A survey by three industry trade associations tests the knowledge of four groups-the affected public, excavators, emergency responders, and local public officials-about pipelines in their communities.
Global worry about his nuclear ambitions wasn’t the only issue around which Iranian President Mahmoud Amadinejad performed diplomatic pirouettes last month.
For the first time in 6 weeks, the front-month natural gas futures contract fell below $6/MMbtu in interday trading Aug. 31 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, despite a “relatively bullish” lower-than-expected injection of 48 bcf of gas into US storage in the week ended Aug. 25.
When project developers propose building an oil or gas facility-or any type of industrial project-they face a gauntlet of stakeholders in the siting and permitting processes.
Developers and regulators can move the safety and security debate forward in the US by implementing a criteria-based approach on a proactive basis, and also by advocating such an approach in various policy avenues.
US oil and gas companies posted solid earnings gains for the second quarter and first half of 2006, while samples of Canadian firms and service and supply companies recorded even bigger year-on-year gains.
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo last week received a proposal from her country’s coast guard concerning dedicated sea-lanes for vessels carrying oil and other chemicals.
The Middle Ordovician carbonate platform facies and petroleum system (Nashville-Stones River or Trenton-Black River Groups) are currently the most active hydrocarbon plays in eastern North America.
US natural gas pipeline operators continued to see their net profits grow in 2005, the nearly $3.9 billion earned marking an increase of almost 8%, following more than 10% growth in 2004.
