The latest release of RIMDrill drilling information and IADC daily reporting software includes the option to measure performance characteristics of the drilling process.
The US Minerals Management Service is seeking initial public comment on development of its next 5-year Outer Continental Shelf leasing plan for the Gulf of Mexico.
In his Aug. 1 letter, Ted Lofstrom correctly concludes that the entire US corn and soybean crops, if converted to ethanol and biodiesel, would offset only a very small fraction of US petroleum consumption.
Lyondell Chemical Co. is implementing flare minimization processes at all its olefins plants to reduce emissions and minimize effects on the surrounding community.
Two associations representing California independent operators asked the US Bureau of Land Management to extend the Stripper Well Royalty Relief Program (SWRRP) for wells producing less than 5 b/d of oil.
Poverty-stricken Bangladesh is seeking new sources of oil and gas as it considers moving to a 5-day work week and raising fuel prices to reduce energy demand.
Production from the Chad-Cameroon export project has settled at 180,000 b/d, compared with a project design level of 225,000 b/d, said operator Esso Exploration & Production Chad Inc.
Oil market conditions demonstrate the need for governments to push energy conservation, says Claude Mandil, executive director of the International Energy Agency.
While the remnant of Hurricane Katrina continued to flood parts of the southern US at presstime last week, oil and natural gas companies began assessing the storm’s damage along the Gulf Coast.
As US President George W. Bush signed the 2005 energy bill requiring the first significant evaluation of potential Outer Continental Shelf resources in years, coastal US states and Canadian provinces already were working on their own study.
A dispute that lasted almost 2 years over a planned $2 billion binational refinery to be built in Brazil by Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) and Petroleos de Venezuela SA seems to be ending.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is increasingly using oil to gain influence in South America and to advance his effort to create a regional oil company called Petrosur.
Starting in the 1990s, various government, academic, and industry organizations have initiated studies to determine the best methods for mitigating the excess carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere from human-made (anthropogenic) sources.
