysical and Surveying Company
• Geomodeling software
• Nicaraguan deal signed
  by Kurt S. Abraham
• BHI completes sale of Western Geco interest
  by Kurt S. Abraham
• Multilaterals and intelligent well systems applied to a mature field: they're not just for deepwater subsea wells
  by Brent Emerson
• Acteon
• Continental Energy Corp. has formed TXX Energy Corp. to pursue oil and gas exploration and production projects, and obtain new exploration leases in the US
• Rotary steerable service
• PDVSA buys Chinese rigs
  by Kurt S. Abraham
• OCS gas amendment clears one House hurdle, loses another
  by Kurt S. Abraham
• What's new in production
  by Victor Schmidt
• Aspen Aerogels
• Marine Acquisition, Veritas Geophysical Corp
• Maritime Industrial Services Co. Ltd. Inc. of Dubai will build two Friede & Goldman-designed Super M2 jack-up drilling rigs at MIS yard in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, for Mosvold Jackup Ltd, with options to build two units in the future
• Fire-resistant cables
• Vietnam field fast-tracked
  by Kurt S. Abraham
• It is just plain "Hess" now
  by Kurt S. Abraham
• Designing limited-entry fracture completions for horizontal wells: LEF is improved with a combination of perforation design and acid soluable cement
  by Craig Rohwer
• Hydraulic Institute
• Cal Dive International, Inc., a marine contractor and energy services company, has changed its name to Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc
• Fluid loss control additives
• Offshore spending may approach $250 billion by 2010
  by Kurt S. Abraham
• Australia releases many new areas
  by Kurt S. Abraham
• Conformance Engineering: a comprehensive review: Part 2: connecting the problem to an effective solution
  by David Smith
• Marathon Oil Corp
• Fugro-Jason
• Sorbent booms
• Editorial comment
  by Perry A. Fischer
• OTC attendance rises to highest point in 24 years
  by Kurt S. Abraham
• Drilling advances
  by Les Skinner
• Julio Eduardo Durta Ribeiro, a specialist in offshore, subsea and structural engineering, was named general manager of Brazilian operations for 2H Offshore Projetos, an Acteon company
• Valero Energy Corp
• Advanced Well Technologies
• Electrically propelled ROV
• Energy executives plan hefty hikes in upstream spending
  by Kurt S. Abraham
• CAPP releases Canadian oil forecast
  by Kurt S. Abraham
• Seismic source offerings provide options for operators: has everything really been tried? Considering the whole acquisition package, what's old might be worth another look
  by Perry A. Fischer
• John D. Oil and Gas Co
• Expro International Group PLC
• Rugged tabled PCs
• CNOOC field onstream
  by Kurt S. Abraham
• Angola's Sonangol reveals successful bidders
  by Kurt S. Abraham
• Oil and gas in the capitals
  by A.F. Alhajji
• Douglas-Westwood Ltd
• Champion Technologies
• Memory caliper for HTHP wells
• Meetings & events
• Croatia plans platforms
  by Kurt S. Abraham
• Opinion
  by Kurt S. Abraham
• Combined UBD and drilling with casing lends innovation to unique conditions: a unique combination of underbalanced drilling and drilling with casing has proved to be successful in drilling wells that feature stratified pressure regimes in mature fields, i
  by Chris Chandler
• Construction Specialists Ltd
• Schlumberger and BT have formed an alliance targeting the communication needs of the E&P industry
• Mud logging data collection
• Industry at a glance