Petroleum Review, Vol 44 No 525, October 1990

Contents

488 News in Brief
490 Newsdesk
492 North Sea: Jimmy Hay, General Manager, UK Operations, BP Exploration, is interviewed by Carol Reader
495 Kuwait repercussions: The economic consequences of higher oil prices by Brian Pearce
498 Politics prevail over the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve, writes Judith Gurney
500 UK gasoline prices: Why pump prices have soared - a study by WEFA Ltd
502 Drilling fluids: Mark Scruton examines how environmental concerns will govern the future choice of drilling fluids
506 Oryx Energy: Robert Keiser details the background and future strategy of this newcomer to the North Sea
509 Seismic: The improved exploration tool - 3D seismic - comes of age
514 Forthcoming Events
517 Australia: Australia's urgent need for more oil by Willian Scholes
522 Drilling: Ian Shearer describes how modular rigs reduce topside weight
525 Developments in automated drilling by JF Croxford
528 Advanced thermal technology: A lead tool for oil and gas exploration
531 Information News
532 Technical Report
533 Institute News
536 Technology News
539 People

Issue details


PR_Vol44_No525_October_1990.pdf;

Journal title: Petroleum Review

Publisher: Institute of Petroleum

Subjects: Drilling fluids, Oil prices, Oil and gas exploration