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- Oil rig tilts in gale. Nordahl, Peter // Christian Science Monitor;1/3/95, Vol. 87 Issue 26, p20
Reports on the listing of an oil drilling rig in the North Sea due to a gale on January 1, 1995.
- Oil and gas resource development. // Monthly Energy Review;Nov96, p81
Presents charts and graphs showing development progress of oil and gas resources in the United States. Number of wells drilled; Footage drilled; Rotary rigs in operation; Active well servicing.
- Strong oil market causes rise in OCTG prices, stock. // Metal Center News;Oct97, Vol. 37 Issue 11, p114
Reports on the impact of the strength of drill rig counts on the oil country tubular goods (OCTG) producers in the United States. Rig count resulting to an increase in OCTG prices; Favorable corporate performances.
- Rig count to average 120 in 1995, says Salomon. Crowden, Michael // Offshore;Apr95, Vol. 55 Issue 4, p18
Forecasts the decline of rig counts in the Gulf of Mexico for 1995. Percentage of average utilization; Effect of the departure of rigs for stronger overseas markets; 1996 rig utilization forecast; Decline of Gulf of Mexico jackup day rates.
- Rig use soars worldwide. George, Dev // Offshore;Aug95, Vol. 55 Issue 8, p10
Reports on the increased utilization of offshore rigs. Factors contributing to the rising day rates.
- Rig newbuilds almost nigh. George, Dev // Offshore;Apr96, Vol. 56 Issue 4, p10
Reports on the increasing difficulty in finding available drilling rigs. Ways to cope with high demands for oil rigs; Problem posed by low day rates which do not justify newbuilds; Rising gas demands in the United States and other regions of the world.
- West African deepwater rig demand at highest. Akani, Fred // Offshore;Aug96, Vol. 56 Issue 8, p26
Reports on increased deepwater rig demand in West Africa in May 1996.
- Ursa largest in Gulf. Von Flatern, Rick // Offshore;Sep96, Vol. 56 Issue 9, p28
Reports that the offshore oil rig URSA developed by Shell will be the largest platform structure in the US Gulf of Mexico.
- Multilateral technology advancing by `firsts'. Von Flatern, Rick // Offshore;Sep96, Vol. 56 Issue 9, p30
Discusses technological advances in multilateral systems for oil well structures. Installations by Baker Oil Tools; Sperry-Sun Drilling Services; Halliburton Energy Services.


