Pipeline accidents in Michigan and San Bruno, Calif., raised public awareness about pipeline safety issues that companies and regulators already were trying to address, officials of three trade associations told OGJ.
The US Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency jointly sued to recover damages from the Apr. 20 Macondo well accident, which claimed 11 lives, and subsequent crude oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico.
A federal appeals court rejected a request by the oil and gas industry and others to delay the US Environmental Protection Agency's plans to begin regulating greenhouse gas emissions on Jan. 2.
Refineries for national oil companies (NOCs) in China and India continued to expand capacities as 2010 closed. Japanese refiners, on the other hand, headed into a second round of capacity reductions.
As the US offshore oil and gas industry tried to adjust to new federal regulations in the wake of the Macondo well accident and crude oil spill, the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement's director signaled that more reforms are ahead.
As the US offshore oil and gas industry tried to adjust to new federal regulations in the wake of the Macondo well accident and crude oil spill, the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement's director signaled that more reforms are ahead.
Chevron suspended operations of the Dibi-Abiteye oil pipeline in Nigeria's Niger Delta in an effort to minimize potential environmental damage while investigating damage caused to the line after militant attacks on oil flow stations.
Chevron Corp. said litigation against the firm in an Ecuadorian court should be terminated because a forensic specialist discovered many forged signatures on the document that initially authorized the legal action.
A discovery well on the Corcel block in Colombia's Llanos basin has tested light oil at the rate of more than 10,000 b/d, said Petrominerales Ltd., Bogota.
The international oil and gas industry understands the need for diplomacy, a skill that is coming to dominate the matter of constructing and operating pipelines.
The international oil and gas industry understands the need for diplomacy, a skill that is coming to dominate the matter of constructing and operating pipelines.
