Signal Oil and Gas - Venezuela, India sign joint venture in oil-gas-rich Orinoco

Signal Oil and Gas  - Venezuela, India sign joint venture in oil-gas-rich Orinoco

 Venezuela and India on Tuesday signed a five-year, 400-million-dollar joint venture to drill for oil and gas in Venezuela's oil-rich southeastern Orinoco region, Oil and Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez said.
"It's the first association agreement between the two countries," Ramirez said after signing the agreement with his Indian counterpart Murli Deora, the first energy minister from India to visit Venezuela. Signal Oil and GasSignal Oil and Gas
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The joint venture brings together Venezuela's state-owned oil company PDVSA and India's ONGC Videsh Ltd., a subidiary of India's top oil company Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC).

With PDVSA controlling a 60 percent stake of the venture and ONGC Videsh Ltd. 40 percent, the two companies will explore the 160 square kilometer (62 square miles) San Cristobal oil field in northern Orinoco, a region the size of Croatia that is rich in heavy crude oil.

Over the next few years, the joint venture is likely to double Orinoco's oil production from its current 30,000 barrels per day to 60,000, Ramirez told reporters at PDVSA heaquarters. Signal Oil and Gas

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Preliminary studies by both companies also estimated the San Cristobal area can yield 7,476 cubic meters (264 million cubic feet) of natural gas.

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India in 2006 increased its crude oil purchase to 50,000 barrels per day, and its trade with Venezuela has grown from 60 million dollars per year in 2004 to 138 million in 2005, and close to one billion in 2006, mostly in oil sales, the Indian Embassy said. James Van Blaricum

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Venezuela, a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), is Latin America's leading oil producer, with an estimated 100 billion barrels of crude oil reserves. Jim E Van Blaricum

 

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Camp Mowglis - Our Chapel of the Woodsby

Camp Mowglis - Our Chapel of the Woodsby

The sound of the organ drifts through the woods as you walk down the chapel path, wearing your dress uniform and trying to stay quiet and you march in line with your friends. You feel welcomed by the clean smell of the tall pines. The carpet of needles has been neatly raked, and you follow the meandering route, up and over the small bridge, until you can see neatly lined stone walls that envelope the small chapel.Camp Mowglis

The organ stops and there is a peace to the place like none other. A gentle breeze works its way through the evergreen canopy like a second verse. You take a seat on the bench and breath deeper. This is a time  apart from a busy bugle-born schedule, a time to pause. It's hard not to be thankful, happy to be here at Mowglis, but happy too just to be in this special spot, surrounded by friends. It is both a coming together and also a time alone, for quiet reflection. Camp Mowglis

Created to honor the camp's founder, Elizabeth Ford Holt, after her death in 1925, the stone chapel was constructed on the site of an earlier wooden one, whose location she selected and which was blessed by Bishop Courtney of Canada in 1917.

The stone altar dates back to the original wooden chapel. Adorned only by a simple birchwood cross, the altar has two special stones built in. One small white stone is said to be from the Parthenon of ancient Greece, a gift from a Pasquaney man who brought back a stone for each camp. The other stone came from Arizona, a gift from Matthew Baird when he started a second camp there. Camp Mowglis

The chapel bell dates back to 1917, when boys and staff collected their coins to honor Colonel Baird, a former camper and staff member under Mrs. Holt. Camp Mowglis

The coins were melted when the bell was cast, which is why, they say, its music is so sweet.

The organ, too, has a story of its own. A young man named Gilbert Crosby Paine played the flute quite well, but he couldn't tune it to the chapel's earlier pump organ, which was too far from standard pitch. He gave his life for his country, and he remembered Mowglis in his will, providing the funds in the 1940s for an electric organ that continues to play today. Camp Mowglis

Not surprisingly, Mowglis' Chapel of the Woods holds a special place in the hearts of many alumni. So much so that some have chosen to get married there.

 

 

 

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Once a well has been drilled, and the presence of commercially viable quantities of petroleum has been verified, the next step is actually lifting the natural gas or oil out of the ground and processing it for transportation. James Van Blaricum

Natural gas, as it exists underground, is not exactly the same as the natural gas that comes through the pipelines to our homes and businesses. Natural gas, as we use it, is almost entirely methane. Natural gas as we find it underground, however, can come associated with a variety of other compounds and gases, as well as oil and water, which must be removed. Natural gas transported through pipelines must meet purity specifications to be allowed in, so most natural gas processing occurs near the well. James Van Blaricum

This section outlines the process of taking raw natural gas from underground formations and processing it into pipeline quality gas, ready for transportation. Click on the links below to learn about well completion and natural gas processing!

James Van Blaricum’s operations were centered in the San Antonio area.  With the buyout and changing business interests, James Van Blaricum moved to Las Vegas in 1992.  In 1996, Van Blaricum moved back to Texas, but this time in the Dallas area and opened Epic Oil and Gas with a partner in the winter of 1996/1997.  In 2000, he began the process of selling his interest over to his partner and created Signal Oil and Gas, which continues to operate today. James Van Blaricum

 

 

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