The Steel-Trak Model 640S immersible thermal mass flowmeter now comes in a special high-temperature option capable of trouble-free operation in process temperatures as high as 750° F.
The push by consumer nations for lower oil prices to help spark an economic recovery may be undermined when crude-producing nations see those governments take advantage of oil price reductions to ratchet up taxes on refined products, particularly in Europe.
A proposal to allow work by US oil and gas companies off Cuba appears in a broad set of recommendations made before President Barack Obama on Apr. 13 eased travel and financial restrictions on the island nation.
Two thirds of Cuba’s petroleum demand currently relies on imports, and Venezuela is the single source of these imports under heavily subsidized payment terms.
Refiners will be hit harder than other US manufacturers under proposed cap-and-trade legislation, a ConocoPhillips official told the US House Energy and Commerce Committee.
He was not originally scheduled to testify. Then the US House Energy and Commerce Committee announced former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) would follow former Vice-President Al Gore (D) and former US Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.) during the third full day of hearings Apr. 24 on proposed climate change legislation.
US House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) planned to mark up cap-and-trade legislation the week of May 11 when he and Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), the chairman of the committee’s Energy and Environment Subcommittee, introduced their draft proposal on Mar. 31.
Activist organizations are urging the US Environmental Protection Agency to expand regulation of wastewater discharges from the oil and gas drilling industry to cover a host of exploration, stimulation, and extraction activities, according to Water Policy Report.
The Falkland Islands are in the news again, a matter of interest to the oil and gas industry given the reserves under the region’s waters, estimated at 18 billion bbl.
Formation characteristics from two of its first five wells indicate that the Cretaceous Eagle Ford shale in LaSalle and McMullen counties of South Texas “is one of the highest quality shale reservoirs discovered in the US,” said Petrohawk Energy Corp., Houston.
Peru’s state-owned Perupetro, recovering from earlier scandals connected with the awarding of exploration licenses, has signed 13 new contracts valued at $650 million with international oil companies.
The successful Su Tu Vang (Golden Lion) project off Vietnam demonstrates that even during periods of tough industry conditions companies can bring on stream well planned and properly scoped projects safely and efficiently.
Weather is always an important influence on propane supply-demand trends during the winter heating season, but the financial crisis and ensuing economic recession had substantial and overriding impact on supply-demand trends during winter 2008-09.
A new Gulf of Mexico offshore damage prevention and notification “one-call” system, operating in conjunction with existing onshore systems, offers a cost-effective means of preventing damage to offshore infrastructure.
