The chemistry of vehicle fuel is complex, the politics contentious. Few subjects are more important to US consumers, more challenging for government decision-makers, or generally less understood.
Bois d'Arc Offshore Ltd., Houston, will evaluate the size of an apparent significant discovery on the northwestern part of South Pelto Block 22 on the federal gulf shelf.
The US-led coalition that toppled the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has focused on quickly restarting the country's oil sector as its top priority.
Jordan has acknowledged receiving its first shipment of crude oil from Saudi Arabia to replace supplies from Iraq but has staunchly denied that it is negotiating with Israel to reopen the oil pipeline from Iraq's northern oil fields to the Israeli port of Haifa.
The US House of Representatives Apr. 11 approved on a 247-175 vote a comprehensive energy bill largely similar to a proposal it passed in August 2001 that mainly follows the White House's domestic energy policy blueprint.
"Expect the unexpected" was the recurring theme of a recent Washington, DC, conference sponsored by the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners
It will be nearing the end of this decade before North America can expect any significant new gas supplies from Canada's frontier regions, industry panelists told a Canadian Energy Research Institute conference last month in Calgary.
Market forces are working for the North American natural gas industry, but major changes are needed to reduce price spikes and ensure year-round supply, says a senior industry executive.
Gwyn Morgan's stock-in-trade includes a time-tested formula for increasing assets and a deft management touch that has pulled off the biggest merger in the Canadian oil industry with an enterprise value of $30 billion (Can.).
Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, signed a definitive agreement to sell its 5,800 mile Texas Gas Transmission Corp. (TGT) natural gas system to Loews Pipeline Holding Corp., a unit of Loews Corp., for $1.045 billion.
By all accounts, petroleum comprises a crucial resource associated with the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). But if so, how much oil is estimated to exist, and on the basis of what evidence?
Intelligent well completions are an essential part in the subsea gas development of the Aconcagua, Camden Hills, and King's Peak deepwater fields in the Gulf of Mexico.
Santos Madura Offshore Pty. Ltd. completed the industry's first well drilled with casing from a floating rig, according to Weatherford International Ltd.
Advanced process control (APC) has incorporated and will continue to incorporate new technologies and methodologies that allow refiners and petrochemical plant operators to achieve and sustain progressively higher levels of process operating benefits.
While the number of APC applications has increased continually towards a mature application period (with 5,000 worldwide applications), real-time optimization (RTO) applications have continued to develop in their formative years with 100 or so worldwide large-scale refining applications.
At any time, the effectiveness of the US midstream sector to deal with challenges has depended on how well its companies accept certain realities and deal with issues they face.
