Owners of Irving Oil Ltd.'s refinery in Saint John, NB, aim to increase economic and environmental performance by investing in a $1-billion (Can.) upgrade currently under way.
ENOC Processing Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Co. (ENOC), began processing gas condensate in its new Dubai, UAE, refinery at the end of 1999.
ENOC Processing Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Co. (ENOC), began processing gas condensate in its new Dubai, UAE, refinery at the end of 1999 (Fig. 1).
The development of new software tools and downhole sensors has led to a better understanding of dynamic conditions in the wellbore, allowing drillers to make fundamental changes in the way they approach well control.
The Kern River field near Bakersfield, Calif., was the test site for a prototype downhole fiber optical acoustic sensor for investigating the continuity of oil-bearing layers.
The mating of Anadarko Petroleum Corp.'s 500-ton Hickory platform cellar deck to it legs required a 70-ft lift with ten 100-ton cranes at Gulf Island Fabrication Inc.'s yard in Houma, La.
The administration of President Bill Clinton plans to significantly reduce or eliminate the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in gasoline in the US.
The administration of President Bill Clinton plans to significantly reduce or eliminate the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in gasoline in the US.
Greece's Hellenic Petroleum SA (HP) is refocusing its upstream strategy by farming out more of its domestic acreage and expanding its international portfolio in selected regions.
Santos Group and its partners made a new-pool oil discovery last month on Petroleum Prospecting License 8 in the South Australian portion of the Cooper-Eromanga basins.
The oil industry learned earlier this month that Phillips Petroleum Co. had agreed to buy all of ARCO's Alaskan operations for about $7 billion in a move that will nearly double Phillips's total reserves and finally clear the way for ARCO's long-pending merger with BP Amoco PLC (OGJ, Mar. 20, 2000, Newsletter).
Electronic commerce (e-commerce) presents challenges and opportunities unique to the energy industry-as well as potential to change the balance of power between oil companies and service-supply firms.
Mexico's Energy Regulatory Commission
awarded Gaz de France (GDF) the concession to distribute natural gas in the Puebla-Tlaxcala distribution zone, which covers 51 municipalities in the states of Puebla and Tlaxcala
FFRESHeX is a new radiography system that produces digital images in real-time as a single, continuous strip, at speeds of up to 55 mm/sec. A motorized orbiting mechanism allows scanning of circumferential and spiral welds in pipes.
