“For years, our nation’s rolling farm fields have filled America’s breadbaskets,” said US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson in a Sept. 7 press statement introducing regulations on renewable fuel standards.
The abbreviated business week of Sept. 5-8 was “one of the most bearish” periods in recent months for the natural gas and crude futures markets, said analysts as New York crude prices sank to 5-month lows approaching $66/bbl after the Sept. 4 Labor Day holiday marking the end of the US summer driving season.
The following is operational information extracted from written testimony submitted by Steve Marshall, president of BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., to a Sept. 7 hearing on Prudhoe Bay oil pipeline corrosion held by the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee.
Employees in BP Exploration Alaska Inc.’s corrosion and inspection chemicals group may not have reported potential problems in the company’s Alaska North Slope oil gathering lines because they felt harassed and intimidated, members of a US House subcommittee said Sept. 7.
The US Environmental Protection Agency Sept. 8 proposed changes to its New Source Review permitting that were immediately cheered by the oil industry and others but condemned by environmentalists.
The countdown has commenced for India’s sixth round of bidding for oil and gas exploration blocks under the New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP-VI).
If you believe senior Chinese officials, their country’s future energy needs will be met more by domestic coal than by imported crude oil or natural gas.
Typically small but potentially high-yield hydrothermal dolomite reservoirs in the Upper Stones River Group, such as one postulated but unconfirmed to be present in Swan Creek field, Hancock County, Tenn., commonly have structural lows over the structures because the overlying stratigraphy subsides as dolomitization continues.
Drillers are working at or near capacity in most markets, and many operators continue to pursue ambitious drilling programs despite recent fluctuations in natural gas prices.
Implementation of advanced regulatory control (ARC) proved effective for enhancing cryogenic plant and fractionation plant control at the Aux Sable Liquid Products Inc.Implementation of advanced regulatory control (ARC) proved effective for enhancing cryogenic plant and fractionation plant control at the Aux Sable Liquid Products Inc. dual-train cryogenic NGL recovery and separation plant near Channahon, Ill.
