During the past 20 years, the Middle East has probably received more attention globally for its regional politics and position in world affairs than for its enormous energy wealth.
The opportunities for investing in Iraq's oil sector after sanctions are lifted are very significant, indeed, but there are enormous consequences for oil markets when those opportunities are exploited.
Chevron U.S.A. Production Co. and Shell Exploration & Production Co. have agreed to share rigs to jointly drill two exploratory deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico this year.
Case studies show that gas-content calculations, as determined by a novel mudlogging technique, closely coincide with information derived through whole core desorption techniques.
J. Ray McDermott Middle East Inc. has begun load-outs on its recently completed fabrication contract for five jackets and three production deck modules for Aramco Overseas Co., ...
An uncommon but politically persuasive coalition is asking the US Congress to reduce the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) as an oxygenate in reformulated gasoline (RFG).
Replacing an old mechanical gauge with a radar gauge on a blowdown drum improved reliability and reduced maintenance costs for Preem Raffinaderi AB's refinery in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Chevron Corp. and Phillips Petroleum Co. have signed a letter of intent and exclusivity agreement to form a 50-50 joint venture of their global chemical operations-totaling about $6.1 billion in assets.
Joint research involving four European natural gas transmission companies has yielded a new transmission-factor formula as an alternative to the well-known Colebrook-White formula.
The oil consumer has returned to US politics. Concern about the possible effects on retail oil prices lies at the core of federal objections to BP Amoco PLC's proposed acquisition of Atlantic Richfield Co.
Oil market performance in the second quarter of 2000 will signal whether escalating prices threaten the economic recovery in Southeast Asia that is spurring the growth in worldwide demand for oil.
US oil and gas property sales during the third quarter of 1999 reached $1.2 billion, bringing the total for the first 9 months to $44.4 billion in 202 transactions, according to Randall & Dewey Inc., Houston.
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) estimates it will spend about 110 million Brazilian real ($62 million) in costs directly related to a January fuel oil spill said to be the worst in Brazil's history.
Growth in US emissions of greenhouse gases is slowing, and voluntary efforts by industry-especially the energy industry-appears to be a significant factor in that trend.
A Feb. 4 accident at Formosa Plastics Group's Mailiao naphtha cracking complex killed three Indonesian workers employed by a South Korean subcontractor. The men asphyxiated on argon and hydrogen gas, which leaked from pipes they were installing at an aromatics plant being built at the complex.
For many of us, purchasing consumable goods, appliances, and clothing through the internet has become the quickest and most efficient way to obtain these commodities, but for many remote offshore oil and natural gas drilling crews, ordering supplies, equipment, and food via the internet is not an option.
