The most recent ranking of the world's 50 largest energy companies reflects a new competition with in the industry, as well as heightened emphasis on financial, international, and energy convergence.
Changes at state-owned energy companies grappling with demonopolization and deregulation in their countries' energy sectors top this week's company news.
A high-pressure drilling simulator, aided by computational fluid-dynamics analysis, shows that penetration rates and hole-cleaning properties can be improved through the realignment of bit nozzles.
Total production of gas-to-liquids (GTL) products in the US was estimated at a value of $92 billion last year and is expected to reach nearly $120 billion by 2004, says Business Communications Co. Inc. (BCC).
Selecting the best pipeline route considers not only the shortest total distance, accessibility, constructability, and governmental stipulations, but also operability, expansion capability, and maintainability.
NetworkOil, Inc., Houston, Tex., a global Internet marketplace for petroleum services and equipment, has named John H. Keast chief information officer.
Life becomes complicated for a US energy secretary who claims to be negotiating for lower oil prices with members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. So many conflicting signals emerge from the administration he serves.
One spin-off of the merger that created BP Amoco PLC is a best-in-class petrophysics and multidiscipline integration training curriculum that was all but proprietary to Amoco and its national oil company partners.
