[Shermy]

And on another front, a member here suggested I post this article. It relates to action in the Gulf of Mexico, with deep water hydrocarbon resources now being increasingly accessed. No small chunk of production indicated here.

Oregon Steel Announces New Pipeline Order for Napa Pipe Mill

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2002--Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. OS announced today that its Napa Division was awarded a purchase order to supply approximately 97,000 tons of large diameter pipe for the Cameron Highway Oil Pipeline System, a new 380-mile pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico.

Cameron Highway is expected to deliver up to 500,000 barrels of oil per day from the southern Green Canyon and western Gulf of Mexico areas to Port Arthur and Texas City, Texas. Napa Pipe will begin production of the 30-inch large diameter pipe for the project beginning the first quarter of 2003. Construction of the pipeline is anticipated to begin in the spring of 2003 and the new pipeline is expected to be in service by the third quarter of 2004.

Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. is organized into two divisions. The Oregon Steel Division produces steel plate, coil and welded pipe from plants located in Portland, Oregon, Napa, California and Camrose, Alberta, Canada. The Rocky Mountain Steel Mills Division, located in Pueblo, Colorado, produces steel rail, rod, bar, and tubular products.

[Shermy]

Mail me if you want off my Russia ping list.

[oyez]

Crank it out. The more we get from the GOM and Russia the less we have ro rely on the midEast.

[DoughtyOne]

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[hchutch]

FYI.

I think I know what Bush is getting ready to say to OPEC.

[denydenydeny]

"We will, of course, implement the government's decision to increase exports in the third quarter. ... Next year we are able to implement at least three projects that would give us a total increase of about 16 million tons,"

A big fat middle digit aimed at OPEC.

[brat]

BUH-BYE House of Saud. Enjoy those TENTS of yours.

[Humidston]

Bump for tomorrow.

[TheEngineer]

Good post, Shermy. If I owned an oil company, I would specialize in non-arab oil, and market it as such. As a gas-guzzling customer, I'd fill up at these stations exclusively, even if it cost an extra 10 cents per gallon. Why hasn't anyone come up with this idea? :-) And now, the only question is.... What to name this oil company? Any suggestions?

[Ranger]

It does appear that the administration is using the build up time to the Iraqi attack to find alternate supplies of oil which would reduce our dependence on middle eastern resources. It also probably helps in dealing with Russia to know that we are prepared to support investment in and purchase of oil from their fields.