One of the most popular issues of OGJ, especially within the refining industry, is the refinery survey that appears in the annual yearend Worldwide Report.
If trading in terrorist attacks, assassinations, and coups typifies creativity at work within the US government on security, Americans should be, well, terrified.
Approvals for development of 460 bcf Ujung Pangkah rich gas field in the eastern Java Sea are expected in the third quarter of 2003, said 12% interest owner Dana Petroleum PLC, Aberdeen, UK.
Houston, has announced the promotion of Felipe Gonzalez to president, and the appointment of Rebel J. LeBoeuf as manager of engineering for US operations.
The US Senate confounded policy-watchers on July 31 when it suddenly discarded Republican energy reform legislation, resurrected the Democrats' 2002 version, and approved that measure by a decisive 84-14 vote.
More than 75 energy experts, including academics, industry executives, and economists, want US Sec. of Energy Spencer Abraham to support a budget boost for the Energy Information Administration, the Department of Energy's independent statistical arm.
A San Francisco federal appeals court July 15 said the US Environmental Protection Agency must reconsider a request by California Gov. Gray Davis (D) and the California Air Resources Board to waive the oxygenate requirement in reformulated gasoline.
Following its multibillion-dollar acquisition splurge last year, Royal Dutch/Shell Group plans to focus a majority of its strategic attention now on its newly purchased assets and to "maximize" their value.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced $20 million in settlements with units of Calgary-based EnCana Corp. and Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, concerning accusations that their trading units sought to manipulate the US natural gas market by reporting false data to index publishers.
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has slashed its annual overhead by $100 million, or 15%, by eliminating 400 staff and contract positions, closing offices in Amarillo and Midland, Tex., and focusing its spending "on finding and producing oil and natural gas."
Canadian oil industry treasury financings dropped 48% to $3.7 billion (Can.) during the first half of this year, compared with $7 billion during the first 6 months of 2002.
The rising cost of handling drilling wastes is forcing the industry to implement cost-effective and novel technologies and approaches to meet ever-tightening regulations.
The Middle East, despite many political events, will continue to demand more refined products and produce these products with more-stringent specifications.
Development of a viable crude transportation system that moves multiple crude oils requires knowledge of the crude blend pour points and other properties.
