significant impact on the number and cost of oil and gas wells drilled. These changes also impact the cost of oil and gas …

American Petroleum Institute estimated that 20.9 billion barrels of produced water were disposed of in 1985 (Wakim 1987). Of … disposal of produced water represents a significant cost for operators. A relatively new technology, downhole oil …/water separators (DOWS), has been developed to reduce the cost of handling produced water. DOWS separate oil and gas from produced …

During fiscal year 1996, the Department of Energy continued to operate Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 in California and … Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 3 in Wyoming through its contractors. In addition, natural gas operations were conducted at … Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 3. All productive acreage owned by the Government at Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 2 in California …

available from Standard and Poor`s Compustat data service. Since several major petroleum companies disclose their income by …

available from Standard and Poor`s Compustat data service. Since several major petroleum companies disclose their income by … operations. Based on information provided in 1993 fourth quarter financial disclosures, the net income for 82 petroleum companies … crude oil prices resulted in a deterioration of the performance of upstream (oil and gas production) petroleum companies …

Based on information provided in 1993 third quarter financial disclosures, the average net income for 112 petroleum … overall petroleum income was derived from increases in refined product consumption and margins, which improved the … profitability of downstream petroleum (refining, marketing and transport) operations. A 17-percent decline in crude oil prices led …