For drilling horizontal wells in a typical formation in Saudi Arabia, a sensitivity analysis delineates the boundaries for safe mud weights as a function of different formation stress regimes, well orientation, and depth.
Some of the newest European rig designs feature highly automated integrated systems that are more efficient and safer than traditional rigs, and can be operated with fewer workers.
A full line of viscosity control systems is sensitive enough to detect changes in the viscosity of water, based upon temperature, and is capable of improving the blending, mixing, and color quality of virtually any fluid.
Oil and gas platforms on the continental shelf of the northern Gulf of Mexico make up the largest artificial island system in the world, notes a study on bird migration that the US Minerals Management Service released earlier this year.
CGT labor union workers at Total SA’s Gonfreville L’Orcher refinery in northern France unanimously voted Oct. 12 to continue their strike, at least until Oct. 14.
Australia can now claim to be shedding its reputation for stranded gas fields with the advent of significant new and proposed liquified natural gas (LNG) projects.
BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to pay $21,361,500 in penalties under a settlement agreement with the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration for violations connected with the Mar.
ExxonMobil Corp. has agreed to install new equipment and processes costing an estimated $571 million at its seven US refineries under a settlement with the US Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice.
Oil and gas companies’ revenue growth continued to advance ahead of exploration and development outlays during 2004, said the latest annual global review of upstream performance by John S.
The oil and gas industry faces “very considerable demands” on its “human, financial, and intellectual capabilities” as it converts hydrocarbon resources into the fuels the world needs in growing amounts, says the International Energy Agency, Paris.
Proved reserves of natural gas in the US were up nearly 2% in 2004, while proved oil reserves fell more than 2%, the Energy Information Administration said.
Russia has set aside plans to build a $2.2 billion pipeline to the Arctic Ocean that may have increased supplies to the West, looking instead at Asian markets to the East.
The planned expansion of the number of LNG import terminals in the US brings myriad safety, security, governmental, and regulatory concerns. It also raises a host of issues dealing with quality and interchangeability of any natural gas imported through these terminals.
