While a vigorous debate proceeds among specialists about how much petroleum the world has left to produce, the number of greatest immediate importance is production capacity.
The Civil Society Institute (CSI) in Newton Centre, Mass., apparently wants to reduce US imports of crude by increasing imports of “dozens of fuel-efficient cars made by foreign and American auto manufacturers that are available for sale in other nations but not in the US.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered state oil company PT Pertamina to jointly operate the Cepu Block with ExxonMobil Corp. on a rotating basis, according to Pertamina Pres. Widya Purnama.
A recent engineering study of downtime analysis of all exploration wells drilled to date in Ireland provides indicative drilling time-depth curves that can be used for estimating budgets for summer drilling in different sectors offshore Ireland.
Recent work by Borders & Southern Petroleum PLC has shown that the Cretaceous-Tertiary East Falkland and South Falkland basins, respectively east and south of the Falkland Islands, have the potential to become a major hydrocarbon province.
Five representatives of business and social service organizations have expressed support for opening more of the US Outer Continental Shelf to natural gas leasing.
Kerr-McGee Corp., Oklahoma City, closed its initial public offering of Tronox Inc.'s Class A common stock in what the company described as "a significant step"
As unseasonably early and savage winter storms approached the UK last month, uncertainty of supply and high prices for winter fuels were chief concerns of Europe’s natural gas industry leaders as they opened the 20th annual European Autumn Gas Conference in London.
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should ensure that captive natural gas producers continue to be protected before repealing two regulations covering offshore gathering facilities, the Natural Gas Supply Association warned.
For the past decade, Pakistan has been reforming various elements of its industry through regulation changes, investment liberalization, and the privatization of government-owned companies.
As the 109th Congress comes back from its Thanksgiving break, it confronts a bigger than usual serving of leftovers, a handful of which involves oil and gas.
Total SA has reached an agreement with the French Sherpa Association for an end to legal proceedings begun in 2002 on behalf of eight nationals of Myanmar.
Production of petrochemicals in the US fell to 46.2 billion lb in third-quarter 2005, according to a survey from the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association.
The irregular seabed in the area of the Ormen Lange field, the steep slide, and difficult areas along the coastline pose extreme challenges to pipeline design.
