A specially designed waste management system, which capitalizes on emerging vacuum cuttings-handling technology and a sophisticated hydraulic-monitoring program, played key roles in drilling an exploratory well offshore Norway almost entirely with oil-based mud (OBM).
A recent analysis of LNG projects' costs and their costs of service (COS) indicates that, despite low energy prices, most expansion projects and several grassroots projects are economic under conservative pricing scenarios.
A 20-IN. PIPELINE HAS BEEN re-routed through a platform on Gulf of Mexico Main Pass Block 69 for Shell Oil Co. affiliate Equilon Enterprises LLC., Houston.
This slice of right-of-way mapping from Williams Cos.' Transco unit's MarketLink system illustrates the computer-automated system for pipeline mapping, engineering design, and detailed drafting used by Paragon Engineering Services Inc., Houston, for the project.
BP Amoco PLC and ExxonMobil Corp. have agreed to dissolve their European fuels and lubricants joint venture and split the assets in line with their equity stakes.
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., Calgary, has decided to return to its core business by selling all assets not associated with its $21 billion (Can.) pipelining, power generation, and marketing activities in Canada and the northern US.
The price for dated Brent crude oil has settled around $24-25/bbl, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is holding back production, and inventories are falling. So why is the North Sea oil industry gloomy?
Erika, a Maltese-registered tanker, broke in half in stormy Atlantic seas Dec. 12 about 100 km off the northwestern coast of France and spilled 10,000-18,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil.
ExxonMobil Chemical, a division of the new oil giant ExxonMobil Corp. (see story, p. 26), is in the final stages of an ill-timed Asian petrochemical expansion plan implemented by predecessor Exxon Chemical.
California's pending ban of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether is continuing to cause controversy among refiners, oxygenate producers, and other stakeholders in the debate.
The article on the Baku-Ceyhan crude pipeline is a good summary of available information, but it does not cover some of its fundamental aspect (OGJ, Nov. 15, 1999, p. 23).
