Many observers have interpreted the recent US midterm elections as reflecting a public grown weary of the manner in which the nation’s business is being conducted.
As though uncertainty over promised benefits didn’t provide reason enough to be skeptical, climate alarmists are undermining their agenda with pressure tactics designed to squelch rather than win arguments.
Oil & Gas Journal’s semiannual Worldwide Construction Update reports on refining, petrochemical, LNG, gas processing, gas-to-liquids, sulfur recovery, and pipeline projects.
Energy remains firmly on the national agenda following Nov. 7 congressional elections in which Republicans received what US President George W. Bush described as “a thumpin’.”
North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven became chairman of the Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission at the group’s annual meeting in Austin in late October and immediately announced several objectives.
Fossil fuels will dominate the energy market through 2030 as oil’s share slips to 33% from 35%, according to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2006.
The Kwale partners’ flaring-reduction project will be the first in Nigeria to use associated natural gas for generating electricity, officials of the International Finance Corp. and World Bank announced Nov. 10.
Three related Rocky Mountain natural gas pipeline projects would be environmentally acceptable with appropriate mitigation measures, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s staff concluded in a draft environmental impact statement.
Members of France’s oil industry, independent motor fuels distributors, automobile manufacturers, farmers, and ethanol producers on Nov. 13 signed the “Charter for Ethanol E85” which sets out their commitments over the next 5 years.
The US Department of the Interior found no significant negative impact from five planned oil shale research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects in Colorado’s Piceance basin.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced plans to buy the shares that it does not already own in Shell Canada Ltd. in a move aimed at boosting the parent company’s stake in oil sands.
Operators in the US replaced 164% of dry natural gas production and 122% of crude oil production in 2005, the US Energy Information Administration estimated.
As easy oil becomes more difficult to find and produce, Royal Dutch Shell PLC sees enhanced oil recovery (EOR) contributing more to the world’s growing energy needs.
New record investments in a deepwater wildcat, shallow water development projects, shipyards, LNG facilities, and even discussion of a new refinery signal continuing belief in Canada’s maritime basins.
