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A new turbine-driven centrifugal compressor increased the gas handling capabilities of Gulf Canada Resources' Westerose D-3 oil reservoir. After the oil has been used up, the compressor can be reconditioned for gas cap production. The entire project took only five months, from authorization to commissioning even though there were major construction problems on the project., A new turbine-driven, centrifugal compressor installation increased gas handling capacity in the Westerose D-3 oil reservoir, about 100 km south of Edmonton. Gulf Canada Resources Ltd.'s Westerose D-3 oil reservoir [...]

Operational or tactical level thinking and planning deals with how to make your systems, people and processes more efficient and effective. Strategic thinking and planning in the credit operation needs [...]

In the quest for career advancement, lucrative incentive increases and/or overall job satisfaction, leading edge credit executives arc consistently searching out means by which their organizations' performances may be improved. [...]

Credit outsourcing companies are becoming more in-demand as controllers, treasurers and CEOs are slowly realizing the advantages of outsourcing especially the functions which relate to dispute resolution and collection services. Advantages of outsourcing companies are their greater capability to market an attractive product and a skilled workforce which means improved customer service. A major disadvantage is its 'all sales final' policy which could be particularly disastrous if the outsourcing arrangement does not work., Contrary to the current views being extolled by many management gurus, emphasizing innovation, technology and growth, many U.S. companies continue down the path of 'downsizing' or 'rightsizing.' Attempting to capitalize [...]

Statement of Accounting Standards No. 121 is a new FASB ruling that requires business organizations to assess, identify and restate potentially impaired assets. According to this accounting standard, companies have to investigate and identify long-lived and intangible assets that have unreasonable or unrecoverable book values. Entities that are expected to be most materially affected are 'old technology' manufacturing and retailing operations and organizations with considerable real estate holdings., Since the early eighties, the trend has been to dismiss traditional balance sheet analysis in favor of cash flow and EBITDA analysis. During the nineties, under-funded pension liabilities and investments [...]

Local authorities and health authorities are generally very lacking in meeting the requirements of black and other ethnic groups and this, together with the distrust of such services by the black community, needs to be addressed if mental health work is to do its job properly. Black people are generally more likely to be given a psychiatric label by the courts and the police, with the diagnoses generally having the worse prognoses. More powerful drugs and treatment are also likely to be given to blacks. Staff need to be recruited who reflect the ethnic situation of likely clients.

Discusses the ability of financial professionals to manage an organization through the challenges presented by a merger or acquisition. Significance of present state versus desired state gap analyses methodology to consultants; Difference between horizontal analysis and benchmarked analysis; Inclination of financial functions to rely on quantified data in the formulation of business decisions.

The article offers information about the optical performance and radio frequency power of gallium nitride (GaN). It mentions the application of GaN as replacement to traveling wave tubes (TWT) used in high power systems including radar, communications satellite, and electronic warfare. Information about the electrical and thermal properties of diamond is provided.